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- 10881: Kent State Massacre
- ... the Alien and Sedition Acts and those in support of stronger states’ rights. Although the Resolutions were successful in the two originating states, they did not have much success in the other states. Still, the new ideas presented in the Resolutions were almost revolutionary. Although the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799 were not very successful, they were important because they provided necessary arguments for the supporters of greater ... these laws the Federalists were thought to be stifling the power of the Jeffersonians. Through the Alien and Sedition Acts, those in support of a stronger federal government achieved a major victory. The Acts gave new powers which were not dictated in the Constitution to both the executive and legislative branches. The Federalists were able to pass these acts with their logic based upon loose translations of the Constitution, especially the ... Alien and Sedition Acts to pen the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. As said before, Jefferson and Madison wrote the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions as rebuffs to the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Resolutions stated several new theories in the relationship between the federal government and the states. The first and most important was the “compact theory.” In Jefferson and Madison’s interpretation, the Constitution was nothing more than a compact ...
- 10882: Lord Byron's "Darkness": The Faithful but Fated Dog
- ... Byron's chilling, but powerful, poem, "Darkness". "Darkness" is a foreboding tale depicting the end of life on earth. Byron's emotional and descriptive diction and imagery create the tone and setting in which the world comes to an end. It is an end most completely embodied in one small passage about a dog, which shows the keen link between Byron and the other Romantic poets. "Darkness" is begun with the ... master, the dog too dies with a "quick desolate cry". The dog is an important observation on life and death by Byron. Like other Romantic poets, Byron was drawn to a passionate disregard for the world and society. The Byronic hero is thus molded from that appreciation for rebellion and passion. In Darkness, the faithful dog has many similarities to the typical Byronic hero. He lives strictly according to a simple ... lure and power of the Byronic hero, and in this case the faithful but fated dog. The faithful but fated dog is the embodiment of Byron's philosophy of life and the fate of the world. "Darkness" is, in Byron's eyes, the only possible outcome of life and the world itself. This oblivion is both painful and inevitable. It is not, however, approached from a fatalistic standpoint. Simply because ...
- 10883: Lester Pearson
- ... had little time devoted to foreign affairs in his time of Prime Minister. In May 1964, Pearson put a maple leaf on the Canadian Flag without any consent with the cabinet members. People criticized the new flag greatly. Some said that they liked the old flag because it was the one that they had fought under during the war. Others said that it was a desperate attempt to appease Quebec. Pearson ... with a blue strip on either side to represent the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. When an opinion poll was taken it showed that only 44% of all Canadians liked the flag. Pearson said that the new flag would show Canada's independence and national unity. Diefenbaker said that it would destroy Canada's unity. Pearson answered by saying that it was time Canada got a new flag that could be easily identified and not mistaken for another countries. Also the Union Jack should still be flown in Canada as a symbol of Canada's membership in the commonwealth and of ...
- 10884: Are You Ready For Some Football
- ... to do because not only does it make you better it makes the whole team better. When you play football you build relationships with your teammates, more often than not, you make a lot of new friends. You find yourself spending time with other players off the field such as watching the big game, going to a bar, playing a round of golf in the off season, or simply just hang ... to do with it, but I was just ecstatic to be back on the football field again, even though I wasn t the one playing. With this coaching position I ve experienced a lot of new relationships. From meeting a whole new group of players to other coaches it s been a learning experience and I ve already built new friendships that I know will last a long time. But the most important relationship I believe ...
- 10885: The Bluest Eye: Summary
- ... not brought on by herself, but rather society and in particular, her family. Pecola Breedlove is an innocent little girl who, like very other young child, did not ask to be born in this cruel world. It is bad enough that practically the whole world rejects her, but her own parents are guilty of rejection as well. Her own father, who is constantly drunk, sexually molests his daughter more than once. The first time he has sexual intercourse with his ... be white means to be successful and happy. Then they look around at their own lives of poverty and oppression and learn to hate their own heritage for keeping them from the Dick and Jane world. Morrison does not solve these problems, nor does she even try, but she does show a reflection of a world that cannot call itself right or moral.
- 10886: Ambushed Tradition
- ... no inappropriate marriages took place, even between very distant relatives. This elder also had the job of keeping track of the "properties and privileges" of the tribe through family lineage. (Drucker 68) In the modern world, storytellers are not required. Records are kept on computers and in files. No one needs to memorize the entire tribe's history anymore. People read books containing a story of their choice for entertainment. Not ... man. As the vision quest was to the Indians of the past, education is to the Indians of today. Education will direct the young Native Americans to their positions (careers) in life in the modern world. Junior Polotkin, the last Indian of Alexie's trinity had an opportunity to obtain an education in a private school outside the reservation. He was above average in scholastic ability in his primary education, yet ... up "tiered and hungry," Junior went to Spokane and got a job "working at a high school exchange program"(Alexie, Lone 189). Junior was unaware of how to prosper intellectually in a white man's world. The values and morals and ways to earn respect in the traditional Indian culture were not obtained through schooling, writing and modern communications. "Indians don't need to talk to communicate"(Alexie, Lone 28). ...
- 10887: Daniel Webster
- By: David Faulk Born January 18, 1782, in Salisbury, New Hampshire, Daniel Webster was a central figure in the nation's history. He successfully combined his political and legal career and played a role as lawyer, congressman, orator, secretary of state, leader of two parties ... life, ensured that Daniel received an education. Webster studied at the Phillips Exeter Academy before enrolling at Dartmouth in 1797. Webster eventually graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801. Webster opened a legal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in1807. Rising quickly as a lawyer and Federalist party leader, Webster was elected in 1812 to the U.S. House of Representatives because of his opposition to the War of 1812, which had crippled New England's shipping trade. After two more terms in the House, Webster left Congress in 1816 and moved to Boston. Over the next six years, he won major constitutional cases before the Supreme Court ...
- 10888: Endangered Species
- ... extinction. “It used to be that the natural rate of extinction was one to three species a year. Now humanity finds itself in the midst of a mass extinction, with only mankind itself to blame” (World Losing 2a). There have always been animals that are becoming or have become extinct. Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago, but dinosaurs became extinct because of natural causes. Animals in today’s world are becoming extinct for completely different reasons, mankind. When animals are endangered or become extinct we lose a valuable asset to our environment. For instance, when an animal becomes extinct, we as a society lose ... has a long gestation period of 15 months with an interbirth interval of a single calf every 2.5 to 4 years, making it a slow process for rhinos to be introduced back into the world by birth” (International Rhino Foundation 3). “The Black Rhino is illegally hunted for its ivory horn that ranges between one foot to one foot eight inches long” (Speart 26). The animal is slaughtered for ...
- 10889: Pollution in Eastern Europe
- Pollution in Eastern Europe Pollution in the world today poses one of the most dangerous threats to human kind that man has ever known. This problem occurs nearly everywhere in the world, and eastern Europe is no exception. In fact, eastern Europe has been cited as particularly bad with regard to pollution. The area, which for the means of this paper includes everything between the former East ... living not to mention the natural habitat. So what is the prognosis for eastern Europe? Is it destined to keep polluting and cause even more deaths, or will it come into line with the developed world and get pollution under control? There are both positive and negative things that can be said about the situation right now. On the positive side, there is the fact that sulfur dioxide emissions will ...
- 10890: The Stanislavsky Method
- ... off of the stage that first night, I knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I was ecstatic, on a natural high. Suddenly, I had found my place in the world. As I have gotten older and more experienced, I have learned that acting is not just reciting lines in front of an audience. There is a technique to acting. It is known as the “method ... actor and worked obsessively to improve his voice, diction and body movement. As a director and producer, Stanislavsky believed that the mere external behavior of an actor was not sufficient to portray the unique inner world of a character. He felt that once an actor felt what the character was feeling, the emotion would then manifest itself physically, making the performance believable. This idea was the basis for the method that ... Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, the main character of Willy Loman, a man in his late 60s, beaten down by life, was played by Lee J. Cobb. Cobb’s performance stunned the theatre world because he was such a young man at the time. How could such a young man portray this character so well, the world wondered. Well, Cobb used something called the Animal Exercise to characterize ...
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