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- 4191: A Martyr's Victory in a Spiritual Sense
- ... founder of the Maryknoll Missionaries and was the first bishop of Kwantung, China. He was killed in the late 1950's in China, he was charged with anti-Communist, counterrevolutionary, and espionage activities, his real "crime" was for being a Christian and a foreigner. During his life Bishop Ford illustrated the cardinal virtue of fortitude, which is the ability to overcome fear in order to pursue good; "it is an active ...
- 4192: Richard M. Nixon
- ... the Presidency. He would face Hubert Humphry. It was a close race, but Nixon wound up being the winner. During Nixon's first term as President, he accomplished many things. He passed strong new anti-crime laws, he had the military draft reduced then eliminated, he cut taxes, and he made progress with civil rights and equal opportunities for women. He also made great strides in foreign relations. In 1972, Nixon ...
- 4193: Immigration
- ... streets of Italy. They were also seeking the money that was famed in America. The Italians were despised not only being different in religion, and skin color, but that they also brought with them, organized crime (the mafia). They banded together, and lived in communities in New York. They spoke Italian before English. As hard as things were, their faith kept them together, and allowed them prosper. While large-scale immigration ...
- 4194: Kurt Cobain: Collection of Personal Accounts From Family Relatives
- ... adoration from the crowd, which is something I totally admire and envy. The fact is, I can't fool you, any one of you. It simply isn't fair to you or me. The worst crime I can think of would be to rip people off by faking it and pretending as if I'm having 100% fun. Sometimes I feel as if I should have a punch-in time clock ...
- 4195: Blaise Pascal
- ... the ease and clarity of the formation of the problems involved, Pascal's triangle, although not original was one of his finest achievements. It has greatly influenced mandy discoveries including the theoritical basis of the computer). It has also made an essential contribution to the field of combinatory analysis. It also ‘ through the work of John Wallis it led Isaac Newton to the discovery of the binomial theorem for fractional and ...
- 4196: Napoleon
- ... was well expressed by Guillamme de Prosper-Barante, "He never wished to be justified. He killed, he killed according to Corsican traditions, and if he sometimes regretted this mistake, he never understood this as a crime" (I, pg.38). Another feeling of resentment towards Bonaparte was that he was unorganized, sloppy, and basically lucky. Finally, many people felt that Napoleon was only interested in his own image and power, and essentially ...
- 4197: Dinner With Bill Gates
- ... the house. We were simply amazed at it's size, it was a good quarter mile in length and equally long in width. As we approached the enormous wooden door, lights flicked on and a computer generated voice greeted us. Not knowing what to do, we waited, letting the rain soak our dinner suits. When the door was opened, we were prompted to enter by a servant. Stepping into the entrance ...
- 4198: Richard Nixon's Presidency
- ... efforts by American blacks to achieve educational, economic, and social equality. He personally opposed busing but insisted that the law be upheld in cases where the courts required it. The Nixon response to rising urban crime rates included demands for stricter law enforcement and les s of criminals and radical activists. The leading voice for this politically popular theme o f was Attorney General John N. Mitchell, the president's former ...
- 4199: Mercantilism
- ... colonies also benefited because they had the British army troops to guard them, and they have low taxes, and the British navy shielded them. The colonists were generally more prosperous than the English, so their crime paid off. The colonists however saw it in a different light. They thought that Britain was all bad, and although they appreciated the benefits of Britain, they somehow felt that the bad part of Britain ...
- 4200: Jimmy Hoffa, His Life and Disappearance
- ... Kennedy arranged for the FBI to take pictures of Cheasty at street-corner meetings as he passed government documents to Hoffa in return for cash(Brill 202). With incriminating evidence such as photos of the crime this should of been as easy conviction. Coming as it did on the eve of Hoffa's planned ascension to the Teamsters presidency, it was to have been Kennedy's knock out blow against Hoffa ...
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