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- 2561: The Chosen
- ... with them on their journey from adolescence to adulthood. They face many conflicts, and through those trials the author makes his readers think more deeply into life’s true meanings. The novel was set in New York during the Second World War. Since the main characters are Jews, this period of time is very significant. Not only were the Jews persecuted during WWII, but New York was also close to a military base, which made it a prime target for bombing. Even the setting has an underlying sense of tension. One of the protagonists in The Chosen is Reuven ...
- 2562: Intellectual Development Of Yo
- ... 4 years old, children have attained what Piaget called functions or "preoperations" that enable young children to perform a number of feats far beyond the capabilities of infants (Piaget, 1950). Infants concentrate on constructing a world of permanent objects. Once constructed, these objects will be known to exist even when they are no longer present to the infant's senses. Preschool children, in contrast, are constructing a world of qualities and properties that different objects share in common. They are beginning to identify and name colors, shapes, textures, density, and so on. At this stage, children are beginning to understand same and different ... protection. II. Variability of Individual Growth Rates In discussing young children's intellectual growth and abilities, it is difficult to emphasize the wide range of normal variability in the age at which they attain their new mental powers. The article “Fertile Minds” seems to downplay this variability by using scientific evidence of PET scans to quantitatively describe intellectual capability in all infants and young children. Although it is sometimes useful, ...
- 2563: William Henry Gates
- ... cramming the night before the final exam. In June 1975, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard to pursue a career in computers full time. Later that year after dropping out of Harvard he moved to New Mexico. There he and Allen Kay established Microsoft to produce their Basic for the MITS. Eighteen months later they were a few hundred thousand dollars richer and were hired by Tandy to develop software for ... set out to create applications software, for tasks such as financial analysis or word processing. Microsoft has continued being successful through the years and will be in the future as long as ! it keeps innovating new and exciting computer software. Bill Gates has his eye on the future. He sees the world in a Apowerful, high-speed network-both within companies and across the so called Information Superhighway@ (Brandt, 57). He hopes to be on top of the Transformation from Personal Computers to nets. Gates predicts ...
- 2564: Emperor Constantine I
- ... great events of his reign laid foundations that would affect the future of Europe and Western Civilization for centuries to come. His recognition and support of Christianity was one of the most important moments in world history. Moving the government of the Roman Empire to Constantinople and founding "New Rome" was one of the most significant decisions ever made by a Roman ruler. Ten emperors who reigned after Constantine took his name. This is just one more indication of his importance in history and ... had told him to move the capital which he renamed in his own honor as Constantinople. He also ordered the city to be rebuilt so it would be a worthy capital for the empire. The new city provided Constantine with a better location for ruling the empire. The new capital gave him easy access to the Balkan provinces.. Constantine also believed the move to Constantinople would help economic development in ...
- 2565: Animal Farm
- ... in Animal Farm, were a laboring class of people that received low wages for their work. Like the animals in the farm yard, the people is Russia thought there would be no oppression in a new society because the working class people (or animals) would own all the riches and hold all the power. (Golubeva and Gellerstein 168). Another character represented in the book is Farmer Jones. He represents the symbol ... death of Lenin. He was underestimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one of the most ruthless, regimes in history. In was not till very many years later that the world found out about the many deaths that Stalin created in Russia during the Revolution. For almost 50 years the world thought that the Nazis had done the killing in Russia, when in fact it was Stalin. (Imse 2). The last characters that are symbolic of each other are the animal Snowball with the Russian ...
- 2566: Heroic elements in Beowulf
- ... Li685) denoting his determined and strong self , since at the time it is of such importance that fate be always with you. When Beowulf is moribund, he stares at death defiantly, "unwilling to leave this world,"(pg42,Li700) confident of his desire for life and his service to others. During the battle with the dragon, Beowulf "stands firm"(pg41,Li675) and "prepares"(pg41,Li675) for the monster's raging approach. "Edgetho ... Beowulf raises it and "struck with all the strength he had left."(pg38,Li538) The coming of Beowulf , "staggering under the weight of Grendel’s skull,"(pg39,Li607) as he hands the skull to his brave warriors he sees that the head is "too heavy for fewer than four"(pg39,Li608) men to handle. In the first struggle of the epic poem, Beowulf rips savagely Grendel’s arm. This shows that ... the dragon comes at him"(pg42,Li704) and now Beowulf is "a beaten warrior,"(pg42,Li708) none of his comrades succored him, they just "run for their lives."(pg42,Li710) Only one of the "fourteen brave and noble warrior,"(pg42,Li709) stayed there by remembering as a good man must, "what kindship should mean."(pg42,713) This demonstrates the loyal characteristic of Wiglaf, because he does not let die his ...
- 2567: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- ... he completed his third year as President, therefore his achievements were limited. Nevertheless, his influence was worldwide, and his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis may have prevented the United States from entering into another world war. Kennedy was especially admired by the younger people and he was perhaps the most popular president in history. Kennedy expressed the values of 20th century America and his presidency had an importance beyond its ... Kennedy family was very wealthy and provided means for the Kennedy children to pursue whatever they chose and John F. Kennedy chose politics. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1942 and as a new member Kennedy supported legislation that would serve the interests of his elements. Kennedy usually backed bills sponsored by his party but would sometimes show independence by voting with the Republicans. He also joined with the ... he backed legislation beneficial to the Massachusetts textile, fishing, watch, and transportation industries. In 1953, however, he defied regional interests and supported the Saint Lawrence Seaway project and later in 1955 he was the only New England senator to support renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act that gave the President the power to lower U. S. tariffs, or taxes on import goods, in exchange for similar concessions from other ...
- 2568: John F. Kennedy
- ... he completed his third year as President, therefore his achievements were limited. Nevertheless, his influence was worldwide, and his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis may have prevented the United States from entering into another world war. Kennedy was especially admired by the younger people and he was perhaps the most popular president in history. Kennedy expressed the values of 20th century America and his presidency had an importance beyond its ... Kennedy family was very wealthy and provided means for the Kennedy children to pursue whatever they chose and John F. Kennedy chose politics. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1942 and as a new member Kennedy supported legislation that would serve the interests of his elements. Kennedy usually backed bills sponsored by his party but would sometimes show independence by voting with the Republicans. He also joined with the ... he backed legislation beneficial to the Massachusetts textile, fishing, watch, and transportation industries. In 1953, however, he defied regional interests and supported the Saint Lawrence Seaway project and later in 1955 he was the only New England senator to support renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act that gave the President the power to lower U. S. tariffs, or taxes on import goods, in exchange for similar concessions from other ...
- 2569: The United States Steel Indust
- The United States Steel Industry After years of restructuring, an investment of approximately $50 billion in new plant and equipment, the application of world-class manufacturing technologies and increased labor productivity, the United States steel industry is among the most competitive in the world. With the application of advanced technology, automation has replaced the more labor intensive practices of the past, making the industry energy efficient and environmentally responsible. Despite the increased steel production within the United States, ...
- 2570: The Crucible: Background Notes
- The Crucible: Background Notes PART B Arthur Miller was an American play writer and novelist. He was born in New York on Oct. 17, 1915, and attended the University of Michigan. He began his career as a radio script writer. As his lifestyle began to calm down, Miller decided to marry Inge Morath. Arthur Miller ... as much attention as the Greek and Elizabethan writers did. His talent of writing began to exceed standards set by other american writers, and this allowed him to become a two time winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. His awards did not distract him from his work, as he continued to win awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, [from the story: Death of a Salesman (1949)] and the ... Death of a Salesman (1949) The Crucible (1953) A View from the Bridge (1955) A Memory of Two Mondays (1955) After the Fall (1963) Incident at Vichy (1964) The Price (1968) The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972) Arthur Miller's first and only screenplay that he produced was released in 1960, and was called "The Misfits", starring Marilyn Monroe. He also wrote a short story called "I ...
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