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- 12701: H G Wells
- ... a motion picture. Wells also wrote novels devoted to character delineation. Among these are Kipps and The History of Mr. Polly, which depict members of the lower middle class and their aspirations. Both recall the world of Wells's youth; the first tells the story of a struggling teacher, the second portrays a draper's assistant. Many of Wells's other books can be categorized as thesis novels. Among these are Ann Veronica, promoting women's rights; Tono-Bungay, attacking irresponsible capitalists; and Mr. Britling Sees It Through, depicting the average Englishman's reaction to war. After World War I Wells wrote an immensely popular historical work, The Outline of History. Throughout his long life Wells was deeply concerned with and wrote voluminously about the survival of contemporary society. For a time he ... vast and frightening material forces available to modern men and women would be rationally controlled for progress and for the equal good of all. His later works were increasingly pessimistic. '42 to '44 castigated most world leaders of the period; Mind at the End of Its Tether expressed the author's doubts about the ability of humankind to survive. He also wrote An Experiment in Autobiography. Wells died August 13, ...
- 12702: Evita: Saint or Sinner?
- ... and appearance to the public. The 'descamisados,' or 'shirtless ones,' still filled the streets. The President needed Peron to speak to the people. Having little choice, he met Peron's extreme demands. This included a new cabinet, and everyone in it would be a Peron supporter. After terms were settled, Peron made his appearance, and was cheered like no Argentine before him.8 When Peron ran for President in 1946, he ... 140-foot tall statue of a 'descamido' would tower along the Buenos Aires skyline. While the tomb was being erected, Evita's temporary resting place was the Labor Confederation Headquarters. In 1955, agents of the new President, Pedro Arambulu, stole the corpse, placed it into the army lorry, and drove away. The remains of Eva Peron could be used as a powerful symbol against any government, and the location of them ... neck. Further examination showed that cuts were present all over her body, her nose was broker, both knees broken, and the chest was marked with six holes. Later repaired, the body was placed in a new coffin, upstairs in Peron's cottage. Evita had been missing seventeen years. The embalmed body was put on display in December of 1974, beside General Peron's sealed coffin. Twenty-four years after Eva' ...
- 12703: Ernest Hemingway
- ... that his styling of writing was very defined. In 1944 Ernest Hemingway went to Havana, Cuba and it was there he wrote a letter to Maxwell Perkins which states he has a idea on a new novel called The Old Man and the Sea ( Nelson and Jones 139). Hemingway first got his idea for The Old Man and the Sea from the stories that he had heard in the small fish ... that have actually left a impact on my life in some sort or another. Bibliographies Bruccoli, Matthew J. Conversations with Ernest Hemingway. Mississippi: UP Mississippi, 1986 Bryfonski, Dedria. Contemporary Magill,Frank M. Masterplots. 8 vols., New Jersey: Salem Press,1976 Nelson, Gerald B., and Glory Jones. Hemingway: Life and Works. New York: Facts on File Publications,1984 Wagner, Linda W. Ernest Hemingway, Five Decades of Criticism . Michigan: Michigan State UP, 1974 Wagner, Linda W. Ernest Hemingway, Six Decades of Criticism. Michigan: Michigan State UP, 1982
- 12704: Biography of Bob Marley
- ... as the Wailers. The Wailers included vocalists Bunny Livingston and Peter Tosh, both of whom later embarked on successful solo careers. The group's early recordings were in a style called ska, a hybrid of New Orleans rhythm and blues and Jamaican mento. Mento was the first of the reggae styles. (The term reggae is commonly used as a collective designation for a number of successive forms of Jamaican pop music ... 1960s, influences from United States rhythm and blues, Jamaican folk rhythm, and dub (rhythmic, improvised verses) were synthesized into the rock-steady and poppa-top styles, and Marley emerged as a rising talent in this new genre of Jamaican music. In 1967 he converted from Christianity to Rastafarianism, a religion that has had a pr ofound influence on reggae music. The Rastafarian movement of this period, among other beliefs, recognized Haile ... great political and economic turmoil in Jamaica, Marley cultivated a rebel image. An increasingly political figure, he survived a 1976 assassination attempt at his home in Jamaica. He subsequently went to Europe and experienced a new degree of popular success in England, Sweden, the Netherlands, and West Germany (now part of the united Federal Republic of Germany). Rastaman Vibrations (1976) and a United States tour brought him unmatched success with ...
- 12705: Adam Sandler
- Adam Sandler is a well-known comedian, musician, actor, screenwriter, and singer. He is known throughout the nation for his accomplishments in the entertainment business. Adam Sandler was born on September 9, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York. He was educated at New Hampshire s Manchester Central High School during the early 1980 s. He later went to New York University and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1991 ( Celeb-Site ). Adam s first time in the spotlight was when he was 11, and he sung 16 by Ringo Starr at ...
- 12706: The Crime at Compiegne
- ... extraordinary." Where the "ordinary" masses are "by nature conservative, staid, live in obedience and like being obedient," the "extraordinary" few "all transgress the law
for the sake of an idea." It is this idea or "new word" that calls the "extraordinary" man to "allow his conscious to
step over certain obstacles" in order to fulfill this idea. Jeanne's "new word" was that of the call of Heaven. At only 13, Jeanne began hearing voices that were sometimes accompanied by visions. She was convinced that these voices were those of St. Michael and the early ... to further illustrate it. According to the theory, if Jeanne had not gone on to Compiegne and disobeyed the king, she would cease to be extraordinary because she would not be fulfilling her calling, her "new word." Where Dostoevsky's theory falls through is with his assertion that "the act of carrying out a crime is always accompanied by illness." Jeanne was never ill that history has recorded except to ...
- 12707: Andrew Carnegie 2
- ... Company to J. P. Morgan's U.S. Steel Company after a serious, bloody union strike. He saw himself as a hero of working people, yet he crushed their unions. The richest man in the world, he railed against privilege. A generous philanthropist, he slashed the wages of the workers who made him rich. By this time, Carnegie was an established, successful millionaire. He was a great philanthropist, donating over $350 ... up with a way to run money that is suited to be in the best interest of the most possible people. In the end, you realize that the majority of the wealth made in this new system is going only to a few people. Then it says about the only question that could possibly arise in this type of a situation. Since the wealth inevitably goes to a concentrated amount of ...
- 12708: Biography of Katharine Hepburn
- ... She majored in acting. During her senior year at Bryn Mawr, Katharine met Ludlow Odgen Smith. That was 1927. In 1928, she and Luddy (her nickname for him) were married. They moved from Hartford to New York. Kate's acting career started in 1928 when she played in a New York Production of The Big Pond. The first Broadway production she played in was The Night Hostess where she had a small role. Miss Hepburn played a part as a schoolgirl in the play These ... 75,000 and they would let her do Holiday for Columbia, who had offered her 150,000. The 1940 MGM film version of The Philedelphia Story, which she did with Cary Grant, brought her a New York Film Critics' Circle Award. In 1942, she made Woman of the Year. This was the first of may popular films that she made with her friend, Spencer Tracy. Other movies that she made ...
- 12709: HG Wells
- ... a motion picture. Wells also wrote novels devoted to character delineation. Among these are Kipps and The History of Mr. Polly, which depict members of the lower middle class and their aspirations. Both recall the world of Wells's youth; the first tells the story of a struggling teacher, the second portrays a draper's assistant. Many of Wells's other books can be categorized as thesis novels. Among these are Ann Veronica, promoting women's rights; Tono-Bungay, attacking irresponsible capitalists; and Mr. Britling Sees It Through, depicting the average Englishman's reaction to war. After World War I Wells wrote an immensely popular historical work, The Outline of History. Throughout his long life Wells was deeply concerned with and wrote voluminously about the survival of contemporary society. For a time he ... vast and frightening material forces available to modern men and women would be rationally controlled for progress and for the equal good of all. His later works were increasingly pessimistic. '42 to '44 castigated most world leaders of the period; Mind at the End of Its Tether expressed the author's doubts about the ability of humankind to survive. He also wrote An Experiment in Autobiography. Wells died August 13, ...
- 12710: Pierre Trudeau
- ... However, throughout my readings I was also able to discover the fundamental principles that Trudeau would advocate in order to establish a strong and productive influence in Canadian politics. Born in 1921, Trudeau entered the world in a bilingual/bicultural home located in the heart of Montreal, Quebec. His acceptance into the University of Montreal would mark the beginning of his adventures into the Canadian political spectrum. Early in his life ... he had taken a stance on Federalism that involved security, economic prosperity and centralized authority. It wasn't until 1963 when the newly appointed Premier of Quebec, Rene Levesque, warned that there must be a new Canada within five years or Quebec will quit confederation. It was not until 1965 that a man named Pierre Trudeau entered politics. It is at this point in his anthology that I was able to ...
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