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- 1311: 12 Angry Men: Boy Is Innocent
- ... in your hands now, make the right decision. Find him innocent. First off, the knife that was purchased the night of the murder. After fighting with his dad, he wanted to get away from his house. He lives in the slum, a very dangerous place. Feeling he needed defense, he went to the shop and bought this knife. He is very knowledgeable of knives, and here is something to think about ... the old man claiming to hear the boy yell? How could this be possible? The old man does not have that good of hearing. Also, at that same time, the train was going by his house. This train is very loud. How could an old man with poor hearing hear this? . This old man is not a believable witness to the murder of this man. You can't believe what he said. The train was just too loud for him to possibly hear the yells of the boy. After leaving his house, the boy went to see a movie to get away from all of this. He was under total stress. I am sure he did not care to look at the title of the movie. ...
- 1312: The Life Of Stalin
- ... public worship of himself on a scale rarely matched in any country in the 20th Century. In his personal life, he withdrew almost completely, living either in his Kremlin apartment or in his new country house at Kuntsovo, constantly surrounded by officers and bodyguards until his death. Frantic to catch up with the West in 1928, Stalin and his men launched a set of policies known as the "five-year plans ... of four children to survive infancy. Stalin's father was named Vissarion Dzhugashvili; he was an unsuccessful cobbler. Who drank heavily and beat the boy savagely. Stalin's mother, Yekaterina Geladze Dzhugashvili, worked as a house servant for various upper-class Georgian families. Stalin was rather sickly as a child; he was badly scarred by smallpox, and septicemia crippled his left arm. Stalin reportedly had an exceptional singing voice and sung ... abusive argument with Lenin's wife Krupskaya. On December 22, 1922, Stalin found out from one of his sources that Lenin had written a personal letter to Trotsky. Lenin had been previously placed under virtual house arrest by Stalin and his cadre, in order to "protect him" from assassination attempts and allow him to recover in a relatively stress-free environment. Stalin, in a fit of rage, called Krupskaya on ...
- 1313: Stowaways
- ... in which he seeks asylum, expulsion or compulsory return to any State where he may be subjected to persecution ("Note on Stowaway")." Further, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) required, until recently, that the shipowner house, feed, and guard the potential immigrant for the entire duration of the hearing, which could last for months. The total cost to the shipowner in this situation could reach $400,000 per person, a figure ... s claim, but they were at least partially vindicated on appeal. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit agreed with Dia on the count that the INS's policy requiring shipowners to house stowaways for the duration of their hearings was unlawful, but they did not feel that Dia deserved compensation for their expenses. This case has been carefully watched by other shipping companies facing the problem of ... they are found. Shipowners should not have to bear brunt of keeping, guarding, and transporting stowaways, as this is obviously very costly. There have been, finally, some steps in the right direction. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the bill H.R. 2202, which relieves a lot of the costs to the shipowner plagued with unwanted guests. The bill will basically guarantee the removal of the stowaway for ...
- 1314: The Seminole
- ... from 100 to more than one thousand. The homes were most likely to be built around a square or town plaza. The central area of the square was left for ceremonial purposes. The chief's house, a meeting hall, storage building, and often the home of an important medicine man or religious leader surrounded the square. Around these buildings, the townspeople made their homes. (Garbarino 20) Early Seminoles used to build ... lived in different houses. Divorce was just a matter of separation. If a woman wanted a divorce, she would leave a bundle of his belongings outside and he left to go to his mother's house. (Garbarino 23) Spain claimed a new land that Juan Ponce de Leon had named Florida. Ponce De Leon named the land Florida because of the festival that was going on in Spain at that time ... ways entirely. The preservation of their customs has helped the Seminole maintain a strong sense of identity as a distinct and proud people."" (Garbarino 102) Works Cited Garbarino, Merwyn S. The Seminole. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989. Lepthien, Emilie U. The Seminole. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1985. "Seminole." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1993 ed. "Seminole." Microsoft Bookshelf. CD-ROM. 1994 ed. "Seminole Indians." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1992 ed. "Seminole Wars." Encyclopedia ...
- 1315: Architecture Set In Motion
- ... free form of the style is a predominate feature in modern organic architecture, and redevelops in the late nineteenth century through the style of Art Nouveau, which is used by Victor Horta, in the Tassel House. 2.Hoare et al.: Stourhead, Wiltshire, England, redesign begun 1750s The English garden is one of the greatest gifts that English designers have contributed to the world of architecture, and the gardens that surround the ... people had liberty, England had the best state of being, and men as in Lord Burlington who wanted to reform all the arts, succeed in bringing liberty to the English landscape as executed at Chiswick House(1724-29), and he inspired other designers as Hoare who at Stourhead, incorporated the romantic idea of the picturesque to form a garden as if nature herself had created it. However, with the inspiration of ... is the bases of 19th and 20th century American suburbs, including new ones being built around the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia today, while also emerging in 20th century architects as Wright, who in the Robbie House(1900s) combined inspirations from many different cultures past and present. 3. Pritchard and Darby: Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, England, 1770s Iron Bridge is the first use of ferrous metal to provide a crossing between two ...
- 1316: Obasan
- ... for she must decide between traditional Japanese ways or modern Canadian living. Obasan, lives on the basic requirements of life, while Emily lives in the large metropolis of Toronto, enjoying modern day luxuries. Obasan's house is cluttered with antique furniture and pictures; described by Naomi in the following paragraph: "The house is indeed old, as she is also old. Every home-made piece of furniture, each pot holder and paper doily is a link in her lifeline. She has preserved in shelves, in cupboards, under beds ... pencil, every corn-flakes box stuffed with paper bags and old letters is of her ordering. They rest in the corners like parts of her body, hairs cells, skin tissues, tiny specks of memory. This house is now her blood and bones." (15) Obasan lives her life very much on the motto of "let things be", for she ignores and attempts to block out the trials and tribulations of war. ...
- 1317: Critical Analysis Of The Jungl
- ... leaving only one option, one alternative, to being held captive by capitalism. Throughout the entire novel, life goes downhill for Jurgis Rudkis. At the beginning, he and his family are relatively happy. They buy a house and all get jobs. But as the story progresses, their situation constantly gets worse. First, the growing payments on the house cause Ona, Jurgis s lover, and her brother to have to get jobs. Jurgis s father is then killed because of the bad working conditions. Spraining his ankle at the plant, Jurgis is unable to ... has been seduced and he goes and beats up Connor, the man who seduced Ona. For this he is placed in jail. When he finally gets out, he finds that his family has lost the house and that Ona is dying in childbirth. After her death, he gets drunk and disappears for a while. When he returns, he is in and out of different jobs until eventually he is going ...
- 1318: After The Bomb
- ... Los Angeles area. When the bomb hits he is playing around in a playroom shelter with his brother and his girlfriend. They go out to find out what had happened and found burning houses, their house only left with one wall, rubble on the ground, debris all over the place, and people running frantically for shelter. Philip's brother became sick after finding his mother and bringing her back down to ... example was when the bomb had just struck and Philip's family was in the shelter which wasn't very safe and stable. He went up to the surface to check out his neighbor's house which was miraculously intact. Philip found the owner and his wife in good shape and arranged to bring his family over to the neighbor's cool basement for safety and refuge. A third example was when the hospital in his town was almost pout of water and Philip was asked by a nurse to find a worker that works with the town' s plumbing at his house and manage to get water to the hospital. He did so and after a while drained water from a resident's pool and had it flown down to the hospital. These are some examples ...
- 1319: The Life of My Grandfather
- ... compared to today's wages. My grandfather stood up my grandmother on their first date. He did not mean to of course, but it happened nevertheless. He had to go to the German man's house to borrow their car like he had done many times before. He needed to ride a trolley out to the edge of town, then walk about a mile and a half to get to the man's house. When he got there, the man said that they needed the car for the evening and that he could not borrow it. He walked back to town, rode the trolley back to the department store ... I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for the job at the factory", my grandfather expressed. Robert is now in good financial shape. He owns a trailer in Georgia, his house is in Ohio, and he owns a farm in Kentucky. He comes to Georgia for the winter, since it is so cold in Ohio that time of year. He also owns several other houses ...
- 1320: Abraham Lincoln
- ... of New Salem while operating a store and managing a mill. The next step for such an ambitious man was obvious--he entered politics, finishing eighth out of thirteen in a race for the Illinois House of Representatives in August of 1832. Abraham Lincoln was a strong supporter of Whig founder Henry Clay and his "American System." This system that arose from the National Rebublicans of 1824 was in opposition to ... for her so much that a spark wasreignited between the old lovers and they remarried. After receiving the Republican Party nomination for the 1858 Illinois senatorial race, Lincoln gave his historically famous, yet questionably radical "House Divided" speech Lincoln had lost this election against Douglas but he had strengthened the Republican Party and won national recognition in the process. As a result of holding his own with the "Little Giant" (referring ... He had the help of three others in his plot, with the intention of also assassinating Vice President Johnson, Secretary Seward, and General Grant. The wounded Lincoln was rushed across the street to the Petersen house where he was attended to for nine hours. After fighting for life like only he could, President Abraham Lincoln passed away at 7:22 a.m. on the morning of April 15, 1865. "Even ...
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