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History of U.S. Army Aviation

1909, the Wright brothers built the first "heavier than air flying machine" based on Army Aviation specifications. During World Wa...

Democracy Theories

on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...

Types of Corporate Ownership

in the UK, may be seen as making a profit, with many associated uses of brand name (Manchester United, 2002). However, this is unu...

Overview of the Shaolin Temple

his physical insights with the other monks when he returned after nine years, realizing how completely out of shape - both physica...

Modern Competition and Educational Importance

specific job - say adding a part on an assembly line - and then they would continue to do that job day in, day out for years, unti...

Modern Liberalism and Realism

Hans Joachim Morgenthau was one of the first of the 20th centurys theorists who broadened the understanding and discussion of cont...

Masculinity in Modern Cinema

the natural disaster" (Action Films, 2002). Marchetti also states that action-adventure films have long been the domain of male...

Technology and Batteries

of consumer electronics, expectation of the EV [electric vehicles] and problems of large-scale electricity storage and distributio...

Novel Essays by George Lukacs and Virginia Woolf

criticism points toward a different orientation, as she accuses previous writers of materialism, and explains this accusation by ...

Shakespeare in Cinema

as simplistic because it stars an action hero (Mad Max becomes Mad Hamlet) and cuts several scenes and all long speeches. Of cours...

Dublin According to William Butler Yeats and James Joyce

this work many critics feel that Joyce gave Dublin a feminized gender. They assert that Joyces Dublin corresponds to Claudine Herm...

Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut

faced with whitewashed Gunite (sprayed concrete) and a roof of contrasting beton brut. Formally and symbolically, however, this s...

Ancient History and Interactions Across Cultures

the Romans. Through looking at gender conditions as it relates to the Greeks and Romans we can gain some understanding of pre-cl...

Contemporary Business Practice and Management Theory

In five pages this paper examines the modern business setting in a consideration of past management theories and theorists includi...

Coen's Film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

This paper examines the themes, development of character, and narrative of 'The Odyssey' in order to determine wither or not the f...

Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau and American Individualism

printed word. He said that, "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." This may not speak well to the concept of cur...

Contemporary World and European Society

resulted in the creation of capitalism (Greer, 1977). Transactions through the circulation of coins and paper commenced throughou...

George Whitefield and the Rise of Modern Evangelicalism in Harry S. Stout's 'The Divine Dramatist'

This is a book review consisting of 5 pages. A 5 page paper which provides a book review of Harry S. Stout's "The Divine Dra...

English Versification Development

In five pages this research paper offers a brief English versification history beginning with Beowulf's Old English and continuing...

The First Modern War in America was the Civil War

limited (Vasile The Union Soldier, His Life and Times: A Modern Interpretation of a 19th Century Experience). However, technologi...

Critical Concepts in the Hospital Environment

Decision-making, critical thinking and advocacy are all important in the modern hospital experience. This paper examines a patient...

Classical Influences on Modern Architecture

In five pages this paper examines the classical influences upon modern architects with such works as La Tourette Monastery by Le C...

A Historical Overview of the Alphabet

This paper addresses the history of the modern alphabet and discusses the importance of writing as an invention that helped mankin...

John Gardner's Grendel and Epic Beowulf

oo well that here was the last of...

Persuasion in Print and Film

Modern movie adaptations of classic novels are often hard to compare to the originals. This report discusses the film version of P...

Kanthapura by Raja Rao

In five pages this report examines the 1938 novel that is widely regarded as the first English modern Indian literary classic. Tw...

COBOL and Chase Manhattan, A New Way?

The programming language COBOL is discussed in relation to modern corporations, particularly Chase Manhattan Bank. One of the firs...

Modern Leadership and Niccolo Machiavelli's Philosophy

is not a description of Washington, D.C., in the late 20th century but representative of early 16th century Italy. "The Prince" ...

College Students and Dating Norms

In six pages dating concepts in modern society are considered within the context of the college experience. Seven sources are cit...

Use of the Critical Essay to Illustrate a Point

The modern student must be able to effectively examine critical essays to determine their validity. This paper examines such an es...