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- 13121: Dolly Madison
- ... the Madison Lodging House. He told everyone about the pretty widow Todd. He finally told his friend Congressman Madison of Virginia. The Congressman, however, disliked women after Catherine Floyd had ended their long engagement. One day James Madison saw the widow driving by and began pestering Colonel Burr for an introduction. In the spring of 1794 Dolly and James were introduced for the first time. It was not long before their ...
- 13122: Docter Faustus
- ... Helen is hinted at as being a demon, their kiss makes him cursed. In the Catholic church, relations with a demon is unpardonable, and in turn kills any chance of Faustus being redeemed by G-d. Because he wanted Helen for her material beauty, he had to sacrifice his soul. When he finally does sacrifice his life to Helen he gives a brief cry for help. He underestimates the damage he ...
- 13123: All About Disk Geometry and The 1024 Cylinder Limit For Disks.
- ... itself allows access to 2^37 = 137438953472 bytes (128 GB), but combined with the BIOS restriction to 63 sectors and 1024 cylinders only 528482304 bytes (504 MB) remain addressable. This is not enough for present-day disks, and people resort to all kinds of trickery, both in hardware and in software. 4.Translation and Disk Managers Nobody is interested in what the `real' geometry of a disk is. Indeed, the number ...
- 13124: Run With The Horsemen
- ... where the people own the land and the land, in turn, owns the people. In the novel, Run with the Horsemen, Porter fights his way through adolescence and the depression, learning more about life every day from the big boys under the tree at lunch. Ferrol Sams is able to portray a realistic account of life on a farm during the depression by using humor, dialect, and vivid imagery. Humor is ...
- 13125: Digging By Seamus Heaney
- ... almost boasts: "By God the old man could handle a spade" In the sixth stanza of this poem he recalls a memory of how hardworking his grandfather was: "My grandfather cut more turf in a day than any other man on Toner's bog" This does show the immense pride he felt towards his father and grandfather. In the fifth stanza when he uses the phrase in reference to his father ...
- 13126: Digging By Seamus Heaney
- ... almost boasts: "By God the old man could handle a spade" In the sixth stanza of this poem he recalls a memory of how hardworking his grandfather was: "My grandfather cut more turf in a day than any other man on Toner's bog" This does show the immense pride he felt towards his father and grandfather. In the fifth stanza when he uses the phrase in reference to his father ...
- 13127: Year 2000: Fiction, Fantasy, and Fact
- ... year 2099. They also make the statement however: "It is important to note that when short, assumed dates (mm/dd/yy) are entered, it is impossible for the computer to tell the difference between a day in 1905 and 2005. Microsoft's products, that assume the year from these short dates, will be updated in 1997 to make it easier to assume a 2000-based year. As a result, Microsoft recommends ...
- 13128: The American Dream, And All It
- ... American Dream" -- the belief that anyone can, and should, achieve material success. The defining writer of the 1920s was F. Scott Fitzgerald whose most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, has become required reading for present-day high school students. We study Fitzgerald's novel for the same reason we study Shakespeare. The literature composed by both authors contains themes and morals that continue to be relevant to modern society. As a ...
- 13129: Cats Cradle
- ... m glad I made that promise; I just read a delightfully funny and deep tale about the end of the world. The book begins with a writer named John researching for his book about the day the atomic bomb was dropped. He talks with Newt, son of Dr. Felix Hoenikker, the creator of the atomic bomb. He then goes to Illium, the town where the Hoenikkers grew up, and there he ...
- 13130: Death Of A Salesman - Biff Character Profile
- ... back home this spring, because he didn't know what he was doing with his life. Willy has mood swings and sometimes thinks very highly of Biff sometimes but other times he hates him. The day he came home Willy yelled at him, and because Biff admires his dad, he was depressed. He later reveals to Happy, after their double date, that all he wants is to work on a farm ...
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