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For instance, in January of 1976, Herman Miller, Inc. began marketing the first "fully integrated ergonomic chair, The Ergon Chair...
abolished. Like Killfile, Cox sees Black History Month as a modern form of segregation, referring to it as the "intellectual equiv...
was a counselor to Belisarius and accompanied him on several of his campaigns and he may have been a prefect of Constantinople (Ha...
the American one" (Bernstein, 1996). Walton says that there is "something almost unspeakably primal and vicious about Mississippi...
thus the Northeastern shore of Ohio (Hansen, 2007). In terms of its history, which is not as ancient as some may believe, Hansen (...
interestingly enough to mean "wingless siphon" (Kettle, 1995). The flea is a highly specialized creature and subsists by sucking ...
awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...
is also an element to the culture that believes in the forces that are both feminine and masculine, studying both in order to bett...
of Vietnam was born ("Earliest known history of Vietnam," 2007). In 1946, it was all agreed that Vietnam would be independent ("E...
Standard Oil of California negotiated a contract with the King of Saudi Arabia that granted the company the exclusive concession t...
not explicitly intended to depict any concrete object or situation, but rather seeks to create a "mood or atmosphere," which elici...
that was with Allen disagreed with his theological position and attached themselves with the Quaker movement (About.com, 2006). Th...
be known as IBM so many years later. The development of IBM is a patchwork, the Computing Scale Company of America is formed in 1...
guilty of a second violence. They manned a ship of war, and sailed to Aea, a city of Colchis, on the river Phasis; from whence, af...
completely rejected the "establishment" and decided that it was unwise to trust anyone over the age of thirty. This was clearly a ...
that of harmony and resonance in music. The fact that musical pitches correlate directly to numbers, they concluded that this rein...
learning, however. It all begins with a question, and there can be no questioning without curiosity driving its origin. Incite to...
is suspected that zhuan script came into existence due to the oracles significantly irregular patterns and overabundance of charac...
has been proactive in respect to opposing racism at every turn. Going back to an earlier time, in the all white groups which did...
Europe" (also by Rashidi) also identifies Moors as synonymous with black Africans and describes how Moorish soldiers cross over fr...
of angina, but no indication of muscle damage or clotting (as would be the case in coronary thrombosis). It should also be...
of French historian Michel Foucalt, and makes three principal arguments. The first argument that Said presents is that Orientali...
"the aspirations of the people themselves. The controlling idea of the French Canadian is to retain...
workers who smoked at their jobs, and no fire extinguishers (Triangle fire, 2006). At approximately 4.45 p.m. on March 25, 1911, ...
leading traders of the north even before European contact (Canada and the World Backgrounder, 1995). Utilizing their strategic lo...
native population because "by the marvelous goodness & providence of God not one of the English was so much as sick."3 This sent...
wings of the bird and during the ceremony, the dancers snap the beak closed with a loud clap (Kwakiutl Ceremonial Dance Mask, 2002...
time period, from around 3100-2686 BC the Egyptians had their "Early Egyptian dynastic period, with a succession of kings that str...
removed a pressure gauge that was attached to the tank, stuck a hose in the hole and filled the tank with water (Dykes and Graham,...
methods used by Islamic fundamentalists. That is, each faction uses bombs. Sometimes, assassination is used as well. There have be...