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- 19991: Native American Women
- ... as his, and often more powerful. Native Americans established primary relationships either through a clan system, descent from a common ancestor, or through a friendship system, much like tribal societies in other parts of the world. In the Choctaw nation, " Moieties were subdivided into several nontotemic, exogamous, matrilineal 'kindred' clans, called iksa." (Faiman-Silva, 1997, p.8) The Cheyenne tirbe also traced their ancestry through the woman's lineage. Moore (1996 ...
- 19992: Andrew Jackson
- ... unhealthy. He had two bullets permanently lodged in him, and often spat up blood because of them. Many missions of Andrew Jackson's were self-righteous and stubborn. By his victory at the Battle of New Orleans, where he killed many Native Americans, he gained enough momentum for the American people to adore him. With this momentum as "Old Hickory," "Old Chieftain," and "Old Hero," people felt forever indebted to his ...
- 19993: Edgar Degas - Not the Typical Impressionist
- Edgar Degas - Not the Typical Impressionist Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas was born on July 19, 1834 in Paris. His father, Auguste, was a banker from Paris and his mother, Celestine, was from New Orleans. The family changed the name from Degas in order to sound more aristocratic and Degas changed it back early in his career. Although his father wanted him to take over his banking business for ...
- 19994: Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Theme
- ... is free. He brings her to the Cathedral as a sanctuary to take refuge in one of the towers. During the length of her stay in the tower, she is completely isolated from the outside world. Quasimodo is the only person always present in the church. He takes it upon himself to be responsible for keeping Esmerelda happy and comfortable. He brings her food, drink, any news and he does his ...
- 19995: Barbarians
- ... a bizarre tale of an exceptional human being. Lest she may sharpen a sword an thrust to the heart, Stealing into the palace where the bed is made, Or even kill the king and the new-wedded groom, And thus bring a greater misfortune on herself. Two great pains tear Medea: the betrayal of Jason and her betrayal of her country and family (and consequent exile). The two are interwoven and ...
- 19996: The Telephone
- ... s depression, everyone was looking for a competitive edge. The telephone wasn't invented in the thirties, nor was the first transatlantic line built then, but the thirties represents a time in history when the world was changing incredible fast and much of that change was made possible by the the telephone. Without the telephone, progress would have been much slower and people might not have been so receptive to change ...
- 19997: Barbie Doll
- ... so-subtle, demands to conform to the "norm", and going with the flow is a big part of life. Ideas of conformity are beaten into us as soon as we're able to comprehend the world we live in. A large piece of the conformity pie deals with the role of the woman, and how she should look and act. A good pair of literary works that illustrate the conflict which ...
- 19998: Robert Boyle
- ... all times, to one based on experimentation and the use of deduction, not assumption. It cannot be stressed strongly enough what this did for science in general. Boyle's work sparked the beginning of a new era, one in which careful experimentation was the justification for a hypothesis, and thus he is accordingly bestowed with the honor of being the founder of modern chemistry. Boyle also did extensive work with the ...
- 19999: Robert Andrew Millikan
- ... Andrew Millikan set up an apparatus to measure the charge of an electron within an accuracy range of 3%. In 1913 he came out with a value of the electrical charge that would serve the world of science for a generation. Young Millikan had a childhood like most others: he had no idea what his profession would be. Once he recalled trying to jump from a rowboat to a dock, falling ...
- 20000: Invasion Of Normandy
- ... attacked his long time allay Russia. HitlerΉs tactics were identical to Napoleons moves almost 200 years earlier. Napoleon failed to get Russia as well as Hitler. Hitler though that he could take all the world but he got stopped at Russia, the way that the Russians defeated Hitler was by taking out the supply routes for the troops in the north. Another way the Russians stopped the Germans was burning ...
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