… learned norms based on attitudes, values and beliefs. Culture is often based on long standing traditions that have been passed from elders to the younger generation. It can be evolved through…

… Princeton, N.J., U.S.), U.S. theoretical physicist and science administrator, noted as director of the Los Alamos laboratory during dEvelopment of the atomic bomb (1943-45) and as director of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1947-66). Accusat…

… Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1974. When one hears the word Salem, many unpleasant images are conjured in that person’s mind. One may think of the misplaced fervor of the Puritans, one may call to mind the lack of justice…

… am one of the fortunate few who had the opportunity of living two very different cultures, my native semi-conservative Lebanese, Arabic culture, and my new western, liberal united states culture. I Could compare and contrast all types…

… one because all the people making the laws are over twenty one. So they take a biased way of thinking. When we are eighteen we can smoke, vote, and be drafted into the army, yet we aren’t capable of deciding for ourselves to have a beer or two.…

… 11/19/99 Bypassing the Truth About Reality Often authors in literature tend to avoid situations in everyday life which portray controversial issues. Many authors avoid the reality and truth about what is really…

… not have a right or wrong answer. It's a question that is thought about often by many. From person to person the answer to this philosophical question differs. The following paragraphs will enlighten you on the views of Swift, Twain, Beckett, Sartre,…

… that something was wrong came Sunday afternoon when I logged on to the BBS (bulletin board service, a central computer acting as a host for other users to exchange messages) for auto racing. Someone posted a short but gripping note, "I think I just…

… born in a small village of Groot-Zundart. His father Theodorus Van Gogh was a Protestant Preacher in the village. Vincent had a younger brother Theo who was born May 1st 1857. Vincent had three uncles that were art dealers so it was hard to imagine…

… The Old Man and the Sea, a novel by Ernest Hemingway, involves an old man named Santiago, who establishes himself as a great fisherman many times, but yet, he still struggles to prove it again and again. Santiago lives in a small fishing…