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- 3921: Colorado
- ... became the Dust Bowl. Thousands of people abandoned their farms to stand in bread lines in Denver and other cities. Many people headed west, hoping to find a better life in California. The Second World War helped to lift Colorado and the nation from the depths of the Great Depression, as farmers and miners worked to support the war effort. The surge of military activity continued to shape life in Colorado even after the war came to an end. In fact, the uranium used to create the first atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima had been mined in Colorado. In 1957 Colorado Springs was chosen as the site ...
- 3922: Our Solar System at a Glance
- ... Ancient astronomers observed points of light that appeared to move among the stars. They called these objects planets, meaning wanderers, and named them after Roman deities -- Jupiter, king of the gods; Mars, the god of war; Mercury, messenger of the gods; Venus, the god of love and beauty, and Saturn, father of Jupiter and god of agriculture. The stargazers also observed comets with sparkling tails, and meteors or shooting stars apparently ... astronomers pointed a new device called the telescope at the heavens and made startling discoveries. But the years since 1959 have amounted to a golden age of solar system exploration. Advancements in rocketry after World War II enabled our machines to break the grip of Earth's gravity and travel to the Moon and to other planets. The United States has sent automated spacecraft, then human-crewed expeditions, to explore the ... optical illusions -- led to the popular notion that intelligent beings had constructed a system of irrigation canals on the planet. In 1938, when Orson Welles broadcast a radio drama based on the science fiction classic War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, enough people believed in the tale of invading martians to cause a near panic. Another reason for scientists to expect life on Mars had to do with ...
- 3923: Bosnia 2
- Bosnia The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina began in 1992. It has left at least a quarter of a million people dead or missing and made refugees of more than half the nation s population. A Treaty was signed on December 14, 1995 in Paris to formally end Bosnian War. It was signed by the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia as well as other international heads of state. Bosnian Serb nationalists were absent because they would have been arrested of war crimes and genocide if they came to Paris. France signed the agreement two days after two of its pilots shot down over Bosnia during the summer were released by their Serb captors. France threatened ...
- 3924: Covenanted Governments
- ... that they were carrying out God’s name and very will. These people weren’t bound together by caprice and whim, but for and out of necessity and deep-rooted religious beliefs. They formed a civil body politics so they may increase their chances at survival. The next vital document that was created in the “New World” was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. This document was closely related to the Mayflower ... certain men could rise above others and gain more power and influence. Another influential philosopher of covenanted government was Thomas Hobbes. He also thought that, at first, man existed in pure state of nature, a war of all against all. He desired to emerge out of this state because he feared for his life and wished to escape the ever-impending hands of death. Hobbes felt that people again tacitly got ...
- 3925: The Suffering of The Jews In The Holocaust
- ... survive and others are mentally ill. By interviewing Mrs. Goldstein it made me thing and I hope it will make you think to. Ellen Goldstein was one of the Jews that had suffered during the war. After I had interviewed her I got really interested on the Holocaust. With the help of Ellen we did a little more research on the Holocaust. Something’s most people don't know about. People ... people praise him as the savior of more than 1,200 Jews. Because of Schindler there is today 6,000 descendants of Schindler's Jews living in the USA, Europe, and Israel. Before the World War II there was 3.5 million Jews. Today there are between 3,000 to 4,000 Jews left. If Schindler did all of these things for the Jewish people than why was he part of ... Jewish burial in a hidden graveyard, which was paid for by Schindler. Later accounts have notice that Schindler spent somewhat 4 million German marks keeping his Jews out of the death camps. But after the war was over Schindler's life was a chaos they took him and killed him. "Oscar Schindler didn't save one Jew he saved the whole world of Jews" said Ellen Goldstein. With a smile ...
- 3926: Lincoln's Legacy
- ... a major role in our lives. Just as Jefferson stated many years previously, we must treat all men as our brothers in order to keep the American society united. Lincoln also stated that a great civil war is something that is very difficult for a nation to endure. The Constitution states that we must create and maintain a more perfect union. That is impossible when we are fighting against ourselves. Lincoln said ...
- 3927: The Movie Bugsy
- BUGSY Benjamin Segal was an infamous mobster during the World War II era, a time when America was experiencing national unity. The world war was in the back of everyone’s mind. In the middle of all this madness the daily trials of being American were harder than the easier times of today. Benjamin Seigal was a big part ... world was being destroyed by the Nazi Germans was over shadowed by America’s self-involvement. A time when Americans were beginning to be proud of their little world power was accented by the world war. The wardrobe and setting were excellent. The clothes the actor wore were so authentic and representative of the times. I had a conversation with my grandmother and she reminisced with me about the times ...
- 3928: Genetic Engineering 5
- ... means are available to them. Although these statistics cannot be applied to everyone, it does prove that unethical occurrences will transpire if genetic engineering is continued. Such consequences as segregation between altered and unaltered humans, civil war, mistreatment and disrespect of cloned humans and other severe damages will occur if genetic engineering is continually approved by science. In order to save society from future destruction, genetic engineering should be stopped. Clearly, genetic ...
- 3929: Comparison Of The Film Beloved
- ... than his own mother s death. It is important to take into account the differences between film and a book. Film by definition is a visual art; an art that was not around before the civil war in the capacity it is today. The written and spoken word at the time of slavery was as powerful then as film is today. The audience for each piece was also different. The Narrative Life ...
- 3930: UFOs
- ... divides into two smaller lights that streak away at high speed that we find our attention attracted and realize we may, in fact, be in the middle of a UFO sighting (Huyghe 50)." "During World War II, especially after 1943, there were many reports of balls of light, varying in color and in size from several feet to a few inches across, flying in pursuit of warplanes. Because these 'fireballs' never ... or psychological - warfare weapons. When captured enemy aircrew were interrogated it became clear that both German and Japanese fliers had also been pursued by 'Foo Fighters'. The same phenomenon was also reported during the Korean War, between 1950 and 1953 (Brookesmith 17). " Although, "many UFO sightings have dated back from the year 1561 (Jueneman 25). Many people still believe that something is out there and also it seems like the egyptians ... because I have news for you. The EBEs have a genetic disorder in that their digestive system is atrophied and not functional. Some speculate that they were involved in some type of accident or nuclear war, or possibly on the back side of an evolutionary genetic curve. In order to sustain themselves they use an enzyme or hormonal secretion obtained from the tissue that they extract from humans and animals. ( ...
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