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- 2151: Ukraine: Facts
- ... ka (Luts'k), Zakarpats'ka (Uzhhorod), Zaporiz'ka (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr) note: names in parentheses are administrative centers when name differs from oblast' name Independence: 1 December 1991 (from Soviet Union) National holiday: Independence Day, 24 August (1991) Constitution: using 1978 pre-independence constitution; new constitution currently being drafted Legal system: based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Leonid D. KUCHMA (since 19 July 1994); election last held 26 June and 10 July 1994 (next to be held NA 1999); results - Leonid KUCHMA 52.15%, Leonid KRAVCHUK 45.06% head of government: Acting Prime Minister ... and leaders: Green Party of Ukraine, Vitaliy KONONOV, leader; Liberal Party of Ukraine; Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine, Volodymyr KLYMCHUK, chairman; Democratic Party of Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych YAVORIVSKIY, chairman; People's Party of Ukraine, Leopol'd TABURYANSKYY, chairman; Peasants' Party of Ukraine, Serhiy DOVHRAN', chairman; Party of Democratic Rebirth (Revival) of Ukraine, Volodymyr FILENKO, chairman; Social Democratic Party of Ukraine, Yuriy VUZDUHAN, chairman; Socialist Party of Ukraine, Oleksandr MOROZ, chairman; ...
- 2152: France
- ... departments, 4 overseas territories, and 2 collective territories. History In ancient times the Celts and Germanic tribes lived in France. When the romans invaded, they called France Gaul. Gaul was eventually annexed. In 400 A.D. the west roman empire's defense began to fall. After that France was an independent country. Hugh Carpet was crowned the first king of France in 987 A.D. In the 1700's the French Revolution started. The end of the French revolution marked the end of absolute power for the French kings. Napoleon seized power in 1799. He founded the first empire in ... 72 universities in France. Tourist Attractions Shopping is a big attraction in France. In Paris, department stores are good places to shop. In Normandy, shops have a rich selection of antiques. Sunday is a good day to shop on in Normandy because many stores have discounts. Normandy has a lot of lace too. The prices are high and the pieces are labor intensive. There are some good beaches in Normandy. ...
- 2153: Duke Ellington: An American Legacy
- ... but these people wrote their music in the 17th and 18th century. Many people don't realize all of the changes that music had to go through between that period of music and the present day. One such musician stands alone at the top as one of the movers and innovators of the 20th century. He is Duke Ellington. Along with his band, he alone influenced millions of people both around ... find his name on over 1500 CS's(Illistated Encyclopedia of Jazz,254). Duke's legacy will live on for generations to come. Duke Ellington was born Edward Kennedy Ellington, April 29, 1899 in Washington D.C(The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,330). His father at the time was employed as a butler yet always wanted the best for Duke. At the young age of seven Ellington took up the ... It doesn't want me to become famous to young." (Johnson 59) His music will surely live on for generation to come but more importantly will the man behind the music be remembered? In a day and age when people are on the go, will they listen to his music done by another artist and not realize that the artist they are listening to is not the author?13 Saying ...
- 2154: Satie, Erik
- ... Parisian music publisher. He entered the Paris Conservatory in 1879 but failed to benefit from academic education, which he embarked on again only in his 40th year, when he enrolled as a pupil of Vincent d'Indy and Albert Roussel at the Schola Cantorum. Long before that, however, he had composed a number of short piano pieces, whose eccentric titles and unfashionable and yet convincing simplicity of melody were matched by ... a conscious eccentric and a determined enemy of all establishments, including the musical. The comical titles that he attached to his small piano pieces are characteristic of the Bohemian wit in the Paris of his day. Irony and a deceptively childlike attitude, a dislike for pomposity of all kinds, and an instinctive secretiveness were hallmarks of both the man and his music. In 1916, Satie was befriended by Jean Cocteau and ... Socrates. The young composers who formed the essentially Parisian group known as Les Six regarded Satie as a kind of tutelary genius, and in 1923 one of them, Darius Milhaud, tried to found an "Ecole d'Arcueil," named for the obscure Paris suburb where Satie lived in extreme poverty.
- 2155: Huckleberry Finn: On the Surface…
- ... blacks. Helen Steele, a member of 100 Black United claimed, “Anything that's going to harm any kid - white, black, Hispanic, anything - needs to be removed from required reading… We try to teach them every day not to be racists”(Simmons 1). This means then, that books that discuss racism to its fullest (fullest including the language of the period) are inappropriate for students to read. Honestly, though, how many high ... then. The fact that it remains an issue today- a problem that was never quite solved- is the reason why the book is so criticized. David Bradley, author of The Chaneysville Incident, remarked, “If we’d eradicated the problem of racism in our society, Huckleberry Finn would be the easiest book in the world to teach” (Zwick 2). When reading the book, one has to keep in mind that Huckleberry Finn ... talk all kinds of languages, and… they said he could vote… I was just about to go and vote myself if I warn’t too drunk to get there; but when they told me… they’d let that nigger vote… I says I’ll never vote again…’” (Twain 27). Not only is Pap an abusive drunk- he is white. The Duke and the King, both thieves and con- artists, are ...
- 2156: Albert Einstein
- ... he wanted but it would give him leisure for studying and thinking. While over there he wrote scientific papers. Einstein submitted one of his scientific papers to the University of Zurich to obtain a Ph.D. degree in 1905. In 1908 he sent a second paper to the University of Bern and became lecturer there. The next year Einstein received a regular appointment as associate professor of physics at the University ... The atomic bomb is an explosive device that depends upon the release of energy in a nuclear reaction known as FISSION, which is the splitting of atomic nuclei. Einstein sent a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, pointing out that atomic bombs are possible and that enemy nations must be allowed to make them first. Roosevelt agreed with Einstein and funded the Manhattan Project. On April 18, 1955, Albert Einstein died. To his dying day, he urged the world to come to some agreement that would make nuclear wars forever impossible. SHAHIN TEHRANI
- 2157: Angel and Tess: A Romance Fit For the Books?
- ... couples proved to society that they belonged together, no matter what circumstances they faced . They possessed True Love, the rare gift that makes a relationship last, amidst outer turmoil. In the novel, Tess of the D'Ubervilles, by Thomas Hardy, another literary couple is portrayed. Tess Durbeyfield and Angel Clare appear to be in such an invincible love. The audience believes that they could have a happy life together as a ... the family. Her mother even says, "The lady must be our relation, and my projick is to send Tess to claim kin." (21) Joan Durbeyfield wants to take the easy way out and inherit the D'Uberville fortune. Tess is the only one in the family that realizes the unlikelihood of this. Her younger brother comments on his excitement of becoming one of the upper-class, and asks, "'Baint you glad ... well. Tess has a charming sense of innocence in her throughout the entire novel. Hardy describes his heroine and writes that, "Phases of her childhood lurked in her aspect still. As she walked along to-day, for all her bouncing handsome womanliness, you could sometimes see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth sparkle from her eyes; and even her fifth would flit over the curves of her ...
- 2158: Sophocles
- Sophocles, Antigone I. Biography of Sophocles A. D.O.B B. Place of birth C. Parents D. Important works II. Synopsis of Antigone III. Theme of Antigone A. Relevance to my life 1. Social 2. Political B. Political IV. Greeks Culture A. Customs B. Beliefs V. Greek Economy A. Main resources B ... road to Declea, where an image of a siren marked his tomb. (Avery, Jotham p# 1024) The work of Sophocles is considered the very perfection of tragedy. He is arguably the best ancient and modern day tragedian writer ever to grace the pages of time. What do you think about Sophoclean tragedy? Works Cited I. Avery B. Catherine, Johnson Jotham The New Century Classical Handbook New York: Appelton-Century-Crofts, ...
- 2159: Louis XIV
- ... with an iron fist, he didn't let anyone mess with France, and if they did , he made them suffer. Second, Louis had mercy on those who betrayed him, a trait rarely seen in his day and age. Third most he did his best to bring down the nobles of France, particularly the more richer ones who thought they were above the law. Louis ruled with an iron fist he didn ... of Louis time of reign over France. Mercy was something to be proud of, because it showed great restraint and overall showed an even greater strength to govern the people of France, something even I'd admire if Louis was my king. Louis worked hard to bring down the nobles of France, they thought that they were above the law. the way Louis did this was very interesting. He had built ... Louis got what he wanted, more power. Louis worked very hard everyday , he always put in a good days work. He never missed a meeting of his council. Louis couldn't just sit around all day he had to be doing something he always had to be moving which was good because it kept him on top of things. Louis always knew what was going on in his country. Louis ...
- 2160: Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
- ... store and was then sent to the Indiana Boys School in Plainfield, Indiana, where he ran away another eighteen times before he was caught and sent to the National Training School for Boys in Washington D.C. Manson never had a place to call "home" or a real family. He spent his childhood being sent from one place to another, and trouble always seemed to follow him. His mother's negligence ... did so. It wasn't long before Manson and his followers were arrested for the savage murders. Manson carved an "X" into his head, that he later turned into a swastica, claiming that he "X'd" himself from our world. Many of his women quickly followed suit. Even when faced with the death penalty for the murders, Manson's followers still believed in and loved their leader. The murder trial attested ... found guilty. The jury sentenced all of the murderers to be put to death, but because the state of California soon after abolished the death penalty, the sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. To this day, Manson and his followers are still in prison. Manson is eligible for parole, and has had several hearings. He still claims that he wasn't responsible for the murders and acts as if the ...
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