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- 5121: Jackie Robinson
- ... was a problem. He was assigned Sargent at first. He applied to Officer Candidate School (OCS), but because of racism he was turned down Then, heavy weight champion Joe Louis who was also an African American was assigned to fort Riley. When Jackie told Joe his problem, lets just say that the boxer helped Jackie out. Soon Jackie enrolled in officer school, and became an officer for a unit of ...
- 5122: Rush Limbaugh
- ... 1992), which sold over 3 million copies in hardcover - making it possibly the best-selling hardcover nonfiction book ever - with a new book See, I Told You So, which had the largest initial printing in American publishing history, at 2 million copies, and immediately jumped to the top of the bestseller lists. (Brownstone and Franck, pgs. 228+229) These books also brought millions to Rush's pocket. In 1992 Rush developed ...
- 5123: Richard M. Nixon
- ... the labor committee. It was through this committee that Nixon met John F. Kennedy. Kennedy and Nixon both had different ideas, but they respected each others opinions. Nixon was also assigned to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). In June 1948, he was reelected without opposition. On July 5, 1948, the Nixon's second daughter, Julie, was born. That fall, Democrat Harry Truman was elected president. Unfortuna-tely for the ...
- 5124: The Relationship Between Snowb
- ... concerned about the politics of leadership and the rise and fall of great leaders. It is said that the events surrounding the Animal Farm are mirrored to the events that took place during the Russian Revolution, yet another example of the rise of great power and the fall of great era s.
- 5125: The Adventures Of Huckleberry
- ... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Whether it is nobler to protect a friend or to give in to the demands of society by ending a friendship. This novel portrays a period in American history where most Southern whites considered blacks as a piece of property. Huck, a white Southern boy, and Jim, a run-away slave, had a friendship that was inappropriate in society. During their adventurous journey ...
- 5126: Lester Pearson
- ... when the Queen visited Montreal and was confronted by a large mob. The treatment towards the Queen from Quebec shocked Pearson and the rest of the government. Pearson started to worry about a full scale revolution in Quebec. Pearson's only mistake was to take power right after WW II because that was the time the provinces needed revenue the most. While Pearson was in government Quebec announced that it didn ...
- 5127: John Paul Stevens: Biography
- ... a member of the high court in December of 1975. Stevens, a middle aged man, with a reputation as a sharp-minded, hardworking lawyer, and first rate judge was given the highest evaluation from the American Bar Association committee that examined his record. ³A superb judicial craftsman² and a JudgeΉs judge,² are two of the praises that Stevens has received from the United States Court of Appeals. Stevens was voted ...
- 5128: Jaguars
- ... cat on the continent. The Jaguars range, which once spanned from the southern states of the USA down to the tip of South America, now centres on the north and central parts of the South American continent. The jaguar is predominantly a forest dweller with the highest population densities centring on the lowland rain forests of the Amazon Basin - dry woodland and grassland also serve as suitable terrain, although the cat ...
- 5129: The Great Gatsby 12
- ... dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air..."(23) The valley represents the moral disintegration of the roaring twenties by showing the barren wasteland which contains the byproducts of the pursuit of wealth and the American dream. "Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up ...
- 5130: The Great Gatsby 13
- ... significance, since life during the booming decade was one of extravagance and glamour. People were starving for money and love. Fitzgerald, who lived during this time period, observed first-hand the superficial lifestyle of the American population and was reminded that the human spirit is weak and selfish. He masterfully laces that message into his masterpiece The Great Gatsby to share with future generations.
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