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- 1401: J.D.Salinger
- ... day literature critic. Throughout his career he has turned the heads of many people and has been an inspirational writer for the generations with such books as "The Catcher in the Rye" and "The Glass House," J.D.Salinger was born on the first of January 1919, in New York City, to Sol and Mirian Jilich Salinger. Salinger had one sister, Doris, that was eight years older than him. He attended ... J.D.Salingers Holden Caulfield as the dissaflicted adolescent who's lost weekend in New York is chronicled in The Catcher and the Rye."(Galloway, David p. 445) Another of his greatest works includes "The House of Glass". Salinger's writing style enables him to write with such emotions that a family being so perfect could have a corruptional feeling to it."Salingers extraordinary stories... are dominated by the idea of ... Lion and the Unicorn" 1978 Galloway, David "The Love Ethic" University of Texas Press 1970 Hicks, Granille "J.d.Salinger: Search for Wisdom" The Saturday Review. July 25, 1959 Hyman, Stanley Edgar "J.D.Salingers house of Glass" Horizon Press 1966 Ihab, Hanssan Princeton University Press; Princeton Paperback 1961 Kazin, Alfred "Bright Book of Life" Little, Brown and Co. 1973 Kazin, Alfred "J.D.Salinger; Everybody's Favorite" Contemporaries, 1958 ...
- 1402: Grapes Of Wrath - California
- ... They, like many other families, moved to California. "The land of milk and honey". The people in the dust bowl imagined California as a haven of jobs where they would have a nice little white house and as much fruit as they could eat. This dream was far from the reality the migrant farmers faced once in California. The dreams, hopes, and expectations the Joads had of California were crushed by the reality of the actual situation in this land of hate and prejudice. The Joads dream of owning a nice white house and being overwhelmed with fruit was quickly put to end after their first night in California. Ma says, "But I like to think how nice it's gonna be, maybe, in California. Never cold. An ... back of their heads that California would be everything they hoped it would be. Even in their worst times in California they would still look forward to earning enough money and getting a little white house to live in. Their lives really were destroyed when the dust bowl hit but no one can except those facts so they must tell themselves it will be all right. We will go to ...
- 1403: Information Management
- ... or Workshop. The firm is completely networked using a mixture of Microsoft™ and Novell™ technologies. Individual internet access and email is available to all employees. All hardware and software configuration work is carried out in-house. Because the firm has grown in the manner that it has, many of the systems and functions in use have grown from a bottom up fashion, as opposed to a more strategic top level approach ... All the data held within the system maintains it validity and integrity because it is the main transactional system within the firm. Customer database The database is currently accessed using a Bespoke application built in house called COSMOS, using access database tables as its base. The program requires user authentication, however all user names and passwords are stored in an access database table which can be opened directly from the network ... and the new policies that have been introduced are. Only then will the firm begin to see benefits. The costs incurred in this project are minimal, simply because all work can be carried out in house and all products purchased at almost cost, although formal training is certainly recommended – something which will need to be outsourced. The new intranet should help to increase the distribution of information and the consistent ...
- 1404: Suicide in Las Vega
- ... Lil, the show's three-hundred-fifty-pound comedy drag, agrees with Kerr. "I got lots of stories on the devil in Las Vegas. I helped a friend once who lost everything in a casino. House, bank account, car, the works. He was high as a kite on the Flamingo Overpass, ready to jump. I got him down." I drive to the Flamingo Overpass. The lights of Las Vegas are a ... Jackie lights a cigarette and puts on her sunglasses. "We had been here on a trip and thought it was paradise. So first my mom and sister moved to Las Vegas, then I sold the house in Pittsburg and moved the boys and myself out here. David was in Germany, teaching. We got an apartment at Desert Shores. The boys couldn't wait for their dad to come back. You know ... three months. Jackie remembers wearing a red dress and red shoes to work. She came home from work to be met by her mother, who was running late. The boys were at a neighbor's house. On the front door was a letter addressed to Jackie's mother. It was in David's handwriting. The first sentence read, "Dear Jean, please don't be angry with me but I have ...
- 1405: Shilo
- ... pounds. The dress is divided in the middle with a white belt and gold buckle. This is the kind of belt and buckle Drill Sergeant Mabel would wear during her inspection of Norma Jean’s house: "she inspects the closets and then the plants, informing Norma Jean when a plant is droopy or yellow. She also notices if Norma Jean’s laundry is piling up" (666). Everything must be in its ... Norma Jean’s personality and character traits during the past fifteen years. She has dominated, controlled, and criticized every aspect of her life from the way she manages her home life, takes care of her house, and even the manner in which she conducts her outside activities. Norma Jean must escape her house of detention. She must take action, whereas she will have the final performance: "Norma Jean has reached the bluff, and she is looking out over the Tennessee River. Now she turns toward Leroy and ...
- 1406: Albert Einstein
- ... which he returned to his original curiosity, religion. While Einstein was visiting America in 1933 the Nazi party came to power in Germany. Again he was subject to anti-Semitic attacks, but this time his house was broken into, and he was publicly considered an enemy of the nation. It was obvious that he could not return to Germany, and for the second time he renounced his German citizenship. During these ... An Impact Biography, 1920. Dukas, Helen and Banesh Hoffman, eds., Albert Einstein: The Human Side, Princeton: University Press, 1979. Einstein, Albert, Carl Seelig, ed., Ideas and Opinions, New York: Bonanza Books, 1954. "Einstein, Albert." Random House Encyclopedia, Random House Press, 1990 edition. Hunter, Nigel, Einstein, New York: Bookwright Press, 1987. Nourse, Dr. Alan E., Universe, Earth, and Atom: The Story of Physics, New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.
- 1407: Asian American Literature
- ... perceived by her as a negative expression of his feeling. Lee illustrates the cultural aspect which bonds the Koreans together. Henry recollects how he felt welcomed as a son at his Korean friend Albert's house. He feels a bond that connects him with Albert's family as "a familiarity arose that should have been impossible but wasn't and made [him] feel a little sick inside. It wasn't that Albert and [he] were similar; [they] weren't, their parents weren't. It was something else"(97). The cultural aspects make Henry feel at home in Albert's house. It is "something else" than being similar, it fails to be described in the language of American culture. In the same way, Henry's feeling toward John Kwang cannot be said in English. Henry wishes ... the ggeh list to Dennis who makes it into a charge against all immigrants. The mainstream shouts "America for Americans" reflecting the immigrants as parasites. The metaphor of the mob in front of Kwang's house that beats up Kwang and Henry indicates both characters being harmed by the act of betrayal. As Henry looks up at Kwang's face, he sees himself in the pained expression of the older ...
- 1408: Dinner With Bill Gates
- ... employees of Microsoft, the narrator, Encolpius, and his co-workers Giton and Ascyltus, have been invited to the illustrious mansion of billionaire Bill Gates, for a banquet.] It was slightly drizzling as we approached the house. We were simply amazed at it's size, it was a good quarter mile in length and equally long in width. As we approached the enormous wooden door, lights flicked on and a computer generated ... and a sports coat, watching the game with furious intensity. I turned to the servant, our guide, I suppose, and asked him who this man was. "Oh that's Master Gates, the proprietor of this house. You'll be dining with him shortly." The servant led us through this room, past the pool and into a narrow corridor. This hallway was adorned with pictures of Bill Gates, in various characters and ... was at this time my two companions and I snuck out of the dining hall and found our way to the front door. We grabbed our jackets and, taking one last look at the enormous house of this not so ideal roll model, left, exhausted and disgusted.
- 1409: Impeachment Proceedings On Clinton
- ... Linda Tripp taped some of Monica Lewinsky’s phone messages. Paula Jones filed a sexual harassment report against Clinton. It all started about fourteen months ago when Monica Lewinsky, a young intern in the White House, said she had an affair with President Clinton. On January 26, Clinton told the world that he did not have a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Soon after that the whole United States of America ... was talking about this. On August 17, Clinton said, “I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky that was not appropriate.” This started an uproar. On September 11, Kenneth Starr released his report to the House of Representatives. Kenneth Starr was special prosecutor first appointed to investigate White Water, a real estate deal involving Clinton. People were saying that Kenneth Starr was going to far and others were saying he wasn’t going far enough. Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States, refused comments about possible wrongdoing of Kenneth Starr. Reno said no one would impede Starr’s work. On October 8 the House voted for an inquiry. On December 19 Clinton was impeached under two articles: perjury and obstruction of justice. The perjury charge was based on lying about the nature of his relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. ...
- 1410: The Legend of Baby Doe
- ... a sexual plaything rather than his wife-to-be. She started to listen to him, agree with him, and suttley show him the faults in Augusta. When Tabor decided to build a million dollar Opera house, Baby Doe supported him and Augusta ridiculed him. After the success of the Tabor Grand Opera House, Horace asked Agusta to agree to get a divorce. Instead, she got lawyers and tried to get him to give her half of everything he owned. Baby was anxious to be married and Horace wanted ... had not yet been married in a Catholic ceremony. Agusta found out about the illegal divorce and, not wanting to hurt her husband socially, agreed to divorce him if he let her keep the town house she was at that time living in and $250,000. Horace Tabor agreed. During the senatorial election, Tabor did his best to buy votes and keep his hopes up, but the scandal of his ...
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