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- 1961: Harper Lee: Introduction to Harper Lee
- ... resembles the tomboy she describes in the character of Scout. Her dark straight hair is worn cut in a short style. Her main interests, she says, are "collecting the memoirs of nineteenth century clergymen, golf, crime, and music." She is a Whig in political thought and believes in "Catholic emancipation and the repeal of the corn laws." Sources Of To Kill A Mockingbird Among the sources for Miss Lee's novel ... again for fifteen years. Many legends grew up about the Radley house and about what went on inside. Miss Stephanie Crawford, a neighborhood gossip, added fuel to the fire - a fire which included stories of crime, mutilation, curses and insanity. Dill was fascinated by these stories, and gave Scout and Jem the idea of making Boo Radley come out of seclusion. When Dill, always eager for some new adventure, dared Jem ...
- 1962: In Shape
- ... married. She identifies herself as a butch lesbian (butch meaning she ascribes to positive masculine characteristics). B has no children. She is out at work and to her immediate family and friends. She is a computer programmer at a small independent company. B. states that she first began questioning her identity as early as fourteen or fifteen years of age. p. 8 When asked how she had viewed homosexuality, she answered ... although she has not been denied services she has had to have pregnancy tests done when visiting the gynecologists even after disclosing that she was gay and had never been with a man. As a computer programmer, B. has been passed over for two managerial p. 9 positions by men but she says that she doesnt think it was because she was gay or if it was because she was ...
- 1963: Creation or Evolution?
- ... fact that many people think they evolved from monkeys has made morale in the world lower. However, to say that it has been the cause for the decline of society is ridiculous. Yes, war and crime has been higher in this century than in any other, but it is ceartainly not because of the theory of evolution. A theory can not start a war or commit a crime. People can. How can you prove creation or evolution? You can not prove them scientifically. The only one you could prove is creation, because of the Bible. If you believe that the Bible is without ...
- 1964: The Issue Of Gun Control
- ... or a handgun, they would take a handgun any day of the week. This is why, in my opinion, we need to radically change the way we go about handling these problems. With the rising crime rate, the best way to send this trend in another direction is to educate. We must start educating early and if this means raising taxes to do it, then that is what we must do ... we continue to let the companies manufacture the weapons and not try to stop them, we will have too many weapons on the street then we know what to do with. More weapons mean more crime. This seems to be an idea that is basic to you and me but is foreign to the legislators of our country. The solution is always to try and write a new law that will ...
- 1965: The Holocaust: The Devaluing of Human Life
- ... ahead and did it anyway. This young person took the life of another child that had dreams and destroyed her life. I feel the only justice that is going to come out of this horrible crime is that this boy will be tried as an adult. According to the Florida Law this child can and probably will receive the death penalty. The death penalty will prevent this child from committing any more crimes of this type ever again. Also this young man will serve as an example that today's society will mot put up with this type of behavior. Also another senseless crime was taken out on a Doctor that performs abortions. This Doctor was killed in his home because someone did not like the profession that he was in, performing abortions, (Oct.'98 TMJ4). This Doctor was ...
- 1966: Andrew Marvells To His Coy Mis
- ... serves the task of identifying that time is a limited commodity, and thus can not be wasted. Immediately the speaker states openly that Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime (1-2). The implication here, if taken at face value, suggests that the mistress coyness is a crime only because of the lack of time available. The speaker continues with We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love s day (3-4). The tone of such ...
- 1967: Agatha Christie
- ... detective Hercule Poirot. He is known as a great detective in all of her works. He always get the murder figured out, no matter how long it takes him. He figures out who did the crime in Murder on the Orient Express while on a stopped train with 12 other passengers. It took him all night. He had to interview all of the passengers one at a time, look at all ... is phenomenal, her characters engaging, her plots spellbinding. No one knows the human heart-or the dark passions that can stop it-better than Agatha Christie. She is truly the one and only Queen of Crime. (Harper)
- 1968: Real Meaning Of LIfe
- ... s had a fairly easy and sheltered life. I've grown up a member of the elite, upper-middle suburban class in the US. I've never known real hunger or suffering or violence or crime. Intellectually, I'm aware that most of human history is about suffering whether it be WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War; or the 1918 influenza epidemic in just this century alone. Intellectually, I ... funny or bumping into them by accident; or run you down for the fun of it; or beat the *blank* out of you for being different. It's a world where in truth- hate, injustice, crime, violence and suffering are the NORM- not the exception. It's a world where there's probably no real difference in motive between street gang violence and militarized war between nations. That's the way ...
- 1969: Al Capone 2
- ... all time and by far the most powerful mob boss of his era. His mob dominated the Chicago area from 1925 to 1931, when he was imprisoned for income tax evasion. This was the only crime the courts could prove against him. He went to jail at Alcatraz for eight years until he became very ill withsyphilis and died from the disease in 1947 RL:http://www.broonale.co.uk/austria ... in addition to the $210,000 in over due taxes. The penalty was more severe than Capone had expected (URL:http://www.nara.gov/nara/ events/calendar/capone.html 3). During this time the Chicago Crime Commission (CCC) issued its first Public Enemies List which had 28 names on it, and Al Capone's was the first. Known as Public Enemy Number 1, Al Caponehad become the symbol for the Prohibition ...
- 1970: Internet Gambling
- ... action. They would act as a middle man of sorts. On the security side, one company has started making personal card readers that they send to your house and you hook it up to your computer. The only reason gambling laws exist are so politicians and government officials can make more money. It's all about power and control. Many people still fear gambling on the Internet because of safety issues ... seems likely that gambling on the Net won't simply be contained to traditional games, like blackjack, horse races, or football. Perhaps the day will soon come when people can sit in front of their computer and obtain odds on just about everything: they could compete for cash in live-action video game tournaments or wager on real- world events such as who will become the next president or where the ...
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