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- 2961: The Changing Face of Basketball
- ... game (Minser 37) to Michael Jordan's $300,000 + per game (Minser 37). Basketball is a sport in which all ages can participate in any way, shape, or form and is a big part of American society today. In 1891 James A. Naismith invented basketball at a YMCA gymnasium in Springfield, Massachusetts (Hollander 4). He told a custodian to nail two peach baskets 10 feet high on opposite ends of the ... 16). Mikan became an immediate force for DePaul, leading them to a 1945 National Invitational Tournament crown, scoring in one game an amazing 53 points. He Graduated DePaul in 1946 as a three time All American, and was the biggest basketball star up to that time (Minsky 16). there were only a few centers that would ever classify as great, but George Mikan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... and it consisted of six teams. When the National League folded, the Philadelphia League was formed. The Eastern League, Central League, Hudson River League, and the New York State League soon followed (Hollander 17). The American Basketball League was formed in 1925 but had only short success. The New York Renaissance Five was the first Black team, followed by the Harlem Globetrotters. The National Basketball League was started in 1937 ...
- 2962: A Tale Of Two Cities
- ... in her home in Soho, which is the first example of foreshadowing. The steps that she ususually heard always represented people who came in and out of her life. Yet, the night before the French Revolution began she heard "Headlong, mad, and dangerous footsteps" (198). These noises which she heard made her uneasy and she questioned her guests "They are veyr numetrous, and very loud, though, are tthey not?" (197). Lucie ... at home, for these hurries and forebodings by which I haveen surrounded all day long have made me nervous without reason? (197). The fear within Lucie Manette on that tevening foreshadowed the threat of aa revolution. The footsteps are the first example of foreshadowing. Gaspard wrote outside of the winehsop with the spilled wine "blood," which is the second example of foreshadowing. " The fellow pointed to his joke with immense significacance" (27). Defarge quickly took mud and smeared it over, for the idea of revolution was fresh in everyone's mind "For, the time was to come, when the gaunt scarecrows of that region should have watched the lamplighter, in their idleness and hunger, so long, as to conceive ...
- 2963: Bombing in Oklahoma City
- ... was granted immunity in September of 1994, gave information about a bombing conspiracy he overheard in Kingman, Arizona. The plot, expected to take place in the Midwest sometime in mid-April, involved a combination of American citizens, as well as Arabic or Latin American conspirators. There were also rumors of an alert memo sent on March 22, 1995. Here law enforcement officials received warnings to be on heightened-alert for terrorist attacks on federal buildings. This confidential memo, sent ... 1) Improve the gathering and sharing of intelligence on terrorist groups, (2) ensure that impending budget cuts will not undermine the war against terrorism, (3) press the Administration to make counterterrorism a top priority in American foreign policy. While the Oklahoma City bombing appears to be the work of domestic terrorists, it also highlights the vulnerability of the U.S. to foreign terrorist attack. Also (4) reform immigration laws to ...
- 2964: Images Of Control Progaganda
- One of the greatest revolutions in the twentieth century was not political in nature. It however aided in many different political revolutions. This revolution was the communications revolution. The twentieth century has experienced one of the greatest changes in mean of communication including technologies such as radio, television, motion pictures, advanced telecommunications and the Internet. These technologies have been used to fulfill the ... been regarded as the greatest propaganda film of all time (Maltin, 1995, CD-ROM). The film was carefully staged to present Adolf Hitler as a god and to present the glories of the National Socialist revolution and the newly founded Third Reich. The film has many long scenes of marching troops and endless formations Hitler Youth, SA, SS, and German workers. Constant themes throughout the film are positioning Hitler above ...
- 2965: John F. Kennedy
- ... that he and the crew must move on. He gathered the crew to move to another island in search of food. Kennedy swam for the next four days along a water route that he knew American ships used. Kennedy was now desperate enough to seek help from natives on a Japanese controlled island. He persuaded the natives to deliver a message written on the back of a coconut shell to allied ... underwent a spinal-disk operation in less than a year after his marriage. Soon after that, a second back operation was performed. He wrote "Profiles in Courage" during this time. A book of essays on American politicians who risked their careers fighting for just but unpopular causes. It was published in 1956. This book received the Pulitzer Prize in 1957. Many people had known little about Kennedy came to admire him ... in both legislative houses, Southern Democrats joined with conservative Republicans to stop legislation they dislike. With one bill, however, Congress dedicated more than $1 billion to finance sending a man to the moon. The major American legal and moral conflict during Kennedy's three years in office was in the area of civil rights for black citizens. Although "Kennedy was in no way responsible for the growth of the civil ...
- 2966: Two Books By Kurt Vonnegut Jr
- ... books however, is the same; stop mindless war, stop mindless genocide of the human race, stop hatred for one another. These zealous antiwar sentiments stem from Vonnegut's personal experiences during World War II. An American ground soldier, Vonnegut was captured and held in the German city of Dresden. During his captivity, the Allied forces fire bombed Dresden, killing 135,000 inhabitants, destroying hospitals, schools, apartment buildings. After the bombing, Vonnegut ... not as prevalent and not as easy to see as in Slaughterhouse-Five. In Mother Night, Howard Campbell Jr., the main character, is the main Nazi propagandist during World War II, he is also an American spy. He is being detained in an Israeli jail in 1961 awaiting trial for war crimes. Although he was an American spy, only 3 men knew that, and two of them are dead. When revealed a registered spy, Campbell is liberated by Israeli police. Yet Campbell does not believe in his innocence. His propagandist statements ...
- 2967: John DeLorean and His Acomplishments
- ... the company as the engineer who knew the most about what was going on in the department, John was the natural choice. Before he was 30, DeLorean was heading up an engineering department at an American auto company. The Pontiac Years... Packard eventually began to wear on DeLorean. He later described the company's administration as being similar to Czechoslovakia's. By the mid- 1950's, John was looking for another ... tho ught Vega sounded like a venereal disease of some type. Who can argue... The Vega program was a huge flop. They were beaten to market by almost a full year by (of all people,) American Motors and their ubiquitous Gremlin. When it finally arrived on the marketplace, it was noticeably more costly than both the VW and the AMC. Within months, fatal flaws began to show up. Paint jobs would ... few years later, he divorced her and married fashion model Christina Ferrare (see photo at right.) GM management had had enough. In 1972, the y gave him a promotion to be the head of North American car and truck operations. The higher-ups said publicly that it was time for someone new at Chevy. DeLorean did do wonders with the division (Vega aftermath aside,) so GM didn't want to ...
- 2968: Internet Regulation: Policing Cyberspace
- ... regulate that material. BIBLIOGRAPHY Buerger, David. "Freedom of Speech Meets Internet Censors; Cisco Snubs IBM." Network World. Dialog Magazine Database, 040477. 31 Oct. 1994, 82. Diamond, Edwin and Stephen Bates. "...And Then There Was Usenet." American Heritage. Oct. 1995, 38. Diamond, Edwin and Stephen Bates. "The Ancient History of the Internet." American Heritage. Oct. 1995, 34-45. Dyson, Esther. "Deluge of Opinions On The Information Highway." Computerworld. Dialog Magazine Database, 035733. 28 Feb. 1994, 35. Exon, James J. "Defending Decency on the Internet." Lincoln Journal. 31 July ... World. Dialog Magazine Database, 042574. 20 Feb. 1995, 8. Gibbs, Mark. "Congress 'Crazies' Want To Carve Up Telecom." Network World. Dialog Magazine Database, 039436. 12 Sept. 1994, 37. Horowitz, Mark. "Finding History On The Net." American Heritage. Oct. 1995, 38. Laberis, Bill. "The Price of Freedom." Computerworld. Dialog Magazine Database, 036777. 25 Apr. 1994, 34. Messmer, Ellen. "Fighting for Justice On The New Frontier." Network World. Dialog Magazine Database, 028048. ...
- 2969: About Medical Marijuana
- ... at least once by various courts, legislatures, government, or scientific agencies throughout the United States. Currently, such well respected organizations as the National Academy of Sciences (1982), the California Medical Association (1993), the Federation of American Scientists (1994), the Australian Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health (1994), the American Public Health Association (1995), the San Francisco Medical Society (1996), the California Academy of Family Physicians (1996), as well as several state nursing associations have supported the use of marijuana as a medicine. In addition ... contaminated, or chemically adulterated marijuana; arrests, fines, court costs, property forfeiture, incarceration, probation, and criminal records. Background: The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 established the federal prohibition of marijuana. Dr. William C. Woodward of the American Medical Association testified against the Act, arguing that it would ultimately prevent any medicinal use of marijuana. The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 established five categories, or "schedules," into which all illicit and prescription ...
- 2970: The Saga Of Elian Gonzalez
- ... to Cuba, although the fight over the boys future wasnt doe yet. On Friday, January 4, 2000, an Indiana Republican, Representative Dan Burtin, issued a congressional subpoenaing to freeze Elians repatriation until his American family appeals in court. The American Court system always asks themselves who will get custody of a childs life; making the decision was enough for them when Elian came(60). Ex-president George Bush had quite a say in the ... Cuba (Ramo 67). U.S. immigration officials had granted Elian permission to stay and apply for residency, but a family court would decide his fate. As soon as Elian was plucked from the ocean, Cuban-American politicians appropriated him as a poster child. Castro and Miamis anti-Castros were poised to put the boy in a custody battle between Elians U.S. relatives and his father and grandparents ...
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