Essays Tagged: "half a century"

"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Compares life as Huxley described it in the World State with life in the United States today.

e life as Huxley described it in the World State with life in the United States today.For more than half a century, science fiction writers have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the fut ...

(5 pages) 192 0 4.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Gender Equity: Equal Pay and Childcare

an to be aware of the feminism issues and started to fight over and ask for the true gender equity. Half a century later today, men and women have seemingly declared a cease-fire in the war that raged ... k force. If she stays at her same job full-time for the next 40 years, she stands to lose more than half a million dollars. How could she make up the loss? It would not be easy - she would have to be ...

(4 pages) 180 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Mussolini and the Church; rivals or collaborators?

lly true of rural areas. However, their had been friction between the state and the Church for over half a century when several Italian states had united, forcing the Papal States and Rome into the me ...

(5 pages) 37 0 2.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Piaget's Cognitive Development.

in its current form and his ideas, methods and findings have shaped work in the filed for more than half a century. Piaget, a Swiss psychologist, philosopher and logician, developed a theory of intell ...

(5 pages) 376 3 4.5 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Brave New world

For more than half a century science fiction writers have thrilledand challenged readers with visions of the futur ...

(4 pages) 124 1 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Peace solutions for the Arab and Israel conflict.

devotion. These two peoples, are constantly involved in a tragic conflict that has lasted more than half a century, saw the possibility of a new beginning.The Oslo Accord transformed the political rea ...

(8 pages) 344 1 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Essay on world war one.

orary, lasting some 1-year to 2 decades. Others were of medium term consequence, enduring for about half a century. And a few of the repercussions have import, which affect the area even today and are ... ved there. Rheims declined from two hundred thousand to five thousand, a loss of ninety-seven and a half percent of the populace. Much of the decline can be accounted for through the great numbers of ...

(11 pages) 147 2 4.2 Sep/2003

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

My essay talks about the comparsion and contrast of michael jordan and larry bird.

ordan and Larry BirdThe National Basketball Association league has been in existence for almost half a century. This league produces a large number of basketball stars and fans every year. Through ...

(2 pages) 74 0 2.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Our Future on Mars

f Mars has been an incoherent one for the people of Earth, having acquired the first hard data just half a century ago, when telescopes were made accurately enough to determine whether there is the li ...

(3 pages) 67 0 4.3 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

The debate over the numbers repressed under Stalin and it's relevance to totalitarian theory.

highly argued as many factors including the apparent decision to lock away the facts for more than half a century have impacted on the reporting and accuracy of these facts. The debate has arisen ove ...

(7 pages) 35 0 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

In what way has the marketing of 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, fulfilled the expectations of the target audience?

ble movie, but he also had to appeal to the colossal cult following of JRR Tolkien's novels written half a century previously.There is always a great deal of expectation surrounding any multi-million ... d by a male character, this shows the way that society within film making has changed over the last half a century, where the representation of women has become along stronger and are now seen more as ...

(11 pages) 106 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Marilyn's life: A depiction of Hollywood life

in combination with an innate sensuality has endeared her to the global consciousness for more than half a century. Marilyn's life demonstrated the effects of her personal struggles as well as the tri ...

(6 pages) 54 0 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

I was told to write a paper comparing a common theme between the movies Jaws, The Legend of Bagger Vance, and Finding Forrester.

Bronx apartment. A Pulitzer Prize winner, which is the most prestigious writing award known to man, half a century earlier, Forrester's career and enthusiasm for society has been receding for decades. ... . The principle reason for this success is the fact that the "monster" is not visible for the first half of the movie; it is the anticipation of horror that grabs us much more than the terrible acts t ...

(5 pages) 56 0 4.3 Mar/2004

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

World's Largest Crustacean - Giant Spider Crab

n's estimated one thousand crab species, the spiders reach adult size within ten years and may live half a century or more.The giant crustacean is sometimes called shinin gani, dead mean's crab, for i ...

(2 pages) 54 2 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Oceanography

(Compare and Contrast Essay on Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds)

onds)By Roderick SmithThe Major league Baseball Association league has been in existence for almost half a century. This league produces a large number of baseball stars and fans every year. Throughou ...

(2 pages) 98 1 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

UN Recommendation for the Resolution of the Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir

stan. India and Pakistan both claim that Kashmir rightfully belongs in their possession. For nearly half a century this territorial disagreement has been characterized by terrorism, violence, and doub ...

(6 pages) 55 0 4.2 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > United Nations

Review of a movie "Amelie"

the city. Her life changes when she finds an old box containing small treasures of a boy that lived half a century ago. Anonymously she returns it to the owner and watches from a distance how his life ...

(2 pages) 59 0 4.3 May/2004

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

Aroused Problems in a Post Apartheid South Africa

frican policy of segregation and discrimination against non-whites and it all started in 1949. Near half a century later, in 1994, President Nelson Mandela came into power and stopped the apartheid, a ...

(1 pages) 46 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

To what extent does Weber's account of 'the spirit of capitalism' represent a challenge to Marx's view of history?

the history of ideas, so Marx developed what is now known as historical materialism. Writing around half a century later, Weber accounts 'the spirit of capitalism', developing the belief that unlike M ...

(4 pages) 157 0 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Canadian Core Values

e caused people to change their beliefs. Today, these values are much different from what they were half a century ago. Some of the common values held by Canadians today are peace, equality and freedo ...

(3 pages) 47 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History