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…a traditional personal name (Qiu) and a formal name (Zhoghi). Confucius's father died shortly after Confucius's birth. His family fell into relative poverty, and Confucius joined a growing class of impoverished descendants of aristocrats who made their careers…

…improve Russia in the next 20 years they were so blind to the poverty and overpopulation that continued making Russia digress further and further. After a loss to the Japanese in the Russian-Japanese war, morale of the common folk was at an all time low…

…and unfortunately many of those people will be born into already over populated countries. For example, India with some of the highest poverty rates in the world will have an additional 600 million people inhabiting the country by the year 2050. It was interesting…

…than they needed mine." Njau finally realized that spiritual strength can help to overcome physical poverty. This poem can be compared with the biblical quote "what does a man gain if has the whole world but it the cost is the price of his soul." What…

…Themes The main theme of The Good Earth is the earth itself. Though the plot involves the troubles and experiences of a peasant family rising from poverty to riches the deeper meaning of the story emerges, ‘the life-sustaining bond of human beings…

…choose to give birth as teenagers are among the poorest AFDC recipients: 53% of current and former teenage mothers on AFDC in 1992 had incomes below 50% of the poverty line, compared with 41% of women who did not give birth as teenagers. In part, their poverty…

…fortunes and grinding poverty” is one of Herculean proportions to be remembered for all history. To understand the political beliefs of Teddy Roosevelt, one must understand the man behind the people’s champion. Although wealthy in his youth, young Theodore…

…What Makes Children Turn to Violence? School violence is a tremendous problem facing today’s youth. There are many factors that can contribute to violent actions in schools. Some are child abuse, violence in the home, poverty, easy access…

…an underclass. Placing the blame for poverty and the underclass on economic causes, Wilson supports universal policy initiatives. But this does not address the fact that African-American poverty is more severe than white poverty. And most importantly it does…

…"the harsh realities were recorded thanks to the initiative of the Farm Security Administration (Daval, 186)." At this time, Dorothea Lange "documented the bitter poverty of migrant workers and their families (20th Century Photography, 1). These images…