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- 3261: William Faulkner
- ... the maturing theme and has a Southern setting is "A Rose for Emily." This one, like most of his others, takes place in the southern part of the United States. It takes place after the Civil War during the south’s transition from the "Old South" to the "New South." All we know is that she lives in Jefferson, but we can assume it is in the South for a couple of ...
- 3262: The Production Histry And Cons
- ... decreed the oldest known collection of laws. One of these laws established a daily beer ration. This ration was dependent on the social standing of the individual. For example, a normal worker received 2 liters, civil servants 3 liters, and administrators and high priests 5 liters per day. In these ancient times beer was not sold, but exchanged for barley. Beer at this time was cloudy and unfiltered. As beer brewing ... and officers. Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe that coffee-drinking soldiers can be relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war." A world leader today may have their mental competence questioned if they urged alcohol consumption over coffee, particularly by the military. No more than an eye blink ago in historical time a world leader could ...
- 3263: Cuban Revolution
- ... is black. Cuba lies to the south of the United States, and is most easily accessible by boat from the Florida region. It is this naval quality that encompasses the island. During the Ten Years War, between 1868-1878, the Cubans fought against Spanish rule in their country. Rebellion broke out around the island, and the rebels joined under a united leader, Carlos de Cespedes, a wealthy planter, who proclaimed independence ... and soon, much to there delight had help from the United States. While in port in Havana on February 15, 1898 the U.S. Battleship Maine was sunk by a large explosion. The Americans declared war on Spain immediately, attacking all Spanish naval vessels in the area, marking the beginning of the Spanish-American War. Finally on July 18, 1898, George Dewey, a U.S. naval officer commanded the fleet that destroyed Spanish vessels in Manila. Upon being defeated once again, Spain surrendered, giving up Cuba and the Philippines ...
- 3264: Kate Chopin: Adversity And Criticism
- ... women who dared- and seldom remarried. (Howard) In 1863, Kate had to endure more heartache. Her great-grandmother dies. During the same year, her half-brother, George, was captured as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War, contracted typhoid fever and dies. This caused Kate to go into seclusion for two years. She spent most of her time in the family attic. Missing a great deal of school at this time did ...
- 3265: The Influence, and Views of Netanyahu On The Middle East Peace Plan
- ... back." (U.S. Department of State Dispatch, Netanyahu, 1996, speech), Netanyahu wants to get peace between the feuding countries. His only interest is to make sure Israel stays the same at any way possible without war. He went on and said, "We want a stable and lasting peace, not a temporary, fleeting agreement. We want peace that will last for our children and our grandchildren, not just for tomorrow's newspapers ... with their problems, but before they can do that they must take care of their own spending problems. The Prime mister has only good intentions with the other countries. He does not want any more war between the countries. Prime mister Netanyahu does not believe that they're should still be war and hostility between them. Netanyahu is very careful not to compromise the safety of the people in Israel. The Arabs have not declared for peace, but with Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu doing speech ...
- 3266: The Mafia
- ... came to the United States during Mussolini’s regime. “This migration created a multinational network that would enable the Sicilian Mafia to become the international organized crime syndicate it is today” (Italian 6). After World War II, another factor in the development of the Mafia was the Sicilian Mafia’s resumption of ties with the newly formed La Cosa Nostra (lcn). “Beginning in 1956, a series of meeting between the Sicilian ... It barred the sale of alcohol. “Prohibition served as a catalyst for uniting opposing criminal factions within ethnic groups and led to the nationalization of organized crime” (La Cosa 5). Soon after Prohibition, the Castellamase war took place between different Mafia families. They were competing for different areas to control. After the war, Salvator Maranzano declared himself boss of bosses. He gave La Cosa Nostra its official name. Joseph Valachi was a thirty year old LCN member. He was caught and put in jail. He decided to “ ...
- 3267: Benjamin Franklin
- ... he also had great skill as a diplomat. In this role, Franklin and his two grandsons sailed from France in 1776. "He achieved an amazing personal triumph and gained critical French aid for the Revolutionary War." (Ketcham, page 4). Literary and scientific writers in Paris praised Franklin as a modern thinker. As the war raged on and France made a positive impact favoring the colonist, it became more and more impossible for Britain to give the war its full attention. Britain needed a way out and Franklin played a key role. "Franklin was appointed in 1781 a commissioner to negoiate the peace with Britain." (Ketcham 1994, page 1). Franklin was a ...
- 3268: Wyatt Earp
- ... 406 South Third Street, Monmouth, Illinois. Wyatt was given the name of his father's Army captain. When Wyatt was quiet young, his two older brother, James and Virgil, went off to fight in the Civil War for the Union. A story is told in which Wyatt tried to run away and join the Army, but his father caught him in a corn field and took him back to the house. As ...
- 3269: Milestones In Communication Mi
- ... who built the line in less than three months for $500,000, then sold $6 million worth of public stock. Profits continued to pour in. The going rate was about $1 per word. During the Civil War, Lincoln was informed that a telegraph had been installed for communicating information to and from the battlefield and that he would be "able to make decisions at the speed of light!" Lincoln is said to ...
- 3270: Gun Control
- ... to governmental control and regulation of guns in the United States. Gun control and drug control are usually associated with opposite ends of the political spectrum. Presidents Reagan and Bush were eager to pursue the war on drugs but generally wary of gun control. However, President Clinton has made gun control a major goal, while his drug strategy is almost invisible. During President Clinton's administration, the Brady Bill on gun ... ban" the weapon, so much as control it by making it a requirement to register and obtain a license to own one. As a result, sales of the Tommy Gun dropped to nothing until World War II when the weapon was used extensively by US forces, and those of other nations. Had the weapon been "banned," the Supreme Court would undoubtedly have overturned the law. The myth that the sub machine ... regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. This amendment was written in the wake of the revolutionary war, when the ability to raise arms against the imperial force made the new republic possible. Securing the ownership of arms, as a right, was central to creating a government that would not infringe on ...
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