Essays Tagged: "amount of time"

A night in the cold.

my mom what (a friends name) and I did then our little butts would have been grounded for a serious amount of time. The fishing stories that I told where true, all true.(a friends name) and I had gone ...

(4 pages) 167 0 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Realists/Naturalists in Literature: Cather, Crane, Twain, and James

Rosicky's doctor informs him his heart is not in the shape it used to be. He attributes this to the amount of time Rosicky spends in his fields, working as a farmer. When Rosicky hears the news, he is ...

(4 pages) 197 0 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

Media's Effect on Politics

the audience, work, and time involved in each. That is, the number of people that each reaches, the amount of work involved to get the scoop, and the amount of time it takes each to broadcast the news ... to get the scoop, and the amount of time it takes each to broadcast the news.The first reason, the amount of people that the news reaches, is probably the biggest factor. Television is watched by mos ...

(2 pages) 182 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Women's Fashion and Cosmetics

out false portraits and high-fashionfootwear is costly health wise and economically.A considerable amount of time is spent on make-up and styling hair.It takes at least fifteen minutes to put on the ...

(2 pages) 175 1 2.7 Feb/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Food, factors that may change your decision on choosing a place to dine

frills atmosphere. These people are "on the run" with things that they must accomplish in a limited amount of time. Some fast food restaurants may include: Burger King, McDonalds, Subway, or Kentucky ... stic bench seating that does not move for comfort, and the poor taste of interior design with small amounts of decoration. These buildings were meant for eating quickly, and then leaving, visual impac ...

(4 pages) 94 1 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Software and High school

sential part of our every day life. If the world's computersystems were turned off even for a short amount of time,unimaginable disasters would occur. We can surely say thattoday's world is heading in ...

(2 pages) 91 1 3.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Procedures, Parameters & Sub-Programs

nt features for the modern software engineer:-Programs are easier to write. Procedures save a large amount of time during software development as the programmer only needs to code a procedure once, bu ... d not terminate early because of an error.The primary reason for using subprograms is to reduce the amount of memory required to execute a program. If a program is too large to fit into memory, the pr ...

(4 pages) 42 0 4.3 Jan/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Journalism on the Internet, Compares the Internet to other types of media

s world each have bothadvantages and disadvantages. The Internet has been around for analmost equal amount of time as most of them, but only recently hasit become a popular way of retrieving informati ... ion to receive, 'mass jumble', butthere are filter programs that will cut the information to any setamount. CNN online is a broadcast web page (another computer). CNNnot only has the articles to read ...

(6 pages) 362 0 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

'Gathered by the River,' by Denise Levertov

iation caused by nuclear war is not limited to the loss of human lives. Nature can take acomparable amount of time to recover from a nuclear holocaust. The impact of war victims to humankindis negligi ...

(5 pages) 39 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Report on advantages and aspects of advertising

V, Radio, newspapers and other large scale media. This ensures that advertising reaches the largest amount of people in the shortest amount of time. It is likely that the consumer will be more interes ... should you use?By far the most far reaching of these strategies is Television advertising. A large amount of people watch TV and this type of advertising will reach many social groups. Although this ...

(6 pages) 440 2 4.6 Nov/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Civilizations in History, Genghis

put together such a large army and conquered so much land in such a short time. However in the same amount of time, the campaign of Genghis Khan and the land that he acquired was so much more vast tha ...

(9 pages) 114 0 4.7 Apr/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

"Students Should Not Be Forced to Do Community Service" This essay explains the negative effects of forcing students to fulfill a community service requirement in high school.

om graduating. A lot of students have a very busy schedule and might not be able to do the required amount of time of community service. It may be mandatory to go somewhere or to do something such as, ...

(2 pages) 270 2 3.3 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Tv spoils children

egative effects on our younger siblings and relatives and so measures should be taken to reduce the amount of TV they watchTV is a great learning tool but it negatively affects the child mentally, phy ... e of six. In my opinion TV is manipulating the young, and we should all work together to reduce the amount of time they spend watching it. I know it's not possible for us to personally do something ab ...

(2 pages) 84 1 4.1 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Relationships

ny different elements to analyze when discussing a relationship. Many factors are involved, such as amount of time spent, amount of intimacy, types of activities participated in, and dependability of ... s, are ones that are formed within a religious setting, such as a church, temple, or synagogue. The amount of time spent within this relationship varies depending on how much type an individual devote ...

(5 pages) 169 1 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Comparing The Time Difference in Sorting Fifty-Two Cards by Color Versus Suit: an experiment done for a psychology class

wo Cards by Color Versus Suit.The purpose of this experiment was to determine the difference in the amount of time that it took a subject to separate a deck of fifty-two cards into two distinct piles ... n sorting by suit because it is evident from this study that there is a significant increase in the amount of time that it takes to sort the cards by suit as opposed to by color.Figure 1: Programmed shuffle

(4 pages) 44 0 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The History of Tattoos Before 1500

f-expression in modern society. Tattooing has been practiced among people for an amazingly extended amount of time; archaeologists have found evidence of tattoos that dates as far back as 15,000BC. Ta ...

(7 pages) 86 0 4.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Title: Conservation of Energy Lab Purpose: To verify that the total energy of an object doesn't change if the object hasn't done work.

the small piece of PVC pipe through the long piece of pipe and through the photo gate7. Record the amount of time it took for the small piece of PVC pipe to pass by the photo gate.Data:pg = photo gat ...

(2 pages) 45 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

My Method of Writing. A short essay on writing styles focusing on my own.

or house and do their work there. These people believe that if they write in these places then the amount of distractions that they encounter are minimized and they are able to concentrate more effec ... s to complete and they always seem to come back covered in red ink. I don't believe that it is the amount of time that one puts into his or her writing that makes it a quality piece, but rather the a ...

(6 pages) 223 0 3.9 Dec/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies

This pursuasive essay shows the downside of the Welfare System.

t it must not be stopped. This is only true in part. We need welfare, but we also need to limit the amount of time a family can stay on it. By letting families stay on welfare for long periods of time ...

(2 pages) 142 2 4.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

How to become a successful creative writer

ments in. You must have, as not that many writers have, the self-discipline to put out that certain amount of time from their schedules. Some people have plenty of self-discipline, but can never seem ...

(12 pages) 349 6 4.2 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays