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…"War...ouhh....What is it good for...absolutely nothing!" sang Edwin Starr in 1965. He felt the same vibe that both Henry Reed and Stephen Crane felt in their poems, "Naming of Parts" and "War is Kind." Although these authors may not have said…

…No Name Woman vs. Barbie Doll: Battle of the Millennia Let's face it. Society is chock full of subtle, and not-so-subtle, demands to conform to the "norm", and going with the flow is a big part of life. Ideas of conformity are beaten into us as soon…

…<Tab/>Naming Compounds <Tab/>Ionic <Tab/>Metal always on the left <Tab/>Most left on the periodic table goes on the left (positive charge on left…

…Monkshood is a name of an endangered, beautiful, but extremely dangerous plant. It belongs to the Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae). This plant is also known as Blue Rocket, Friar's hat, Helmet flower, Mouse bane, wolf bane, etc. Its scientific name…

…Darcourt In The Lyre of Orpheus, Robertson Davies writes about a character named Simon Darcourt who is a Professor of Greek and Latin and is on the board of Directors of the Cornish Foundation. He is also a self-diagnosed "boozer" who hopes to help…

…It is my belief, that the character of Macbeth, in the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, was not completely to blame for the murders in his name. Macbeth's character is kind, sociable, generous, intelligent yet immature, and very loyal to his…

…by Max Theiler. In 1956 BCG vaccine against tuberculosis is found effective. In 1957 Albert Sabin develops a live polo vaccine. In 1844 a dentist named Horace Wells saw a showman demonstrating the effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide). He decided to try…

…There are themes in life that everyone goes through at one point or another. These universal themes, however, are experienced in different orders. As in In the Name of the Father, sometimes it takes the death of a loved one to bring meaning to one's…

…. Spring Beauty is known by many names such as Fairy Spuds, Good Morning Spring, Ground Nut, May Flower, and Wild Potato. Sweet William Phlox Divaricata Sweet William is a thirty inch tall flower with green leaves and stem. the petals are a blue to violet…

…is the age the baby would have been had it lived, and it may be more than coincidence that she bares the same name as the pink tombstone Sethe's baby is buried under. When she first appears to Sethe soaking wet, as though newly born, Sethe has the sensation of her…