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- 1501: Stephon Marbury
- ... that point, Marbury says, "I wasn't a very nice kid. I thought I was it. It was y'all supposed to talk to me, I'm not supposed to talk to y'all. i'd just come out on the court, just talk junk, with this walk and this look." In CYO ball he woofed at opposing coaches: I'm just killing your guards. Get someone out here who can ... t come from New York, I was scrutinized for every little thing. In high school, I was like what Michael Jordan is to the NBA. I had to be on top of my game every day. Everybody was gunning for me(Ryan, 54). Mr. Marbury met another high school basketball phenomenon from South Carolina, Kevin Garnett. They both currently play on the Minnesota Timberwolves. They both knew of each other and ... Buenos Aires. I hate the place...And that was in the summer! It was culture shock. By the time we were done, I couldn't wait to go to Argentina, and who ever thought I'd say that(MacMullan, 1)? Ironically, after he decided to leave college, he would play professionally at Minnesota. After dealing with numerous universities, he chose to attend college at Georiga Tech University. Stephon Marbury was ...
- 1502: A Modern Interpretation of Everyman (the excerpt)
- ... you'll enjoy it, too. Basically it's a story, or a forecast or presentation, but anyway, it depicts the state, of our great conglomeration. Of humans, and human affairs, and things we do every day. And the reigning state of human affairs, and how quickly they do decay. For the people have forgotten, their Christian and goodly ways. And instead sit at home and ponder, how exactly to spend their ... find I'll arrest him, and take away his car. And his house and boat any property, for which he has forsaken you. Any man who lives pompously I will audit till he rues, the day he forgot your grace and stopped living by your law, and gave up being merciful and kindly, and ignored any of those in need whom he saw.[Enter Al L. People]Hey there he is ... hurry up, too.Al L People. Man, this sucks. Alright Good Deeds, my very last friend. Let us descend to that slow, bitter end.God have mercy, and sweet Mary too, (alas, I wish, I'd of changed to be Jew).Good Deeds. Ok, People, let's make this hasty.By the way, you'll turn pale, and your skin will feel pasty.Al L People. That sounds pretty nasty, ...
- 1503: The New Deal
- The New Deal In 1932 when Franklin D. Roosevelt won the presidency over Herbert Hoover the world was preparing to make tremendous changes. These changes were all for the good of society and helped keep America alive and well. The changes took place ... affect the economy was the Emergency Banking Relief Act. This act authorized the Federal Reserve Board to issue more currency. It prohibited a rivate hoarding of gold and exporting of gold. In Roosevelt's second day of term he issued a four-day holiday for the banks. The Treasury Department was directed to reopen the banks if they were relatively sound. It took Congress seven hours to pass the Emergency Banking Relief Act. By closing the banks ...
- 1504: Photochemical Smog
- ... smogs are not only respiratory irritants, but are also known carcinogens. There are many conditions for the development of photochemical smog: 1. A source of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. 2. The time of day is a very important factor in the amount of photochemical smog present. • Early morning traffic increases the emissions of both nitrogen oxides (NOx) and Peroxyacetyl Nitrates (PAN) as people drive to work. • Later in the morning, traffic dies down and the nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds begin to react forming nitrogen dioxide, increasing its concentration. • As the sunlight becomes more intense later in the day, nitrogen dioxide is broken down and its by-products form increasing concentrations of ozone. • At the same time, some of the nitrogen dioxide can react with the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to produce toxic chemicals ... can blow photochemical smog away replacing it with fresh air. However, problems may arise in distant areas that receive the pollution. • Temperature inversions can enhance the severity of a photochemical smog episode. Normally, during the day the air near the surface is heated and as it warms it rises, carrying the pollutants with it to higher elevations. However, if a temperature inversion develops pollutants can be trapped near the Earth' ...
- 1505: JFK Assasination
- ... mourn, to feel sorrow remember where they were and what they were doing when they received the news that President John F. Kennedy had been murdered. My mother was only three and she remembers the day. She was in the living room of her childhood home when a weeping neighbor called my Grandmother and broke the news. The telephone call was the beginning of a chain reaction that sent the entire ... entire nation. Men and women, Democrats and Republicans, adults and children mourned the loss of their fallen leader. President Johnson, the Warren Commission, and every fascinated watcher-on in the world would closely scrutinize that day and the following events. The facts of the day are still hotly contested even now. Politicians have made their careers on the case. Conspiracy theorists have had a field day writing books, accusing anyone and everyone of planing the assassination. This paper’s ...
- 1506: Princess Diana 3
- ... years. The Prince and Princess of Wales spent part of their honeymoon at the Mountbatten family home at Broadlands, Hampshire. They then flew to Gibraltar to join the Royal Yacht HMY BRITANNIA for a twelve-day cruise through the Mediterranean to Egypt. They finished their honeymoon with a trip to Balmoral. Diana and Charles made their vacation home at Highgrove House near, Tetbury, Cloucestershire, and shared an apartment in Kensington Palace ... Diana continued to live at Kensington Palace with her office based there. After her marriage, Diana became involved in the official duties of the Royal family. Her first tour with the Prince was a three-day visit to Wales in October 1981. In 1983, she went with Charles and the infant Prince William on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. At the end of their tour to Italy in 1985 ... land mines. In January of 1997, she visited Angola as part of her campaign. In June, Diana spoke at the landmines conference at the Royal Geographical Society in London, followed by a visit to Washington D.C. in the United States on June 17-18 to promote the American Red Cross landmines campaign. Diana's last public engagements were during her visit to Bosnia from August 7 to August 10, ...
- 1507: “The Cariboo Cafe”
- ... could tell he was lonely because he repeatedly mentions his son and wife. “I swear Paulie is thirty-five, or six. JoJo’s age if he were still alive, but he don’t look a day over ninety. Maybe why I let him hang out is ‘cause he’s JoJo’s age.” Paulie is dirty looking and acts weird which scares the customers away but the cook lets him stay because he reminds him of JoJo. He also mentions his wife alot “See, if Nell was here, she’d know what to do: call the cops.” When something happens the cook always acts like he doesn’t know what to do and says that Nell would know what to do. He misses his family ... Without her son she was lost mentally, and thought that every boy she saw was her son. She moved in with her nephew in the United States in hopes of finding her beloved son. One day she ran into Macky and kidnapped him but she didn’t think she took him she honestly believed that Macky was Geraldo. Sonia was also there the woman didn’t really notice her. After ...
- 1508: Walt Whitman
- ... identity as well. In section 15 of the poem, Whitman catalogues together many random thoughts, which evoke great imagery for the reader, The duck-shooter walks by silent and cautious stretches, The deacons are ordain'd with cross'd hands at the altar, The spinning-girl retreats and advances to the hum of the big wheel, The farmer stops by the bars as he walks on a first-day loafe and looks at the oats and rye, (269-272). Upon first reading, taken literally, this passage seems sporadic and confusing, but upon introspection, one will realize that Whitman is using cataloguing effectively to ...
- 1509: Ira Remsen
- The life of Ira Remsen Ira Remsen was born on February 10, 1846 in New York city. Even though he was born in the United States, he was educated in Germany. He received his M.D. at Columbia University in 1867 and he also earned a Ph.D. at the University of Munich and Göttingen in Germany. After receiving his degrees, Remsen began his investigation in pure chemistry at the University of Tübingen. It was in Germany and in Europe Remsen did most ... American Chemical Journal. Also in that same year, he made a remarkable, accidental discovery with a fellow researcher Constantine Fahlberg when they were working on a derivative of coal tar. One night, after a long day in his laboratory He we was having dinner with wife. When he was eating a regular roll. Remsen noticed that it was quite sweet at first, but it left a bitter after-taste. He ...
- 1510: The Evolution of the Monroe Doctrine
- ... In this speech Monroe’s thoughts have taken on the power and the grandeur of law itself for one reason: “…they reflected at the time, and down through history since that time, to the present day, what was in the hearts of the American people” (Rink 16). It declared that the United States would no longer tolerate colonization by foreign powers in the Western Hemisphere due to conflicts with Russia, Spain, and England. That day represented a milestone for America because it decided the preservation of the nation’s hard-earned independence. This new fight for independence required that both North and South America completely break their ties with all ... chosen in 1820 who played a major role in getting Monroe’s objectives fulfilled. Calhoun was picked as an effective secretary of war; Wirt as attorney general was one of the best lawyers in his day, and the highly regarded Crawford became the secretary of treasury. The best decision of all was in asking John Quincy Adams to become the secretary of state. Monroe left Adams a large discretion over ...
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