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- 1781: James Cameron
- ... it. The movie was finally started, and it would be on this movie that Cameron would get a reputation as a dictator on set. He pushed his crew to the extreme. So much that one day Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (the actress who played the lead female character) ran off the set screaming. Mastrantonio has also said that she was very impressed with Cameron when she first met him, becuase of his ... about half the stuff, and then revised it several times. James Cameron contacted Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger and they both agreed to be in the sequel without having read the script. Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became the first movie to go past the $100 milion budget. It also became very successful both domestically and overseas. The movie features some of the most stunning effects ever made for the big screen ... effects so you are always excited. Cameron was one of the first to use morphing effects. Cameron experimented with these effects on The Abyss, but it was not until the production of Terminator 2: Judgment Day that the effects were shown in their true colours. Another great thing is that James Cameron writes very entertaining stories that are particuarly good for movies. With great action and great characters that are ...
- 1782: Master Harold... And The Boys
- ... his father. A final and the most noticeable example of the racial tensions in South Africa is made by Sam when he informs Hally about the reason why he didn't stay with him the day they flew the kite. Sam tells Hally that the bench he had sat on was a "Whites Only" (1325) bench and Sam wasn't allowed to sit on it. All of these examples are used to represent the racial tensions that were present in Fugard's lifetime in South Africa. The final discussion between Sam and Hally about their experiences during the day and the dance championship that Sam and Willie are going to participate in demonstrates the political tensions in the world during Fugard's lifetime. Sam points out to Hally that people are "bumping into each ... playing" (1317). Sam said, "I've bumped into Willie, the two of us have bumped into you, you've bumped into your mother, she bumping into your Dad...(1317). Sam is using their experiences that day to represent how countries are in constant conflict. He points out to Hally that "America has bumped into Russia, England is bumping into India, rich man bumps into poor man" (1317). Sam says that ...
- 1783: Cigarette Smoking Amond Colleg
- ... believe someone should have to be a chain smoker to be considered a "smoker." So, for research purposes, I chose an intermediate standard. A "smoker" will be someone who smokes cigarettes at least once a day, with going no longer than two days without having a cigarette. In my belief, smoking on a regular basis constitutes someone as a smoker, even if they smoke only one cigarette per day. In some peoples' eyes, a person has to smoke a pack a day or more to be considered a smoker. I think this is inaccurate, and beside the fact of inaccuracy, if I characterized a smoker as someone who smokes a pack a day I probably would ...
- 1784: Wake Island
- ... last forced to officially enter World War II. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt officially declared war on the Japanese and in his famous radio address to the American people, he professed that December 7 was a day that would live in infamy. Americans and Japanese alike, still remember Pearl Harbor Day, but how many remember the gallant, fighting Marines who served on a tiny atoll in the Pacific by the name of Wake Island? Prior to the war, Wake Island, located 2300 miles west of Honolulu ... by the 22nd of December, none was left in the fleet. In addition, the Japanese used the technique of pattern bombing which caused heavy damage to practically every installation on the island. On the final day of the siege, over 1000 Japanese went on shore and the fighting that ensued continued for six hours. The Marines’ struggle to hold on to Wake Island came at a time when American installations ...
- 1785: Julius Caesar - Tragic Hero
- ... 18) Julius Caesar rebukes the soothsayer by stating, "Caesar. He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass."(1,2,23) Caesar does not take warning to be wary the middle of the month, the day of his assassination. Later, Caesar’s wife Calpurnia has a nightmare that Caesar is slain at the Capitol. Caesar calls for the priests to do a sacrifice to see if it is wise to stay ... the house and Calpurnia pleads with him also. Caesar’s pride is shown by his response, "Caesar. …Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he. We are two lions littered in one day, And I the elder and more terrible, And Caesar shall go forth."(2,2,44-47) Caesar shows that his pride overrules any advice given by others. If not for Julius Caesar’s pride, he ... Caesar’s pride is a hamartia that leads to his downfall. Julius Caesar vacillates, or changes, his mind throughout the play and this downfall is shown to be one of Caesar’s hamartias. On the day Caesar is to go to the Capitol, he changes his decisions frequently. Caesar defies the warnings of Calpurnia and the priests and Caesar says that she, Caesar, shall go forth to the Capitol this ...
- 1786: Educational Policy In Malaysia
- ... Education Offices are set up in almost all states, except Perlis, Malacca and the Federal Territories, in order to support the state level administrative system. It basically provides the linkage between schools and the SED. d) School At the level of school, the Headmasters/Principals, assisted by two or three Senior Assistants are responsible for providing professional as well as administrative leadership in schools. The Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) foster better ... so as to improve the overall quality; · improve the management and implementation of education and training programs through enhancing managerial capability as well as strengthening the monitoring and evaluating system; · strengthen research and development (R&D) within the existing institutions of higher learning as well s collaborating with local and foreign R&D institutions; · increase science and technical manpower, particularly in R&D; · provide appropriate incentives to increase enrollment in the science stream. · improve educational facilities in rural areas so as to reduce dropouts from the schools, ...
- 1787: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... a surprise gas attack, and after a new bombardment their stomachs turn at the sight of dead companions mixed with corpses from blown-up graves. At dawn they mindlessly return to camp. Resting the next day, Paul's group reluctantly conclude that war has ruined them. After their horrifying experiences, how can they ever again take jobs or studies seriously? Their spirits lift when Himmelstoss appears, sent to the front at ... his comrade Katczinsky spend a companionable night roasting and eating their goose. Then it's back to rat-infested trenches at the front. At night they scramble for masks when the enemy sends gas; by day, they cower in stiffness to deceive observers in balloons. Terror is their companion through deafening barrages; Paul's dugout survives a direct hit. One night the French infantry attack. All through the next day Paul's company fights in a frenzy, the men armed only with grenades and sharpened shovels. For days, attacks and counterattacks alternate. Once Himmelstoss panics until Paul shouts sense into him and he plunges ...
- 1788: Can Intelligence be Measured
- ... the same in every school. The actual environment that they are taking the test in could be different and affect different individuals in different ways. A person could not be feeling good on the certain day of the test and this certainly affects the outcome of the test. Well if you do badly on it you will just be thought of as stupid and it is not really you're own ... at McDonalds. I still think that a lot of people would think that he is really pretty intelligent. If you do not have any common sense of what of what you are doing on a day to day basis you would probably not be looked at as being intelligent. I can use an example that I have from my hometown, at a party that was held at a big pond. All of ...
- 1789: A Separate Peace - Phineas And Carpe Diem
- ... He was everywhere, he enjoyed himself hugely, he laughed out loud at passing sea gulls"(39). This line is describing Phineas, or Finny, and how he lives life to it’s fullest and seizes the day. Finny is an example of living the "carpe diem" (seize the day) philosophy from the movie "Dead Poets Society." There are a few examples in the first part of this novel of how Finny takes advantage of life. The first example is how he enjoys himself so ... he surely doesn’t want to waste any of his ability. Which points you to the last example. The last example is concerning his incredible athletic ability. Finny and Gene are in the pool one day, and they read the plaque that holds the swimming record times. Finny looks at one and decides that he can beat that time record. He tries, and he beats the record. Gene wants him ...
- 1790: Personal Writing: Game Over
- ... I dazed off to sleep I repeated to myself that things were going to be O.K. I woke up in some pain but I thought nothing of I because injuries are always worse the day after. It was Saturday so I had a couple of days to rest my finger, by mid-afternoon my finger as throbbing like it had just been hit by a hammer. At this time I ... in my finger and all I could think about was what exactly my coach was going to say when I gave him the news that I was going to be out for six weeks. The day ended and I packed my school bag as usual, I then headed for basketball practice. I got there and everyone came up to me asking ho my finger was, I responded with an upset disappointing ... team felt bad, they were not the ones that were going to have the doctor cut open their finger, and pin tiny bones back together. I had stay on the sidelines and watch the team day in and day out play the game that I loved so much. The worst of it was that I had to watch someone fill my spot, a spot that I had worked long hours ...
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