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- 9021: Stephen Vicent Benet: An American Poet
- ... Devil and Daniel Webster ” (1937), a humorous treatment of a theme from folklore, was the basis for an opera, a play, and a motion picture (Fenton). In 1943 Paul Engle stated: “Stephen Vincent Benét’s death was a particular loss because he added to the variety of American poetry” (75). Benét had a deep regard for the United States. He believed in this country and how remarkably it permitted human freedom ...
- 9022: Adolf Hitler
- ... opposition to the universal poisoner of all peoples, international Jewry." The only people which would be spared where the Scandinavians to the north, since they were closely related to the German race. With Hitler’s death the Nazi party quickly fated. But there is still a lot of tension in todays Germany
- 9023: Marquise de Pompadour
- ... and gardens, notably the Petit Trianon. The king raised Jeanne-Antoinette to the title of Marquise de Pompadour and installed her in lavish apartments in Versailles as his "official" mistress. She remained there until her death in 1764, although she had long since ceased performing sexual favors for the king. Marquise de Pompadour played an important part in the politics of Louis's reign. She kept her influence long after the ...
- 9024: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... colors were still dark. The Potato Eaters is ordinarily called Van Gogh's first "masterpiece". There are no references to religion in Vincent's remarks about The Potato Eaters. Eight months after his father's death Vincent left Holland, never to return. The benefit of his three-month visit in Antwerp was an increased exposure to color, or, more accurately, increased thought about it. Van Gogh was soon to be the ...
- 9025: King of Babylonia: Hammurabi
- ... 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 ...
- 9026: Cyrano de Bergerac and Mother Teresa: Heros?
- ... speed things up a bit, Roxane and Christian get married and soon preceding the wedding poor old’ Christian dies. Roxane weeps and weeps and weeps, while Cyrano stands by and has to watch. After the death of what seemed to be her incredible husband Roxane becomes a nun. And who’s right there by her side every Saturday at the stroke of the clock? Yep, you got it, Cyrano. Okay, speeding ...
- 9027: Johannes Brahms
- ... simple middle classed citizen, and enjoyed fairly good health until the last years of his life. He died from cancer of the liver. The appreciation of Brahms in the music world grew much after his death. In 1906, Berlin founded the Deutsche Brahmsgesellschaft, with the aim of publishing books about Brahms. Many Brahms societies were also formed in other German and Austrian cities. In the United States, the music of Brahms ...
- 9028: Adolf Hitler
- ... opposition to the universal poisoner of all peoples, international Jewry." The only people which would be spared where the Scandinavians to the north, since they were closely related to the German race. With Hitler's death the Nazi party quickly fated. But there is still a lot of tension in today’s Germany.
- 9029: Adolf Hitler: Pure Evil in the Flesh
- ... the barbed wire or behind the stockade fence, living skeletons lay on stacked sleeping platforms in their barracks, too weak at 50 or 60 pounds to rise and celebrate their liberation , or too close to death to realize there was cause for celebration." Hitler did this. Hitler turned away from what is good and lived a vile life. Just as dark is the absence of light, Hitler was the absence of ...
- 9030: The Writings of Ernest Hemingway
- ... he states, "After a while (he) went out and left the hospital and walked back to the hotel in the rain." He did not mourn or feel like his own life had ended with her death, rather he was able to continue on with his newfound inner strength and face his world alone. I believe this novel succeeds in getting Hemingway's message across. Frederick's realization causes the reader to ...
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