According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the term “nationalism” is generally used to describe two phenomena: the attitude that the members of a nation have when they care about their national identity, and the actions that the members of a nation take when seeking to achieve (or sust...
Mississippi. (Peterson). ‘The trail where they cried’ is the true translation for what is known as The Trail of Tears and it specifically relates to the violent Cherokee removal in 1838 yet the context originated from the first removal route taken by the Choctaw tribe in 1831…show more ...
Andrew Jackson was convinced that he was helping the Natives by forcing them out of the land they have thrived on for many, many years. He believed that by doing this, the Native Americans will “enable them {Native Americans} to pursue happiness in their own way” (Document A). This ...
Words to describe a state of being Concepts to claw back a semblance of meaning Distance from edges and safety from ledges Searching in bars and in traffic between the buses and cars In mystery and music and mastery and memory Or in romance and senses and sentences or sonnets Checking under...
As James Clear wrote in one of his many inspirational posts, “A critical quality to develop in life is the willingness to try. You simply must find enough confidence to give it a go. The human mind is fabulous at learning. You will get better at whatever you practice but before you ca...
Might we have evolved some cunning ploy to conserve, a judicious perspicacity to set aside a request for mnemonic retrieval and then wait a bit for information to rise unbidden on its own. The senior moment seems to describe just such a ploy. Accepting this shenanigan as a normal healthy act...
describe |d skra b| vt.A. ~ sb/sth (to/for sb) | ~ sb/sth (as sth) 描述;形容;把…称为Can you describe him to me 你能向我描述一下他的样子吗?The man was described as tall and dark, and aged about 20.据描述这男人高个子,深色皮肤,年龄在20岁左右。Jim was described by his ...
I need to start being less anal about reading absolutely every book in a series, and skip when one is not as good. The beginning is intrioguing, I am at the point right before opening the tomb. “”Shed here no tears. No Saint could die More Blessed and Comforted than I.” ...
Dispatcher Maura, our lead Russian interpreter, can describe the process for you, so that –“ “Did you finish your doctorate?” “No, Mr. Petrov.” That was certainly not a secret. But that academic ordeal in graduate school was still a source of deep regret. It ended the dream of ...
The heat is its own teacher. I can try to describe the horrors of slavery to my children all I want, or I can plop them down in South Carolina in July where they can barely tolerate the heat while taking atractor tourof a plantation (i.e. not even walking), and suddenly the though...