Men seem to have the upper hand, just as they did in literature (among other things) in the late 1920's. ... Similarly, as Woolf indicates in A Room of One's Own, female characters in most classic literature written by both men and women seem to adhere to the classic stereotypes. Women's roles in literature, both in "starring" in it, and creating it, have not evolved nearly as rapidly as women's changing roles in society. ... Not only does this deter women from entering a college sports program, it can deter some women from entering college at all. ... Because of all of th...

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In turn, teachers should give a list of books for the holidays for pupils. ... In the article "What Reading Does for the Mind, "Books have 50 per cent more rare words in them than does adult prime-time television and the conversation of college graduates"" (Anne E. ... In order to expand vocabulary, children should read classic literature. ... Reading of popular literature doesn't grow, change or develop. ... Reading good literature improves an emotional intelligence. ...

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These include the title, abstract, introduction and literature reviews. ... Finally, the literature review describes how well the author researched their information. ... Whyte's classic apposition of "college" and "corner" boys and his enduring argument that friends can lead youth away from, as well as toward, crime and disrepute" (McCarthy et al. 831). ... Although they listed the words, they failed to include definitions. ... Intertwined in the introduction is the literature review that focuses on the research the authors performed. ...

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Upon entering college, Poe realized his path of gold was really a mountain of grief and disappointment. ... No sooner then Poe was home, then he been invited to a party of Sarah Elmira Royster's, his sweetheart before college. ... Even when this collection failed to sale or gain recognition, Poe still kept a daily routine of working on literature. ... In 1843, Poe wrote the timeless classic of "The Tell-Tale Heart- (Encarta N. pag). ... In 1847, Virginia Clemm died of tuberculosis and in doing so added one more name to Poe's list of lost loves ("Poe, Edgar Allan,"" World Book Encyclo...

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Once the war was over Sandburg returned to his hometown where a veteran status gave him free admission to Lombard College, where he became editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. ... After releasing this and hundreds of poems, he moved to other types of literature. ... It starts out with a list of common urban occupations, a reflection of the "jack of all trades" view that Sandburg had for Americans. It then moves to describe the city with a list of adjectives, which give the city the large, almost intimidating nature. ... For the remainder of the poem many of the common aspects of the city a...

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Each channel that is listed above is unique in its own way, following a presentation that airs different programs. ... TNT also airs repeated classic shows that are still in syndication. Turner Classic Movies is what Turner considers some of his finest work. ... During his college years, Turner experienced some family drama. ... At one point it was on the study of the classics that included mainly literature. ...

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Each channel that is listed above is unique in its own way, following a presentation that airs different programs. ... TNT also airs repeated classic shows that are still in syndication. Turner Classic Movies is what Turner considers some of his finest work. ... During his college years, Turner experienced some family drama. ... At one point it was on the study of the classics that included mainly literature. ...

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William Cullen Bryant is often regarded as the first of our American classic poets. I say "classic" since there had been previous attempts to write poetry, but its quality was pretty lesser. ... But then occurred an event which is actually recorded in the history of American literature. ... Although it was so mature a piece of writing for a boy of 17, it lacked its formal introduction -the exhortation to "list to Nature's teachings". ... A few years after, shortly after his marriage to Miss Fanny Fairchild, he was invited from the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College to read a poem ...

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And the numerous amount of literature and plays he produced during each time period in his life. ... My sources have conflicting information when it comes to his college education. ... The others say he got kicked out of college and then went to the air force. ... Barakas's classic Beat response to these forces however, was one of cool disengagement. ... The Black arts era, both in terms of creative and theoretical writing is the most important one in black literature since the Harlem Renaissance. ...

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On the one hand, our popular culture loves them; our classic cars are the Shelby Cobra and the Dodge Viper. ... Whether in movies, literature, or folklore, poisonous serpents have received bad press, which is unfortunate, because snakes like copperheads and cobras are at this moment at the forefront of some of the most exciting medical breakthroughs. ... Davdison College says that prior to the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention, Cobra venom was even used in bombs. ... Although it is expensive--$750 to $1050 a dose, according to Davidson College, its benefits are worth the price. ... And t...

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This book having 22 tales with in is a classic of the English literature. ... The Canterbury Tales is classified as one of the hundredths of literary arts to be listed as a banned book. ... The Reeve's story is about a dishonest miller who in the end is revenged by two college students who sleep with his wife and daughter. ...

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Written by Anthony Burgess, it spans twenty one chapters and serves as a cult classic to this day" (http://www.geocities.com/athens/academy/1974/ summary.html). ... With over sixty works of published literature under his belt, his most popular being, A Clockwork Orange, he has lived up to any challenge brought upon him. This being my first read work by Anthony Burgess, it has inspired me to read more of his literature. ... He also produced non-fiction books on English literature, linguistics, and the works of James Joyce, D.H. ... A Clockwork Orange had a very small list of characters. ...

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Sci-fi and fantasy literature have an impressive history, dating back hundreds of years. ... Literature is where both science fiction and fantasy came into existence, though they certainly didn't stop there. ... In the list of the ten highest grossing films of all time, seven of them are either a science fiction or fantasy movie (Box Offices Grosses 2). ... But luckily for that bored college freshman, spacing out in his English 1020 classroom, he doesn't have to just dream about being in a kingdom or galaxy far, far away; he can experience it himself through a variety of mediums. ......

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The music has since developed into a multi-billion dollar cultural phenomenon that has not only influenced the music industry, but the industries of Hollywood, fashion, literature, and magazines. ... The research provided a breakdown also of the Hip-hop generation, consisting of gender split, ethnic composition, college attendance, household demographics, and work status. ... As stated earlier, Run DMC wrote a hit called "My Adidas" that transformed the shoe into a cult classic. ... The list of fashion breakthroughs stretched on throughout the years: biker shorts, Daisy Dukes, huge clo...

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Here comes the third role of universities and colleges. ... Implementing there is considerable forms of commercialization of knowledge, which are the most common and best known specific sales training, sales and patent licensing certain technologies and sells hours of researchers in the form of joint research projects in universities and colleges to businesses. ... One of the recent models, which can be found in the literature is called DEA-model as a result of technology transfer or knowledge transfer from universities into account several indicators. ... It is also necessary that normally li...

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Being the daughter of two Ohio University educators-her father a ceramicist and Dean of Fine Arts, her mother a poet and literature teacher-Lin developed a thirst for knowledge and creativity starting at a very young age. ... Her parents contributed to and encouraged her intellect and creativity, and her older brother-who is now a poet and English professor-constantly challenged her with a classic, 5"healthy" sibling rivalry. ... " Her body of work extends far past the success of her senior year in college, however. ... These names are listed chronologically, giving each veteran...

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