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- 14021: Jack Londons Apparent Conflict
- ... child, London passed his childhood in poverty in the Oakland slums. (Walcutt 8) At the age of 17, he ventured to sea on a sealing ship. The turning point of his life was a thirty-day imprisonment that was so degrading it made him decide to turn to education and pursue a career in writing. His years in the Klondike searching for gold left their mark in his best short stories ...
- 14022: Lewis Carroll
- ... poem is still confusing to many and can be interpreted many different ways. Here is an example of one of his riddles: A stick I found that weighed two pound I sawed it up one day In pieces eight of equal weight! How much did each piece weigh? (Everyone says “a quarter of a pound,” which is wrong) Answer: In Shylock’s bargain for flesh was found No mention of the ...
- 14023: The Style and Influences of Lewis Carroll
- ... interested in literature, and published many family magazines. One of these, The Rectory Umbrella, was written, illustrated, and edited by Carroll in 1849 (Bassett 8). In his biography of Lewis Carroll, Morton Cohen quotes S.D. Collingwood: "In this quiet home the boy invented the strangest diversions for himself; he . . . numbered certain snails and toads among his numerous friends." Cohen adds that the fields, barnyards, and gardens of his home at ...
- 14024: Michael Smith Biography
- ... 1993 Nobel Prize in chemistry. He shared the prize with American biochemist Kary B. Mullis, who was honored for developing the technique of polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Born in Blackpool, England, Smith received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Manchester in 1956. After serving as a research fellow at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Smith worked for the Fisheries Research Board of Canada from 1961 to 1966. He ...
- 14025: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... therefore alluring first target for Theodore Roosevelt (Blum 34). He succeeded in disbanding Northern Securities. Theodore Roosevelt’s adminisTheodore Rooseveltation began forty-four antiTheodore Rooseveltust proceedings, including against the American Tobacco Company and against John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company (Blum 36). The many cases established guidelines for later prosecutions that had not existed during the Northern Securities case (Blum 36). Roosevelt defined antiTheodore Rooseveltust proceedings. However, he disliked the ...
- 14026: Modems
- ... limited account that also requires you to pay to download data. The "Moon Surfer" account, which costs $39.95 U.S., gives you unlimited access nights and weekends. If you want unlimited access during the day, you'll have to pay $129 U.S. a month for the "Sun Surfer" plan. Customers pay between $149 and $199 U.S. for professional help, or $89 U.S. per hour plus materials if ...
- 14027: Carl Gauss
- ... of the earth's surface) survey of the state of Hanover, to link with the existing Danish grid. Gauss eagerly accepted the job, and took personal charge of the survey. He made his measurements by day, and reduced them by night, using his incredible mental ability for calculations. To aid him in his survey, Gauss invented the heliotrope, which worked by reflecting the Sun's rays using a design of mirrors ...
- 14028: The Life of a Jamestown Colonist
- ... began to refuse to work because all of the land was owned by the Virginia Company. There was no incentive to work because no one had their own land. My father had worked until the day before he died, just to make sure that I would have enough to eat. Many of the other settlers had died from the bacteria in the water supply. Typhus and dysentery were rampant among the ...
- 14029: Nicolaus Copernicus
- ... to make one revolution around the sun. Not many 16th century readers wanted to believe the Copernican theory. They didn’t believe that there was a rotating Earth and that it spun 24 hours a day (westman). Nicolaus Copernicus passed away in 1543, but no one forgot his astronomical theory. By the 17th century, most major thinkers in England, France and Denmark were Copernicans, but natural philosophers in other European countries ...
- 14030: Joseph Conrad Heart Of Darknes
- ... about novels B. Thesis- Joseph Conrad uses light and darkness to contrast the civilized and the savage C. Outline argument II. Background information on Conrad and its influence A. Early life B. Parents C. Seamanship D. Writing III. The use of light and dark A. The Nigger of the Narcissus B. Heart of Darkness C. Other authors IV. Conrad s use of light and dark to contrast civilization and savage in ...
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