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- 7701: John Gotti: The Man Behind the Mob
- ... he soon became invincible(Davis 284-314). The people now saw Gotti not as a mobster, but as a hero. He would give large sums of money to the churches charities. He was a modern day Robin Hood, or so they thought. On the fourth of July, which was Gotti's favorite holiday, banners were flown throughout NewYork saying "We Love Gotti". This made the FBI even madder. They couldn't ...
- 7702: Year 10 Asian History Origami
- ... AD, the time when it is believed that paper was first invented in China, people have been folding paper into various shapes. The Chinese developed some simple forms, some of which survive down to this day. When the secret of paper was carried to Japan in the sixth century AD by Buddhist monks, it was quickly integrated into their culture. Paper was used in architecture and in the many rituals of ...
- 7703: Yugoslavia 2
- ... the September 1992 Sgt. James Davis' armoured personel carrier struck a TMA-3 anti-tank mine, although his comrades had thought them dead, they both survived the ordeal with little or no injury. The next day a Combat Engineer by the name of Sgt. Mike Ralph was killed on the same road while clearing the road for mines by another anti-tank mine, laid by one of the opposing factions to ...
- 7704: Herbert George Wells
- ... Richard Hauer. H. G. Wells. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1967. Ferrell, Keith. "The Challenges of Scinece Fiction." Omni Publications International Ltd. MAS FullTEXT ELITE . [Computer program]. Foot, Michael. The History of Mr. Wells. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1995. "H. G. Wells." Masterplots II: Cyclopedia of World Inc. (1992). [Computer program]. H. G. Wells: A Collection of Critical Essays (Bernard Bergonzi, Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1976. Martin, Christopher. H ...
- 7705: David Guterson and His Use of the Theme of Nature
- ... snow quietly blankets the island- much like the silent prejudice that shrouds its ‘five thousand damp souls'”(Pate 106). From the very start of the trial Guterson unveils the presence of racism. On the first day of the trial the racism had already greatly influenced the likely outcome of the trial. “Snow fell that morning outside the courthouse windows... wind from the sea lofted snowflakes against the windowpanes.”(Snow Falling 4 ...
- 7706: Dante Alighieri: A Poetic Descent into Metaphorical Hell
- ... his own. He seemed to be influenced greatly by Brunetto Latini, who has a large part in The Divine Comedy. His early writings attracted the attention of Guido Cavalcanti, a popular Italian poet of the day, as Dante's skill became more defined the two became friends. It is also thought that Dante studied at the university in Bologna around the year 1285. He became involved in some political altercations, he ...
- 7707: Biography of Ogden Nash
- ... free verse. Some were serious, but most of them were humorous. Other examples of his collections include: Good Intentions (1942), Versus (1949), Family Reunion (1950), Parents Keep Out (1951), The Moon Is Shining Bright as Day (1953), The Private Dining Room (1953), You Can't Get There from Here (1957), Everyone but Thee and Me (1962), Marriage Lines (1964), Cruise of the Aardvark (1967), There's Always Another Windmill (1968), and ...
- 7708: Bill Clinton and His Many Problems
- ... that the president, when he was governor in Arkansore, came to a hotel where she was a waitress or something like that. He should then have asked her to come to his room later that day. When she arrived he tried to force her to have sex with him. He should also have showed her his thing. She turned him down and he gave up and said that she should forget ...
- 7709: Chester Wilmot
- ... Allied alliance, through the book's course, and he uses the Normandy invasion to illustrate its full effectiveness. Also included are discussions on the concessions granted to Stalin by the Allies in general, and Franklin D. Roosevelt in particular. President Roosevelt believed that Stalin wanted security for his country with no territorial acquisitions in mind. In order to give the Soviet leader his second front in Europe, FDR also put the ...
- 7710: Eli Whitney
- ... two brothers- Benjamin and Josiah. In 1817 he married Henrietta Frances Edwards of Bridgeport, Connecticut. They had three daughters and one son. Eli Whitney died in 1824 of natural causes. There is a award this day which is for distinguished accomplishments in improving capability within the broad concept of orderly production. The person receiving this Award should be presently in a top management position, active personally in the development of ideas ...
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