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- 7401: Charles V
- ... in stages, between 1555 through 1568, Charles V voluntarily gave up the throne. Charles retired to a comfortable villa built next to the Monastery of San Yuste in Spain. Up until the time of his death, September 21, 1558, Charles V still used his powerful influence and interfered in the political affairs of Europe. During his reign, Spain discovered and conquered vast overseas territories including Mexico and the western part of ...
- 7402: Character Analysis
- ... a bit. Mr. Tilney's questioning makes Catherine uncomfortable and makes her for the "first time in their acquaintance, wish to leave him" (186). When Mr. Tilney discovers Catherine's feelings about Mrs. Tilney's death, he is shocked, and he displays this in saying, "consider the dreadful nature of the suspicions you have entertained" (188) along with a large amount of scolding. Catherine leaves Mr. Tilney feeling very much ashamed ...
- 7403: Cary Grant
- ... his age beginning to show, his exit from the screen left the Grant image untarnished and alive. At the same time, his retirement seemed to signal a farewell to classic Hollywood glamour and sophistication. His death in 1986 was mourned by many and his movies are still considered to be classics. Let me leave you with a quote that Pauline Kael has written: "He embodies what seems a happier time a ...
- 7404: Buddhism 2
- ... he started his venture out of his home, Siddartha ran across four things he had never seen before. These four things were to be called the four signs. The four signs were; old age, sickness, death, and true serenity. These four men were really gods put there so Siddartha could learn what else lies beyond the pure luxury that he knows so well. Siddartha soon realized that the first three men ...
- 7405: Brief Shao Lin Monk History
- ... expert may choose to parry an attack, but if the attacker is both very skilled and determined to cause harm, a more definitive and concluding solution may be required, anything from a joint-lock to death. The more sophisticated and violent an assault, the more devastating the return of the attack to the attacker. Therefore, Buddhists are not hurting anyone, they are just refusing to allow delivery of intended harm. The ...
- 7406: Brief Look At The Code Of Hamm
- ... of the state (government) is similar. Currently, punishments are issued through the state's law enforcement system, comparable to the way punishment was determined and enforced in ancient Babylon. In the code, crimes punishable by death required a trial in front of a bench of judges. Included in these crimes were: bigamy, incest, kidnapping, adultery and theft. There were also laws similar to today. For example, a husband who wished to ...
- 7407: Breakup Of The Soviet Union An
- ... lower its guard (Corpus), believing it was a disguise just to distract foreign nations. Liberals believe it that it is a mandate for disarmament and cooperation between two extremely different value systems while under the death threat of nuclear war (Corpus). However, Gorbachev declares that it is a union of principals and socialism and not a response to a poor domestic economy or wholesale abandonment of basic communist tenets (Corpus). Furthermore ...
- 7408: Boz
- ... it was not until may of 1864 that the first installment was published. The last number was published in November 1865. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dickens final novel was left unfinished because of his death. Writing of the work began in October 1869 and the first piece was published in April 1870. The last words, which were written on June 8, 1870, were published in September. Like many people, the ...
- 7409: Boccaccio
- ... that men were the domineering force in the society and made all business decisions. One fourteenth century Parisian provost states that "no master's widow who keeps working at his craft after her husband's death may take on apprentices, for the men of the craft do not believe that a woman can master it well enough to teach a child to master it, for the craft is a very delicate ...
- 7410: Biography Of Stephen Hawking
- Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England. His parents' house was in north London, but during the second world war Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to ...
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