Having achieved command of the air, the pilots would then use their battle plane fleet to destroy the enemy's will and capacity to resist by conducting aerial bombing on his cities, industrial centres and, primarily by targeting the civilian population. ... As such, rather than concentrating air attacks on population centres (Douhet's theory) or the main army, airplanes should be used as strategic weapons to strike deep into the enemy's territory, focusing on the inner cities, military related industries and other vital areas. ... The following paragraphs will examine the applic...

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Both texts make reference to the Lamb(s) of God, to a messianic figure who will herald the end of days, to the beasts (dragons and leviathons) who will raze the earth of sinners, and both texts describe a very similar process by which this earth will be destroyed, and replaced by the eternal "holy city.... However, a careful analysis of the thematic and theological differences between the two texts provides evidence that Enoch is not, in fact, the foundational text of the Revelation to St. ... In this paper, a review of the literature regarding Enoch's influence on Revelation will be...

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Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. ... Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' looming death and the sack of Troy, prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, so that when it reaches an end, the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War. ... Setting place of the poem is Troy (a city in what is now northwestern Turkey) and its imme...

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The new city is overrun with crime. Specifically, the city is being taken over by the Mutant Gang. We get our first sense of a city quickly going to hell. ... The only two women who play a large role are portrayed with more male features. ... As is common with the popular frontier tale, each character protects a certain settlement of the frontier. ...

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Alexius must have been surprised by the visit due to the nature of the two men's past history. ... It is my goal in this paper to explain the motivations of Bohemond's participation in the First Crusade as well as his ongoing relationship with Alexius Komnenos during both the years of struggle between the Normans and Alexius, and during the times of peace and friendship between the two men In order for historians to answer these questions they must first start by evaluating the ways in which previous historians have addressed them, thus determining either holes in their argument tha...

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"To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy, to forget whatever it was necessary to forget, then to draw it back into memory again at the moment when it was needed, and then promptly to forget it again: and above all, to apply the same process to t...

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At the start of the tale, Peter Parker is a normal teenager with the structure of a normal teenager. ... Peter, as the Existential protagonist, chooses to leave due to alienation from two different sources. ... The two forms of guilt that Peter experiences that make him the man that becomes and paves the way for all the other mistakes he makes later. ...

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It moves from lament to chaotic humour within a heartbeat, and like Breakfast of Champions Closing Time is a very sombre tale dressed up in Jester's clothing. ... But whereas Vonnegut and Heller are widely believed to be two of the finest American writers of the last century, their fan base is surely not as fevered or loyal as Hunter S. ... Although a journalistic piece, Fear And Loathing was published in book form after appearing, in two instalments, in Rolling Stone in November of 1971. ... Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales." ...

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The story contrasts the lives and ideologies of two sisters, Marlene and Joyce, and the resultant conflicts between them. ... This is evident in Top Girls, where Marlene has thrown a dinner party to celebrate her promotion and has invited Isabella Bird (1831-1904), Lady Nijo (b.1258), Dull Gret (1562), Pope Joan (854-856) and Griselda (Canterbury Tales). ... In addition, when it is discovered that she is a woman, she and her new-born child are dragged out of the city and stoned. ... These two instances notwithstanding, if feminist theatre is not just about political change, then this play can ...

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This is a haunting tale of passion, privilege and biting physical labour, of men and women moved by compassion and driven by the power of dreams - sometimes even to murder. ... When Patrick came to Toronto he tried to forget about his past, and tried to make a new beginning: "Now, in the city, he was new even to himself, the past locked away." ... Discuss this statement and show how your critical understanding of the text has been strengthened by at least two different readings. ... Two such interpretations are the Post-Modern and Post-Colonial readings of In the Skin of a Lion. These two ...

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From a television in every home to the first computers and ultimately space flight, these two decades after World War II were crowded with advancements. ... Abstract expressionism dominated the art community for almost two decades and remained based in America. ... The American Pop Art movement was centered in New York City during this time period. "New York Pop included an enriching tale of humor combined with culture- much unlike American Pop Art's cousin British Pop Art, whose purpose was solely to undo the work of the abstract expressionists. ...

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In the following pages, I wish to highlight the characteristics, form and the revolutionary aspects of the Victorian Novel, along with a brief analysis on three very important Victorian writers - William Makepeace Thakeray, Charles Dickens and George Eliot( Mary Ann Evans). ...

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According to society, hard work for the good of the city would be your only purpose in life. ... She once said, "Existence exists-- and the act of grasping that statement implies two corollary axiom: that something exists which once perceives and that one exists possessing consciousness, consciousness being the faculty of perceiving that which exits." ... He states that it has been the subject to intensive analysis and discussion. ... Also that there is endless repetition and that the characters are generally two-dimensional. ...

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Mediaeval stories, written before the advent of the novel, could be either epics - usually based in some kind of historical fact - or romances, tales of chivalry based on legend and adventure, or the supernatural. ... The doctor laughingly tells Alvy that he needn't worry about that for years, and that he should concentrate on being happy, but neither the child nor the adult Alvy seems capable of heeding the doctor's advice, and the adult Alvy has been in analysis for fifteen years. ... So, in modernity, we have the "shock of the new" - everything in the city is constantly changing a...

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The Roman historian Livy was more of a teller of tales, and he invoked the intervention of the gods to explain cause and effect. ... Medieval works tended to divide into two types of histories. ... Augustine's City of God; it was outstandingly illustrated by Paulus Orosius and continued by such lesser men as Isidore of Seville. ... The two forms were not infrequently mixed. ... But by far the greatest medieval Arabic historian was Ibn Khaldun, who created an early version of sociological history to account for the rise and decline of cities and civilizations. ...

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But if that is the case, then Lear cannot be in a tragic situation as Hegel defines it, that is, he is not caught in the clash of two legitimate principles, a situation from which there is no simple escape, no matter how much he learns. ... From this perspective, the turning point in the criticism of King Lear was Harry Jaffa's brilliant analysis of the opening scene of the play, in which he shows that Lear has a sophisticated scheme in mind for dividing up his kingdom, one in which he hopes to secure the bulk of his land for Cordelia, together with an alliance with the House of Burgundy....

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More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of Miami's demand for help. ... Drug dollars poured into Colombia, building cities. ... If two drug dealers have a dispute, they have no legal way for it to be settled. ... Many drug users say that the first drugs they ever used were the two socially sanctioned drugs, alcohol and tobacco. ... By any measure of rational analysis, marijuana can be safely used within the supervised routine of medical care." ...

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More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of Miami's demand for help. ... Drug dollars poured into Colombia, building cities. ... If two drug dealers have a dispute, they have no legal way for it to be settled. ... Many drug users say that the first drugs they ever used were the two socially sanctioned drugs, alcohol and tobacco. ... By any measure of rational analysis, marijuana can be safely used within the supervised routine of medical care." ...

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Her father Capulet, though happy at the match, asks Paris to wait two years, since Juliet is not yet even fourteen. ... Soon, Romeo speaks to Juliet, and the two experience a profound attraction. ... The two begin to duel. ... Analysis of Major Characters Romeo The name Romeo, in popular culture, has become nearly synonymous with "lover."" ...

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Table of Contents Abstract .2 Acknowledgements 3 Table of Contents .4 Statement of Purpose 5 Introduction ..6 Review of Literature ."7-27 Methodology 28 Analysis and Findings ..29-32 Conclusion 33-35 References .36-40 Statement of Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify conspiracy theories about HIV/AIDS among Black South Africans and African Amer...

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In this way, some specialist think about the diverse dimensions of USA and China keeping in mind the end goal to make the distinction between these two cultures. ... The two nations that will be researched in this papers, USA and China, show enormous culture differences in the greater part of dimensions, aside from the manliness measurement, and the uncertainty avoidance measurement. The table above demonstrates the contrasts between the two nations in each dimension. ...

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These two styles of poetry are based upon a rigid usage of syllables . ... (Schumacher 173-188) This group of artists were centered around Columbia University in New York City and would go on to create the works that would define a generation. ... Kerouac's piece, a semi-autobiographical tale, depicting the travels and interactions of Kerouac and his friends. ... Then they present an analysis of the three poems which compose Howl. ... Probably the first two....

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According to the DSM-V (APA, 2013), diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia involves; Criteria A: Two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a 1 -month period (or less if successfully treated). 1. ... During these prodromal or residual periods, the signs of the disturbance may be demonstrated by only negative symptoms or by two or more symptoms listed in Criterion A present in a diminished form (e.g., odd beliefs, unusual perceptual experiences). ... The psychological evaluation of schizophrenia would be viewed from two different dimensions; socio-cultu...

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I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; 112 Am an attendant lord, one that will do 113 To swell a progress, start a scene or two, 114 Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, 115 Deferential, glad to be of use, 116 Politic, cautious, and meticulous; 117 Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; 118 At times, indeed, almost ridiculous-- 119 Almost, at times, the Fool. 120 I grow old ... ... high sentence: a phrase from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, meaning "elevated, serious and moral thoughts expressed formally." 119. ...

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