... interests for the sake ofthe common good Inthe increasingly diverse society ofthe20th century, ideas of what constituted the common good splintered And with that splintering came uncertainty ... was the evidence they used to judge your honor For this reason, one ofthe sort of paradoxes oftraditionalhonor is that it has always involved the hiding and covering up of one’s flaws Think of ... benefits of keeping the shared honor code dried up, people became increasingly unwilling to deny their own personal needs for the good ofthe group They rebelled against authority — the man” — and the...
... drumbeat which intensified many times over inthe20th century, and would ultimately be one ofthe biggest nails inthe coffin oftraditionalhonor Despite the challenges created by the Enlightenment ... disinterest inthe opinion of others While he spoke ofhonor as an external good in his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle was uncomfortable with the idea that it be based solely on the opinion of others ... Alongside these cultural evolutions, there was a transformation inthe Western psyche that would eventually greatly weaken the classic concept of honor: the development ofthe idea of sincerity Sincerity...
... oftraditional banking Another indicator ofthedeclineinthe profitability oftraditional banking is the fall inthe ratio of market value to book value of bank capital from the mid-1960s to the ... correctly point out that thedeclineinthe share of total financial intermediary assets held by banking institutions does not necessarily indicate that the banking industry is indecline Because ... this fall indicates that bank charters were becoming less valuable in this period (Chart 6) Thedeclineinthe value of bank charters inthe years preceding the sharp increase in nontraditional...
... profession inthe Bui division concurring with the findings of Gessler et al [34] Less than half ofthe TH had formal training Furthermore, the training was not standardized, as most were trained ... and integration oftraditional medicine into the health system of Cameroon was officially proposed in 1981 Since then, traditional medicine has been recognized, but not regulated by the Ministry ... are not made, the legacy ofthe use oftraditional medicines inthe treatment of oral lesions may be lost [33] The most senior TH were illiterate, but form the majority ofthe trainers and are...
... on the aching tooth for one week The tooth is then pulled out with the fingers It is thought that formic acid (among other substances) inthe stinging ants is responsible for the loosening ofthe ... of data, its analysis and interpretation and was involved inthe drafting ofthe manuscript SN made substantial contributions to the design and inthe drafting, revision and finalization ofthe ... with the basic anatomy ofthe tooth - referring to the crown as the “head” and the roots as the “feet” ofthe tooth Rampant tooth extraction could be one ofthe reasons for the high prevalence of...
... in dollars Rating AAA S Insured Insured Insured Insured AAA S Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured Insured ... this 29 inefficiency, even inthe long term The history ofthe bond market inthe US inthe20thcentury offers an interesting illustration of these tensions Bond trading was quite active on the NYSE ... until the 1940s Then it collapsed as trading migrated to the OTC market This was not due to a declineinthe role of bond financing inthe economy or to a drop inthe number of listings The migration...
... because of changes inthe rate ofthe clock, the more accurately we attempt to measure energy (via a change inthe mass ofthe box) the greater will be the uncertainty inthe time interval when the ... yet the underlying laws they deduce about the universe will be identical in each ofthe three cases For Einstein, these laws are totally independent ofthe state ofthe observer This is the deeper ... as the death of God,” which has its roots inthe writings of Nietzsche Rather than denying the existence of God, it argued that the human construct, the “idea” of God, the human concept of the...
... 19th century to yield to that ofthe20thIn crofter driven histories such as The Making ofthe Crofting Community and I.M.M MacPhail's The Crofters' War, when they reach the seminal years ofthe ... inThe Making ofthe Crofting Community which marks the beginning ofthe book's trajectory of late 19th century crofting class formation, it is upon the ideals expressed inthe songs of Mairi ... discussion of Cameron's work inthe preface to the 2000 edition ofThe Making ofthe Crofting Community is indicative ofthe characteristics of each of their approaches and which this thesis aims...
... before them They were pushing the waters out ofthe basin ofthe sea.‖ (The new Englander, 1921) The perception of air in terms of a sea makes an invisible thing (air) observable The repetition of ... associated with feelings in spite ofthe greater popularity of water metaphors These findings will be clarified in light of cultural features inthe following lines The function of describing emotions ... process in both literatures, even though there is a slight difference inthe way the writers integrate their attitudes inthe descriptions of people and things Analysing the findings in this...
... Components of metaphor 1.1.3 Types of metaphor 1.2 Metaphor in literature 1.3 American short stories ofthe20thcentury 1.4 Vietnamese short stories ofthe20th ... TABLE OF CONTENTS iv PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 Rationale for the study Scope ofthe study Objectives ofthe study Methods ofthe study ... UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PHÍ THỊ THU TRANG A STUDY OF WATER AND FIRE AS METAPHORS IN AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE SHORT STORIES OFTHE20TH CENTURY...
... provides the theoretical background ofthe study regarding major concerns inthe area of metaphor and literature, and brief information about American and Vietnamese short stories ofthe20thcentury ... Objectives ofthe study This paper is carried out in order to fulfill four main objectives: To explore the use and formation ofthe metaphors of water and fire inthe linguistic perspective, basing ... as well as maintains the distinguished feature of literature Therefore 30 American stories and 30 Vietnamese stories of all stages ofthe20thcentury are randomly picked out as the database...
... region; I: intron Failure of amplification in some ofthe lines may be due to the presence of SNPs/Indels inthe binding sites ofthe sequences and/or the absence of some ofthe Cbf genes in some ... of amino acids of different polarity The first intron and second exon comprising 20% ofthe coding sequence of ScIce2 were amplified, resulting inthe identification of 36 SNPs, all located in ... levels of all cold-induced Cbf genes at the frost tolerance locus Fr-H2 in barley are significantly higher in lines harbouring the vrn1 winter allele than in lines harbouring the Vrn1 spring allele...
... does the temperature profile ofthe crust and mantle indicate that part ofthe mantle must be convecting? 14 What is the "low velocity zone"? 15 Make a sketch ofthe earth showing the lines of ... the strong similarity ofthe shapes ofthe western edge of Africa and the eastern edge of South America (the idea originally came from an American named Snider-Pelligrini in 18582) and the ... support the added weight ofthe mountains That is, it must extend down farther into the mantle, inthe same way that a large ice-berg extends deep into the ocean Since the crust is floating isostatically...
... Town (located inthe south -west of Hanoi) deserves one ofthe new urban models, dealing with the high-density development inthe south -west of Hanoi By learning from the planning of Linh Dam New ... the central area for the purpose of resettlement Generally, getting along with the rapid expansion, the east bank ofthe Red River exhibited the beginnings of urbanization The south -west ofthe ... components: Bac Linh Dam (North of Linh Dam), Linh Dam peninsula inthe middle and Linh Dam expansion (South of Linh Dam) The success ofthe project has set the stage for a series of New Towns that...
... nặng nhọc với mức thu nhập thấp, kéo theo điều kiện sống mức tối thiểu, tạm bợ khu nhà trọ rẻ tiền với điều kiện sinh hoạt an ninh không đảm bảo Đời sống tinh thần lao động hạn chế Họ thấy cô ... làm việc chợ lao động thuê trọ theo ngày (đêm), lại thuê nhà theo tháng Có khoảng 22,86% nữ lao động tự phải sống nơi có điều kiện sinh hoạt không đảm bảo, vệ sinh; 40,95% không sử dụng nước ... vật chất, tinh thần lao động nghèo nàn Họ thường tiêu tiết kiệm cho khoản chi phí sinh hoạt thiết yếu Có 22,86% nữ lao động tự phải sống nơi có điều kiện sinh hoạt thiếu thốn, vệ sinh Họ thường...
... printed a translation ofthe ‘‘War Hymn ofthe Boers,’’ ‘‘sung by the Boers in their camps during the Majuba campaign’’ (Majuba was the scene ofthe infamous Boer defeat ofthe British inthe ... and other crowd-theorists, blaming middle-class figures ofin uence for not doing their job in guiding inthe right direction the easily -in uenced, in this case the soldier rather than the jingo ... status, whether ofthe soldier or ofthe woman, played an important role inthe defining of proper honorable conduct in general The Boers, often cast in British writing as an entire country ofthe lower...
... work ofthe expanding middle class, roughs earned honor and status through the giving and receiving of pain, as they were either unable or unwilling to acquire it through the climbing ofthe economic ... inthe war that benefited themselves They were reluctant to give up the equality of their honor group, and felt that submitting themselves to their officers – whom they often referred to as the ... the Development ofthe Stoic-Christian Code ofHonor Manly Honor: Part I — What Is Honor? Manly Honor: Part II — TheDeclineof Traditonal Honorinthe West, Ancient Greece to the Romantic Period...