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- 1041: Cowboys
- ... or cotton shirt, tight woolen pants and handkerchief. All of the clothing accessories were chosen for their usefulness. For example, "A high-crowned, broad-brimmed felt hat, the sombrero, shielded him from the sun and rain. His soft-legged boots had high heels set far under the instep to hold his ankle clear of the heavy stirrup" ("Cowboy"). His handkerchief protected his face by shielding it from the sun and preventing ...
- 1042: Coca-Cola - The History
- ... The Tower." During the time when the research for the new formula was taking place, it was known as "The Bunker"(Oliver 53). The known ingredients in present day Coca-Cola are water. caffeine, phosphoric acid, vanilla, various oils and essences and extracts of the coca leaf and the kola nut. The one in four hundred part of cocaine was removed from Coca-Cola in 1903(Demott 54). Five years after ...
- 1043: Civil War - The Battle Of Vicksburg
- ... to Pempertons 30,000 Confederates. As Grant thought about his next move, he left behind his dead and his wounded many that have been lying exposed since May 19th. Being exposed to the sun, rain, and heat took a number on the lying corps. The bodies of the dead started to bloat and turn black. The stench was so sickening; one Confederate thought the Yanks were trying stink them out ...
- 1044: Vietnam War - Vietnam Soldiers - "They Carried Ghosts"
- ... they were responsible for each other. Seeing people that you grew close with die right in front of your eyes felt painful scars on these men. "You win some...and sometimes you settle for a rain check. It was a tired line and no one laughed. (p. 12) Death of a close friend was something that could not be joked about. The relationships of these soldiers grew to such tight bonds ...
- 1045: Transcendentalism
- ... neutral. Attributes such as beautiful depend on the individual's disposition. For example, if one feels lousy, he will dismiss a gorgeous day, but if he is in a good mood, bad weather such as rain might seem cheerful to him. Since nature is an individual's mirror, Aristotle's "Know thyself!" is equivalent to "study nature!" At death, individual souls return to the Oversoul and join with it. For Emerson ...
- 1046: Slavery - A Cruel Institution
- ... who, after escaping from a slave plantation outside of Washington, D.C. at the age of 19, described living conditions on his plantation: Our houses were but log huts- - the tops partly open- - ground floor- - rain would come through. My aunt was quite an old woman, and had been sick several years; in rains I have seen her moving from one part of the house to the other, and rolling her ...
- 1047: The History Of Coca-Cola
- ... The Tower." During the time when the research for the new formula was taking place, it was known as "The Bunker"(Oliver 53). The known ingredients in present day Coca-Cola are water. caffeine, phosphoric acid, vanilla, various oils and essences and extracts of the coca leaf and the kola nut. The one in four hundred part of cocaine was removed from Coca-Cola in 1903(Demott 54). Five years after ...
- 1048: Auschwitz
- ... the Nazis had not had time to process it all. Proof that this hair came from victims of gassing was provided by The Krakow Institute of Judicial Expertise, whose analyses showed that traces of prussic acid, a poisonous component typical of Zyklon compounds, were present in the hair. In 1941-1944 prisoner of KL Auschwitz, then of KL Gross-Rosen and KL Flossenburg-Leitmeritz, from which he escaped in April 1945 ...
- 1049: Allen Ginsberg
- ... Ginsberg despised the straight, normal world dominated by money, machinery and war. Ginsberg also believed in free speech and promoted gay liberation. He was part of many 60s events such as Ken Keseys Acid Test Festivals, the San Fransisco Be-In, and the Chicago Democratic Convention antiwar protests. Since he was a famous American poet, Ginsberg obtained audiences with important political figures all over the world. During the 60 ...
- 1050: A Timeline Of The Holocaust
- ... forced to undress and hand over all valuables. They were then driven naked into the gas chambers, which were disguised as shower rooms, and either carbon monoxide or Zyklon B (a form of crystalline prussic acid, also used as an insecticide in some camps) was used to asphyxiate them. The minority selected for forced labor were, after initial quarantine, vulnerable to malnutrition, exposure, epidemics, medical experiments, and brutality; many perished as ...
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