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- 1771: Yamamoto
- Yamamoto, the man who planned Pearl Harbor increased my knowledge about the people of Japan because it introduced me to their culture, and the life and times in Japan before World War II. In Japan, the family is the basic unit of society. For example, if a Japanese has the unfortunate occurrence of producing only daughters, they will insist that one of their daughters husbands changes ... charge of the household and of raising the children. He never really loved her, because he had many extramarital affairs, and 2 of the women he "loved". The life and times in Japan right before World War 2 are simply explained: The Imperialist Japanese Army, otherwise known as the "young Turks" was steadily gaining power in the government, was assassinating anyone who did not share in their views for a united ... he scored second out of the top students in the entire nation. His appointment signaled changing times in Japan, because, even though that all the enemies had not completely passed on, it signaled that the new government was making strides to unify the new Japan. At the Academy, Isoroku's speciality was gunnery, which meant that he would become a deck specialist In 1904, upon his graduation at the Japanese ...
- 1772: The Orgin Of Comedy
- ... real' or `play' activity and not taken as a `serious' interaction allows messages and formulations to be `risked' within its framework which would not otherwise be acceptable or possible. 3. Humor allows the exploration of new ideas in situations of uncertainty or unfamiliarity. Similarly allowed are the negotiation of taboo topics, sensitive issues, and marginal serious content. 4. Humor performs a boundary function on both internal and external lines, policing groups ... distance the unpleasant.6. Humor can represent an implicit contradiction, paradox or `joke in the social structure' made explicit. The `joke' constitutes a reversal within its boundaries of the patterns of control in the real world. 7. `Canned' jokes and `situational' jokes are not entirely separate. Canned jokes are not sealed from the situation in which they are told as they always affect it and incorporate interaction into their pattern; situation ... helped to ensure the survival of African Americans. "Herded together with others with whom they shared only a common condition of servitude and some degree of cultural overlap, enslaved Africans were compelled to create a new language, a new religion, and a precarious new lifestyle." (Joyner, 1984) As Africans were unloaded by boat and placed onto plantations, slave masters were completely enthralled by the way they spoke, moved, and danced. ...
- 1773: Yamamoto
- Yamamoto, the man who planned Pearl Harbor increased my knowledge about the people of Japan because it introduced me to their culture, and the life and times in Japan before World War II. In Japan, the family is the basic unit of society. For example, if a Japanese has the unfortunate occurrence of producing only daughters, they will insist that one of their daughters husbands changes ... charge of the household and of raising the children. He never really loved her, because he had many extramarital affairs, and 2 of the women he "loved". The life and times in Japan right before World War 2 are simply explained: The Imperialist Japanese Army, otherwise known as the "young Turks" was steadily gaining power in the government, was assassinating anyone who did not share in their views for a united ... he scored second out of the top students in the entire nation. His appointment signaled changing times in Japan, because, even though that all the enemies had not completely passed on, it signaled that the new government was making strides to unify the new Japan. At the Academy, Isoroku's speciality was gunnery, which meant that he would become a deck specialist In 1904, upon his graduation at the Japanese ...
- 1774: Dna Replication
- ... are ready for the next stage. On each strand is a sequence of nucleotides. These nucleotides act as a template for complementary nucleotides to bind. Hence, it is the site where the synthesis of a new complementary strand will be formed. Because of the DNA “unzipping”, there will be two single strands of DNA. Hence, because there is two single strands of DNA, there will be two new daughter strands synthesized. However, each of these daughter cells is synthesized in different ways. The first strand of DNA is built by simply adding nucleotides to its end. This strand grows inward towards the replication ... hence away from the replication fork. The DNA polymerase for this strand starts a burst of synthesis at the point of the replication fork. The addition of nucleotides to the 3` end of a short new chain until this new segment fills in a gap of 1000 to 2000 nucleotides between the replication fork and the end of the growing chain to which the previous segment was added. Hence, this ...
- 1775: Crime And Punishment .
- ... for her family. Sofia is the one with the answer: Go at once, this instant, stand at the cross-roads, first bow down and kiss the earth you have desecrated, then bow to the whole world, to the four corners of the earth, and say aloud to all the world: "I have done murder." (V, 4) Raskolnikov will not go because for him authority is another representation of amorality, no better than himself. They do not care about his soul or his remorse. They want ... is merely sent to Siberia. She follows him with the offer and the example of her Christian love, fulfilling her words and actively loving, hoping that his transgression will not push him away from the world back into his own interior world in which nobody else has a place. Opposite to Sonya is what "humanists" do, what the "extraordinary" men do. Their idea becomes more than the actual humanity, more ...
- 1776: Hiroshima 5
- ... lives were ended in a flash. To the American people who were weary from the long and brutal war, such a drastic measure seemed a necessary, even righteous way to end the madness that was World War II. However, the madness had just begun. That August morning was the day that heralded the dawn of the nuclear age, and with it came more than just the loss of lives. According to ... the human purposes of man had been explicitly defined." The entire globe was now to live with the fear of total annihilation, the fear that drove the cold war, the fear that has forever changed world politics. The fear is real, more real today than ever, for the ease at which a nuclear bomb is achieved in this day and age sparks fear in the hearts of most people on this ... in an allied invasion, and their sudden deaths convinced the Japanese military to surrender. Every nation has an interest in being at peace with other nations, but there has never been a time when the world was free of the scourge of war. Hence, peaceful nations must always have adequate military force at their disposal in order to deter or defeat the aggressive designs of rogue nations. The United States ...
- 1777: Ernie Pyle
- Ernie Pyle By: Jenny Trembath March 20, 2000 Ernie Plye When a machine-gun bullet ended the life of Ernie Pyle in the final days of World War II, Americans spoke of him in the same breath as they had Franklin Roosevelt. To millions, the loss of him was as great as the loss of the wartime president. Since WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle was so famous, his death on the battlefront came as a shock to people around the world. Ernest Taylor Pyle was born August 3, 1900 to Will and Marie Pyle. He was born an only child on the Same Elder farm just southwest of Dana, Indiana. His father, Will Pyle, was a ... to travel and persuaded Scripps-Howard executives to allow him to be a roving reporter. Ernie Pyle was very excited to be a roving reporter: It’s better than a million dollars. It’s a new job, the best job in the world. Just think! No more sitting behind a desk! No more sticking to the same old office! No more writing headlines of editing other people’s stories (Wilson ...
- 1778: The Future Looks Bright For Ja
- The Future Looks Bright for Japan Over the past 40 years nuclear energy has gone from being the energy source of the future to the energy source that everyone fears. The world has faced 20 plus nuclear accidents since testing began in the 1950 s (www.hempwine.com). Three of the four most disastrous nuclear accidents have occurred in the past twenty years. Theoretically, nuclear fission(1 ... electricity; however, fission s history of accidents has shown it to be too risky to the environment. Countries are beginning to turn away from nuclear energy and rely more on alternative renewable energy sources and new sources of fossil fuels. THREE MILE ISLAND In 1979 there was a nuclear accident near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. No one was killed, radiation did not escape the plant ... plant opened everyone s eyes to the extreme dangers and potentially catastrophic consequences of nuclear accidents. Years of destruction and suffering occurred from the nuclear fallout at Chernobyl. It is the worst nuclear accident the world has ever experienced. People and governments around the world are concerned that another serious accident is only a matter of time. At any moment another nuclear power plant could kill thousands. Chernobyl was a ...
- 1779: Jacqueline Kennedy
- ... women everywhere, also outside of the United States, view Jackie Kennedy the pinnacle of feminism. She portrayed a strong sense of originality and conformism. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy was born in Southampton of Long Island, New York on July 28, 1929 to Janet and John Bouvier. John Bouvier was a Wall Street stock broker. The Bouviers were considered to be socially prominent New Yorkers(Mills 105). Jacqueline has a younger sister who is now married to Prince Stanislas Radziwill, a Polish nobleman who has prospered in business in London (“Kennedy”). Jacqueline grew up on Park Avenue. She greatly ... her level and yet she amazed everyone around her again because she understood the meaning of what she read. As a child, she was confident, fearless, and outgoing. Jacqueline adored her father and thought the world of him, but it was her mother whom she modeled herself after. Janet Bouvier, Jackie’s mother, was graceful and was the product of proper breeding. Jackie carried her mother’s hospitality, warmth, taste, ...
- 1780: The Devastation of World War One
- The Devastation of World War One World War one is one of the most devastating wars in history. The war was caused by nationalistic tension between countries. After the war a treaty was to be drawn up between the Allies and Germany ... were too small to be liable. These countries such as Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania did not remain under self-rule for long as the neighbouring country Russia was too strong and powerful. When redrawing the new boundaries, Often natural boundaries were ignored causing many disputes over land, an example of this is the redrawing of Poland. Old minority groups were freed from the Austro -Hungarian Empire but, at the same ...
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