Essays Tagged: "staple"

The Nancy Solomon Gallery, features , "Recent Work" by Claude Simard

and continuous white walls. Wine, crackers, and other oddhors d'oeuvre's were the usual staple for the masses. Music vibrated throughout the room as didobnoxious laughter....

(2 pages) 75 0 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays

Vinegar

ut reason. It was in the kitchen, so I concluded that it must be some sort of, rarely used, cooking staple. I would never have guessed then that vinegar had so many uses.Just the other day, I was in t ...

(3 pages) 37 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Effective Use of Blood Imagery in Macbeth

Effective Use of Blood Imagery in MacbethGratuitous use of blood is the staple of most murder scenes. Perhaps this technique was first developed by Shakespeare for his play ...

(2 pages) 57 1 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

The relevancy of the heartland - hinterland distinction in Canada's economic geography

ol resides within the nation. Thus, the heartland-hinterland concept distinguishes raw-material and staple-producing hinterlands from the capital service industrial heartland and reveals the metropoli ... ied States, which is focused around New York City. 'It is the heartland that creates the demand for staple commodities, supplying the hinterland, in turn, with capital, labour, technology, and entrepr ...

(4 pages) 93 1 2.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Prohibition of alcohol in the States. A Noble Experiment?

erican life have had a long and usually friendly relationship. Until themid 1800's, alcohol was the staple drink in many homes. This was mainly because of thecustoms brought from Europe by the immigra ...

(11 pages) 176 0 3.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

A short story, Freshman Comp Class

nt and was heading home, that is my real home, for the first time in almost 40 years.Old John was a staple at the docks by the Atlantic Ocean in Kennebunkport, Maine. I had kept in contact with him fr ...

(4 pages) 70 0 2.7 Jul/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Consumer Culture: Describes how radio, advertising, automobiles, and movies effected the consumer culture of the 1920's

e right for another change, a cultural change, and thus began the era of consumer culture that is a staple of America even today.Since one's work could no longer ensure satisfaction or contentment, pe ...

(4 pages) 186 1 4.2 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Starbucks Coffee Company and their social responsibility. Includes bibliography.

every day!(4) This not only created an immensely successful business, but also began what is now a staple of American life... the coffee bar. Since the beginning, Starbucks' founder and CEO Howard Sc ...

(2 pages) 1059 1 4.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Book Report to the Class on A HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood. May want to add more about the themes and take out some of the plot description.

k is The Handmaid's Tale, which was published in 1986 and quickly became a best seller. It is now a staple of high school and college reading lists.The Handmaid's Tale is set in the near future in the ...

(4 pages) 70 1 4.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Letters of General George E. Pickett of the C.S.A.

easons. Resourcefulness was constantly lacking, morale was at staggering lows, the home front was a staple in the mind of every grey uniform, and not to mention they were fighting their own brethren. ...

(8 pages) 31 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Research on the Maidu Indian Tribe to better understand their creation stories and the role these myths played in their society.

uch of their energy went into the quest for food. As with most Native Californians, the acorn was a staple of their diet. It took a great deal of time to prepare the approximately 2,000 pounds of acor ...

(3 pages) 27 0 2.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Why was unemployment such a persistent problem in Britain during the inter war years?

aw Britain fail to recapture its control over markets that it had dominated once before through its staple industries and saw USA and Germany become leading international producers. Alongside misguide ... ion had deteriorated sharply. Fundamental to Britain's economic development leading to 1914 was the staple industries - coal, iron and steel, cotton, woollen textiles and major branches of engineering ...

(8 pages) 60 1 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

This essay is about how photocopiers work and how chemistry is involved in the process.

Photocopiers and laser printers are staple pieces of equipment in any office setting. Not that long ago, all copies were done by use of ...

(9 pages) 56 0 4.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Title: "Medieval Life Illuminated." This essay analyzes the the Miller's Tale in the Canterbury Tales which reveals medieval attitudes about class and courtly love.

ters to his tale. He begins with the typical "Whylom," or "Once upon a time," to which has become a staple to fairy tales passed down through the generations. The Miller continues, "there lived at Oxf ...

(5 pages) 92 0 4.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucher

Opposing Views on the Constitution. this essay was written for an AP US history class, and is about the differences of opinion of those who were involved in making the Constitution

ticles of Confederation were not working and thus, met in Philadelphia in 1787 in order to invent a staple set of laws, which would unify the nation under a stronger central government. Throughout thi ...

(2 pages) 61 0 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

A Report on the Australian Bottled Water Industry

tled water has moved the product beyond the niche market and into the mainstream as it has become a staple to many Australians. Many people drink bottled water today simply because they prefer the tas ...

(9 pages) 114 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Santa Claus is an idea that should be abolished.. Written from a Christian's point of view.

arded as the symbol of Christmas. Depicted as an old man with a potbelly and long beard, he was the staple of the season. The stories went that if you were good throughout the year, then on Christmas ...

(4 pages) 40 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Persuasive Essay regarding to why The Odyssey should be part of a "classics" curriculum rather than a "literary" curriculum

The Odyssey are routinely found in textbooks. You could say that this epic has become a curriculum staple for high school language arts classics, but that doesn't mean it should be.The Odyssey would ...

(3 pages) 57 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

What Caused the high level of unemployment in the interwar period in Britain? Could the government have done more to cure the problem?

ajor factors was structural unemployment, which came about largely through the decline of the older staple industries such as textiles, coal and ship building. These industries experienced a fall in d ...

(6 pages) 55 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Essay: What are the important foods the ancient romans had?

ected from cold winds or the scorching sun." She goes on to say that "gardens were used to grow the staple vegetables of the Roman diet: brassicas, greens, marrows, sorrel, cucumbers, lettuces, leeks. ...

(2 pages) 38 0 2.5 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers