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- 9651: Laura Secord
- ... and stay at the Secord homestead. The Niagara Peninsula became a hostile territory. Lieutenant James FitzGibbon's special force of fifty men and one hundred and fifty Indians were stationed at Fort George, the present-day Niagara-On-The-Lake. Gyrenius Chapin, Captain of some of the men on stay at the Secord's house gave permission to lead a surprise attack on FitzGibbon. One officer paid no notice to Laura ...
- 9652: Population Control in China
- ... the people said, "the mean people." She worked for that office until 1985. And she helped a lot of people make choices when they were faced with having a second baby. I remember that one day we were talking about that. She said if people have knowledge, they should understand that (population control) is not only very important for the country or the world, it is also very important for themselves ...
- 9653: Lee De Forest
- ... enrolled at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, one of the few institutions in the United States then offering a first-class scientific education. (Kraeuter, 74). De Forest went on to earn the Ph.D. in physics in 1899, with the help of scholarships, and money his parents made by working odd jobs. By this time he had become interested in electricity, particularly the study of electromagnetic wave propagation, then ...
- 9654: Ideals of Law and Justice In Different Civilizations
- ... men, who are the exact people the laws were created and governed by. Mesopotamian laws were written, and implied or not, had a reference to which inquires could be directed to. The women of the day stood steadfast in the face of adversity and found ways to succeed with the laws as given. Roman women did not have such luxuries being governed by a law system with such stipulance. Instead their ...
- 9655: NAFTA And Its Effects
- ... have suffered a 39% drop in their purchasing power (Wall Street Journal, 3/8/99). Since 1997, the number of Mexicans living in extreme poverty, which is defined as workers earning less than $2 a day; has grown by four million. Twice the growth of the population (Wall Street Journal, 3/8/99). Workers in Tijuana maquiladoras (assembly plants) are paid about 50 cents an hour, less than before NAFTA was ...
- 9656: Bram Stoker's Dracula: Anti-Christianity
- ... the nigh Mina and Van Helsing are staying the night outside of Castle Dracula. As they appear Van Helsing matches them to Jonathans description of them, noticing their face, lips, and hair. The next day when Van Helsing goes into the castle he is reluctant to carry out his plans of getting rid of the vampire ladies. He is restrained from his terrifying task by the beauty of the women ...
- 9657: Anselm's Philosophy
- ... be totally perfect. Existence is perfection. "It is one thing for something to exist in a persons thought and quite another for the person to think that thing to exist." (Anselm Chapter 2) A modern day example of Anselm's theory is that if I can really imagine a perfect girl for me. This girl would actually exist somewhere in the world. A girl with all of the best qualities that ...
- 9658: Military Pay
- ... is not enough to solve the militaries' moral and retention problem. The military is not being competitive enough to retain its educated and senior personnel. I am a Federal employee, I work with soldiers every day and agree, they are under more pressure today than in the past due to the draw down. If you compare an enlisted members pay to that of a average high school graduate (or officer to ...
- 9659: History of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- ... variety of uses, the BLM also maintains custody of nearly nine million pages of historic land documents. These documents include copies of homestead and sales patents, survey plats and survey field notes. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM has about 9,000 employees, most of whom work in field offices throughout the 12 Western States. Mission Statement The Bureau of Land Management administers public lands within a framework of numerous ...
- 9660: Leonard Bernstein
- ... Bernstein debuted at Carnegie Hall as the director of the New York Philharmonic. It was a music history event to be remembered. He was only twenty-five years old and had been given only one-day notice that he was going to perform. It made headlines, including the front page of the New York Times. After his enormous debut, his Young Peoples Concerts became one of his greatest achievements. His ...
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