When the Challenger space shuttle blew up. Students gathered in the student lounge for hours, watching in disbelief. In a way, it was more existential than September 11. We watched the same ten seconds of the shuttle explosion over and over again, without they"re being a trace of the Shuttle anywhere in the world. That day was a technological disaster, a mechanical disaster that Americans, in our inimical fashion, could quickly fix. .
What students watched on September 11, 2001 was a social and political disaster. Watching the events unfold was a lot less existential and a lot more practical because it is a disaster that will have a far greater impact on their world-and they, in turn, can affect that impact.
In the next months and years, we as a society will rethink everything from privacy to business organizations to architecture. Businesses will look at Morgan Stanley's experience-occupying much of the World Trade Center-and think again about the virtues of further decentralization of operations. Just as architecture in the 1970s seemed to respond to the turmoil of the 1960s (consider the fortress-like administration building at the University of Michigan or the FBI building in Washington), we may see architecture change in the future. Aside from a defiant impulse to rebuild the World Trade Center itself, perhaps we will want smaller buildings-that are easier to evacuate and not as self-promotingly visible. Perhaps we will insist, despite what our engineers tell us, that big buildings be built stronger. Consider that when an admittedly lighter, slower plane (a B-25 bomber traveling at about 200 mph) crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945, that majestic skyscraper sustained relatively little damage.
But most of our rethinking will concern law-how we will balance understandable demands for improved security with our right to privacy, our freedom to travel, our free speech, our policy of welcoming immigrants, and our commitment to a tolerant society.
Descriptive Essay A picture is worth a thousand words. There are so many details in pictures, especially the people in pictures. In this picture, Leighanne (left) and Kina (right) are both very unique in appearance. The face and clothing of each girl contributes to their uniqueness. The differen...
Writing a simple cover letter, an academic essay, B.A thesis or Ph.D. dissertation is impossible in a case when you as a writer do not have sound and reliable knowledge on paragraph. ... Students who want to study in a college or university need to learn how to write a paragraph because all other types of academic writing, such as essays, reports, compositions, and research papers, are based on paragraph. ... Use descriptive adjective before noun. ... But example (b) which has a descriptive adjective "outstanding" before noun can motivate the readers to read the rest of the paragraph...
You will write a narrative essay that responds to these questions. ... A Descriptive Title a compelling introduction that both provides the reader with an overview of your topic as well as begins with an interesting picture of you as a learner. ... a conclusion that synthesizes the ideas you have developed in the body of your essay rather than merely summarizes them. ... It should tie together the loose ends of the body of the essay as well as refer to the introduction in some way. 2. ... The final draft of your essay must be at least 1200 words in length, and must include a title. ...
Descriptive Essay: The Dentist The phone rings and I answer. I say "hello'' and the voice on the on the other end of the phone asks for Meghan. I reply, "This is she". The voice says she is calling to remind me of my 4:00 PM dental appointment. I sigh and tell her I will be there. With great r...
Descriptiveness can be found through sight, touch, and hearing. ... Selectively placing words in a sentence, paragraph, essay, or novel should have the outcome of the reader understanding what was read. ... When an event is described in a book through very descriptive and blunt terms, it makes the reader feel like they are there. When a person is described using descriptive terms through the senses, the reader feels as if they actually know the person being described. ... Descriptiveness can be found through sight, touch, and hearing....
The Best American Essays of the Century All of these essays were very carefully written essays. ... were three great essays from the book The Best American Essays of the Century. All of the essays were really descriptive with a lot of meaning. ... Anyone that reads this essay will have to feel something that this essay is talking about. The last essay was Shouting "Fire!" ...
White's "Once More to the Lake" is a descriptive essay that relates his trip to a lake with his son, to the trips that he used to take with his father. Though it is very descriptive, I personally think that it was too descriptive, and less entertaining. ... He ended the essay by relating himself to his son. ... He did not keep my attention throughout the essay or make me feel like his lake was worth visiting. I wouldn't want to ever read this essay again, or share it with friends....
The Broken Leash: Descriptive Essay Do you know a vicious dog in your neighborhood? Isn't he always tied up? What happens when he gets off the leash? Everyone in his or her life one time or another has seen a neighbor's ferocious dog off the leash wandering. This is a story about that dog. Do ...
"Shooting an Elephant" is an essay by George Orwell. ... During the 1920's he wrote this particular essay of his experience. ... Orwell was extrememly descriptive in telling about when he was face to face with the elephant. ... Orwell was particularly descriptive through these parts of "Shooting an Elephant." ... Orwell was descriptive even then in telling this story of being a European in an Asian culture. ...
This essay is for oceanographers or scientists, but can also be understood by a general audience. ... This broadens the essay's audience because anyone can understand numbers. ... By using descriptive words the author gives the reader a visual picture of the event. ... Carson also uses descriptive words to represent the meaning of one concept. Using other descriptive words helps the reader look at a concept from many different angles. ...
