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- 6481: Albert Einstien
- ... in his spare time and without the benefit of close contact with either the scientific literature or theoretician colleagues. 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 a lecturer there. The next year Einstein received a regular appointment as associate professor of physics at the ... the United States and abandoned his pacifism. He reluctantly agreed that the new hazard had to be put down through force of arms. In this context Einstein sent a letter, in 1939, to President Franklin D. Roosevelt that urged that the United States proceed to develop an atomic bomb before Germany did. The letter, composed by Einstein's friend Leo Szilard, was one of many exchanged between the White House and ...
- 6482: The Pikes Peak Gold Rush
- ... it was to pan for gold. The first sign of gold was in the Ralson Creek area with around one hundred men panning for gold. Many of these miners only made twenty-five cents a day. Most of these people didn't strike it rich so they went back home. The left over gold hunters moved to Denver and panned the South Platte making up to ten dollars a day. In this time many search parties were set up to explore the land for gold mainly to find out if the Rockies have gold in them or not. Some of these people returned home to ...
- 6483: Watergate Scandal
- By: Leigh Overstreet THE WATERGATE SCANDAL Watergate is a hotel in Washington D.C. where the Democratic National Committee held their campaign headquarters. The current president at the time was Richard M. Nixon, who was involved in the scandal himself and which lead to the cause of his ... of power. Watergate unquestionably showed that in a nation of laws no one is above the law, not even the President of the United States of America. Bibliography Aitken, Jonathan. (1993). Nixon A Life. Washington D.C: Regnery Publishing, Inc. Emery, Fred. (1994). Watergate. United States: Times Books. Infopedia (1995). [Computer Software] U.S.A: Future Vision Holding Inc. Word Count: 1034
- 6484: Pudd'nhead Wilson: Summary
- ... says he wishes he owned part of the dog so he could kill it. The people thought it was stupid because if you killed one half the other half would surely die. So from that day forth the people gave Dave Wilson a new name, Pudd'nhead Wilson. This did not help Wilson at all. In fact his law career was dead because of his new name. The theme of this ... life for a long time. That particular event was told all over the town, and gravely discussed by everybody. Within a week he had lost his first name; Puddn'head took its place. That first day's verdict made him a fool, and he was not able to get it set aside or even modified. Though the best mart of the book had to be the trial, the trial was not ...
- 6485: Peer Pressure In The Osage Ora
- ... said, "I might talk to her, I thought. But of course it was out of the question" (371). The author didn't talk to her at school but he would at the tree. "The next day at school I didn't ask whether her father wanted to take the paper"(370). He was afraid to be seen with her. The narrator asked himself, "could anyone in the house have been watching ... of the story that the writer discovers how much Evangeline lked him. She "stole" from her bank to purchase newspapers from the narrator (373) in order to have an excuse to visit with him every day. He discoverd too late that the newspapers were thrown under the bridge and never actually read by her father.
- 6486: Rumors
- ... Claire Ganz arrive at the party first. Coming straight from a car accident, the Ganz's ask why Charley has not joined them for the party. Ken Gorman explains that Charley has had a rough day and he decided to take a nap for a little while. Lenny exclaims that he has not had a thing to eat since breakfast and wonders where Mai Li the cook has put all of ... far-fetched to the other guests, so she finally says, "Oh, I know. I know. I know exactly what it was... it was a balloon. They've been blowing up party balloons up there all day," (43). This answer seems satisfactory enough for everyone, and they lapse back into their normal conversations again. The party in Rumors has a lot of humor to it, but on the other hand, it shows ...
- 6487: Firearms; Vital Tools for Self Defense or Deadly Killers?
- ... violence relates not to the number of guns but to who owns them. A person who is willing to commit a crime is not likely to abide by gun registration laws or even bans. James D. Wright a professor of sociology at the university of Massachusetts asks, Why should we expect felons to comply with a gun law when they readily violate laws against robbery, assault and murder?"4 For this ... 1991. Gottfried, Ted., Gun Control and The Right to Bear Arms. Brookfield, Ct.: The Millbrook Press., 1993 Gottlieb, Alan. Gun Rights Fact Book Bellevue, Washington: Merril Press, 1988. Robers, Joseph Jr.The Armed Citizen. Washington D.C. : The Nation Rifile Association of America. 1989.
- 6488: A Rose For Emily By William Fa
- ... up) town where a woman by the name of Emily Grierson died. Emily is described as a "fallen monument" that many people admired as well as questioned. Emily lived with her father until the last day of his life, and tried to cling a little longer. She had taught some painting classes but with the years her classes stopped. Craziness ran in her family and that is the only thing that ... The town people were happy for her because they now seen her a little more and it was better than to be in a old house all the time. Emily began to think that some day she and Homer would marry, and when things went wrong she poisoned him. As time passed people began to wonder, and a smell began developing. Although the smell was hitting everyone in the town, no ...
- 6489: The Inverted Pyramid And The E
- ... account of the setting or the mood and tell the tale just like any other narrative that one might read simply for pleasure. Since the telegraph made it possible for news to be printed the day after it happened; it was immediately adopted as the preferred method of getting news to the newsroom. Occasionally, however, the telegraph line would go down. Often this happened during a transmission, and the remainder of ... and the beginning of the Great War, the use of the telegraph, along with other forms of electric communication, had become almost universal. The telegraph was by then an intercontinental communication tool, allowing the next-day coverage of events happening in Europe in the papers in America. Also by this time, the reporters were more used to the telegraph reporting and had nearly completed the shift of style to the inverted ...
- 6490: Gun Control: Against
- ... the government banned a handful of assault riffles when they are not even used for most gun related crimes. The government also administered another law called the Bradey Law. The Bradey Law makes a five day wait on the purchase of a handgun so a check can be run on the persons background. None of these laws have decreased the amount of deaths caused by hand guns. The media also plays ... and murders were committed with handguns. So the only reason for making this law was to make the people feel good and safe. In 1993 the Bradey Bill became a law. It placed a five day waiting period on the purchase of a handgun. The reason for the wait is to make sure no criminals or mentally disturbed people purchase handguns. Did that really solve any of the problems? I don ...
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