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In Taoist metaphysics, distinctions between good and bad, along with other dichotomous moral judgments, are perceptual, not real; so, the duality of yin and yang is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of Confucianism on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of Dong Zhongshu ( c. 2nd century BC), a moral dimension is attached to the ...
Some considered it so bad that the title screen was the only good part of the game. [32] In 2007, GamePro named E.T. one of the 52 most important games of all time due to its roles in the 1983 video game crash and the downfall of the seemingly unstoppable Atari.
The point: nigga is evaluatively neutral in terms of its inherent meaning; it may express positive, neutral, or negative attitudes; [69] Kevin Cato, meanwhile, observes: For instance, a show on Black Entertainment Television , a cable network aimed at a Black audience, described the word nigger as a " term of endearment ".
Steam distillation can be used when the boiling point of the substance to be extracted is higher than that of water, and the starting material cannot be heated to that temperature because of decomposition or other unwanted reactions. It may also be useful when the amount of the desired substance is small compared to that of the non-volatile ...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was released in Italy on 23 December 1966. [75] In the United States, all three of Leone's Dollars Trilogy films were released during 1967: A Fistful of Dollars was released 18 January; [76] For a Few Dollars More was released 10 May; [77] and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was released 29 December. [78]
British Railways shed codes were used to identify the engine sheds that its locomotives and multiple units were allocated to for maintenance purposes. The former London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) alpha-numeric system was extended to cover all regions and used until replaced by alphabetic codes in 1973.
In finance, bad debt, occasionally called uncollectible accounts expense, is a monetary amount owed to a creditor that is unlikely to be paid and for which the creditor is not willing to take action to collect for various reasons, often due to the debtor not having the money to pay, for example due to a company going into liquidation or insolvency.
Titanic was equipped with eight electric cranes, four electric winches and three steam winches to lift cargo and baggage in and out of the holds. It is estimated that the ship used some 415 tonnes of coal whilst in Southampton, simply generating steam to operate the cargo winches and provide heat and light. [68]