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- 701: John D. Rockelfeller
- John D. Rockelfeller John D. Rockelfeller was a rich man who made his fortune in the oil refinery business. He created a monopoly in the standard oil trust company. He gave away most of his fortune. In my opinion Rockelfeller ... his success was because of the traits he had. These are some of the things he said about his self. "I manage my affairs well, have great vigor, and am fighting to sell" 1936 John D. Rockelfeller's biography. Another point Rockelfeller made was that he does have competition but in foreign markets. To him success for him meant success for the US This means the more money he makes ...
- 702: Alcatraz Island (The Prison)
- ... the guards were in total control. Coming back from work inmates were checked eleven times and had to get through three metal detectors. Then in their cells they were counted up to thirty times a day (Stuller 87). Well-behaved inmates could spend their Saturday and Sunday afternoons watching a movie or in the recreation yard. In the yard they could lounge about, lift weights, play in a softball game, or sit down to a game of chess, dominoes, or bridge. A typical day went like this: At 6:30 AM you wake up to a loud clang of the prison alarm bell. You crawl out of bed just as a guard walks by your cell taking the first count of the day. Then you have twenty minutes to brush your teeth, get dressed, and make your bed. You lounge around and wait for your fifteen-man group to get called to breakfast. You spend twenty minutes ...
- 703: J.D. Salinger's Personal Life
- J.D. Salinger's Personal Life Lots of people have asked me for "the goodies" on JDS' personal life. Frankly, I don't understand why. Because so many have asked, and keep asking, I thought I'd put down my reasons. Remember, though, that this isn't a monarchy. It's not even a democracy. It's just my opinion. Please feel free to disagree. My main reason to respect Salinger's ... that the reason he hasn't published since 1965 is that his "projects" simply aren't done. Sure all the invasions of privacy haven't helped, and the fact that if he did publish he'd be swamped with publicity, but that wouldn't have to stop him. He could have published under a different name, something which (though others think he has) I sincerely doubt. In the Salinger v. ...
- 704: The Writings of Cicero
- ... sense; in a context of well being. In Aristotle the meaning of well being is implied because the state reflects the well being of the people. The constitution of states become the teachings on a day to day basis. The people become a mirror of the states well being. Cicero held the meaning of constitution to be in the form of a legal document. A good constitution for Cicero was something establish by ... had an underlying logic. For example Aristotle holds that within a tyranny, certain forces and behaviors take place. If a tyranny exists, all the people become carbon copies of their ruler. The teachings on a day to day bases promote the values imposed by the ruler. In a sense, the populace become "mini-tyrants" within the society. This is due to the morals being promoted: lies, cheating, hypocrisy, obsequiousness, etc. ...
- 705: Review Of Three Movies: Trainspotting, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Jurassic Park
- Review Of Three Movies: Trainspotting, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Jurassic Park Trainspotting Trainspotting is a drop-dead look at a dead-end lifestyle. Set among the junkies and thugs of Edinburgh's slums and made by (director Danny Boyle, writer John Hodge ... a decent culture to be colonized by." Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremmer, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller Credits: Directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge, from the novel by Irvine Welsh. Ferris Bueller's Day Off One of the all-time greatest comedies, this movie tells the tale of a smart Chicago teenager (Matthew Broderick), who ditches school with his girlfriend (Mia Sara) and his neurotic best friend (Alan Ruck), so they can spend a day in the windy city. It also turns out that Broderick wants to build his buddy Ruck's self-esteem, a task that turns out to be a more difficult than he imagined. As if ...
- 706: Kent State University: May 4th 1970, Monday Bloody Monday
- ... many of the time did (Cusella). He was in the ROTC and because of the overbearing power hungry government decided to drop out (Eszterhas, 233-257). Allison Krause, one of the two women killed that day, was said to never have thrown any rocks. At the moment of the shooting she was too far from the guards and her back was turned to them. Later though they claim rocks had been ... believe, the coroner or the guards? Her epitaph said, "Flowers are better then bullets" (Eszterhas, 189-211). This is what she said to a guard with a flower in the end of his gun the day that she died. The Soviet poet, Yevgeny Yevtushenko memorialized the line of Allison Krause with a poem: Don’t give flowers to the state , where truth is punished Such a state’s gift in return ... in their ,adults, eyes and really had to be. Their voices they had just been given were not being heard. It is said a guard asked how long they thought they would be there that day and another responded not all day. They wanted to get out of the situation as quickly as possible. I guess they accomplished this. There are four lives lost and eleven injuries to prove this. ...
- 707: Catcher In the Rye: Point of View, Locations, and Characterization
- ... could then arise: is a person really unstable or has society made them that way? An instance of a person who has been driven to instability due to a faulted society is seen in J.D Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. The main character, Holden Caulfield, developed an external conflict of himself versus society. Incorporating first person point of view, specific locations, and means of characterization into the story developed ... Holden’s views were the focus of the story, and without the use of first person Holden’s external conflict would not have been fully expressed. To add to Holden’s views about society, J.D. Salinger used different scenarios. Broadway was one instance used to show Holden’s disgruntled attitude toward society. Broadway consisted of many actors and actresses striving to make the most of their career. They act, sing ... show business. He felt shows created an unreal pretense of existence, which contributed to the minds of ‘phony’ people. Broadway and other forms of entertainment showed Holden’s negative values. On the brighter side, J.D. Salinger included places that Holden enjoyed visiting, such as the Natural Museum of History. Holden was overjoyed every time he visited this museum. He loved how everything always remained the same; the objects behind ...
- 708: The Reign of Terror
- ... men that were given the task of defending more then thirty-thousand pounds of powder. In the event of a siege, the Bastille would not be able to hold out long, only containing a two day food supply, and no internal water. The morning of July 14th, a large crowd of over eight hundred people set before the Bastille, calling for it's surrender. Delegates were sent in to speak with ... crowd grew less patient, until finally a carriage-maker cut the lines of the drawbridge, allowing them access to the inner courtyard. As shots were fired on both side, the siege became imminent. For a day, desperate attempts on both sides finally ending in the surrender of the guards. The guards were then rounded up, decapitated, and their heads were paraded on pikes like the wax busts of French heroes. De ... a hill side. The statement found it's truth in France's use of the citizen as a soldier, and the mobilization of such a massive force. A new force met at Paris, the next day. On September 21st, 1792, the National Convention met. It looked like it's predecessors, composed of mostly the middle class with a few clergy and nobility, endorsing the Girondin. However, the more conservative Girondin ...
- 709: The Titanic
- ... and gigantic beds in the bedroom. the most expensive suite had five rooms and a private bathroom, this truly was a luxury liner. Most upper class people had dinner at a huge restaurant on deck D (Titanic, p.2). It was 92 ft. wide and 114 ft. long. (Titanic, p.2) . The restaurant sat about 500 people (Titanic, p.2). There were a few other places to have dinner on the boat, even a real French restuarant called, "Cafe Parisien" (Titanic, p.2). During the day many rich people went to the Lounge at the Promenade deck, the walls were similar to the ones at Versailles Castle near Paris, it was truly magnificent. Next to this was the Georgian reading and ... his last ship before he retired, but he never got the chance because like a good Capitan should, he went down with the ship. The ship set sail and traviled 386 miles on the first day, then 519 miles on the second day (Titanic, p.4). the ship was on the way to New York from Great Britian and everyone was eager to get there. So again the Captian increased ...
- 710: Back In My Day
- Back in My Day Back in my day, people just didn t do stuff like that. In addition to hearing about how bread used to cost a nickel, that quote is what you hear it from the elders of most generations when talking ... the early times of Homer s Iliad and Odyssey, to Virgil s Aeneid, and then on to Christian lore. So the next time that your grandfather tells you the same old cliché Back in my day, things like that just did not happen, you can tell him that, in fact, they did, but bread doesn t cost a nickel either.
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