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- 4441: Model Rockets
- ... as 480 kilometers an hour.(Rocket,Model World Book Encyclopedia 1992) Rocketry is dated back to 1048 AD were the Chinese knew them as Fire Arrows. Rockets first came to the new world during the war of 1812. Rockets are used in war, space travel, and scientific research. They can also be used as distress signals for ships and airplanes.(A Brief History of Rocketry http://www.es- one.com/sci/earth/astronomy/info.station/space.travel/nasa ...
- 4442: Cuba- A Bright Future
- ... changed frequently before eventually settling on Cuba ( which originates from the local name Cubanascnan). The title to the island bounced back and forth as well. First from Spain, then to England after the seven year war, then back to Spain, and eventually to the sovereign country that it is today. During the Batista years ( 1952-1959 ), life for the islanders was repressive and conditions pour. Initially Batista was merely interested in ... be for the better, and that Castro would be so grateful, that they would essentially have him in their pocket. Things couldnt have gone more off course than they did, and once the cold war got reacted up, they certainly were kicking themselves. Cuba began developing strong ties with the USSR, and from that gained weapons and technology. How they used this technology was still up to them, since they ...
- 4443: Analysis Of Similes In The Ill
- ... spin". These views that Homer might be trying to get across might be trying to favor Troy. It could easily be imagined that throughout time, only great things were heard about the Greeks mettle in war, and that Homer is attempting to balance the scales a bit by romanticizing the Trojan peoples, especially Hector, and bringing to light the lesser-heard tales of Greek stupidity. Shortly into Book Two, Agamemnon gives ... in knots", giving the "bees" an ominous tone. The Greek ranks are painted as a throng of weak-kneed wimps with their constitution sapped, obviously not the case as they go on to win the war, but it suffices to cast the Lycians in a negative light. A short, but emotionally appealing, simile is found after the Greek warriors have changed their mind about leaving and return to the Scamander: "They ...
- 4444: SAMUEL SEABURY
- ... to force Seabury to admit he wrote the Westchester Farmer, he neither denied it nor admitted it. Eventually he was released, and this was the final step in pushing him against the patriots. When the war he predicted broke out, he housed his family in the British- held city of New York. He stayed there until the war was over ; then he took a job as a preacher and lived an uneventful life until his death.
- 4445: The Latvian-Russian Relations
- ... of the Baltic States. (Kirckus, 1) Those fifty years were especially hard for those who lived through this drastic change and deep down in their hearts believed that someday they would be free again. A war is the worst thing that can happen in any country, because not everybody is able to fight and there can never be two winners. It brings the greatest pain into human lives. Since the communists ... moral beliefs, responsibility, and hope for freedom and independence. Communist empire changed lives of millions of people, including many who had never lived in a communist country, but who have been touched by a Cold war. "Some were inspired to acts of greatness; others were driven to their deaths" and these horrible memories will never be forgotten. (Dobbs, 105) Even though communism was a significant part of history and the lives ...
- 4446: A Hard Days Night Searching Fo
- ... ever-present, but the reality of such an individual actually existing is an unfortunate impossibility given the personality flaws present in each. When one speaks of unfortunate impossibilities in this novel, it is Jake's war injury that most often comes to mind first. It is appropriate, though, that this is the case, because in Jake, we find the character most often given the chance at being the hero. Hemingway evokes immediate compassion for Jake at the suggestion of Jake's sexually incapacitating war wound. By appealing to the male reader's sense of machismo (and subsequent fear of sexual inadequacy) and the female reader's sense of sympathy, Jake's plight is given a tragic, but character enhancing ...
- 4447: John Lennon
- John Lennon Lennon was born in 1940 during the Nazi bombing of Britain and given the middle name Winston, after Prime Minister Churchill. Knowing firsthand the horror of a world at war and living through the era of Vietnam's senseless carnage as well, Lennon came to embrace and embody pacifism via such classics of the Beatles era as "All You Need Is Love" and "Strawberry Fields ... endured challenges from within and without to became one of the most touching and celebrated of 20th-century romances. They were gallantly foolish in undertaking performance art pieces - bed-ins, happenings, full-page ads declaring "War Is Over!" - to spread their message of peace. During the early Seventies Lennon fought the U.S. government to avoid deportation - a campaign of harassment by Nixon-era conservatives that was overturned by the courts ...
- 4448: Hiroshima, Account Of Father K
- ... 1594 on six islands in the Τta River delta. Hiroshima grew rapidly as a castle town and commercial city, and after 1868 it was developed as a military center. On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-1945), the first atomic bomb to be used against an enemy position was dropped on the city by the United States Army Air Forces (see Nuclear Weapons). According to U.S. estimates 60 ... 6 since 1947, thousands participate in interfaith services in the Peace Memorial Park built on the site where the bomb exploded. In 1949 the Japanese dedicated Hiroshima as an international shrine of peace. After the war, the city was largely rebuilt, and commercial activities were resumed. Machinery, automobiles, food processing, and the brewing of sake are the main industries. The surrounding area, although mountainous, has fertile valleys where silk, rice, and ...
- 4449: Crime and Gangs In America
- ... environment, injustice, inequality, and bad politics. They even had the final insult heaped upon them from their owners and even the clergy who suggested they were genetically inferior. But American slaves were better mannered, more civil, and less inclined to commit a crime than their white owners. They were, on the whole, by most historical accounts, a very civil, obedient and law abiding people. They were better citizens than their educated, well-fed owners. Why? Some may say fear. Fear of Massah? Or maybe, the slave owners? Perhaps to a degree. Fear certainly is ...
- 4450: John Marshall Harlan II
- ... in 1925. He also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General from 1928 to 1930. Prior to working as Special Assistant Attorney General, Harlan married Ethel Andrews, with whom he had one child. During World War II, Harlan served as a colonel in the United States Army Air Force. Harlan was in charge of the Operations Analysis Section of the Eighth Bomber Command. He was also the recipient of the American Legion of Merit and the Belgian and French Croix de Guerre. After the war, Harlan returned to his practice. From 1951 to 1953, Harlan served as a chief counsel to the New York State Crime Commission. During his time as chief counsel, Harlan helped to investigate illegal gambling, as ...
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