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- 2061: Helen Keller
- ... birthday, the family hired a private tutor. Anne Sullivan came from a background of extreme misery and poverty. She had lost her own sight when she was five and had been thrown into the poor house when her family broke up. Eventually she was lucky enough to get a place at the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. Here she earned the nickname 'Spitfire' because of her rudeness and bad ... as well as a dogged determination to succeed. While she was still at college she wrote 'The Story of My Life'. This was an immediate success and earned her enough money to buy her own house. Helen was very religious and her faith led her to examine the world more and more carefully. She began to realise that there was great injustice in the world and that people were not treated ...
- 2062: Come Home
- ... more than 300 varieties -- "herbing" is apparently taking the country by storm as people rediscover medicinal, culinary, and other uses; and The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, a beautiful creation featuring a Viewing Pavilion, Waiting House, Torri, shrines, bridges, stone lanterns, waterfalls, pond, and miniaturized landscape. About half of the BBG's 52 acres is devoted to the Systematic Collections: trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants arranged to show their evolutionary progression ... old Shogun lantern, gift of Tokyo, New York's sister city, placed in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. 1988 Steinhardt Conservatory, a $25-million capital project, is completed. 1989 Education Building is completed; Palm House renovated as special events center. Throughout the Garden's history, teachers have come to learn in ourgreenhouses. These teachers visited in the 1920s. 1992 Rock Garden is restored; Research Center opens at 109 Montgomery Street ...
- 2063: Sigmund Freud
- ... Martha gave birth to Freud's first daughter Mathilde and in 1889 his son Martin. Once again in 1891 Martha gave birth to Freud's second son Oliver. The Freud family then moved to the house Berggasse 19 in the 9th Viennese District where they lived until 1938. In 1892 Freud's third son was born Ernst, and in 1893 his second daughter Sophie was born. The birth on Freud's ... Wilhelm Fliess, drafts and notes, Freud discusses a dream by a patient known only as "E": "I suppose that this is a wish dream," said E. "I dreamed that, just as I arrived at my house with a lady, I was arrested by a policeman, who requested me to get into a carriage. I demanded more time to put my affairs in order, and so on. It was in the morning ...
- 2064: Cats Rule
- ... generally understand the concept when shown the box and will use it regularly. Cats do have claws, and owners must make provisions for this. A tall scratching post in a favorite cat area of the house will usually keep the cat content to leave the furniture alone. As a last resort, of course, cats can be declawed. Lastly, one of the most attractive features of cats as housepets is their ease of care. Cats do not have to be walked. they get plenty of exercise in the house as they play, and they do their buisness in the litter box. Cleaning a litter box is a quick, painless procedure. Cats also take care of their own grooming. Bathing a cat is almost never ...
- 2065: The Road I Should Have Taken
- ... She was confronted by the conniving wolf who coaxed her to wander through the woods while he traveled the designated road, enthralling her into a friendly little competition of who could arrive at Grandma s house first. Being as meddlesome as any little girl immersed in a cluster of wild flowers, Little Red Riding Hood loitered just long enough for the wolf to eat her poor grandmother only minutes before he finished off Little Red Riding Hood herself. And the moral of the story is, whether you are going to Grandmother s house, cruising to the Seven-Eleven, or taking a walk in the woods, stay on the designated path; it will be much faster, without harmful temptations, and above all safer. So why, after having the story ...
- 2066: Book Report On 1984 By George Orwel
- ... no telescreens in the room. Winston and Julia then started to become less careful and started to meet in the public. One day Winston s friend, O Brien invited Winston to come over to his house. When Winston went to his house, O Brien had told him to be careful, as he knew what was going on. Winston then became scared and told him he had to go home. He went straight home to tell Julia. They ...
- 2067: The Phantom Of The Opera
- ... part of the show, thus enhancing the fear, pity, and passion that is masterfully portrayed by a marvelous cast. The atmosphere is intriguing as it brings the audience back to a late 19th century opera house. With the use of heavy dark drapes along with dry ice, hundreds of candles mysteriously rising from the floor, the audience is made to feel all of the sentiments that one would feel in the original Paris opera house which was the inspiration for the novel. The costumes are also meticulously designed to enhance the Victorian setting. One of the most important aspects of the set is the chandelier. It comes crashing down at ...
- 2068: The Painted Door
- ... wants. He also has a commitment to his father, because of his father's age, and his distance away from him. In the story, a storm breaks out and John goes over to his fathers house to make sure he is okay. Like every other storm, when he leaves he always returns. When he returns, he sees his wife with the neighbour (intimately), and is heaart-broken. He is now very ... wife happy, he goes back out into the storm and disposes of himself. His wife, Ann, loves her husband but is looking for some wnjoyment in life, and to not be just a plain old house wife. Her husband neglects her, and she feels isolated and confined. She is concerned about her relationship with John and is wanting more attention. She knows that he is a good man, that is why ...
- 2069: The Writing of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... a strange, horrible, bizarre setting (Vol. 15 591-592 World Book 1990). He writes Gothic tales that count on atmosphere for their effects. Poe also makes use of the supernatural. In The Fall of the House of Usher Poe uses the gothic idea of a house that is haunted. The dark, dreary settings that are part of his story add to the effect of what is really happening in the story. Most of Poes stories deal with what is happening ...
- 2070: The Odyssey - A Creton Lie
- Gentle waves lap against the Ithacian shore line as Odysseus has finally reached his native homeland. Rumors of the great turmoil that has rocked Odysseus home land and house has reached him abroad. After hearing the news, he decides to don a beggar s disguise and so forth begins the great test. When the disguised Odysseus in Homer s great epic poem, The Odyssey ... wind died down and they set sail for Troy (Homer 397, 19.233-234). There are two statements that reassure Penelope that the beggar does know Odysseus. So I took Odysseus back to my own house, gave him a hero s welcome, treated him in style.... (Homer 396, 19.222-223) and A dozen days they stayed with me there.... (Homer 397, 19.228-229). By giving Penelope this information about ...
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