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These scalps were considered to be good-luck charms which made
their wearers immune to physical danger. Many animals were also regarded
by the Indians as symbols of good fortune. Some animals, such as the
white buffalo, were even worshipped because they were thought to be
sacred. It is probably true to say that in ancient civilizations
superstition took the place of religion.
Over a long period of time, people sent messages by all these
different methods. However, not until the telephone was invented in
America in the nineteenth century could people send speech sounds
over a great distance in just a few seconds.
Animals are not the only interesting feature about zoos. The
people that go to visit zoos are fascinating in their own right. Zoo
officials frequently complain that people seem to be unable to read
signs. They insist on feeding the animals even when signs to the
contrary are conspicuously posted.
Many hours passed. Then as the boat was carried to the top of a
great wave, the captain looked across the water. "A lighthouse!" The
men were excited. Like children they asked the captain if he thought
they would reach the lighthouse. He said that they would if the wind
continued and if they took all the water out of the boat.
In some cultures, the act of touching another person is considered
very intimate and is therefore reserved for people who know each other
very well. In the United States, for example, young children are taught
that it is rude to stand too close to people. By the time they are
adults, Americans have learned to feel most comfortable when standing
at about arm's length away from people to whom to they are talking.
And many Americans do not touch each other with great frequency while
talking (this is particularly true of men). In contrast, other cultures
have more relaxed rules regarding touching. For example, it is usual
for friends-both men and women-to embrace each other when they meet.
When they talk, they generally stand closer than Americans do, and
they touch each other more often. They are as much at ease doing this
as Americans are with more space between them.
The People's Republic of China (PRC) is an authoritarian state in
which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the paramount source of
power. At the national and regional levels, party members hold almost
all top government, police, and military positions. Ultimate authority
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rests with members of the Politburo. Leaders stress the need to
maintain stability and social order and are committed to perpetuating
the rule of the CCP and its hierarchy. Citizens lack both the freedom
peacefully to express opposition to the party-led political system and
the right to change their national leaders or form of government.
Socialism continues to provide the theoretical underpinning of Chinese
politics, but Marxist ideology has given way to economic pragmatism
in recent years, and economic decentralization has increased the
authority of regional officials. The party's authority rests primarily
on the Government's ability to maintain social stability, appeals to
nationalism and patriotism, party control of personnel and the security
apparatus, and the continued improvement in the living standards of most
of China's 1.2 billion citizens. The Constitution provides for an
independent judiciary; however, in practice, the judicial system is
subject to the "policy guidance" of the CCP and government influence,
particularly in politically sensitive cases.
The bad thing about hobbies is that they can get out of hand to
easily. Take the hobby of a certain man in Chicago, for instance.
He started collecting model trains when he was a child. Little by
little he added to his collection, and now he has trains running all
over his house. Once in while his wife complains that his trains are a
nuisance. But most of the time she is patient and understanding. You
see, her husband's collection is valued at close to ten thousand dollars.
Japanese banks will disclose the size of problem loans held at the
end of March when they announce 1992/93 earnings results. These loans
are defined as loans to clients who have gone bankrupt and loans on
which interest has not been paid for six months or more.
When one author makes a change to the document, which is kept
online, the others can see the change immediately, instead of waiting
severally days for a letter. Sir Walter had seen the Indians smoking the
leaves of the tobacco plant. He thought that he would do the same, and
he carried some of the leaves to England. Englishmen had never used
tobacco before that time; and all who saw Sir Walter puffing away at a
roll of leaves thought that it was a strange sight. The main opposition
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) took membership of the UN as its
major theme in the legislative election campaign, and is now ready to
push Premier Lien and Chien into giving people a specific timetable. The
beginnings of modern chemistry were almost as strange as a fairy tale.
Suppose after six weeks of the semester students were told that
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there will be an examination. "We need to prepare ourselves to make sure
that any action would not hit our industries too hard before going to
the negotiation table," he added.
Eighty percent of NCU's female and ninety percent of male boarders
complained about present inconvenience of telephone services on campus
and over ninety percent of boarders suggested to provide enough hot
water for bathing, according to a dormitory living standards survey
announced last month by the student Association.
Most labor changes raw materials into finished products and then
distributes these to buyers. In 1991, Taiwan imported some US$6.15
million worth of construction machinery, a 100 percent increase over the
previous year's record of US$3.22 million Industry sources reported that
the main causes behind this jump included the increasing number of
national construction projects as will as private housing construction
projects.
The oldest and most common way to turn seawater into the heat
for distillation. A piece of plastic covers a few inches of salty
water in a shallow basin while the water evaporates with the heat of
the sun.
If one computer can forcibly start, stop, control another one, the
computers are not autonomous. A system with one control unit and many
slaves is not a network; nor is a large computer with remote card
readers, printers, and terminals. But by and by the villagers began to
show him sympathy, and often called at his cottage. Among his visitors
was the wife of a wheel-wright, Dolly Winthrop by name. She was so kind
that she often dropped in at his cottage to leave him a little meat,
some cakes, or a pot of soup.
The National Police Administration (NPA) of the Ministry of
Interior (MOI), the NPA's Criminal Investigation Bureau, and the
Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Investigation Bureau are responsible for law
enforcement relating to internal security. The police and security
agencies are under effective civilian control. Some members of the
police occasionally committed human rights abuses. Taiwan has a
dynamic, export-oriented, free-market economy. Liberalization of the
economy has undercut the dominant role that state-owned and party-run
enterprises had played in such major sectors as finance, transportation,
utilities, shipbuilding, steel, telecommunications, and petrochemicals.
Besides providing an ideal environment for sea plants and animals
to live in, seawater has other valuable properties, one of which is
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that it constantly moves.
And its movements produce energy.
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