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- 2321: History Of The Original Teddy
- ... and eased his sorrow. Thereafter, his getaway lingered in the outdoors. As he journeyed through life, Teddy Roosevelt practically became a household name which then emerged his nicknames "Teddy" and "T.R." He polarized the American human dichotomy; he was either fully loved or entirely hated by both sexes, but at any rate, he highlighted conversations. Roosevelt's outdoorsman attitude and "big stick" policy pronounced him with a powerful appearance. As ... the man as well. Before T.R.'s presidency, he headed the Rough Riders which were a volunteer calvary regiment compiled mostly of former college athletes and Western cowboys. February 15, 1898 during the Spanish American War, the U.S. battleship Maine fulminated in the Havanna harbor; two months later on April 25, the United States declared war on Spain and Teddy, who was then Secretary of the Navy, recruited his ... of supporting the Monroe Doctrine which prevented European intervention in the Western Hemisphere. Another of Teddy's proud moments arrived as he elegantly mediated the denoument of the Russo-Japanese War and becomes the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Politically, Teddy Roosevelt is an heroic icon of the twentieth century. His contending actions and successful results win America's respect; his grasp of carpe diem wins the ...
- 2322: Celine Dion
- ... 1990. She also sang twice on the Tonight Show. In 1991 Celine sang the song Where does my heart beat now, which stayed on Billboard for 24 weeks. Celine was also invited to present an American Music Award. She was invited to sing in Beauty and the beast by Disney, and recorded with others Voices that care, which was a special song recorded for U.S. troops in the Gulf War ... Tonight Show, her second album in English, with the slogan Remember the name because you ll never forget the voice . It later went gold, making both of her two English albums gold. Celine did an American tour in the spring, and that Fall she did tours in Australia, Europe, and Japan. She also released the songs Love you blind, and Cry Just A Little. In 1993 Celine sang for President Bill ... a 1,700 square meter mansion. The eight-million-dollar house will include fountains, waterfalls, and 63 television sets! Celine and Rene are part owners of Nickels Restaurants. Nickels is a family restaurant with an American 50 s theme. Celine has designed the uniforms for the waitresses, and sometimes appears at one of the restaurants. Walking through the restaurant is like taking a trip back in time with it s ...
- 2323: The Crucible: Background Notes
- The Crucible: Background Notes PART B Arthur Miller was an American play writer and novelist. He was born in New York on Oct. 17, 1915, and attended the University of Michigan. He began his career as a radio script writer. As his lifestyle began to calm down, Miller decided to marry Inge Morath. Arthur Miller was well regarded as an excellent American writer. In fact some critics consider him as having the most serious attempt to gain as much attention as the Greek and Elizabethan writers did. His talent of writing began to exceed standards set by other american writers, and this allowed him to become a two time winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. His awards did not distract him from his work, as he continued to win awards ...
- 2324: Foxwoods (gambling)
- ... North America and most profitable casino in the world, got its start with the advent of a bingo hall in 1987. At this time the Mashantucket Pequots secured a $4 million loan from the Arab American Bank. The bingo hall netted $13 million in gross sales and yielded $2.6 million in profits in its first year of operation. Today, the Pequots are one of the most respected Indian Nations in ... and educational expenses are paid for from kindergarten through graduate school. Foxwoods president and CEO G. Michael Mickey Brown has been quoted as saying, Gaming is the economic engine that is going to take Native American tribes into the 21st century. Foxwoods employs 11,000 workers in a region hit hard by defense industry cutbacks. They hired 2,000 workers the same week that the Electric Boat Co., a submarine maker ... and services. All of the success the Pequots have experienced has occurred due to the signing of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) on October 17, 1988. This act permitted class III gaming establishments by American Indian Tribes. The Act stated that Tribal governments were the primary regulators on Indian Gaming but that the Tribes were required to negotiate with their specific states to conduct a Class III gambling establishment. ...
- 2325: Marquez's "100 Years of Solitude" and Allende's "The House of the Spirits": Satire
- Marquez's "100 Years of Solitude" and Allende's "The House of the Spirits": Satire A major preoccupation with contemporary South American novelists, as seen with Gabriel Marquez's "100 years of solitude" and Isabelle Allende's "The house of the spirits", is the traditional and long lasting conflict between the Liberals and the conservatives. Although a common preoccupation with Marquez, Allende, and various other Latin American novelists the manner in which this preoccupation is expressed varies considerably depending on the author. In "100 years of solitude", Marquez looks to satire in all it's forms, to express this preoccupation. This is ... conservative) and his grandaughter Alba. To see how Garcia and Allende treat political issues we must first examine why they chose to examine them. When Marquez wrote his first works Colombia suffered the second greatest American fratricidal war of the twentieth century, as a result of the assassination of the popular Liberal leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, in 1948. His novels examine in his words "
motives for that violence." The importance ...
- 2326: Fast Food Reality
- ... overweight Americans is higher than ever before. A 1991 study found that one-third of U.S. adults are obese. One of the reasons for this percentage is the frequent consumption of fast food. The American fast food is not healthy and most of it leads to obesity and might cause cardiovascular problems. It also contributes to polluting the environment. Another reason is that millions of cows, chickens, and pigs are killed every year to satisfy hungry people. Fast food is not good for our health and for our environment. Most of American fast food is unhealthy, high in calories, fat, sodium, and cholesterol, but generally low in the nutrients a growing body needs. Do you know how many grams of fat a burger contains? No, right? The ... costs of the cattle culture are animal suffering, global hunger and poverty, and environmental devastation. More than 6.7 billion-hamburgers were sold last year at fast food restaurants. Beef has been central to the American experience. The relationship between beef and the environment pollution is that cattle raising is a primary factor in the destruction of the world's remaining tropical rain forests. They graze on nearly 24 percent ...
- 2327: Women In World War I
- ... in society they ever received as Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, was accepted as the first woman in the House of Representatives. In 1920, women composed 23.6% of the labor force, more than ever in American history, and beside that, these women were married with families, and had taken over their husband's jobs in factories as well as in big business. Formed in June of 1920, was the Women's ... gained a great opportunity in the amount of influence they had in governmental affairs. Women of the world before had put their fight for equal rights aside for wars (Civil War) and important events in American history (abolition). No longer would their cause stand aside, they had gained their influence in society and were ready to divert attention to their fight for recognition as political equals. During the fight for prohibition ... how important the women were to the betterment of the United States. After the war, not only the United States, but also the women of the United States emerged victorious. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Baughman, Judith S., American Decades 1920-1929, Gale Research Inc., Detroit, MI, 1996. 2. Carruth, Gorton, The Encyclopedia of American Facts & Dates, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, NY, 1987. 3. http://www.randys-freehold.com/womens.html. 4. ...
- 2328: Death Of A Salesmen
- Through the character Charley, Arthur Miller illustrates how the American Dream may be achieved through hard work. To Charley, the American Dream is having a comfortable life and putting his son Bernard through college. Charely worked consistently throughout his life, never trying to shoot for too high hopes. Because of this, Charley later in life, had ... the end of the play he is going to the Supreme Court to fight a case. Bernard was now a successful lawyer who was doing what he believed in and had a pasion for. His American Dream was achieved much like his father's. Thus Charley proves that Arthur Miller believed in the American Dream.
- 2329: Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe is a man who is considered to be a true American genius of our time, and by many, the personification of death. His works have been collected and celebrated for over a hundred years from this day. He was a man who s dreary horror tales ... the crime that baffles police, the wrongly suspected person, the motif of the locked room, and the surprise solution. Poe may have very well gathered the ideas for his detective story from reading the headlines. American newspapers at the time were filled with reports of sensational crimes and murder trials12. Poe continued this pattern for a few more tales. In The Mystery of Marie Roget, Poe applied his fully developed technique ... dangerous to the mind. From Gothic fiction of the English eighteenth century, Poe took the imagery of terror. He found the blighted, oppressive country side and the haunted castle.33 Poe is undoubtedly a true American genius. His fixation on death only shows that he has the skill to frighten his audience, to make them afraid of sleep for fear of their nightmares. His talent was certainly not appreciated in ...
- 2330: Darwinism
- ... good example of extending microevolution to explain macroevolution is the peppered moth. So what is a peppered moth? This moth lives in England and it can either be black or speckled gray. During the industrial revolution, the trees that the moth is rested on during the day changed from lichen covered gray to soot colored black. The population of gray moths which dominated before the industrial revolution decreased as the population of the black moths increased. The cause of this change was linked to predation by birds. Before the revolution, the grey moths had a selective advantage because they blended in with the grey lichen. Birds had a difficult time seeing these moths. After the revolution, the black moths had a selective advantage, because ...
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