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- 2691: Charles Lindbergh
- Charles Lindbergh was a man of many accomplishments. In his time, everybody loved him. Charles was well known all over the world. He was a hero, he represented all that could be accomplished in the future. He was a figure for doing what nobody else thought could be done. Lindbergh was one of those people that everyone ... In 1925 he graduated as the top pilot in his class. He soon began working as a mail deliverer between St. Louis and Chicago. Lindbergh soon heard of an offer given in 1919 by a New York hotel owner named Raymond Orteig. The offer was this: the first aviator to fly nonstop from New York to Paris would receive 25,000 dollars. Nobody had succeeded by 1927, and Lindbergh decided he could do it if he had a suitable plane. Remember, in 1919 this was a very scary ...
- 2692: Divorce in the United States
- ... laws. Because divorce laws vary from state to state, the "migratory divorce" developed: couples would move temporarily to a state where divorce was easier to obtain than at home. For example, a couple living in New York State, where until 1967 the only grounds for divorce was adultery, would establish residence in Nevada - - a procedure that took only 6 weeks -- and file for divorce on grounds of mental cruelty. Popular attitudes toward divorce changed as the United States became more urbanized and less religious. The increasing acceptance of divorce was reflected in court interpretations of existing laws and in new legislation enacted by the states. Two tendencies merged, making possible the establishment of new and easier grounds for divorce. The focus of state divorce, which previously concerned itself with specifying legal grounds for divorce, shifted to criteria concerning the breakdown of the marital relationship. This could be seen ...
- 2693: McCormick Place
- ... 1880 in Chicago. He worked as the head of Streets and Sanitation Department from 1905-1910, and in 1911 he became president of the Tribune. He worked there until he was called into action for World War One where he served in the first infantry; directly under the command of John J. Pershing. When he returned home to Chicago, Robert became somewhat of an entrepreneur ("Exhibition Center Hailed…"). In the late ... In 1927, a similar plan to build a convention center was blocked by the Illinois Supreme Court. Further progress was stunted in the 1930's by the Great Depression. After the United States' entrance into World War Two, industry got a jump-start. Then in 1951, a one-percent tax was added on running racetrack parimutuels. The tax was designed to pay for industrial, cultural and educational fairs in Illinois. Most ... Park were no longer big enough to host the size of events that Chicago wanted to host. The owners of the Burnham Park buildings knew their buildings were inadequate, but they didn't want a new building to be built because they would lose money. At first, the state general assembly sided with the Burnham owners and defeated legislation in 1953. But when Richard Daley became mayor in 1955, things ...
- 2694: Assignment: Mythology Research Project
- Assignment: Mythology Research Project In The Yoruba and Madagascar myths of creation, the beginning of the world was a formless Chaos which was neither sea nor land. Orisha Nla, also called the Great God, was sent down from the sky to the Chaos by Olorun, the Supreme Being. His obligatory mission was ... and they will not live forever. In the Egyptian creation story my group has studied, everything descends from Nu, the sea. His son Ra, becomes the Creator and makes a god for everything in our world: Shu, the wind god, his consort Tefnut, “The Spitter”, brought rain, Seb, the earth god, Nut, goddess of the firmament, who were the parents of Osiris and his consort Isis, and Set and his consort ... poisoning the Creator, in order to obtain his secret and sacred name, which is the symbol and holder of the Creator's powers. A short legendary history of some customs (such as those of the New Year's celebration) is given. By reading these stories, one can see some of the similarities present between the myths of Christianity (mainly Roman and Greek) and those of Africa, such as the story ...
- 2695: The Role of Entertainers as Educators
- ... of Western Europe doubled (Lindsay 26-33). A shortage of teachers caused eager minds to look elsewhere for education. Many of those traveling were instrumental in spreading ideas, stories, and songs across the countryside. A new kind of entertainer, the troubadours, served as the new commentators of the day, successfully blending verse and music. Their poetry was the first to ³set about the conscious creation of a literary speech in the vernacular² (Bogin 44). In songs called sirventes, the troubadours ... were viewed primarily as entertainers who wandered aimlessly about the countryside singing about the virtues of courtly love, their contribution as educators to the public cannot be mistaken. As the troubadours slowly began to disappear, new kinds of entertainers took their place, continuing to inform the general public through different mediums. The meistersinger replaced the troubadour in the late fourteenth century (Sebastian 2). Middle and lower class meistersingers established schools ...
- 2696: The "Around The World" Party at College
- The "Around The World" Party at College As I approached the party I could hear the blasting music all the way from the street. When I reached the back of the house to enter I could distinguish the song ... cups in the general area of the tap. Once I had my beverage, I decided to go visit the rooms to see what kind of alcohol was being served. This party was an “around the world party” which meant that every room had a different theme and appropriate drinks to the theme could be found there. My first stop was Jamaica. When I entered the room the first thing I saw ... had that I was in Russia was a sign above the door that spelled Russia in yellow letters. I was not impressed by this setup so I decided to go visit other places of the world. I proceeded to walk down the hall and I ended up in Compton. This bartender was dressed up like a gangster. He was wearing a blue and white flannel shirt that only had the ...
- 2697: Analyze the Triumph and Tragedy of the Manhattan Project
- ... two Germans. The effort to develop an atomic bomb was code- named the "Manhattan Project." On July 16, 1945, Oppenheimer's and Groves's units conducted a test firing of the lethal weapon in the New Mexico desert. No one was prepared for the awesome power the weapon actually possessed. The bomb was code- named "Fat Man." The destructive power of the bomb is equivalent to over 17,000 tons of ... conventional explosive (TNT). The heat generated at the center of the explosion rose to four times the hottest temperature of the sun. The huge mushroom-shaped radioactive cloud climbed 42,000 feet in to the New Mexico sky. At ground zero it vaporized the steel and concrete tower that had held the bomb and created a crater 1,200 feet across. The triumph of scientific creativity and genius entered us into the new Nuclear Age. President Roosevelt died of a stroke before he see the success of the Trinity (the code name for the test of the first atomic bomb) in July 1945. Vice President Harry S ...
- 2698: An Analysis of Fukuyama’s “The End Of History”
- ... he contends that there does not exist another political structure which can best serve all of humanity. For him, liberal democracy is the final stage in Hegel’s dialectic and will consequently spread throughout the world’s political systems. How will this political system spread? Fukuyama contends that the force that inevitable leads to a liberal democracy is that of economic activity, namely the common free market. Once every country participates ... to the establishment of communism has not yet occurred. This he might say is the affect of older more established capitalistic countries merely pushing the troubles of capitalism unto newly developing countries. For example, first world countries now benefit from the lesser-developed countries of Asia. However, what would happen if Asia became fully industrialized and at par with the rest of the Western economic market? Where then would first world economies go to exploit raw materials and cheap labor? Marx may say that there comes a point in time in which there are simply no new markets to be exploited. What then would happen ...
- 2699: Lord Of The Flies
- ... and speeches. "Ralph was puzzled by the shutter that flickered in his brain. There was something he wanted to say; then the shutter had come down." (p. 156) He started to feel lost in their new environment as the boys, with the exception of Piggy began to change and adapt to their freedom. As he did not lose his sense of responsibility, his viewpoints and priorities began to differ from the ... for my glasses back, not as a favour. I don't ask you to be a sport, I'll say, not because you're strong, but because what's right's right." (p. 189) This new standard of harshness brought tears out of him as the suffering became intolerable. For a brief moment, Piggy's anger at the unfairness and his helplessness robbed him of his usual logical reasoning, which returned ... Piggy was an intelligent boy with a good understanding of their situation on the island. He was able to think clearly and plan ahead with caution so that even in the freedom of their unregulated world, his wisdom and his isolation from the savage boys kept him from giving into the evil that had so easily consumed Jack and his followers. The resulting cruelty Jack inflicted upon him taught Piggy ...
- 2700: Benjamin Franklin
- ... winter nights and bifocal lenses for reading. Franklin tracked storm paths to help understand the wicked weather endured by the colonies. His study of electricity made him most famous for he was known around the world as the inventor of the lightning rod. Not only was Ben Franklin helpful in developing ideas for better living, he was also a strong force in developing the new nation of America. Benjamin Franklin's political views showed him to be a man who loved freedom and self-government. His views towards Britain gradually changed from favor to disfavor until he finally became a ... than just his political views help in the formation of the United States. His common sense, his whit, and his ability to negotiate behind the scenes, all lent a hand in the formation of the new country across the sea. Franklin's good humor and gift for compromise often helped prevent bitter disputes which could have stalled the formation of the new government. Interestingly, Ben Franklin, who was a chief ...
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