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- 2671: The Man Who Made Ireland
- ... state of Ireland, there is an important foreshadowing at the beginning of this chapter. Placed in a non-attention-drawing manner at the top of the page is a quote from Michael Collins Sr.: One day he ll be a great man. He ll do great work for Ireland. If a reader is unaware or not paying attention, they are likely to miss this forecast. The elder Collins uttered these prophetic ... political identity. While Collins' official title was that of Minister of Finance, there was no doubt that Collins himself now had the IRA, formerly the IRB, as his pawn. Ominously, on January 21 that very day that the Dail Eireann convened in Dublin, the first two murders of Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) members by Volunteers took place in county Tipperary. From this point on the next several years were marred by ... force, he counter points this with any similar actions by the British themselves. A prime example of this strike and counter strike maneuvering can be seen in the occurrences of November 21, 1920. On this day the IRA executed 11 unarmed British officers in Dublin on suspicion of their being intelligence operatives. A day later, two angry Black-and-Tans fired into the crowd at a Gaelic League football match, ...
- 2672: Kurt Cobain
- ... That May and June Nirvana goes into the recording studio with producer Butch Vig. They record the album that makes them stars. It is Nevermind. This album is released in September of 1991. The first day it is out it is #144 on the Billboard Charts. On October 20,1991 Nevermind goes gold. Nirvana is sweeping the nation. MTV plays the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video constantly. By November of 1991 ... everything that Kurt lives for. She is the light of Kurt's life. There were many rumors floating around that Frances Bean was born addicted to heroin. None of those rumors were true. That same day that Frances was born the Los Angeles County revokes custody of her. This was all a result of the Vanity Fair article. They later give custody back and the Cobains then have to be supervised ... tour in almost two years. While on this tour the play MTV Unplugged. In February on 1994 they start a European tour. On March 6, 1994 Nirvana is in Rome for a show. This same day Kurt is rushed to the hospital. He had gone into a coma from overdosing on Rohypnol and champagne. He had taken 50 doses of Rohypnol, which is like the drug valium. The press goes ...
- 2673: Lucas: King of Film
- ... his article saying, "Indeed almost every digital effects company has had executives that learned the trade at Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic" (127). ILM has produced special effects for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Independence Day (Wolkomir 112). ILM is marked for being ahead of its time and all other special effects companies, especially in Star Wars which amazed audiences across the world (Randall 127). Furthermore, Lucas has impacted the film ... blowing away all special effects and sound barriers, this in turn set a new mark for directors to reach for in their movie productions. It's impacts like these that improve the film industry every day, and a lot of it traces back to George Lucas. The ability to make parents flock to toy stores day in and day out searching for much requested toys isn't hard to create in one's self. Twenty years after it's release, Star Wars is one of the top selling toy lines ...
- 2674: Abraham
- ... men required of it. The two went their separate ways, Lot going to the Jordan Plain, and Abram staying in Canaan. God once again appeared to Abram and revealed the land that he would some day give to Abram and his children. This time, God promised Abram that his offspring would be of so many that no one would be able to count them, just like the dust of the earth ... the house hold. Hagar eventually fled to the dessert due to the poor treatment that Sarai was giving her. God eventually came down to Hagar and told her to go back home and that some day the baby she was carrying would be blessed. Once Abram reached 99 years old, God made a Covenant with him promising to make him the father of nations and to give Canaan to him and ... circumcision of Abram and his male descendants, This was to seal the covenant. God then made another promise to Abram. God promised Abram that Sarai would soon bear a son, and that she would some day be the mother of nations. Abram was said to have found God's last promise rather amusing. It was probably because Sarai was 90 years old and incapable of bearing children anymore. Sarah was ...
- 2675: Anthem
- ... of fifteen when the house of vocations came Equality was guilty of the great transgression of preference because he wanted to be a scholar, but his selected vocation was to be a street sweeper. Every day while he swept by the fields he would watch and smile at Liberty and she would smile back. Liberty was a woman that worked in the home of the peasants. Making contact with a woman was prohibited but for when in the palace of the mating. The palace of the mating was where people were forced to breed. Equality thought touching a woman was shameful and ugly. Then one day while he swept the streets he found a grate that led to underground tunnel full of things from the unmentionable times. For two years he went to the tunnel and discovered a new glowing light. Then one day while in the tunnel decided that he must share his secret with his brothers. He decided that he would bring his secret in front of the world council meeting. When Equality entered the world ...
- 2676: Iraq: A Country on the Rise
- ... in use (about 69 per 1,000 people). It also has 3,880,000 radios in use (about 205 per 1,000 people). Iraq has 6 newspaper publications, with a circulation of 650,000 a day (about 34 per 1,000 people). This causes a 1,797 kilograms of newsprint to be consumed per 1,000 people. Iraq has one FM station and 16 AM broadcast stations, and 13 TV stations ... use Iraqi electrical outlets. Although Iraq does not have an embassy in the US, it does have an interest section in the Algerian Embassy in Washington, DC. Iraqi nation holidays are the following: New Years Day-Jan. 1, Iraqi Army Day-Jan. 6, Id al-Fitr-Apr. 16, Id al-Adha-Jun. 21, 1958 Revolution-Jul. 14, 1968 Revolution-Jul. 17, Although Iraq may have it's problems now, it is a country on the ...
- 2677: William Henry Gates III
- ... and electronic mail, or "e-mail". Many of these twenty-some-odd-year-old mini-Clintons, who now occupy the White House, show up for work in sneakers, T-shirts, and jeans, and spend each day, from morn till night, tapping away at personal-computer keyboards. As I myself have often experienced of late, when you exchange business cards with an American you nearly always see, imprinted on the card along ... under U.S. antitrust laws of attempted buy-outs of other companies by Microsoft, has put such purchases on hold, causing them to fall through and, it is said, greatly angering Bill Gates. Gates: "modern-day Rockefeller" Gates, an object of admiration for most Americans as a "modern-day Rockefeller," is also, it seems, an object of envy who arouses fierce jealousy: charges are currently being brought against him for violation of antitrust laws. Simply put, the Justice Department, under the traditional notion ...
- 2678: The Life of Harry Houdini
- ... Harry Houdini was born on March 24, 1874 in Budapest. Although Houdini often claimed to be born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Houdini actually came to the United States when he was four years old. To this day many connected with the small town of Appleton still claim the untruth that Houdini was born there strictly to attract tourists. It is clear from copies of birth records and early family records on file ... after being tied up would secretly release themselves to make ghostly things happen in darkened rooms. The second book was "The Memoirs of Robert-Houdin," the autobiography of one of the greatest magicians of the day. Influenced by what he read and learned about the internationally known magician Robert Houdini, young Ehrich changed his name to Houdini, hoping to be in some way like his new found mentor. Houdini's first ... the first person on record to fly a plane in Australia a feat he accomplished at Digger's Rest in 1910. Some claim he was one of the first 17 record breaking aviators of the day. After those series of flights he would never fly again. In 1913 he introduced his legendary Chinese Water Torture Cell. This was the same year his mother died which was a great shock, as ...
- 2679: The Good Earth: Wang Lung's Character
- ... was most angry of all that Lotus dared to curse this child of his and call her idiot, and a load of fresh pain for the girl fell upon his heart, so that for a day and two days he would not go near Lotus, but he played with the children and he went into the town and he bought a circle of barley candy for his poor fool and he ... love they once shared. Furthermore, Wang Lung confiscated the two pearls O-lan saved from the south. O-lan wanted to have the pearls set in earrings to give their youngest daughter on her wedding day, but Wang Lung did not agree: Why should that one wear pearls when her skin is as black as earth? Pearls are for fair women... Give them to me-I have need of them.(188) Although he learned the pearls would be for his daughters wedding day, he decided to give them as gifts to his mistress. Moreover, he lashes his eldest son and his concubine with a bamboo stick. He saw them conversing by the pool and immediately assumed they ...
- 2680: Christianity and Change
- ... It is a time for Christians to celebrate their relationship with God, but it seems that over the last millennium many Christians have turned away from God in different ways. The new technologies and modern day life have left many spiritually unsettled with no relationship with God. The problems with faith become a significant issue especially among the youth of today. Christian churches are beginning to prepare for the Holy Year ... accepted values into question, especially among young people, who have grown impatient on more than one occasion, and indeed become rebels in their distress (Halsall). The younger generation has very different views on the present day issues in the world. They don't believe that the literal readings of the scripture can solve the complex social and ethical issues of our day. They cannot understand the traditional claims made for the God of the Bible, who could do so many miraculous things, but who today seems impotent by comparison (Spong). There are a great many options ...
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