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- 3301: Benito Mussolini
- ... trying to get an Italian war. When Benito was promoted to the officer of the police force (the commander). He was told to calm down on what he was writing in the newspaper articles. When World War I broke out, Mussolini was against the war. Two months after the war began; he was in favor of Italy entering the conflict and was expelled from the Socialist Party. In 1915, Italy entered the war. Mussolini was drafted into the army. In World War I, he fought in the trenches on the Italian-Austria front. Soon right after his draft, he was injured and discharged when a grenade launcher over-heated and blew up. During the chaos that ... the hands of his men. As a dictator, Mussolini’s title was "Il Duce" a.k.a. The Leader. Mussolini had all the power; he made all the decisions. He told the people to build new roads, new houses, harnessed rivers, increased production, and run the trains on time. He reduced unemployment and improved the railway survive. Mussolini thought he had enough power to split Eritreand and Libya apart. The ...
- 3302: Unity Amid Diversity
- By: Amanda Brehm The 1950’s and 1960’s was a dawning of a new age. Many changes were occurring within America’s society. Segregation was prominent with the passing of Plessy vs. Ferguson, however, the Jim Crow laws of the south were being challenged. Negroes in the south wanted ... six years old and his mother was put into an institution shortly there after. He dropped out of school, got into trouble frequently and ended up as a “hustler” on the streets of Boston and New York. In 1946, he went to jail for eight years because he slept with a white woman. It was in jail where he became a member of the Nation of Islam and changed his last ... of the city. Hate was obviously still prevalent at this time. Negroes were still living in fear (“1963”). The Civil Rights Movement has proven to have an enormous impact on the United States and the world. Because of America’s most respected and devoted citizens, such as Rosa Parks, MLK Jr., Malcolm X and Anne Moody, African-Americans and all minorities have equal rights to every privilege, law and punishment. ...
- 3303: Mixed Emotions in The Story of an Hour
- ... room, “merely letting impressions of the outer and inner worlds wash over her” (Papke 132), trying to make sense of all the emotions that are suddenly falling on her. First, she is afraid of this new feeling of freedom, something different that she never experienced before. She is frightened because she was not born to be independent and “it is not of her true womanhood world; it reaches to her from the larger world outside and would possess her” (Papke 133). Finally she accepts it, the wonderful joy of being free. “Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body” (Chopin ...
- 3304: Cancer: The Costs, Causes, and Cures
- ... metabolized and broken down so that they may interact with the DNA of the cells in question, directly, (Grolier, Cancer). Biological Agents Our own bodies, in conjunction with parasites found in different parts of the world, have been related to the causes of many types of cancer. Some of the most clearly established biological agents are the oncogenic (cancer-causing) viruses that commonly cause the formation of neoplasms in lower animals ... are strong enough, in most cases, to light a oi= scent tube that a person is holding just by walking underneath the power lines. In several instances in the United States, especially in Washington and New York, the fields are so strong that people are fearing that the exposure may be hurting their children, (Fortune, p. 80). It is recommended that pregnant women do not use electric heating blankets for extended ... vomiting, become very tired, and lose their hair temporarily. Special drugs are given to alleviate some of these symptoms, particularly the nausea and vomiting, (Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia, Cancer - Chemotherapy). Immunotherapy hile still a rather new form of treatment, it is looked as having great promise. Immunotherapy is where the body's own immune system is used to combat the neoplasms situated in the body, with the help of "engineered" ...
- 3305: The Atomic Bomb
- ... bomb. Throughout this research paper, I will trace the history of the atomic bomb. In addition, who was involved and why, what happened in this event, and explain the impact that it had on the world. After Einstein predicted, that mass could be converted into energy. This was confirmed experimentally by John D. Cockcroft and Ernest Walton. “Physicists from 1939 onward conducted much research to find answers to questions as how ... in only three years. Robert also studied subatomic physics at Cambridge. At Cambridge, he suffered a mental breakdown. At Gotigen, a German University he got his Ph.D. He then established a goal to bring “new physics” back to the United States. On November 1,1940 Major General Leslie asked Oppenheimer to lead, the Manhattan Project. Robert willingly took the job. This was the beginning of a project that would change the future to come. Richard Feyman was born on May 11, 1918 in Queens, New York. He mastered differential and integral calculus at age 15. He was accepted into MIT in 1936 when he was 18 years old. He graduated, and went to Princeton as a graduate. He asked ...
- 3306: Lenis, Vladimir
- ... government traded grain to other countries in exchange for machinery, even though it meant that more people would starve (Haney 17). Compound this with the devastation and desperation brought on shortly thereafter by the First World War, and there was no confidence left in the government. Different political factions formed, and none got along (U.S.S.R. 63). Liberal constitutionalists wanted to remove the czar and form a republic; social ... the age of 18, he had read Das Kapital by Karl Marx, a book about socialism and the evils of capitalism. A superb speaker, he could hold audiences at rapt attention with his powerful speeches (New Generation). People became convinced of his socialist views. He formed his own political party, the Bolsheviks, a split off of the earlier Marxists. Unlike other parties of his time, Lenin limited membership to a small ... Europe writing propaganda, organizing strikes, and encouraging revolution among the working class, especially in Russia (Lenin, V.I. 191). Lenin knew what he wanted, knew how to get it, and was willing to wait. During World War I, the time was right and Lenin was the man. Czar Nicholas II remained totally focused on winning the war, and did not hesitate before committing more men and supplies to the war ...
- 3307: Eleanor Roosevelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt, The Social Worker As the wife of a popular United States president, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City, October 11, 1884, and died November 7, 1962. She was an active worker for social causes. She was the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, and was raised by her maternal grandmother after the ... the human race into one vast equalized family, and did a good job at it. All of Eleanor s motivation to accomplish her tasks came from her childhood. As a child, she would travel the world with her father and meet different people. When she met these people, she would try to see how they think and feel. Her experiences led her to feel compassion for everybody no matter what their ... race, or gender. She learned how to get things done by simply living life as it is. One thing that life has taught Eleanor is: "If you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. They will gravitate as automatically as the needle to the north. All you need to do is to be curious, receptive, and eager for experience. When you are genuinely ...
- 3308: Andy Worhal
- Andy Warhol, the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and film maker was born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928, shortly afterwards settling in New York. The only son of immigrant, Czech parents, Andy finished high school and went on to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1949 with hopes of becoming an art teacher in the ... ideas in fashion magazines . While recognizing the job as a waste of time, he recalls later that the fashion magazines "gave me a sense of style and other career opportunities." Upon graduating, Warhol moved to New York and began his artistic career as a commercial artist and illustrator for magazines and newspapers. Although extremely shy and clad in old jeans and sneakers, Warhol attempted to intermingle with anyone at all who might be able to assist him in the art world. His portfolio secure in a brown paper bag, Warhol introduced himself and showed his work to anyone that could help him out. Eventually, he got a job with Glamour magazine, doing illustrations for an ...
- 3309: "Clay Beats Liston: February 25, 1964"
- ... very newsworthy. Only one newspaper published an article that was not written by a member of the Associated Press or the United Press International, however that one article was an editorial about Cassius Clay's new found wealth and not the actual fight. The lack of coverage also proves that even though blacks were supposed to be equal to whites, that in reality achievements by blacks and whites were treated differently. None of the newspapers that I read displayed a large picture or headline proclaiming that Cassius Clay was the new heavyweight champion of the world. Most newspapers had an average sized headline stating that Clay was the new champion, but none had an article about him on the front page. This further illustrates that achievements by blacks were believed ...
- 3310: Chaucer's "The House of Fame": The Cultural Nature of Fame
- ... work is dependent on many factors. Many traditional and classical ideas result in the formation of the English canon, yet as Chaucer indicates, the "fame" of these works can easily become annihilated. The arrival of new readers with different ideals and thereby changing tradition, can reject classical or "canonical" work and their "fame" will melt into nothingness. Most stories, histories and legends that emerge from oral heroic poetry are to herald ... how narrative events are able to change depending on the reliability of the 'auctor`. The mocking of Geffrey and his scholarly life and ambitions would also indicate Chaucer's dislike of the scholarly and academic world of the 14th century. Geffrey is caricatured as a book-worm, unable to comprehend events outside the world of books. The Eagle speaks to Geffrey of the futility and emptiness of a scholar ; "Thou goost hom to thy hous anoon,/And, also domb as any stoon,/Thou sittest at another book/Tyl ...
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