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- 1091: Personal Writing: Christmas Memories
- ... The trees along the road seem to crawl by slower as Dad pushes his foot harder. Inch by inch, Second by second, we approach the long awaited destination. Finally when we arrive at Grandma's house our long journey is over. We each take a huge breath as we step out onto the crispy snow that snaps beneath our boots. The air is fresh and creates a shiver down my spine. I make my way to the frost coated back door, illuminated by the green and red Christmas lights. As I open the door and step into a house full of cheek pinches and hugs, an array of Christmas odur engulfs me, and makes my mouth water. As I yell "HELLO" I hear voices laughing, talking, and asking who's at the door? In the next second "Millions" of relatives are giving me there greetings and gladly inviting us into the house. As my family and I are quickly made comfortable, I look around..... Plates full of Christmas pastries, Christmas decorations, and Christmas music lightly penetrates the air as the family socializes with each other. The ...
- 1092: Sometimes a Shining Moment: Good Teachers/ Bad Teachers
- ... fall one of my friend was in trouble with the law. This really brought me down because my friend was in a high speed chase and he got away. He then came over to my house to hide from the police. Some how the police received a tip from another friend that he was at my house. The police came to my house and, I was forced to turn him in. After that I was extremely confused and afraid that I would lose a friend because I turned him in. The next day I told Mrs. Lenher ...
- 1093: Creative Writing: Dogs and Cats
- ... passage of time on the street while Scampi vented. Soon, Roy the Basset and his owner walked by. Mustard nodded hello. "Who's that?" Roy asked, looking in the tree. "Dunno. New in town." "Which house?" "No house." "Freeloader, hm? Give him one from me." Roy's owner shushed him. Poor guy. Owner was one of those uppity types who had to have everything perfect. Mustard rolled on his belly. They had better ... quite by chance, so there was no real way of planning an attack. That wasn't really Scampi's style anyway, so they started running. The cat took off for the hedges around that corner house, trying to lose them in the underbrush, but the two dogs knew the block like the backs of their paws. Scampi stayed at the opening while Mustard circled around and up the porch from ...
- 1094: The Electoral College System
- ... Then all of the votes are counted, and if a candidate gets more than half the votes, he become s the new president. If there is no majority then the election gets thrown into the House of Representatives. There each state is given one vote and they vote on the top three candidates. If a candidate gets a majority vote, then he becomes president. If not they continue voting until a majority is reached and the speaker of the house become a temporary president until a majority is reached (Glennon 45). The 1968 election race was extremely close. Richard Nixon barley received a majority of the electoral votes to win the presidency. Had Nixon failed ... to give Nixon a majority, or give Humphrey enough to prevent Nixon from getting a majority (Bailey & Shafritz p. 65). In the latter instance the issue would have, as in 1800, been sent to the House for rectification. In either instance Wallace would have had a great deal to gain, and the temptation to wheel and deal (at the compromise of democracy) would have been great indeed. It is possible ...
- 1095: John Brown
- ... a slave revolt which would lead to the abolishment of the institution of slavery. Within hours Brown and his followers had taken several hostages, and gained control of the armory, the arsenal, and the engine house. The following days consisted of skirmishes with the towns people and the arrival of the United States Marines. After a brief confrontation the Marines easily captured Brown and his few surviving followers. On October 27 ... was arms manufacturing. This, he reasoned would provide more than enough ammunition for the revolt to proceed successfully. Secondly the town had many government run buildings, such as an arsenal, armory, and a fire-engine house. The take-over of these key buildings ran flawlessly, with Brown s men easily over-powering the watchmen who guarded them. By dawn the alarm had spread. The townspeople reacted to the takeover will violence of their own. Their rifle fire kept the raiders pinned in the armory and the engine-house and blocked Brown s escape routes. On Tuesday, October 18, the US Marines arrived at Harper s Ferry. The well-trained and well-armed Marines easily broke into the engine-house and quickly overpowered ...
- 1096: Comparison of John F Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln's Lives
- ... Heidrich 1). Jaclyn and Mary Todd were eventually remarried to Greek shipping magnates after the assassinations of their husbands (“ Coincidence” 1). The Kennedys and the Lincolns each lost a son while living in the White House (Heidrich 1). The Lincoln’s lost son’s name was Willie Lincoln and he died in 1863 (Perry 1). The Kennedy’s lost son’s name was Patrick Kennedy and he died in 1963 (Perry ... father Joseph Kennedy was Ambassador to the Ct. of St. James in a Democratic Administration twenty four years later (Perry 1)” Kennedy was also rumored to have had many affairs while serving in the White House. B. Heidrich said, “Lincoln was in Monroe, Maryland just days before his death. Marilyn Monroe greatly admired Lincoln and had a photo of him prominently hanging in every home in which she lived. Kennedy was rumored to have had an affair with Marilyn Monroe (Heidrich).” Kennedy was also said to have had many other affairs while serving in the White House (Dandridge 1). Other women included Angie Dickinson; a stripper, Blaze Starr; and Judith Exner Campbell (Dandridge 1). There were many similarities that intervened in the lives of Lincoln and Kennedy, but there were also ...
- 1097: The American Constitution
- ... are more broad. Heads of any governmental agencies are not members of the cabinet. All federal legislative powers are vested in the Congress of the United States, which contain two chambers, a Senate and a House of Representatives [US Const. Art. I, sec 1,]. There are one hundred Senators, two from each of the fifty states. Senators serve six-year terms [US Const. Art. I, sec 3, cl. 1]. The House of Representatives has 435 members, the population of each state determines this number. Each state is granted minimum of one representative. Each representative serves a two-year term. The powers of Congress are specifically enumerated ... collect taxes, duties, and tariffs. Congress also has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among several states, and with Indian tribes. To pass a law, a bill must be passed by both the House and the Senate, and signed by the President. The President has the option of vetoing the legislation, but the Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds vote of both chambers. The Congress ...
- 1098: Under The Influence
- ... reminisced on how he could have avoided the trouble at the tavern. He also thought of how he left his family to defend for themselves while he was away. As he arrived closer to the house, he could see that the house, which he and Mona had built, had an unfinished side. As he entered the house, there was no sign of excitement in the air because Duncan had always been a man who had come and gone. When it came to missionaries, Duncan was very disdainful. Despite his brainwashing experiences ...
- 1099: Wright's "Native Son": Capitalist or Communism?
- ... the Thomas family in a small, run-down home . The book shows this right from the start . Bigger and his family had to sleep in the same room, and big rats were running around the house . This shows the Thomas family represented the lower class, a trademark of Capitalism . I could not even imagine living there, especially with that huge rat .The house must have been very dirty and disgusting by today's standards . The author wanted to show how some families live under these severe conditions. He made us see vividly how they lived with this quote ... not just want to show the con sides to Capitalism, he also wanted to prove the Capitalism has its good sides to it also. For instance, Richard Wright purposely placed the Daltons in a spectacular house and made them very rich and famous . Another trademark of Capitalism, the upper class. The author showed how some of the Capitalist folks lived . The upper class is very wealthy and basically gets what ...
- 1100: Hysteria 2
- ... not only her natural gifts and her intellectual precocity but also the predisposition to her illness.” (Freud, 13) Dora’s hysteria was strongly influenced if not derived specifically from family affairs. Her mother suffered from ‘house wife’s psychosis’, her fathers brother was a hypochondriac, her fathers sister was extremely neurotic. Dora had one brother who had a strange connection with her. In the words of Freud, “…her brother was as ... Dora was in love with Herr K. but repressed her love for him in her un-conscious. This reared its ugly head in dreams though, and posed quite a challenge for Freud to decipher. “A house was on fire. My father was standing beside my bed and woke me up. I dressed myself quickly. Mother wanted to stop and save her jewel-case; but Father said: ‘I refuse to let myself ... up.” (Freud, 56) This was under severe scrutiny by Freud. She stated that the dream was a recurring one which, Freud discovered later, happened first after they (Dora and her father,) went to a lake house, on the way up Dora’s father “…openly said he was afraid of fire.” (Freud, 57) The statement of Dora’s father standing over her bed waking her up actually happened. Accept that it ...
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