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- 6901: Woodstock
- ... People from as far away as Michigan and California came to listen to the 24 rock groups ("Age, 1"). Thousands more people would have come if police had not blocked off access roads. By the day before the official opening, traffic jams miles long blocked most roads leading to the area. The intense traffic on Route 17B towards Bethel, New York that afternoon didn't seem to bother anyone as people ... an abundant amount of mud at the festival. The spontaneity comes from the fact that the rain caused the site to be switched twice, which resulted in the loss of preparation time. On the opening day of Woodstock, the stage was not finished, the sound system had been dangerously thrown together, and last but not least, the rain and muddy ground had disintegrated the gates and fences. Many people got into ...
- 6902: And Then There Were None
- ... if they seem like the suspect. he's a very fair character."Rogers cried, "I didn't know what it was. Before God, I didn't know what it was, sir. If I had I'd never have done it." The judge said dryly. "That is probably true. But I think you'd better explain, Rogers." Atmosphere The atmosphere is very disturbing since everyone in the house was a murderer, and they're living all fancy. It's also confusing since there is one person out of the ...
- 6903: Stinky Solution
- ... effect on teen smokers. Americans buy more that 500 billion cigarettes every year; teens under eighteen alone smoke seventeen billion of these cigarettes. How much does smoking cost a teenager? For a typical pack-a-day habit, teens spend $700-$800 a year each. When a teenager learns that the actual cost for sustaining a cigarette addiction takes up almost four working hours a week at minimum wage, they might think ... of Smoke Jokes states, Doesn t it seem ludicrous to spend years preparing children for adulthood, and then not warn them about a product that kills people prematurely at a rate of 1,000 a day? (101). Simply, young people start smoking because of other problems in their life, usually problems that go away eventually. What they need to know is that starting a habit such as smoking is not the ...
- 6904: Imagine What The World Would B
- ... we were all "under the iron curtain." In his foreword to the novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley envisioned this statement when he wrote: "To make them love it is the task assigned, in present-day totalitarian states, to ministries of propaganda...." Thus, through hypnopaedic teaching (brainwashing), mandatory attendance to community gatherings, and allusions to prominent political dictators, Huxley bitterly satirized totalitarian propaganda and political technique to point out the problems ... way the fascist and totalitarian regimes used mass propaganda techniques to brainwash their people was nearly identical to the way Huxley described the hypnopaedic teachings in his novel. He also thought, however, that the present-day totalitarian states' methods were still "crude and unscientific." For example, in the novel the different classes had been brainwashed since birth to believe that they all contributed equally to society. Therefore, the people wouldn't ...
- 6905: The Bluest Eye
- ... assuming that everyone is jealous of her new found beauty, her blue eyes. She decides that the reason her neighbors refuse to talk to her is because they are resentful of her imaginary eyes. "Id just like to do something else besides watch you stare in that mirror. Youre just jealous. I am not. You are. You wish you had them. Ha. What would I look like with blue ... will smudge or her hair will twist in the wrong direction. And if this terrible ordeal ever did happen to her, she would look nothing like the model on the cover of the magazine shed just read. It makes me sad when I see her hound herself for not being the perfect height or the perfect weight or the perfect color. Its depressing to see someone so beautiful at ...
- 6906: INTERNET USERS TURN ADDICTS
- ... junkies." The "I'm-not-addicted users" are the users who try to convince themselves that they are not addicted to the Internet. This group includes college students who don't go online during the day to prove to fellow students that they can do without getting online; only, to stay up all night in a chat room online. Or businesspeople who stay after office hours to supposedly get a late report done; only, to stay online until the security guy's ready to lock up the building. Or husbands who stay offline all day, only to get online for hours after their family members are asleep. These users are addicts but portray themselves otherwise in the presence of people. Next, are "the I-only-use-it-when-I-have ...
- 6907: NAZISM
- ... At about 11 o'clock on the morning of November 9--the anniversary of the founding of the German Republic in 1919--3,000 Hitler partisans again gathered outside the Brgerbrukeller. To this day, no one knows who fired the first shot. But a shot rang out, and it was followed by fusillades from both sides. Hermann G ring fell wounded in the thigh and both legs. Hitler flattened ... were practiced--by massive X-ray, by irritants and drugs, by surgery without benefit of anesthetic. As techniques were perfected, it was determined that a doctor with 10 assistants could sterilize 1,000 women per day. The "experimental people" were also used by Nazi doctors who needed practice performing various operations. One doctor at Auschwitz perfected his amputation technique on live prisoners. After he had finished, his maimed patients were sent ...
- 6908: Fort Henry And Donelson
- ... of the first major Confederate defeat in the Civil War. Victory at Donelson started Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant on his road to Appomattox and the White House. His cool judgment under pressure saved the day after the Confederates threatened to break his troop lines, yet errors by his opponents handed him a victory that he did not fully earn on his own. Possession of the better part of two states ... supplies to complete the fortifications, but Federal forced encountered formidable earthworks fronted by trees fell, tangled, and sharpened to obstruct the attack. Grant advanced on February 12, and began to encircle Fort Donelson the next day, ordering Brigadier General Charles F. Smiths division to investigate the Confederate right, commanded by Buckner, and Brigadier General John A. McClenands division to investigate the Confederate left, under Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson ...
- 6909: Digestive System
- ... is not considered by physicians to be essential to life. People who have had their stomachs completely or partially removed are frequently able to live by taking special foods in small quantities many times a day. The small intestine is then able to perform all necessary digestion. The small intestine, which is from 22 to 25 feet (6.7 to 7.6 meters) long, is the longest part of the digestive ... the pancreas is called pancreatic juice. Fluid from the liver is called bile. The pancreas is one of the most important glands in the body. It secretes up to a pint of pancreatic juice a day. This digestive fluid contains enzymes which help digest carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. One of these enzymes is trypsin, which helps digest protein foods. Other enzymes are amylase and maltase, which help digest carbohydrates. The pancreatic ...
- 6910: Descriptive Essay of My Watch
- ... color. On the rightmost side, there is a 1/2cm x 1/5cm sized box. This box is then further separated in two parts. 2/3s of the box is devoted towards showing the current day's first 3 letters, now showing a THU for Thursday. The remaining space of the box is set aside for the date of the month. In this box the number 14 is shown. Both, the day and the date, are in white colors. This white is like a white hospital gown, starched and cleaned. The face of the object has 56 small lines all facing from the outside of the circle ...
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