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- 4071: Louis Armstrong’s Influential Career
- ... for the King (Crouch 171). An experience that ranked as “one of the best times of my life,” he stated (Bergreen 107). Something interesting happened to Armstrong in 1933. In London’s Daily Express the death of the “trumpet player with lips of steel,” was reported (Boujut 36). Five days later Melody Maker issued a correction but the news had already spread around the globe. In April of 1934 Armstrong began ... format. He joined the All-Star’s, made up of Jack Teagarden, George Wettling, Big Sid Catlett, Dick Cary, Peanuts Hucko, Bob Hagart. That turned out to be the group he worked with until his death. In the heat of the Civil Rights Movement, Louis Armstrong was called an “Uncle Tom” by blacks, referring to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. African-Americans blamed Armstrong for not using his ...
- 4072: Canada At War
- Any war is a horrific event that may last years. Wars leave a legacy of death and destruction. They aren’t just for soldiers and battlefields but for new weapons that make destruction possible on our lands, beneath our seas, and in our air. They bring suffering and death to all families, races and nationalities. No matter where you live during the wars, they can effect you; seeing families destroyed, lives taken and children screaming in horror. In each World War Canada took apart ...
- 4073: Marie Curie
- ... Normale Supérieure for girls in Sévres (1900) and introduced there a method of teaching based on experimental demonstrations. In December 1904 she was appointed chief assistant in the laboratory directed by Pierre Curie. The sudden death of Pierre Curie (April 19, 1906) was a bitter blow to Maria Curie, but it was also a decisive turning point in her career: henceforth she was to devote all her energy to completing alone the scientific work that they had undertaken. On May 13, 1906, she was appointed to the professorship that had been left vacant on her husband's death; she was the first woman to teach in the Sorbonne. In 1908 she became titular professor, and in 1910 her fundamental treatise on radioactivity was published. In 1911 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for ...
- 4074: Canterbury Tales
- ... Thopas to leave the land where the Queen of Faery resides or he would be killed. After hearing this Sir Thopas answered that when he has his armor both of them would fight to the death. This scene is an example of how Chaucer “ Gives the Tale of Sir Thopas a hilarious send-up as opposed to other more serious tales that indirectly disparage English literature” (Payne 33). Sir Thopas returned ... his steed all night http://www.librarius.com/cantales.htm 3). At this point of the tale there is no conclusion. One reason for the lack of completion of this tale is most likely the death of Chaucer. One of the many prolific purposes of Chaucer’s prose is to help describe more vividly the varying aspects of medieval society. This specific tale describes the honor and valor to which the ...
- 4075: Emperor Hadrian of Rome
- Emperor Hadrian of Rome By the time Hadrian's contributions to his country had succeeded, and death was near; he was the most hated man in Rome. However, throughout his reign, he was regarded as a noble leader. "The Roman emperor Hadrian exercised a profound organizational influence on the Greco-Roman world ... guardian, made Hadrian his successor on his deathbed. "Certainly Hadrian's relationship with the Senate was not a good one(Coleman-Norton 674)." At the beginning of his reign, he put four former consuls to death for conspiracy. This created negative personal relations between Hadrian and the Senate; however, "Hadrian generally treated the Senate with the utmost respect(Coleman-Norton 674)." Throughout the years 120-133, he traveled eminsly. He visited ...
- 4076: Sins In The Scarlet Letter
- ... Hester's lover. Chillingworth was obsessed by hate and revenge so much that when Dimmesdale died ... the life seemed to have departed... (Pg.72) from him and he died within a year of Dimmesdale's death. Chillingworth never felt guilt or attempted repentance because he ... violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart. (Pg.133) He sought to destroy Dimmesdale's mind, and neither Hester nor Dimmesdale ever sought ... he no longer had a reason to live. He died within that same year as a result of this. Roger Chillingworth's sin was the greatest committed because it ruled his life even until his death. Keeping the comparisons between the sins of Hester Prynne, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth in mind, the reader can easily establish that Roger Chillingworth committed the greatest sin in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The ...
- 4077: Endangered Species 3
- ... Silver-Back Gorilla or the Black-footed Ferret almost face extinction. Here is a list of endangered animals:Bottle Dolphin, Peacock, Wolf, Emperor Penguin, Koala, Reticulated Giraffe, Snowy Owl, and unfortunately hunderds of more. The death of these animals each year are all different and sometimes so simple. There are two different kinds of causes that drastically cut Down the number of these endangered species: Direct Causes Direct Causes is when ... the creatures die after ingesting trash dumed into the ocean. Leatherbacks often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish, their favorite meal. The bagss may suffocate the turtles or block their stomachs causing them to starve to death. Unfortunately the green turtle is also an endagered sea turtle. It grows up to 4 feet in length commonly weights 250 to 300 pounds; but can weigh up to 600 pounds. The green turtle doesn ...
- 4078: Bob Marley
- ... a real Rastafari after all. His birthplace became a place of pilgrimage in the years after. The nation’s third highest honor, Jamaica’s Order of Merit, was awarded to Bob one month before his death in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the country’s culture. In Montego Bay, Jamaica, a Bob Marley Performance Center has been set up. For a couple of years the Sunsplash Festival has been held ... unreleased songs, reshaped songs and songs that had only been released in Jamaica. The song Buffalo Soldier became a hit. In 1984 Legend was released. This album became a worldwide bestseller. After Bob Marley’s death a special concert took place in Kingston to commemorate Bob Marley. Several artists performed including Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers and the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra to raise money to establish a Bob Marley Entertainment Complex ...
- 4079: Stanley And Livingstone And Th
- ... Britain he wasn’t congratulated and instead was insulted and accused of being a fraud. Stanley eventually went back to Africa in hope of finishing what Dr. Livingstone had tried to do up until his death, which was find the source of the Nile River. He tried to find it and even followed the river Livingstone believed to be the source of the Nile. He was able to explore Lake Victoria ... Territory." (22 October 1999). (28 November 1999). This website provides a step by step look into the meeting of Stanley and Livingstone. It also briefly tells about some of Stanley's discoveries after Livingstone's death. Cohen, Daniel. Henry Stanley and the Quest for the Source of the Nile. New York: M. Evans and Company, 1995. Included in this book is a detailed description about Henry Stanley's search for the ...
- 4080: Endangered Species 2
- ... and technology between Chinese and western scientists. Some problems are, however, still experienced with animal husbandry, particularly the care and welfare of infants. Disease and rejection by the mother have been the main cause of death among cubs. Investigation of these, and other aspects of panda reproduction, now form an active part of the ongoing research programme. THREATS The main threats to the Giant Panda are habitat destruction and poaching. Young ... 000 on the black market.3 Panda meat is unpalatable and hence little subsistence hunting occurs. Many hunters set snares for deer and other animals, especially Musk Deer, and at least one incidental Giant Panda death has been documented.6 Although illegal, such snaring occurs inside as well as outside the reserve system. Available Giant Panda habitat has been severely reduced by logging and forest clearance for agricultural settlement. In the ...
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