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…of Lu of the noble K'ung clan. His original name was K'ung Ch'iu. His father, commander of a district in Lu, died three years after Confucius was born, leaving the family in poverty; but Confucius nevertheless received a fine education. "To learn and from…

…of expansion. The new immigrants were coming to America to get away from poverty and oppression in their homelands. With the coming of these new groups of immigrants came constant ethnic tensions. They were also paid very poorly and began to replace higher paid…

…The destruction of the Bastille came as the culmination of years of oppression and poverty suffered by the Third Estate of France, who had become more and more angered by the class system, King Louis XVI’s abuse of power, and price inflation…

…of the South. They thought (as the capitalist "work-ethic" would lead them to believe) that the poverty and economic decline of the South were probably due to laziness and that this indicated that the North should be able to easily defeat the South. But the Civil…

…—real growth rate: -5% (1998 est.) GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity—$4,000 (1998 est.) Population below poverty line: 28.6% (1998 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 84% (1998 est.) AFRICA Natural hazards: mountainous areas subject…

…percent, the second-fastest rate in Latin America after Chile (7). Not all Peruvians have seen their lives improved, however. In January 1997, Ray Sanchez reported nearly half the population continues to live in poverty (8). AGRICULTURE Peruís chief…

…comes into play. Adaption in such a case as our financial imbalance is not an option. Poverty among single parents is steadily on the rise. However, the choices that they make like unprotected premarital sex are totally up to it's participants. 66.6…

…to determine an individual's reaction to potent environmental influences. Some criminologists assert that certain offenders are born into environments (such as extreme poverty or discriminated-against minority groups) that tend to generate criminal behavior. Others…

…to the changes promised, else Mexico will most probably slide back to his historically authoritarian past. Mexican’s voted for change, not for Fox so his ability to make changes will be what he will be judged by. Fox has many problems to deal with, poverty , health…

…that points his followers in the direction of the Kingdom of Heaven. He explains that the kingdom is a place with no poverty, where all is revealed and that it is already inside and around them but they must learn how to find it. The Kingdom of Heaven, according…