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- 1881: Michael Crichtons Life
- ... Crichton. Oldest of four children. II. Growing up A. Lived in Roslyn, New York when he was 6. B. Was a star basketball player in high school. C. Graduated in 1960, from Roslyn high school. D. Decided to go to Harvard University and become a Writer. III. Life at Harvard A. Writing was severely criticized, had grades around a C. B. Thought Harvard was an error. IV. Persuing other options A. Decided to study anthropology. B. Became a visiting lecturer in Anthropology at Cambridge university. C. Came back to the US and begun training as a doctor. D. Every year he tried to quit. He didn t. V. Writing Thrillers A. Wrote under different names such as John lange and Jeffery Hudson. B. The Andromeda Strain which was a best-seller and he sold it to Hollywood. D.In 1970 he was named Medical writer of the year. VI. Writing Novels A. Gave up medicine and took up writing full time. B. He has written 11 novels. C. Often refereed as the ...
- 1882: 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 ...
- 1883: A Gift Of Peace From The Past,
- ... all their splendor and brutality whereas it was felt that married women should not see what they could not have. In addition, the virgins had their own event which occurred on the mens religious day of rest. Called the Haria, in honor of Hara the wife of Zeus, the young women would race dressed in a short tunic which exposed the right breast. Traditionally, Spartan women dominated this event, being trained from birth for just this purpose. The religious undertones of the events became extremely apparent on the third day of the games when a herd of 100 cows were killed as a sacrifice to Zeus. In actuality, only the most useless parts were burned in honor of Zeus; most of the meat would be cooked and eaten that day. The sacrifices were conducted on a huge cone-shaped alter built up from the ashes of previously sacrificed animals. The mound was so large, the Greeks would cut steps into the cone after discovering ...
- 1884: The Return To Mecca, Muhammad
- ... the vision and first revelation but was reassured by his wife, Khadijah. In his later experiences of receiving messages, there was normally no vision. Occasionally, there were physical concomitants, such as perspiring on a cold day, giving rise to the suggestion, now agreed to be unwarranted, that he was an epileptic. Sometimes he heard a noise like a bell but apparently never a voice. The essence of such an experience was ... is thus identified with God. Gratitude is to be expressed in generosity with ones wealth and avoidance of niggardliness. As a sanction, men are warned that they will appear before God on the Last Day to be judged according to their deeds and assigned to heaven or hell. By proclaiming this message publicly, Muhammad gained followers, said to be 39, before he entered the house of al-Arqam. The names ... the opposition arose in the person of Abu Jahl who probably felt that Muhammad, despite his claim to be "only a warner" of Judgment to come, was building a position of authority that might one day make him politically supreme in Mecca. This fear arose from the observation that Arabs deeply respected the kind of wisdom or knowledge that Muhammad clearly had. In about 616, Abu Jahl organized a boycott ...
- 1885: Ancient Olympics
- ... all their splendor and brutality whereas it was felt that married women should not see what they could not have. In addition, the virgins had their own event which occurred on the men's religious day of rest. Called the Haria, in honor of Hara the wife of Zeus, the young women would race dressed in a short tunic which exposed the right breast. Traditionally, Spartan women dominated this event, being trained from birth for just this purpose. The religious undertones of the events became extremely apparent on the third day of the games when a herd of 100 cows were killed as a sacrifice to Zeus. In actuality, only the most useless parts were burned in honor of Zeus; most of the meat would be cooked and eaten that day. The sacrifices were conducted on a huge cone-shaped alter built up from the ashes of previously sacrificed animals. The mound was so large, the Greeks would cut steps into the cone after discovering ...
- 1886: Oedipus the King: Dramatic Foreshadowing
- ... Dramatic Foreshadowing `You are the curse, the corruption of the land!'. With these words, Tiresias, a blind prophet in `Oedipus The King' set the actions in play that would turn king to beggar within the day. Prophecy and foreshadowing is an important part of playwriting, and adds an element of suspense that is not possible any other way. Whether it be the witches of MacBeth, the ramblings of Tiresias in Oedipus ... Oedipus, in a fit of anger, said to Tiresias, You've lost your power, stone-blind, stone-deaf - senses, eyes blind as stone!. By the end of the story, Oedipus was almost exactly that. By day's end, Oedipus no longer possessed the sense of sight, and had lost his kingdom to his brother-in- law. A complete reversal of circumstances, which saw him, in the play `Oedipus at Colonus', enter the city the same way that Tiresias entered Oedipus' court on that day, blind as a bat, with a helper without whom he would be useless. `The Marriage of Figaro' has one obvious prophetic scene, where Figaro says Look to the day's work, Master Figaro! First ...
- 1887: Latin American Chage
- ... point after independence. Nevertheless, these were never social revolutions and the poor were never any better off afterwards. The pattern of privilege remained. It is easy to see many of the aforementioned legacies in Present day Mexico. When excavating for the subway system near the cathedral square of the colonial capital the Great Temple of the Aztecs was unearthed. The juxtaposition of ancient religious structures is typical of the religion practiced ... with any significant progress being made in the past one hundred and fifty years. This development is also seen in Latin America and the Caribbean with advancement in some countries only occurring recently. In present day Latin America, women have become integral wage earners in their families especially in the field of Maquiladoras. However, in Chile we can see the most important and widespread progress in the issue of womens ... between the European colonists, African slaves and indigenous Indians. In most Latin American societies the social pyramid of power was established by gradations of color with the white on top. These stereotypes persist to this day in many countries in the region. Some, like Mexico, have embraced Mestizos as an ideal for national identity. While others, such as Guatemala, have facilitated ways of crossing class distinctions. A much different situation ...
- 1888: Battle Of The Bulge
- ... Peiper. This unit captured the city of Stavelot and discovered a group of civilians huddled in a basement, The Germans took them out and shot them in cold blood in cold blood. Later that same day the US 99th Infantry Division retook Stavelot and held their positions until reinforcements arrived. Ironically while Peiper was held up in Stavelot he was with in a mile of a lightly guarded American fuel dump ... no attempt to capture the fuel that could have changed the entire offensive. While Peiper was held up in the north, von Manteuffel's 5th army broke through the US 106th Division. By the following day the 5th Panzerarmee had forced the surrender of 7,000 men. Further south the 58th and 47th Panzer Corps had made strong progress and each was close to their goals of Hoffalize and Bastonage. Only ... the 6th Panzerarmee advanced only miles from the town. On December 19, the German 47th Panzer Corps reached the town of Bastogne about the same time as the reinforcements, the 101st Airborne Division. That same day the US 30th Division was sent to reinforce the 99th division at Stavelot. With the help of air attacks, these two divisions cut off Peiper Battle Group from the rest of his army, and ...
- 1889: Hopeful Encounter
- ... of pollution from the several smoke stacks towering over the city. The streets were pock marked and dented with the recent shower of acid rain. Hot boiling steam from the sewers made the temperature of day much hotter than it really was. Just outside the borders of the city is a lake covered with muck and crude oil spills. Death and despair floated aimlessly on the surface of the unhospitable body ... tendrils farther...until it caught another unsuspecting victim, choking and engulfing, destroying, leaving just another emtpy shell behind, devoid of any life. Night set in, the stars were obscured by thick blankets of smoke. The day was done. Stores got ready to lock up and street lights were turned on to aid the bread winners, so they may travel safely. Few were fortunate enough to own automobiles so they could avoid the cold dangerous streets and dark alleyways. Most shops were already abandoned, finished for the day. Yet few doors were still open, desperate for any last minute customers. One such shopkeeper was Phil Anderson. Anderson had worked as a pharmacist for most of his life. At forty, he had little ...
- 1890: Homesteading by Percy Wollaston
- ... up every morning at the crack of dawn, to be able to put in a full days work. Every six-year old has a dream of being able to go out and just play all day. Not Percy. He went out and worked all day, helping out in any way his tiny body could. As Percy handed this novel to his son, he stated that this "was nothing much, probably not worth the trouble of reading." Percy was born in ... started to fall apart at the seams." Families were broken up. "The family did arrive in June: The train got in about three in the morning and they spent the rest of the time until day-light in the lobby of the little hotel. No money was available for a room where the children could rest or wash up. The promised flagstone floor was laid and the lean-to kitchen ...
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