Essays Tagged: "hard pressed"

This is an essay illustrating the enculturation of a Brazillian sport/martial art, Capoeira, into a commercial society

e translation, for it is far more than that. Even the masters of Capoeira who know it best would be hard pressed to choose between martial art, sport, game, dance, musical performance, ritual, or way ... like that.It is this amalgamated nature that gives capoeira its distinct flavor, but also leaves it hard to classify. There is clearly a strong musical element involved so that you could feasibly go s ...

(8 pages) 57 0 4.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

The Grapes of Wrath: an economic analysis

orce apparent to the family.This next economic force at work in the story is supply and demand. The hard pressed family soon after arriving in California realized that the demand for jobs far exceeded ... nia, making a desperate trek from the Midwest of the United States, to the farms, vineyards, and orchards of the west coast, trying to overcome the previous economic forces of unemployment, and supply ...

(2 pages) 67 1 2.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

A breif history of the reasons in which the Israelites and Palestines have been waring and why peace may never be acived.

ghbors. There has been many lives lost on both sides by terrorist and army regulars. And country is hard pressed on the economy to support its vast military. But with the help of its allies, like the ...

(4 pages) 104 1 2.6 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

Compare and contrast the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli version and the more recent Baz Luhrmann version.

n's and Franco Zeffirelli's versions of Shakespeare's tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet," one would not be hard pressed to find contrasting differences. Franco Zeffirelli's is set in the Renaissance era and ... ion of the clever discussion between Mercutio and Romeo in this very same scene in Zeffirelli's, we hard pressed to really bemoan his death, as we never really get to know him better. Whereas in Luhrm ...

(5 pages) 56 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

United Colors of Controversy: Shock Value in Benetton Advertising.

bbing and often times shocking imagery. When flipping through the Benetton catalogue, consumers are hard pressed to find the prices of sweaters or khaki pants. Instead, we see images of a priest nun k ... dividuals depicted are largely despised "social parasites", gaining sympathy from only the most die-hard opponents to capital punishment. Even amongst this audience, there is little to no compassion f ...

(10 pages) 221 0 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Nike vs Adidas, market and comprehensive competition analysis.

r any business to compete domestically or globally. In today's high speed environment, one would be hard pressed to find a Fortune 500 company conducting business with either other businesses or consu ...

(17 pages) 1440 3 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics

How did the War change attitudes about how big a part a government should play in people's lives?

itain` s national institutions, especially the monarchy and parliament. From the point of view of a hard- pressed government in time of war, the working class was far from intractable. There was, howe ... labour, and bring women into industry in vast numbers. The Trade Unions feared an erosion of their hard-earned power, the erosion of differences between skilled and unskilled workers, the driving dow ...

(16 pages) 127 0 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

The Big Gay Marriage Issue

ren. We value their commitment, not their procreative capacity. The proponents of that argument are hard pressed to explain why, if that's the case, that infertile couples are allowed to marry. I, for ... nferiority. This feeling of inferiority cannot help but affect the family's ability to last through hard times.Because same-sex couples cannot marry, gay and lesbian families lack the legal protection ...

(8 pages) 472 5 4.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

This is a indept summery of the novel Age of innocene by American author edith wharton

she again picked up her pen to write what many critics consider to be her war novel.One would be hard pressed, however, to find any elements within The Age of Innocence that even remotely address t ...

(5 pages) 63 2 3.2 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Rebuttal to Andy Rooney's comments about Columbus' importance in American History

It is extremely hard to take Andy Rooney seriously when he utters, "If you were going to make a list of the great ti ... e great times in American history, you'd start with the day in 1492, when Columbus got here." It is hard pressed to say that you can just start with someone, who for all intensive purposes, failed at ... dered a "dream" (Castillo).When speaking of achievements about the exploration of the Americas, Lockhard's primary source document about the conquest of Mexico shows that while the takeover occurred a ...

(3 pages) 21 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Cooperative vs. Preemptive Multitasking

milarities and differences between the cooperative and preemptive multitasking methods, I have been hard-pressed to find an abundance of material. From what I can discern, there are no true similariti ...

(1 pages) 30 0 3.0 May/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Good Things Do Not Always Come in Small Packages

rous.Firstly, you will find after placing some of this so-called food in your mouth that you will behard pressed to discern any palatable or even unpalatable taste. No matter how long you were toroll ... l bowl, but you will then have created a lifethreatening situation. Look carefully at those broken shards. You will see a myriad of elongated, sharpbarbs protruding from the now exposed interior. Many ...

(2 pages) 11 0 1.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Censorship at School; A teacher's warning to his students in Beijing.

t place). However, if I was to teach the prescribed section for the DP concerning China, I would be hard-pressed to find the material to compare such a singular act with the countless palaces, temples ...

(3 pages) 35 0 1.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Interview with pediartrician

. In the U.A.E, I feel the eating habits of children are particularly distorted because parents are hard-pressed for time especially if both of them are working. Due to this, it becomes common practic ...

(3 pages) 44 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters