Essays Tagged: "many names"
Jesse Owens
on to the world will be know toeveryone. A man who has broken all the boundaries. A man who has won many names andawards. A man of many talents. A man with a title "fastest man ever". A MANJesse Owens ... e went on to the 1936 Olympicsasa member of the U S Olympic team, the games were held in Berlin, Germany where blackswere not accepted as well as whites and because of that Reichfuekrer Adolf Hitler d ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
Pot
my views on Marijuana, if it should belegal, for medical and/or recreational purposes.Marijuana has many names: Dope, Marihuana, Ganja, Pot Mary Jane,Cannabis Sativa (Scientific) to name a few.Marijua ... ., was first to describe it in print. It was used as ananesthetic 5,000 years ago in ancient china. Many (*) ancient culturessuch as the persians, Greeks, East Indians, Romans, and the Assyrians forma ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Janie's Great Identity Search. Discusses "Their Eyes were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, there are many lessons on a person's search for identity. Janie's search for identity throughout this book is ... o do with her search for a name, and freedom for herself. As she goes through life her search takes many turns for the worse and a few for the better, but in the end she finds her true identity. Throu ... h the white children. While she was in this stage, she was faced with much criticism and was called many names, so many that everyone started calling her alphabet, ''cause so many people had done name ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Legalization of Marijuana, by Ryan Wensel
Weed. Pot. Dope. Mary Jane. There are many names for marijana, the most widely used illegal drug on the streets. Not everyone thinks it sh ... of America consumes.Hemp, the fibrous strands from the stem of the marijuana plant can be used for many things. First of all, hemp is strong. A single strand of hemp is three times as strong as a str ... hemp oil is used for a fuel, carbon monoxide would not be produced, since gasoline, which contains many other harmful chemicals, would not be burned. The o-zone would be able to rebuild faster withou ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Hernando Cortes's life and Times
5. Cortes was of low Spanish nobility. His name is pronounced as [kohr-tez', air-nahn']. Cortes has many different names like Hernan Cortes, Hernando Cortes and Hernando Cortez. Cortes had many names ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - a paramedic's perspective.
living with a violent partner). PTSD was introduced in the 1980s, before then it has been known by many names including shell shock, war neurosis, soldier's heart, gross stress reaction, transient si ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
MDMA: Looking Past the Fear. Argues for the legal use of MDMA in a therapeutic setting. History of drug included.
tred of her body?"The answer is that "Adam" is not a person at all, but a substance. It is known by many names: Adam, Eve, White Dove, the Love Drug, Beans, X, E, XTC, and Ecstasy, to name a few. The ... hetamine (MDMA), but what you call it doesn't matter. What is important is how this drug has helped many people, such as the woman above, to heal from ailments ranging from post-traumatic stress disor ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Aluminum. Number
dant metal on earth. Aluminum has the atomic number thirteen and the chemical symbol Al. It has had many names over the years, including alumina, aluminium, and aluminum. It was in 1807 when a man by ... ame aluminium. Aluminum is non-sparking, non-magnetic, and is not radioactive. Aluminum is used for many things, from soft-drink cans to car bodies to window frames. Aluminum is grouped with other sof ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Why I am Grateful to American Veterans. Note: very emotional and mushy towards end.
e renowned words were spoken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940. America is a land known by many names, the arsenal of democracy, the land of opportunity, and as President George Bush puts it, ... ock here by the millions to taste this liberty pie. Who do we thank for the sweet taste of freedom? Many might say the Founding Fathers, or the great presidents of this nation, but the people whom I c ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing
This essay describes 8 different flowers found in the United States. It states their regular name and scientific names, it also lists its uses.
Spring BeautyClaytonia VirginicaThe Spring Beauty was used by Indians and Pioneers for many reasons. They used it for food, for example they ate the bulbs raw or boiled as a potato substi ... he dark colored stem. The petals are usually less than half an inch long. Spring Beauty is known by many names such as Fairy Spuds, Good Morning Spring, Ground Nut, May Flower, and Wild Potato.Sweet W ... t that it would "purify the blood."Blue-eyed MaryCollinsia Verna NuttThe Blue-eyed Mary is known by many names. It is also known as Broad Leaf Collinsia and Innocence. There are four petals on each st ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
Drugs
me in different ways some are in liquid form, some are powder and some are also in pills. There are many names for drugs like speed, LSD, marijuana, steroids, crack and many more. People often ask why ... for drugs like speed, LSD, marijuana, steroids, crack and many more. People often ask why are there many people doing drugs, what are the effects and how are drugs influenced but not very many know ab ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Monster: A movie review..
having research Wuornos earlier in my studies, much of the movie was on a fiction-based story line. Many names, the weapon that Wuornos used, and many other details such as vehicles had been changed i ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Review of "Last Tango in Paris."
her, yelling that there are no names in that apartment. Later he states that he has been called too many names over the course of his life, and a simple grunt would be more sufficient. Every time a na ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Starfruit I want to know about starfruit? Area Country: Foods
Starfruit is one of many names to the scientific named Averroha Carambola L. fruit. The most common names are Carambola ... ractices and the weather. The main two types of cultivars are sweet and tart.Starfruit doesn't have many uses. It is used as a garnish for meat dishes. It is grilled and used in fruit salad. It is als ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Theories on the Origin of the Moon
is about 384,400km with a diameter of 3476km and a mass of 7.35*1022kg. Through history it has had many names: Called Luna by the Romans, Selene and Artemis by the Greeks. And of course, has been kno ... th this technique, we have followed a simulated collision (with some set of initial conditions) for many hours of real time, determining the amount of mass that would escape from the Earth-Moon system ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy
Self Injury
other. The mailman. The lawyer. The manager at the store you buy yourclothing from. Self injury has many faces and many names - cutting,burning,banging, slitting the wrists, slashing - but one thing t ... human condition seems to require us to step away from anythingthatmay cause us pain - but this, for many people who SI, is the reality. As aformer SIer and as someone who maintains a support group as ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing
5 page paper on Frederick Douglass for Philosophy 101
ster to another until he finally found the satisfaction of being his own; he went through almost as many names as masters. His mother's family name, traceable at least as far back as 1701 was Bailey, ... ecameStanley, and upon arrival he changed it again to Johnson. In New Bedford, where there were too many Johnson's, he found it necessary to change it once more, and his final choice was Douglass, tak ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
The Amazing Jeckle Brothers
fills the woods of hope and prosperity like a wave of hungry piranhas on a newborn lamb. He goes by many names, but for now let it be spoken like the force of a fireball bursting into a crowd. He's Ja ... Laughter explodes forth from the essence of his being, radiating the land with childish joy. He has many names, but for now let it be spoken like melodic music drifting through the air. He's Jake, tru ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
Theories of The Origin of the Moon
is about 384,400km with a diameter of 3476km and a mass of 7.35*1022kg. Through history it has had many names: Called Luna by the Romans, Selene and Artemis by the Greeks. And of course, has been kno ... th this technique, we have followed a simulated collision (with some set of initial conditions) for many hours of real time, determining the amount of mass that would escape from the Earth-Moon system ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
A Stone in a Sea of Chaos A Essay on the struggle of Okonkwo Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe
They had broken into tumult instead of action" (205; Ch. 24). Okonkwo was a man of great honor and many names, he threw Amalinze the Cat, he had two barns full of yams and three wives he was one of t ... He raises Ikemefuna just like his own, and in some instances better than his other children. After many years have passed and the oracle comes to Umuofia and tells Okonkwo that Ikemefuna must be take ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature