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- 5151: The Red Badge Of Courage
- ... tent writing a letter to your parents under candlelight in drenching rain. Camp is so smoky; ones eyes were sore and watering. Being on the march for twenty-two days and so sore after every day not speaking a word the whole day. Marching barefoot some of the days. Sleeping on the uncovered ground in all kinds of weather and poor living circumstances. Now, it might seem that a soldier's life is dreadful and all, but they ...
- 5152: Hackers
- ... re all alike. And then it happened... a door opened to a world... Rushing through the phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, An electronic pulse is sent out, A refuge from the day-to-day incompetence is sought... A board is found. "This is it... this is where I belong..." I know everyone here... even if I've never met him or her, Never talked to them, may never hear ...
- 5153: Flowers For Algernon
- ... she didn’t pay much attention to Charlie unless she was trying to make him “normal”. His sister was bratty and spoiled. His dad lived in his wife's shadow, under her rule until the day he left. He thought they should’ve loved Charlie just the way he was. When Charlie went back to talk to his family, he found his mother psychotic and his sister overworked. His father seemed ... a chance to be average, and then climbed to above average. He was at both extremes and mainly an outcast at each one. I think the author wrote this book so we could spend a day in someone else's shoes. Since what I read were Charlie’s journal entries, I practically knew his innermost thoughts. I agree with him about Charlie and other retarded people because as I was reading ...
- 5154: The Great Inflation
- ... Fischer, op. cit., p. 193 The argument in this paragraph is drawn from David Fischer, op. cit., pp193 -194, Paul Kennedy, æThe Rise and Fall of the Great PowersÆ, (London: 1989, pp. 357 - 373, and D. H. Aldcroft, æFrom Versailles to Wall StreetÆ, (New York: 1977), chs. 1 & 2. David Blackman, æEuropean Inflationary Trends: 1815 - 1945Æ, (London: 1954), pp. 321 -322. David Fischer, op. cit., pp. 194 - 5. Kolb, op. cit ... Fischer, op. cit., p. 193 The argument in this paragraph is drawn from David Fischer, op. cit., pp193 -194, Paul Kennedy, æThe Rise and Fall of the Great PowersÆ, (London: 1989, pp. 357 - 373, and D. H. Aldcroft, æFrom Versailles to Wall StreetÆ, (New York: 1977), chs. 1 & 2. David Blackman, æEuropean Inflationary Trends: 1815 - 1945Æ, (London: 1954), pp. 321 -322. David Fischer, op. cit., pp. 194 - 5. Kolb, op. cit ...
- 5155: Carl Friedrich Gauss
- ... 15 years old, so teacher should work with students of different ages. Because of it he gave to half of students long problems to count, so he in that time could teach other half. One day he gave half of students, Gauss was in this half, to add all natural numbers from 1 to 100. 10 year old Gauss put his paper with answer on the teacher's desk first and he was the only who has got the right answer. From that day Gauss was popular in the whole school. On October 15, 1795, Gauss was admitted to Georgia Augusta as "matheseos cult."; that is to say, as a mathematics student. But it is often pointed out that ...
- 5156: Montenegro
- ... of the last two republics to stillmake up this nation after four republics, Boznia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, and Slovenia, declared their independences between June 1991 and March 1992. Today, Montenegro and Serbia make up present day Yugoslavia. Montenegrins are a people that are closely related to the Serbs and make up 68% of the population. Like the Serbs, Montenegrins use the Cyrillic alphabet, speak Serbo-Croatian, and usually belong to the ... and warm summers. The coast has a milder climate neighboring the Adriatic. The Montenegrins name is Serbo-Croatian and the republics name is Crna Gora, which means black mountain. Podgorica, formerly Titograd, is the present day capital. The University of Podgorica is located there and is their best known university. During its time in the six republics of Yugoslavia, Montenegro had one of the weakest economies of the republics. One thing ...
- 5157: The Role Of Women In Medea
- ... companion of his own age. But we are forced to keep our eyes on one alone. (Medea 242-245) Medea s tears soon dry with the thoughts of revenge. After Kreon grants her one last day before exhile, Medea uses her cleverness to produce plots of revenge. ... he has given me this one day To stay here, and in this I will make dead bodies Of three of my enemies, --father, the girl and my husband. (Medea 369-379) Medea never lets societies norms of a female discourage her ...
- 5158: The Mormons
- The Mormons Mormonism is a way of life that is practiced by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over two-thirds of the church's membership is in the United States. However, members are also located in many other countries around the world. Mormons use the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and ... beliefs of the early Christian church. The Mormon Church was too radical for the people and that is why they were persecuted. Bibliography Allen, James B., and Leonard, Glen M., The Story of the Latter-day Saints (1976). . Arrington, Leonard J., and Bitton, Davis, The Mormon Experience (1979). Bitton, Davis, and Beecher, Maureen, eds., New Views of Mormon History (1987). Hansen, Klaus J., Mormonism and the American Experience (1981). Shipps, Jan ...
- 5159: Georg Cantor
- ... only to transfer the next year to the University of Berlin after his father's death. At Berlin he studied mathematics, philosophy and physics. There he studied under some of the greatest mathematicians of the day including Kronecker and Weierstrass. After receiving his doctorate in 1867 from Berlin, he was unable to find good employment and was forced to accept a position as an unpaid lecturer and later as an assistant ... of negative numbers, Cantor's work was so revolutionary that Kronecker's argument that it "went too far" seemed plausible. Kronecker was a member of the editorial boards of the important mathematical journals of his day, and he used his influence to prevent much of Cantor's work from being published in his lifetime. Cantor did not know at the time of his death, that not only would his ideas prevail ...
- 5160: John Dryden
- ... growing into a young man, began his education in his hometown. There he took the basic classes. He furthered his education at Westminister School in London. Here, he attended school for about twelve hours a day, beginning and ending at six. At Westminister he studied history, geography, and study of the Scripture, plus all the basics. After Westminister he Cunningham 2 attended Cambridge University (Hopkins 14). While attending Cambridge University, he ... outstanding poetry. He developed the model for modern English prose style and set the tone for 18th century English poetry. His memorable works helped influence much of the writings that come from England to this day. Translations are another major reason why people will remember Dryden. He took authors from previous eras works and interpreted them into something superior and moved them to a greatness previously believed unattainable. His considerable accomplishments ...
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