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    In her open statement on the sexual harassment hearings‚ Anita Hill recounts the details of how Judge Clarence Thomas took advantage of working relationship between them and conducted inappropriate sexually offensive behaviors toward her. Although Hill does not feel comfortable to reveal her vulnerability‚ she keeps a very formal and constraining tone while she illustrates in details of the process in which Judge Thomas intentionally ignored her refusal on his innumerable invitations to social outings

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    wealth. Clarence realized that he was once vainglorious during the war‚ not satisfied with the role of “Duke of Clarence”‚ he even tried to overthrow his brother Edward IV.

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    In the literature entitled “The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation”‚ Kohn’s talks about a very old controversy is regarding to grade inflation. This argument resurfaced when people‚ including The former Harvard’s dean of the faculty‚ Henry Rosovsky‚ express their concern about a perceived surge of student receiving higher grades-point average in recent years. Their argument stems from the assumption that students of the recent generation couldn’t possibly get better grade than the preceding generation

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    Adam Lankford‚ a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama‚ studies the minds of those who claim they would murder strangers to advance their political goals. His book‚ The Myth of Martrydom‚ provides several arguments as to how society has been continuously deceived by the misconception that suicide terrorists and other self-destructive killers are in fact‚ normal psychologically stable individuals. Lankford reveals parallels that exist between suicide bombers‚ hijackers and rampage

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    Thebans Cebes and Simmias‚ Socrates explores various arguments for the soul’s immortality in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. Phaedo tells the story that following the discussion‚ he and the others were there to witness the death of Socrates. One of the main themes in the Phaedo is the idea that the soul is immortal. Socrates offers four arguments for the soul’s immortality: The Cyclical Argument‚ or Opposites Argument explains that Forms are

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    Technology has evolved from ideals once seen as unbelievable to common everyday instruments. Computers that used to occupy an entire room are now the size of notebooks. The human race has always pushed for technological advances working at the most efficient level‚ perhaps‚ the molecular level. The developments and progress in artificial intelligence and molecular technology have spawned a new form of technology; Nanotechnology. Nanotechnology could give the human race eternal life‚ or

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    The Trickster in Myth Trickster myths‚ a significant part of most cultures if not all‚ have permeated the legends and folklore of peoples since the early days of civilized man. The ancient Greeks had Hermes‚ the Chinese the Monkey King‚ and the Native American Indians the coyote. These diverse tricksters found within cultures often have many commonalities with each other‚ and then‚ often they do not. But this illustrates the very nature of the trickster; ever changing‚ shifting‚ shaping‚ disguising

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    This paper will discuss how the word myth is used popularly to often describe a story that is considered a legend. In many cases‚ some people believe the legends to be factual‚ although it may not be true. Myths are passed down or described from person to person in different ways or based on individual or cultural beliefs of those who believe the legends to be true. Each myth is used to describe a legend or a widely exaggerated story that some may question the validity of the story or specific

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    that was the only part of his body that did not touch the water‚ therefore that part of his body was mortal. In another version of Achilles’ immortality‚ Thetis covered Achilles body in ambrosia and put him on top of a fire to burn away his http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dmt34/achilles/myth.html mortality; however she was interrupted by “Immortality of Achilles” Source:Peleus and then abandoned them. Either way‚ Achilles was made immortal in every way‚ except in his heal‚ his only weakness

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    “Pyramus and Thisbe” Creation Myth and Roman Myth The author of "Adam‚ Eve‚ and the Serpent"‚ and author Doris Gates of "Pyramus and Thisbe" from Two Queens of Heaven‚ reveal to the readers how trust and love can bring disaster especially by temptation. The authors of both myths also reflect an ideology for the audience as the rules were made to be broken. The author of "Adam‚ Eve and the Serpent" introduces the snake‚ representing as temptation‚ this character of this myth told Eve "Ye Shall Not surely

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