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- 1851: Memoirs of a Mountain High
- ... for three days. My spot on this solo was at around 12000 ft, the highest of my group. the only water I had was from an alpine stream which dried up on me the first day, after searching for a while I did find another stream. The first day it rained all day, the next was clear, I didn't do much...just thought allot. I have never been this long without seeing or talking to another person,not even pictures...everything I had was in my ...
- 1852: Comparing Chivalry In Sir Gawa
- ... castle, he was introduced to a lord and his lady. The lord welcomed the knight with open arms and said that whatever he hunted, he would give to Sir Gawain at the end of the day, and whatever Sir Gawain got, he had to give to the lord. While the lord was out hunting, his wife came onto Sir Gawain. The first day, she gave him a kiss, so Sir Gawain had to kiss the lord. The second day came two kisses. The final day, the wife gave Sir Gawain a girdle and three kisses. However, at the end of the day, Sir Gawain broke his promise to the lord and only gave ...
- 1853: Scandinavian Mythology
- ... frost giant grew from his armpits and one leg fathered a six headed troll with the other leg. Audhumbla lived by licking the ice-blocks that were salty, and by the evening of the first day there appeared a man's hair where she licked. On the second day, a man's head appeared, and by the third day the whole man was freed from the ice. This man was called Buri. He had a son name Bor who married Bestla, who was the daughter of the giant Bolthum. Bor and Bestla had ...
- 1854: Arab-Israeli Wars
- ... delayed withdrawal, insisting that it receive security guarantees against further Egyptian attack. After several additional UN resolutions calling for withdrawal and after pressure from the United States, Israel's forces left in March 1957. SIX-DAY WAR (1967) Relations between Israel and Egypt remained fairly stable in the following decade. The Suez Canal remained closed to Israeli shipping, the Arab boycott of Israel was maintained, and periodic border clashes occurred between ... on Syria in the north. In a little more than two days of fierce fighting, Syrian forces were driven from the Golan Heights, from which they had shelled Jewish settlements across the border. The Six-Day War ended on June 10 when the UN negotiated cease-fire agreements on all fronts. The Six-Day War increased severalfold the area under Israel's control. Through the occupation of Sinai, Gaza, Arab Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Golan Heights, Israel shortened its land frontiers with Egypt and Jordan, removed the ...
- 1855: Personal Writing: You Need New Shingles On The Roof If You Want New Kitchen Cabinets
- ... turn key" installation. The salesman asked me if I wanted them to deliver the materials. I declined his offer because I could do it myself and save money. So, I waited for a nice clear day to go back to pick up everything. I was using an open bed truck and it was a pretty sizable load to carry such a long distance. Well, the worst rain storm in Florida history developed over Green Cove Springs on the clear day I chose to pick everything up. I was about halfway home and this terrible rain storm ambushed me. I couldn't get away. I was surrounded on all sides. It soaked everything in the bed ... so I could unload it in this down pouring rain and get the boxes dried off. Luckily nothing was damaged from the water. It was an omen and I failed to see it. The next day I took my ten pound hammer and began tearing out the old cabinets. I was having a pretty good time beating up all of this wood in my house with this hammer. It was ...
- 1856: Night Essay
- ... to teach him the studies of the cabbala. His faith in God is very strong for such a young child, and his faith continues to flourish as time goes on. “I believed profoundly. During the day I studied the Talmud, and at night I rant to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple”(1). However, once the deportation of the ghettoes occurs, Elie’s faith begins to grow weaker. On the day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, thousands of prisoners attend the services. The air rang with cries of, “Blessed be the Name of the Eternal!” But in Elie’s mind, he wonders, Why, but why should I bless Him? Because he had thousands of children burned in His pits? Because He kept six crematories work- ing night and day, on Sundays and feast days? How could I say to Him: ‘Blessed art Thou, Eternal, Master of the Universe, Who chose us from among the races to be tortured day and night, to see ...
- 1857: Shoeless Joe Jackson
- ... amount of money was needed to make the payoff to all involved, including the baseball players of the White Sox who were participating in the scandal. Before the beginning of the game on that ‘scandalous’ day, Joe Jackson begged the owner of the White Sox; Charles Comiskey to listen to him in regards to the fix of the game that was about to happen. The evidence was proven that Jackson had ... play badly" (Gies and Shoemaker 59). Before the first ball was ever thrown in the 1919 World Series, rumors were spreading that the game was fixed. "Cicotte and Jackson, the first to crack, confessed the day after Maharg’s story broke" (Seymour 302). "Jackson told of moving slowly after balls hit to him, making throws that fell short, and deliberately striking out with runners in scoring position" (Seymour 303). Joe, however ... home runs, caught seemingly impossible high flies, and could throw the ball more than four-hundred feet on the fly" (Black Sox 2). Jackson was such an all around player, that even on a bad day he still managed to amaze the fans that came to see him day in and day out. " . . . and outstanding running and fielding abilities would have eventually put him in the Hall of Fame, if ...
- 1858: The Catcher in the Rye: True Picture Of Human Behavior
- The Catcher in the Rye: True Picture Of Human Behavior In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, the author does an outstanding job on the way he presents a true picture of human behavior. An example of this is when the author describes a character in the novel such as Ossenburgurger ... Very big deal. Then he started telling us how he was never ashamed, when he was in some kind of trouble or something, to get right down on his knees and pray to God.” (J. D. Salinger – The Catcher in the Rye) pg. 16 I see people that are an exact replica of J. D. Salinger’s description of Ossenburger. It is not a stereotype, but more of a routine for big shots to prepare themselves to talk to the so-called “lower class”. Even the front runners for ...
- 1859: Anne Frank
- ... to be another problem to the Families, since in addition to Anne's disagreements with Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, she would soon have to share a room with Pfeffer, and the two would bicker day in and day out. But worse than that I began to notice a great change in Mrs. Frank. She had always held a great hope inside her, and always looked for the bright side of things, but the ... thoughts in to it daily, and how she had named it "Kitty". I quickly pocketed it. And brought it home, to hide away in case any of my friends returned. I prayed several times a day that someday I would see my friends again, and that I would have the chance to return Anne's beloved diary to her.I would not have the chance to see Anne, Margot, or ...
- 1860: No Work, No Food
- ... and pruning the trees. The pupils felt sorry to see the old teacher working so hard, but they knew he would not listen to their advice to stop, so they hid away his tools. That day the master did not eat. The next day he did not eat, nor the next. “He may be angry because we have hidden his tools,” the pupils surmised. “We had better put them back. The day they did, the teacher worked and ate the same as before. In the evening he instructed them: “No work, no food.” In life, people take many things for granted, whether it is how we ...
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