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- 7491: Running a Thousand Miles from Freedom: The Victimization of Women In Slavery
- ... so that they could use the alibi that the master (Ellen) was traveling to Philadelphia for medical reasons. They traveled through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland before they reached Philadelphia on Christmas day. At one point while traveling, Ellen was seated next to a friend of her owner, who knew her from childhood. To avoid him, she looked out of the window and played deaf (Craft 43). Even ...
- 7492: To The Lighthouse 2
- ... and welfare for his family. Even though Mr. Ramsay frequently scolds and denounces Mrs. Ramsay, he still seeks happiness and comfort for his wife. For example, after Mrs. Ramsay lies to James about the next day's weather, "He [Mr. Ramsay] stamped his foot on the stone step. 'Damn you,' he said." (31) Mr. Ramsay devastates his wife's emotions. Because of a little lie, the temperamental Mr. Ramsay hurts, if ...
- 7493: Albert Einstein
- ... for a world government. His fame, at this point, was legendary. People from all over would write to him for advice, and he would often answer them. He also continued his scientific research until the day he died. This was on April 18, 1955. There is no doubt that he was dissatisfied that he never was able to find the true meaning of existence that he strove for all his life ...
- 7494: A Reflection On Herman Melville's Accomplishments
- ... of his voyage directly correspond with those in his novel, Typee. Melville set up residence in the Taipi-Vai valley, which he called Typee. He and a friend, named Toby Green, struck out on one day's leave to the interior of the island. Melville got sick and had to live with a tribe of savages that he found for a month or so. All this time, Toby had gone to ...
- 7495: The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Leo Tolstoy - Rebirth by Death
- ... subject of his close attention. The main personage of the story "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is ordinary official who conduct his life according to a strict social code, never deviating from what was rule d by society, by his pleasure, by materialistic motives, but never by conscience. His contact with his wife and children was limited and shallow because he didn't find pleasure in this. His life satisfied him ...
- 7496: Dinner With Bill Gates
- ... irritated at the silence in the air, because he threw his head up and asked us to pretend he was dead and say nice things about him. This was just plain revolting, not something I'd expect to see at a dinner party with Bill Gates, owner of Microsoft. It was at this time my two companions and I snuck out of the dining hall and found our way to the ...
- 7497: The Stranger - Immersed in Sensuality: A Contemptible Trait
- ... that he is contemptible for letting the sun as opposed to his emotions control his actions at his mothers funeral: To another question he replied that he had been surprised by my calm the day of the funeral. He asked what he meant by calm. The director then looked down at the tips of his shoes and said that I hadnt wanted to see Maman, that I hadnt ...
- 7498: Francis Bacon's New Atlantis
- ... the sailors are 'confined' to their resting place and are attended to according to their needs. The sailors reply, "God surely is manifested in this land" (Bacon, 424). Upon talking to the governor the next day, he exclaims "Ye knit my heart to you by asking this question, [the hope that they might meet heaven], in the first place, for it showeth that you first seek the kingdom of heaven" (Bacon ...
- 7499: Steve Jobs
- ... the cautious underwriting firm of Hambrecht & Quist in cooperation with Wall Street's prestigious Morgan Stanley, Inc., took Apple public in 1980. The underwriters price of $22 per share went up to $29 the first day of trading, bringing the market value of Apple to $1.2 billion. In 1982 Apple had sales of $583,000,000 up 74 percent from 1981. Its net earnings were $1.06 a share, up ...
- 7500: The Characteristics Of Mrs.dic
- ... a woman a beautiful. Especially when Mrs.Dickinson is a typical model of beauty. She is well fashioned in what she wears, she has real good dressings. "She was a gallant-looking woman, wearing to-day in London a coat and skirt, a silver fox, white gloves and a dark-blue toque put on exactly right".(P110) As a model of beauty, she is also very attractive on herself. "She was ...
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