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- 5381: Beginnings Of The Stock Market
- ... Average. Dow had created a stock average based on eleven companies for the Letter , but his average almost entirely comprised railroad companies. For the Journal, in 1896, Dow used twelve companies and expanded into the American economy's bustling industrial sector, companies with names like National Lead and U.S. Rubber. The first measurement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 40.94, and it sagged back down close to that ...
- 5382: Berlin Wall
- ... for the benefit of Communism and the prosperity of the German Democratic Republic."(Galante, p.3) Gelb (1986, p.3) states, "Berlin was where the Cold War began with a Soviet blockade, where Soviet and American tanks faced each other virtually snout-to-snout for the first time, and where the grisly game of nuclear brinkmanship was introduced." The Wall was constructed of concrete and steel and barbed wire. It was ...
- 5383: Modibo Diarra
- ... making it to the NBA, kids in Africa do have that dream as well. They have goals of being successful in life and taking care of their family. When a down and out coach from American University was trying to recruit another player to come to his school, that player decided on playing European ball instead. Scott Spinelli saw a pickup game going on near by, so to ease off his ...
- 5384: Berlin Wall 2
- After World War II, the Yalta Conference confirmed that Germany was to be divided into four sectors:the American, British, and French in the west, and the Soviet Union in the east. From June 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949, the Soviets blockaded Berlin's Western side from the Eastern side. This is what ...
- 5385: The Work of Stephen King
- ... In a time of violence and confusion, it is little wonder then that so many readers have embraced the imaginative talents of Stephen King"(Winter 219). "If someone in the future wants to see what American life was like, what Americans cared about, they'll read Stephen King" (Ross 218). King's work has been described as "the chronicle of contemporary America's dreams, desires, and fears" (Ewing 222). "Though an ...
- 5386: Muhammed Ali
- ... division. Clay had fought and won thirty-six consecutive fights by May 1, 1959 and said "Im a baaaaad man!" But his winning steak was broken when Amos Johnson beat him at the Pan-American Games trials. After that loss Clay never lost an amateur fight again! Clay proceeded to the Rome Olympics and won the light-heavyweight gold medal. Immediately after winning the gold medal, Clay was subjected to ...
- 5387: Biography of Dr. Maria Montessori
- ... many people from all over the world. During this time around 1973, Dr. MontessoriΥs work with children moved to the United States. In 1915, Dr. Montessori came to the USA. She went to the Pan American Exposition in San Fransisco. There, she won the only award of the exposition, which was a Montessori classroom of children working behind glass walls. After that, Dr. Montessori was invited to give a training course ...
- 5388: J.D.Salinger
- ... of Life" Little, Brown and Co. 1973 Kazin, Alfred "J.D.Salinger; Everybody's Favorite" Contemporaries, 1958 Lundquist, James "J.D.Salinger" Frederick Ungar Publishing, New york 1979 Miller, James University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American writers, 1965 Unknown
- 5389: Herman Melville
- ... Dick. 2) Was in the U.S. Navy. 3) Wrote numerous famous poems. 4) Wrote many other novels like Pierre, Mardi, Omoo, Typee, White- Jacket, Redburn, Israel Potter, and Billy Budd. 5) Contribited to the American Renaissance. Significance Herman Melville made a lot of novels and is an example on how great a person can become. His message was to write stories on experience: he wrote most of his great stories ...
- 5390: Brave New World: Escape from Reality
- ... problems raised by new technology can be solved poorly. When mass production becomes simple, the Brave New World society allows production to increase and requires that consumption increase, a solution that seems flawed by current American standards. Huxley provides a strong warning against the misuse of science. Through factories that produce children, drugs that evoke pleasure, and conditioning that replaces families, technology becomes a dehumanizing force. Family Life Huxley addresses the ...
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