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- 1661: Intensity : What an Understatement
- ... for quite a while. The heroine of the novel, Chyna Shepherd, is a 26-year old psychology student working hard to avoid being Edgler Vess’ next victim. Staying in the guest room of a friends house she hears “a soft thump, as though a heavy object had fallen to a carpeted floor.” Then there is “silence sifted down like a snowfall.” Pg.23. Things become suspenseful already. As mentioned in a ... like most of us would do; she hides under the bed. Koontz really makes it feel like you could be the one squished under that bed. When the killer leaves the room Chyna searches the house undetected and finds her friend and everyone else had been brutally but quietly murdered. With revenge burning inside her, she rides undetected with two corpses on Edgler’s motor home. On the ride she witnesses ... s last name, Shepherd. He said, “who hangs out with shepherds? Lambs, of course.” I would assume that those were just a coincidence, but it is an interesting thought. When Chyna is finally inside the house things become severely intense but also slow down to a crawl. Our heroine gets caught and is chained to a heavy wooden chair. This dilemma takes her a whopping 70 pages to get out ...
- 1662: Animal Farm: Animalism Vs. Marxism
- ... is suppressed and not allowed to accumulate things for themselves then an overthrow of the government that is suppressing them will be the result. WORKS CITED Clarkson, Jesse. A History of Russia. New York: Random House, 1969. Golubeva, T. and L. Gellerstein. Early Russia - The Russie. Moscos, Press Agency Publishing House, 1976. Imse, Ann. Mass Grave Seen as Evidence of Massecure by Stalins Police. “ Hunstsville Times, 13, August. 1990. Orwell, George. Animal Farm. Signet 50th Anniversary Edition, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. Pares, Sir Bernard. The Fall of the Russian Monarchy. New York: A division of Random House, 1939. “Russian Revolution of 1917.” Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. 1992 ed. “Stalin, Joseph.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 1917 ed. Zwerdling, Alex. Orwell and The Left. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1974. OUTLINE Thesis: Characters, items, and ...
- 1663: Richard M. Nixon
- ... practiced law in Whittier, California, and briefly served with the Office of Price Administration before enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1947, Nixon won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in a campaign noted for his accusation that his Democratic opponent was supported by Communists. As a member of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, he gained fame for his part in the Alger Hiss spy case. He went on to the U.S. Senate in 1951, again after suggesting that his Democratic opponent was ... tape recordings which indicated that he had, in fact, tried to divert the investigation. As a result of unrelated scandals in Maryland, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned in 1973. Nixon nominated, and Congress approved, House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford as Vice President. Faced with what seemed almost certain impeachment, Nixon announced on August 8, 1974, that he would resign the next day to begin "that process of healing ...
- 1664: Search of April Raintree
- ... and did not tell her sister. After the rape both of them seem to get their lives’ in order. It seems that their lives were in order due to the fact that they bought a house and a car and were both working just like ordinary people. At this point, Cheryl turns to alcohol and hides it from April for a long period of time. When April realizes that her sister ... Cheryl confronted April about this when she was intoxicated and this led to an argument “....you’d be proud to be half-breed. Proud, I tell you.” After the disagreement Cheryl runs away from the house for awhile. One night she recieves a call from one of Cheryls’ friends explaining what has happened over the last while. Then this friend tells her that Cheryl may due something crazy. April is very ... killed herself. She was concerned that the same thought might have entered Cheryls’ mind. When April arrived at the bridge. Her premonition was correct. Cheryl took her own life. When April was back at her house the next day she read through Cheryls’ private notes and letters in effort to explain how her life took such a downward turn. During the course of reading Cheryl’s notes of the past ...
- 1665: Wired Hands - A Brief Look at Robotics
- ... out to be incredibly difficult. The day has still to come when a computer program can do anything more than a highly specialized and very orderly task. The trouble with having a robot in the house for example, is that life there is so unpredictable, as it is everywhere else outside the assembly line. In a house, chairs get moved around, there is invariably some clutter on the floor, kids and pets are always running around. Robots work efficiently on the assembly line where there is no variation, but they are not good at improvisation. Robots are disco, not jazz. The irony in having a robot housekeeper is that you would have to keep your house perfectly tidy with every item in the same place all the time so that your metal maid could get around. Many of the computer scientists who are attempting to make robots brighter are said ...
- 1666: The First Battle Of Bull Run
- ... far ahead of this action due to many Southern spies in Washington. The Southern troops spread in lines along eight miles of Bull Run Creek. The heaviest Southern troops were on a ridge around Henry House. After a few skirmishes, the Union Army arrived at Bull Run on July 21, 1861. As the Union Army approached Bull Run, General Johnston’s army faked an attack at Harpers Ferry. As the 18 ... to reinforce the Confederate Army. General McDonnell attempted to flank the Confederates by moving north and west, and began several attacks on the Confederates right flank and the center of the Confederate line at Henry House. As the battle wore on, the superior numbers of the Union Army began to wear down the Confederate lines. At a critical point, as the Confederates began to fall back, an officer pointed out a ... about General T. J. Jackson’s men. Jackson would from then on be known as “Stonewall Jackson”, one of the most famous of all Confederate generals. This seemed to inspire the Southern troops at Henry House who held their ground and began to beat back the Union forces. On the west flank the Union troops who had been moving slowly were pushed back by General Johnston’s troops who arrived ...
- 1667: The Return To Mecca, Muhammad
- ... ground with their foreheads in acknowledgment of God’s majesty; still a cardinal act in Islamic worship. In about 613 Muhammad began preaching publicly, and he and his followers spent their days together in the house of a young man named al-Arqam. It is probable that they sometimes worshipped together in the Ka’bah, a sanctuary of the Arab pagans. The people of Mecca at the time worshipped many gods ... before God on the Last Day to be judged according to their deeds and assigned to heaven or hell. By proclaiming this message publicly, Muhammad gained followers, said to be 39, before he entered the house of al-Arqam. The names of 70 followers are known prior to the appearance of opposition to the new religion, and there were probably more. Most were young men under 30 when they joined Muhammad ... rules for the community of Muslims, but they dealt with political questions only rarely. The first 18 months at Medina were spent in settling down. Muhammad was given a piece of land and had a house built, which eventually held apartments grouped around a central courtyard for each of his wives. The Muslims often joined Muhammad at prayers in his home, which, after his death, became the mosque of Medina. ...
- 1668: Religious Fanaticism
- ... from underneath Orgon. As the play opens, Tartuffe is already being described as imposing and taking control: It is a really scandalous thing to see a mere nobody assuming a position of authority in the house and getting so far above himself as to interfere with everything and behave as if he were master. Because Orgon takes a fancy to Tartuffe and addresses him as brother and hold s him a ... When Orgon finally realizes that Tartuffe is a hypocrite, and he tells Tartuffe to leave, Tartuffe s reaction is an example of Oregon s loss of authority You are the one who must leave the house you who talk as if you were master. This house is mine and I ll have you realize it. Tartuffe s gradual displacement of Orgon as master of the household is also a result of the violation of one of the oldest bonds known ...
- 1669: Elizabeth 1
- ... in 1574 to succeed his brother Charles IX. His reign was almost continually disturbed by the Wars of Religion. The death in 1584 of his brother François made him the last male member of the House of Valois. His recognition of Henri de Navarre (later Henri IV) as heir presumptive was opposed by Henri, 3rd Duc de Guise, head of the Catholic League (the "War of the Three Henrys" resulted). Having ... the most intelligent and capable of Catherine's brood. Destined to be the last of the Valois, he nevertheless kept his throne for 15 years in the face of chaos. --c. t. iannuzzo Web Resources: · House of Guise French ducal family, founded as cadet branch of house of Lorraine by Claude de Lorraine, first duc de Guise, 1496-1563, whom François I made duke and peer. His daughter Mary of Guise married James V of Scotland and was mother of Mary ...
- 1670: Same-Sex Marriage
- ... couples right to legalized marriage. There is much information available, both for and against. Two articles that are strongly in support of legalized same sex marriage are Iowa Representative Ed Fallon’s speech to the House in 1996, and an article from the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples. One article that is strongly opposed to same sex marriage is an article written by Dr. Paul Cameron titled “Same Sex Marriage: Till Death Do Us Part?” In a speech read to the United States House of Representatives on February 20, 1996, Iowa Representative Ed Fallon discussed why he is in support of the legalization of same sex marriage. He began his speech, by stating of this debate and how their ... to be band, there will be a message sent to the public, which condones homophobia, and does not give the equal rights to everyone. (Fallon, Ed. “Iowa Representative Ed Fallon on 2/20/96.” efallon@house.legis.state.ia.us. 2/20/96) A second argument in favor of legalizing same sex marriage was written by the co-director of the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples. He ...
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