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- 5061: David Livingstone
- ... speeches against the slave trade and writing another book, The Zambezi and Its Tributaries. While home, his mother died. Another tragedy in his lifeLivingstone's son Robert, who at this time was fighting in the American Civil War to free the slaves, was killed and buried at Gettysburg. Now the third phase of his explorations began to shape up. The Royal Geographical Society planned and spon-sored his last expedition, which ...
- 5062: Telecommunication
- ... more and more electronic communication and the invention of VDTs the shortcomings of the Baudot code were realized. So in 1966, several telecommunications companies devised a replacement for the Baudot code. The result was the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, or ASCII. ASCII uses 7 bits of code, allowing it to represent 128 characters without a shift code. The code defined 96 printable characters (A through Z in upper- and ...
- 5063: The Crucible 4
- ... by a witchcraft craze that would result in the hanging of at least 20 people and the jailing of at least 150 others. This event is considered one of the most tragic incidents in our American history. The witchcraft hysteria originated in the small village of Salem, where most of the people were poor, uneducated, but more importantly, superstitious. The town was quick to blame witchcraft when several of the girls ...
- 5064: The Crucible-thomas Putnam
- ... bitterness has increased. Finally his prodigious involvement in the relentless accusations places him in the center of the spot light, making him a salient character in both the play and the indignant period of the American history. Thomas Putnam has a very large part in initiating the Salem witch hunt. He is the first character who blames unnatural causes for the illness among the children. Furthermore, he firmly believes in the ...
- 5065: The Thing They Carried
- The Great American Opportunity In America today, we have a problem of looking at the big picture. Not the big screen downtown in the local movie theater, but the screen of human life. In a movie once, an ...
- 5066: The Woman Warrior
- ... has learned from Chinese culture that looks are not everything. Brave Orchid seems to strive for extravagance while Moon Orchid seeks only for necessity. When immigrants come from other countries, they strive to achieve the American Dream. Often times, they lose sight of their dream and are tempted and blinded by luxuries. People who live in Asia, work long, hard hours to support their family. In places like China, the best ...
- 5067: George C. Marshall
- ... he was stationed in France and won acclaim for his direction of the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Before the offensive, Marshall was responsible for; the withdrawal of 200,000 men, and replacing them with 600,000 American soldiers, making sure that there were hospitals to treat the sick and wounded, moving more than 3,000 cannons and 40,000 tons of ammunition, all the while hiding these movements from the Germans by ...
- 5068: Theme In A Pair Of Tickets
- Amy Tan s A Pair of Tickets is the account of Jing-mei, an American woman on a pilgrimage to China to meet her half-sisters, abandoned by her mother in China during World War II. Jing-mei s mother always hoped of reuniting with her daughters she left behind ...
- 5069: Walt Disney
- ... all time. One of the most important reasons why Disney succeeded was because of his great personality. "There was undeniably some almost mystic bond between him and the moods and styles and attitudes of the American people" (Schnickel 39) . Disney was a true genius for innovation. He became one of the entertainment industry's most prominent and influential figures. "Sometimes I think of myself as a little bee. I go from ...
- 5070: The Life of John F. Kennedy
- ... room, they found a diary filed with hateful criticisms of Kennedy. It also expressed feelings that backed the Arab side in the Middle East war with Israel. It also contained several pro-communists and anti-American opinions. This, along with his actions, made it very clear to the police that this person was angry at Kennedy in several of his actions. He was charged with first degree murder. In addition to ...
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