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- 19981: Underground Railroad
- ... just seemed to fit all too well into this scenario. The railroad didn't have a certain location. Slaves had been running since the 1500's on their own. When the idea caught on amoung brave slaves, was when it started. Slave owners in the South certainly weren't happy about the loss of "property". It seemed like too much money was being lost.This caused the South to pass the ...
- 19982: Biography of Roger Maris
- ... Babe Ruth's single season home run record. Babe Ruth set the record of 60 in 1927 and his record lasted 36 years. Roger Maris hit his 61st home run of the season for the New York Yankees on October 1, 1961 to break the record previously set by Babe Ruth. Roger Maris's record lasted 37 years, until Mark McGwire broke it in the fall of 1998. Mark McGwire finished ...
- 19983: Biography of James Polk (11th President)
- ... from the Pacific to the Atlantic oceans proved useless, congress declared war and, despite much northern opposition, supported the military operations. American forces won repeated victories and occupied Mexico City. Finally, in 1848, Mexico ceded New Mexico and California in return for $15,000,000 and American assumption of the damage claims. Polk left his office with his health undermined form hard work and later would die in 1849.
- 19984: Airbags - Pop em' or Keep em'
- ... to CNN, airbags have snapped the necks of 30 children. CNN also said that 15 smaller women would have survived their accidents if airbags weren't installed in their vehicles ("Federal Safety Officials to Propose new Airbag Rules" 1). True, airbags have had some success. According to CNN, airbags have been credited with saving 1,100 lives since they have been introduced ("Federal Safety Officials....." 1). However, an article by CNNfn ...
- 19985: Droughts
- ... last for years. Droughts tend to be more severe in some areas than in others. Catastrophic droughts generally occur at latitudes of about 15°-20° and in areas bordering the permanently arid regions of the world. Lands that are permanent arid is a characteristic of those areas where warm, tropical air masses, in descending to earth, become hotter and drier. When a poleward shift in the west ocurrs, the high-pressure ...
- 19986: Biography of Robert Cormier
- ... lived in Leominster all his life. The second of eight children, Robert enjoyed a happy childhood in the nest of his close-knit family and community. His family provided him a haven from the outer world. Cormier didn't fare well in the streets of his neighborhood, where ballplaying ability counted for more than his love of books. He attended St. Celia's Parochial Grammar School, where some of the nuns ...
- 19987: A Streetcar Named Desire
- ... are victims of their own passions, frustrations, and loneliness. The play represents the conflict between the sensitive, neurotic Blanche DuBois and the crude, animalistic Stanley Kowalski. Blanche visits the home of her sister, Stella, in New Orleans and that is when Stanley started picking at her, almost testing her. Before she had met Stanley, she told her sister of how their plantation had been lost due to the costs of paying ...
- 19988: Charles Wang
- Charles Wang "In a world burning with Internet fever, Charles Wang stands out as a high-tech chief who respects but is not thunderstruck by the network of networks' business implications" (Kerber 1). Charles Wang has a theory of zero ...
- 19989: A Tale Of Two Cities
- ... he denounced the Evremonde. He did not forbid him because he cared about Lucy’s happiness. He wanted her to live happily with the person she loved. "Any fancies, any reasons, any apprehensions, anything whatsoever, new or old, against the man she really loved-the direct responsibilities thereof not lying on his hand-they should all be obliterated for her sake-she is everything to me more to me than suffering ...
- 19990: Machines: Are They Helpful Or Too Much Trouble?
- ... transport and public services started becoming of value to people. The social consequences included women and children working in factories and mines. Hard living conditions, crowded rooms, and many diseases. There were many positive effects, new inventions, that helped made living comfortable, and saved many lives. A vaccination was created saving many lives, telephones helped people to communicate, light bulbs gave light at night and when rain was falling. As people ...
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