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The paper analyzes both William Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey" and Thomas Gray's "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College", that examine humanity and man's changing relationship with nature through an expressive overview of a place of emotional significance. The paper shows how both poems place an emphasis on physical, temporal and metaphorical distance in order to examine complex questions relating to the poet's past and future. The paper highlights how the descriptive and reflective elements of the texts interact with each other, enabling the poets to poignantly communicate ideas of memory, loss, and, ultimately, the restorative power of nature.

From the Paper
"The first stanza of Tintern Abbey imitates the process of recollection by conveying the narrator's experience of the landscape before him in intricate detail. Wordsworth delights in depicting the tranquil serenity of his surroundings, appearing to savour such particulars as the "soft inland murmur" of the waters "rolling from their mountain springs". His gentle use of assonance enhances the sensuous nature of the piece, suggesting that the narrator's thirst is being quenched - albeit from a distance - after the aesthetic drought of "five long winters" in the city. This interplay between sense and recollection exposes an important aspect of much prospect poetry - the power of reflection and memory. Indeed, it is significant that Wordsworth writes of "Thoughts of more deep seclusion" , thus reminding the reader that the poem is not simply an objective description of the landscape."

Tags:memory, loss, restoration, imagination, introspection, childhood, distance

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This paper shows how Ridings examines many different aspects of Mexican society, including the economy, the political system and culture. The author explains that the writer examines the nation's urgent problems and attempts to explain the historical basis for how Mexicans feel and think. The author eports that Ridings' main argument is that Mexico must resist Americanization and apply its own solutions to its own problems.

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This paper discusses how the point of view in "A Rose for Emily" is told through the hearsay and gossip of the townspeople and how, never attempting to understand Emily, the point of view is very intrusive about her strange life, her relations, and her diversities. The paper also looks at how, in this way, Faulkner manages to keep the readers distanced and in the dark about the final gruesome ending of the story.

From the Paper
"To begin with, Faulkner begins the story - the first sentence, in fact - with Emily's death. Normally, the death of the protagonist is the climax of any story. However, Faulkner almost dismisses this event. He barely spends a single paragraph informing the reader of her death before going on to a description of her house. The next paragraph begins the townspeople's recollections of when she was alive. Faulkner subtly suggests to the reader that her death is unimportant in the whole scheme of things. Since the reader is almost forced to skim over this otherwise vital information, the ultimate goal of emotional distance between the reader and Emily is set in motion."

Tags:Griersons, gossip

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"Alan Riding, in Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the Mexicans, has set for himself a highly ambitious task: "The purpose of this book is to make Mexico more accessible to non-Mexicans. It is inspired not by a desire to expose the country's vulnerabilities but by the belief that Mexico would also be better served if better understood by its northern neighbor" (p. xii). This is a highly commendable ambition, but Riding makes unwarranted assumptions when he takes for granted that the United States has any desire to understand Mexico. The history of the relationship between the two countries demonstrates that the United States has a low tolerance for understanding and a high tolerance for exploitation. The people of the United States have demonstrated a monumental indifference toward Mexico (except with respect to keeping out "illegal aliens" --- aside from those..."

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The paper discusses how Daniel K. Richter's emphasis in his article "Imagining a Distant New World" on the importance of gifts to Native Americans and his descriptions of the exchange of gifts between European explorers and Native Americans demonstrate the vast cultural gulf that existed between the natives and the newcomers from across the sea. The paper describes how Native Americans were generally bewildered and even appalled by the gifts they were offered, such as Catholic crucifixes, which they understandably perceived as a frightening image of a man being cruelly tortured.

From the Paper
"Daniel K. Richter's emphasis in his article "Imagining a Distant New World" on the importance of gifts to Native Americans and his descriptions of the exchange of gifts between European explorers and Native Americans demonstrate the vast cultural gulf that existed between the natives and the newcomers from across the sea. Native Americans were generally bewildered and even appalled by the gifts they were offered, such as Catholic crucifixes, which they understandably perceived as a frightening..."

Tags:a, distant, world

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Today, in the early 21st century when the world order is defined by a so-called "clash of civilizations" between the West and Islam, the era of the Cold War seems almost a distant memory. However, only two decades ago the mightiest military alliances in the history of humanity - NATO and the Warsaw Pact - stared at each other across a frontier in the centre of Europe in much the same way as they had been for over a generation. The relationship between these alliances and their respective dominant players - the United States and the USSR - had been seemingly frozen without change through the decades of the Cold War. It was only with the arrival of a new Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, that a series of transformative changes began, first in the Soviet Union and then in the international order, that would bring about in the span of a few years the end of the Cold War.

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Gorbachev and the Changes in the International System in the 1980s Introduction Today, in the early 21st century when the world order is defined by a so-called "clash of civilizations" between the West and Islam, the era of the Cold War seems almost a distant memory. However, only two decades ago the mightiest military alliances in the history of humanity - NATO and the Warsaw Pact - stared at each other across a frontier in the centre of Europe in much the same way as they had been for over a generation. The relationship between these alliances and their respective dominant players

Tags:russia, us, cold war

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This paper explains that Americans had been cultivating the hemp plant for hundreds of years, but, in 1937, the Marijuana Prohibitive Tax Act outlawed the growing of any kind of hemp. The author points out that there are as many as 25,000 industrial uses of hemp, including rope, clothing, diapers, car parts, and carpet; oil from the seeds is used in shampoo, beer, vitamins, and lip balm. The paper stresses that hemp production is a growth industry around the world, and American farmers are losing revenue to foreign nations that allow the growing of hemp, such as Great Britain, France, and Spain.

From the Paper
"Contrary to popular misconception, the hemp plant is not marijuana. Known by the botanical name "cannabis sativa," hemp does not contain the narcotic qualities of marijuana, and so its growth is not dangerous to the community. While many people believe growing hemp is just like growing marijuana, there are numerous differences. Hemp grows taller than marijuana, and they are spaced quite close together in the fields, unlike marijuana, which is spaced out for optimum leaf growth. In addition, hemp produces more flowers and seeds, while marijuana cultivation is mainly concerned with unfertilized female plants, which create more leaves."

Tags:prohibitive, rope, oil, sativa, revenue

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"Publishing is a business dependent on the vagaries of public taste, and the best-seller list is the goal for every book published. Achieving sales sufficient to reach the best-seller list is difficult, and it seems to many people like only certain kinds of books get on that list, books with a broad appeal, certainly, which also might mean books that appeal to the sort of "lowest common denominator" that rules television. Yet, clearly this is not the case, since books of widely divergent types on subjects that might be considered difficult and even esoteric have become major best-sellers. The four books discussed here are all non-fiction books but are also from very different fields, and none of them involves subject matter that can be considered of broad appeal on its face or of immediate interest in the way a book on a current subject might be. Donald R."

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This paper describes the author's successful experiences working for NGOs in Iran as well as problems with her studies at the University of Toronto. Both of these situations taught her that no matter what, life goes on. The author feels that she is motivated, is a hard worker and is an independent individual, which are the right qualifications to succeed at the distant learning program for a Bachelor's program of Political Sciences and International Relations offered by the London School of Economics External Studies.

From the Paper
"In May of 2006, I returned home to Iran with one goal in mind--I wanted to make this summer more memorable than any other. Thinking of working in my own field of study seemed like a great idea because the United Nations was the first institution that came into my mind, due to the fact that since I first learned about this international organization, I fantasized about working there. Entering such a place to work, especially at such a young age, was difficult, but thanks to my determination, I managed to secure a volunteer job at the UN World Food Program."

Tags:iran, helping hand, negotiation, distant learning, independent

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This paper explains that many professors dislike teaching distance learning courses because they feel that they can not get to know their students; however, many of these professors also have a fear of using new teaching technologies. The author points out that distant learning technology via the Internet includes a simple web site, an e-mail address plus the use of chat rooms or other on line get-togethers where students can share their thoughts and feelings. The paper concludes that university professors should be taught how to use technology correctly to ensure successful teaching of distance learning courses so that their abilities and wisdom can be utilized and imparted to various students via the Internet and other forms of distance learning.

From the Paper
"Asking the students to rate a teacher's web site, response time to e-mail and other issues would give a reasonable assessment using qualitative methods of the effectiveness that a particular instructor has in using technology skills. The impact of these technology skills is a little harder to measure. Whether students feel as though they have gotten something out of the course and how much of that relates to the technology that was employed during the course and being required to do things on the Internet is one way that this can be measured."

Tags:distant, face-to-face, chat, research, attitude