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- 1441: The Albanian Virgin
- ... all women: a young woman kidnapped by Albanian tribesmen in the 1920s in The Albanian Virgin, and a young born-again Christian whose unresolved feelings of love and anger cause her to vandalize a house in Vandals. Her theme has often been the dilemmas of the adolescent girl coming to terms with family and a small town. Her more recent work has addressed the problems of middle age, of women ... past views can be seen in many of her other stories as well. In Vandals for example, Bea Doud, is writing Liza, once a little girl neighbour, a letter, thanking her for checking on the house while she was in the hospital with her recent husband who had just died. The story then goes from the writing of the letter to going into the back with the memories of things that had gone on in that house. The use of narratives, both first person and third person brings about the unique style of Alice Munro. Not many writers could write in such a way that makes the reader feel like they ...
- 1442: Les Miserables - How Society A
- ... The bishop represents charity and love. Everything he's ever had, he gave to charity. When the bishop first met Valjean, he said, "You need not tell me who you are. This is not my house; it is the house of Christ. It does not ask any comer whether he has a name, but whether he has an affliction. You are suffering; you are hungry and thirsty; be welcome. And do not thank me; do not tell me that I take you into my house..... whatever is here is yours." (pg. 15-16) The bishop didn't look at him as a convict; he looked at him as a fellow brother. Later, when the bishop found out that Valjean ...
- 1443: Absolutism
- ... Fronde early in his childhood. He secured the noble's cooperation when he built Versailles ten miles outside Paris. Versailles was used as an elegant distraction to keep the nobility out of political life. The House of Commons was composed of middle class workers who brought the peoples ideas to the government. The Stuart kings of England believed in their divine right to rule. Criticism, however, and distrust from the House of Commons, kept the Stuart monarchs from absolute power. Throughout the seventeenth century parliament and the monarch fought for control of England. Socially, an absolute monarch had to have control over all classes in his ... had to have the respect of his subjects. Louis XIV was the definition of a majestic king. He built a great castle, which held his expensive possessions. English monarchs, however were always challenged by the House of Commons. The Stuart kings were foreigners and never earned complete respect from their people. Absolutism in the seventeenth century shaped the future of France and England. While it succeeded in France, it failed ...
- 1444: Hammurabi's Laws
- ... get to start your life over in a new city. Another of these laws that show exactly what little worth the female gender had is number 141: If a wife, living in her husbands house, has persisted on going out, has acted the fool, has wasted her house, has belittled her husband, he shall prosecute her. If her husband has said, I divorce her, she shall go her way; he shall give her nothing as her price of divorce. If he has said, I will not divorce her, he may take another woman to wife, and the [first] wife shall live as a slave in her husbands house.4 First off, what grounds does a person have for making another a slave? It seems anyway that the female is already one. The code basically says that the woman may not go out, ...
- 1445: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People
- ... you have granted , and then see how loyal he is", replied Satan. "Very well", said God," It is done." And with that, he accepted Satan's challenge. With out warning to Job, God destroyed Jobs house, killed his children, and slaughtered Job's cattle. He then cursed Job with painful boils all over his skin, so to make his every movement filled with excruciating pain. Many times Job's wife asked ... you and will be there for you. Even when "bad things happen to good people"(you!). WORKS CITED 1 Dr. James Dobson, Holding On To Your Faith-Even When God Does't Make Sense. (Tyndale House Publisher, Inc.: c1993) 45. 2 Dobson 49. 3 Dobson 49. 4 The Illustrated Bible, Living Values Edition,(David C. Cook Publishing Co.: c1989) Matthew 28:20. 5 The Illustrated Bible, Matthew 18:20. 6 The ... to Good People, Schocken Books, Inc.: c1981. The Illustrated Bible, Living Values Edition, David C. Cook Publishing Co.: c1989. Dr. James Dobson, Holding On To Your Faith-Even When God Dosen't Make Sense, Tyndale House Publisher, Inc.: c1993. Lewis B. Smedes, Forgive and Forget, Harper and Row Publishers, Inc.: c1984. .
- 1446: Journey Towards Wealth
- ... complaint comes in you can not just put them on hold had hope someone else take care of the problem. You try your best to fix the problem. I have even gone to some ones house after work, not being paid, and fixed their problem. This man was so surprised that I could fix, what seamed to him an enormous problem. But to me was a simple one. Not only was ... was doing this out of my free will. Now every time I see him, he still thanks me, and that makes me feel like I am doing my job. When my parents built their new house they paid a whole lot more than they would really like to admit. But they were having a private builder build the home for them. This costs extra money, but they thought that it was worth it, for the quality of work that you can get with a private builder, opposing a large company. My parents also paid a lady to decorate the inside of the house, again because of quality of work not because of price. So I have learned that people will choose quality over cheap prices and this it where the money can be made by people like ...
- 1447: Harriet Tubman 3
- ... s third trip was in September 1851. She went to get her husband, John, but he had remarried and did not want to leave. So she went back up North. Harriet went to Garret's house and found there were more runaways (which were referred to as passengers) to rescue than anticipated. That did not stop her though. She gave a baby a sedative so he would not cry and took the passengers into Pennsylvania. The trip was long and cold but they did reach the safe house of Frederick Douglas. He kept them until he had collected enough money to get them to Canada. He recieved the money so she and her eleven passengers started the journey to Canada. To get into ... returned home to Auburn. In 1869, she married Nelson Davis and together they shared a calm, peaceful 19 year marriage until he died. In 1908, Harriet purchased property adjoining her home where she opened a house where old black people could live and be taken care of. Before she died on March 10, 1913, she gave her home for the elderly to the Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (McClard 113, 117, ...
- 1448: With Malice Toward None
- ... 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 ...
- 1449: Assassination Of JFK
- ... President Kennedy following the Bay of Pigs disaster. In short, as Anthony Summers has observed, "in September and October 1963--a crucial moment politically--CIA officers were acting in a way that gravely endangered White House policy". A key figure linking the Agency to the assassination was CIA man David Atlee Phillips, who was seen with Oswald a few months before the shooting. Among many other things, Phillips was the propaganda ... Kennedy. Prior to the assassination, various Mafia leaders were heard to threaten JFK's life. The Mafia were believed to of pay JFK's way into Power. They thought they had someone in the White House, however JFK began to crack down on Mafia. On November 20, two Mafia men told Rose Cheramie that it was common knowledge in the underworld that Kennedy was about to be killed. Mafia-CIA man ... Kennedy's death, and Hunt has given conflicting accounts of where he was on the day of the shooting. Also several of the people who were hired or considered for employment by the Nixon White House during Watergate had been connected with the Warren Commission. Was this just a coincidence? In addition, some of the operatives and Cuban exiles who were involved in the Bay of Pigs operation later turned ...
- 1450: Supertitions
- ... them in a south-running river, therefore washing away the bad luck. Or we can bury them in the earth to neutralize the potential evil. But at least take the broken mirror out of the house and do not gaze into it. In vampire legends a vampire cannot see his reflection in a mirror because they possess no soul. In addition, bedroom mirrors should be covered before one retires for the ... bringing a wet umbrella in and leaving it open at the door is not part of the superstition.. Still others feel it is only bad luck when there is already a sick person in the house (the person will get worse). We have also heard that only black umbrellas pertain. Whatever the case, the origin of this superstition is a mystery. It is believed that it began with a simple coincidence (someone died in a house where an umbrella was opened). LUCKY HORSE'S SHOE Horseshoes are a traditional sign of good luck. Most believe this comes from the fact that the horseshoe is shaped like the crescent moon, time ...
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