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- 8531: The Life of Emily Dickinson
- ... with separation. Emily did not conform to society. She did not believe it was society's place to dictate to her how she should lead her life. Her poems reflect this sense of rebellion and revolution against tradition. From all the jails the boys and girls Ecstatically leap,- Beloved, only afternoon That prison doesn't keep. In this poem Emily shows her feelings towards formalized schooling. Being a product of reputable ...
- 8532: Fidel Castro
- ... he went to many prestigious schools. He attended public schools, prep schools and a couple of military schools. He stood out as a brilliant leader and a great athlete and was even courted by several American baseball teams. Except armed with his anti-batista views and brilliant leadership skills he was viewed as a threat and kicked out of many schools. He finally graduated though and started a law practice in ...
- 8533: Death Of Pol Pot
- ... countries Laos,Vietnam, and Thailand were attacked. Rice and other edangered wildlife were exported to China for weapons. Peasants were ruined by war destruction, and many supported the Khmer Rouge guerrillas when they overthrew an American backed military goverment just days before South Vietnam fell. On the four years they were in power, the Khmer Rouge tried to turn Cambodia inot a self-sufficient. Buddist religion and culture was oppressed. People ...
- 8534: Freedom Bound
- In his book, Freedom Bound, Robert Weisbrot argues that the civil rights movement is interwoven with American political reform of the time, and furthermore, that "the black quest for justice and the national crusade for a 'Great Society' are best understood in relation to each other" (Weisbrot xiv). He traces the Great ...
- 8535: The Intentional Death Of Franc
- ... Macomber into that of a man, a man with values and feelings and morals; a man capable of living happily ever after, regardless of the span of his life. The character Francis Macomber, a wealthy American, and his wife, Margot, are on safari with their English guide, Robert Wilson. Macomber wounds a lion and runs away in fear. The guide is horrified at his bad sportsmanship Macomber redeems himself by killing ...
- 8536: Human Genome Project 2
- ... advances have taken us from the question of, Where do we begin? to the ever haunting question, Do we know where to stop? Beardsley, Tim. Profile: gene doctor; W. French Anderson pioneers gene therapy. Scientific American August 1990:263. Online. InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP. 19 Feb. 2000. Begley, Sharon. Designer Babies. (altering unborn babies through gene therapy). Newsweek 9 Nov. 1998:132. Online. InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP. 8 Feb. 2000. Daniel ...
- 8537: Comparing Hitler And Stalin In Their Rise To Power
- ... the party should be run. Stalin was a more aggressive candidate, and therefore had one of his supporters kill Trotsky. This happened after Trotsky was exiled, but while in exile he continued to preach world revolution. Stalin sent one of his agents to kill Trotsky, who was in exile in Mexico. Stalin felt that if he eliminated his only threat, that it would mean less opposition to his ideas. This assured ...
- 8538: Understanding Computers
- ... work that well. Not many calculators were made that were all that special in my eyes no matter what any book says they all did the same thing for almost three hundred years . In 1914 American inventors Oscar and David Sundstrand invented an adding machine which still has an impact on the computers and calculators of today. This machine plays a major role because in was the machine that introduced the ...
- 8539: Joan of Arc As A Leader
- ... all time. He led the United States to victory during the civil war (1861-1865), which was the greatest crisis in U.S. history. Lincoln helped end slavery in the nation and helped keep the American Union from splitting apart during the war. (Rolka,1994,213) An excellent example of bad leadership would be the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Iraq and Iran were at war from 1980 to 1988 the battle ...
- 8540: Foreshadowing And Foretelling
- ... These two main ingredients in this novel made it possible for the reader to be able to understand Gatsby the way Fitzgerald does. It also helps one to understand Gatsby's relentless pursuit of the American dream. These two elements of the novel were weaved into a great book that was read and adored by millions of readers and school students.
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