|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 5111 - 5120 of 8016 matching essays
- 5111: Comaparison And Contrast Of Chapters In Understanding Organi
- ... states that Cressey contradicts himself when he presents the idea of a commission, which is a governing body over the families, but Albini states this can not be when these so called families are at war with each other on a regular basis (Albini p. 23). Cressey indicates that there was wide spread gang war between families during prohibition, but near the end of prohibition the Italians and Sicilians made a truce and formed a commission to overlook the families (Cressey p.4). In conclusion, it is obvious that while ...
- 5112: Middle Ages Economy
- ... the result of large loans to rulers who refused to pay their debts. The Bardi and Peruzzi banks suffered greatly when England's monarchs refused to pay for loans acquired to finance the Hundred Years' War. The first half of the fourteenth century saw Europe burdened by overpopulation and the agricultural enterprises of northern Europe had reached the limits of their productivity. A lowered standard of living for the peasantry resulted ... and mass starvation was the result in some areas, eliminating as much as 15 percent of the population. Warfare had been virtually continuous and pauses in major international conflicts, such as the hundred year’s war were replaced with local confrontations. The expansion of long-distance trade and commerce seen in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries also began to dwindle at the end of the Middle Ages although some trade links ...
- 5113: The Hobbit By J.r.r. Tolken
- ... force the dwarves to negotiate. Bilbo's bravery wins him praise from all but the dwarves, who are furious with him. When more dwarves arrive from the north, they are determined to fight. Just as war begins to break out, an army of goblins and wild wolves attack. The dwarves, elves, and men forget their differences and join together to keep from being killed. Help comesat the time of greatest need ... adventures may have been completed for some higher purpose. In The Hobbit the evils of possessiveness can be easily seen. The hobbits are corrupted by their desire for treasure, and their greed almost leads to war with men and elves. The main theme that prevails in this Tolken novel is the on going struggle between the elite and the plebeians. This can be seen most clearly in The Hobbit. They are ...
- 5114: Critical Biography On J. D. Salinger
- ... an English degree at Columbia, Salinger worked briefly as an entertainer on the Swedish Liner MS Kungsholm in the Caribbean in 1941. In 1942 Salinger enlisted in the United States Army and fought in World War II, where he eventually became a staff sergeant earning five battle stars. The time spent overseas played a major role in what would ultimately be the basis of most of Salinger's short stories. World War II is also where Salinger met one of his major literary influences, Ernest Hemingway. Although Salinger's style stems from Hemingway, their first encounter was not one that sat well on Salingers's mind. The ...
- 5115: Jane Addams
- ... and corruption. She campaigned for better working conditions, more protection for working women, for stricter child labor laws, for playgrounds, and for a juvenile court. She joined in the votes-for-women movement. After World War 1 broke out in1914 Miss Addams devoted much effort to obtaining peace. In 1915 she was elected chairman of the new Women's Peace party and was president of the International Congress of Women at The Hague, Netherlands. After the war she became president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
- 5116: Thomas Jefferson
- ... the National Bank was important and this is hypocritical by disregarding his principles. The Burr conspiracy depicted Jefferson as a ruthless, and a individual who will do anything inorder to achieve his goal. Jefferson championed civil liberties and unalienable rights. Yet, Jefferson violated civil liberties by coercing witnesses, arrested with out habeus corpus and prosecuting in a "court" of his own. Jefferson and Jeffersonians are hypocrites from the start and they destroyed political tradition as seen during Jeffersons' administration ...
- 5117: A Comparison On The Iranian An
- ... his followers marched into Tehran and occupied the city. On February 21st, 1921 Reza Khan and his entourage forced Ahmed shah to appoint a new government. In this government Reza Khan was the minister of war and the commander in chief of the armed forces. After that, Khan s power began to grow a great deal. In 1923 he became the premier. Then, on October 31st, 1925, Parliament voted out the ... canceled all Anglo-Iranian concessions. This brought a lot of support and popularity among the people. However, Reza Shah was soon to make a mistake that caused him his throne. On September 1st, 1939, World War two broke out. Iran claimed to be neutral. According to Reza shah s son s biography An Answer to History, The shah was not partial to the Axis powers. He went so far as to ...
- 5118: Marco Polo
- ... From Sudak, around 1260, another uncle, Maffeo, and Marco’s father, Niccolò, made a trading visit into Mongol territory, the land of the Golden Horde(Russia), ruled by Berke Khan. While they were there, a war broke out between Berke and the Cowan of Levant , blocking their return home. Thus Niccolò and Maffeo traveled deeper into mongol territory, moving southeast to Bukhara, which was ruled by a third Cowan. While waiting ... court of Kublai Khan(Stefoff 13). They were accompanied not by one hundred wise men but by two Dominican friars, and the two good friars turned back at the first sign of adversity, another local war in the Levant. Aside from the pope’s messages, the only spiritual gift Europe was able to furnish the great Kublai Khan was oil from the lamp burning at Jesus Christ’s supposed tomb in ...
- 5119: Hackers
- ... though it is largely limited to professional computing circles. Another definition of "hacker" refers to one who obtains unauthorized, if not illegal, access to computer systems and networks. This definition was popularized by the movie War Games and, generally speaking, is the one used by the media.3 It is also the definition favored by the computer underground. Both the members of the computer underground and computer programmers claim ownership of ... hundred. Experienced phreak/hackers say that the quality of these boards varies greatly, and of those that are in operation today only a few (less than ten) attract the active and knowledgeable user. Right after "War Games" came out there must have been hundreds of hacker bulletin boards spring up. But 99% of those were lame. Just a bunch of dumb kids that saw the movie and spent all there %sic ...
- 5120: Morocco
- ... guarantee Moroccans' political rights. France rejected the plan. Following widespread demonstrations in 1937, France arrested or exiled leaders of the independence movement. Morocco was the scene of fighting between Allied and Axis forces during World War II (1939-1945). In 1943, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in Casablanca to discuss war plans. That same year, the Istiqlal (Independence) Party was formed to work for Morocco's freedom. Sultan Muhammad V supported the Istiqlal Party. In 1947, he urged that the Moroccan territory controlled by France and ...
Search results 5111 - 5120 of 8016 matching essays
|
