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- 2711: Grunge Literature
- ... to emerge from Hollywood and earnest justified theoretically situated ideologically sound comments about the latest piece of obscure New Wave alternative cinema they just happened to catch on a quiet weeknight at a suburban revival house and some people are making witty and amusing small talk that amounts to nothing at all and the young woman finds herself alone in the middle of all this sipping and spilling her jolly Bolly ... namesake was, goes to New York to meet Twentiethcentury Fox. As she hunts him out Marilyn bumps into Elvis, Humphrey, Liz and Warner. She holds bizarre conversations with the green mouldy sludge in the share-house sink. She is allergic to television and, finally, after her adventure is nearly terminal, she calls her family: "Mum, I'm coming home". It is this reflection and parody of the values of modern western ...
- 2712: Arthur Miller And His Distorted Historical Accuracies
- ... her desire. The historical truth is that Abigail and Elizabeth (Johns third wife, aged 41) hardly knew each other. There is no way that Elizabeth Proctor could have ever thrown Abigail from the Proctor house because the truth is that Abigail never worked for the Proctors; they lived in different sections of town. Other than her age and affair with John Proctor, there are other differences between reality and Miller ... web site entitled "17th c. Colonial New England: with special emphasis on The Salem Witch Trials of 1692", argues that: Abigail Williams probably couldn't have laid her hands on 31 pounds in Samuel Parris' house, to run away with John Proctor, when Parris's annual salary was contracted at 66 pounds, only a third of which was paid in money. The rest was to be paid in foodstuffs and other ...
- 2713: Huck Finn 4
- ... opinions presented in this book are somewhat stretched compared to what life really might have like been back then. For example the chances of a boy just deciding to leave instead of going to a house with a bed, free food and clothing are fairly slim. Not only that but after he leaves being able to survive in the wilderness on his own are also slim. This event presents an unrealistic ... If someone has done a bad deed the town gathers a mob and goes to lynch that person. An example of such an event is when Sherburn shot Boggs. Soon a crowd gathered outside Sherburns house threatening to lynch him for shooting Boggs. The town s people saw the deed as unlawful and decided to lynch the supposed criminal. This is the sort of law the book portrays most towns having ...
- 2714: The Odd Couple: Summary
- ... they have just broken up after being married for twelve years. To startle the men even more, she tells them that Felix has gone out to kill himself. Almost immediately, Felix arrives at Oscar's house, where the men are playing poker. They all try to keep him calm but nothing seems to work. Finally, they decide that Felix will stay at Oscar's until he gets back onto his feet ... longer. There was a long line to buy something to eat or drink and some people were not able to get what they wanted before it was time for the show to resume. Also, the house was a little warm and the seats were uncomfortable. I would definitely recommend the next show performed by this group because the actors were great, had nice smiles and had a good sense of humor ...
- 2715: African-Americans In The Civil War
- ... firmly established in America. Blacks worked in the tobacco fields of Virginia, in the rice fields of South Carolina, and toiled in small farms and shops in the North. Foner and Mahoney report in A House Divided, America in the Age of Lincoln that, "In 1776, slaves composed forty percent of the population of the colonies from Maryland south to Georgia, but well below ten percent in the colonies to the ... confidence and pride to these long oppressed people. Bibliography Batty, Peter The Divided Union, Tempus Publishing Limited, September 1999. Catton, Bruce The Civil War, Houghton Mifflin Company, April 1985 Foner, Eric and Mahoney, Olivia A House Divided, Norton, Ww, Louisania University Press, May 1991 McPherson, James M. The Negros Civil War: How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union., Ballantine Books, Inc., February 1989 Stokesbury, James C ...
- 2716: Greek Architecture
- ... in the archaic period, flourished through the classical and Hellenistic periods, and saw the first of many revivals during the Roman Empire. The roots of Greek architecture lie in the tradition of local Bronze Age house and palaces. The following paper will cover the basic forms of Greek architecture. One of the many types of Greek building structures was Sacred Architecture. The Greeks conceived of their gods in human form, as ... buildings, council houses, stoas with two or three levels, and theaters with large attached stage buildings. Many new building types were introduced, including the nymphaeum, monumental tomb, columned hall, choragic monument, clock tower and light house. Many of these structures were decorated with dramatic marble sculpture. Hellenistic architects made imaginative variations on the standard temple forms, introducing Apses, high podia (stepped or square platforms), and subtle combinations of Doric and Ionic ...
- 2717: 1968
- ... doing," to do this they looked to drugs like marijuana and LSD. LYNDON JOHNSON Lyndon Johnson was born on August 27, 1908 in Stonewall, Texas. As a democrat he was elected into the United States House of Representatives in 1938. He served for four terms. He became Senate majority leader in 1953. Johnson was elected vice president in 1960 and became president on November 22, 1963 upon Kennedy's death. In ... 22, 1973, RICHARD NIXON Richard Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yurba Linda, California. During World War II he served as a United States navy officer. In 1946, he was elected to the House of Representatives and then the Senate in 1950. He served as Dwight Eisenhower's Vice President from 1952 to 1960. Nixon became the thirty-seventh president in 1968. President Richard Nixon was the only president ...
- 2718: Pompeii
- ... of jewelry, person ornaments in gold and a small heap of gold and silver coins. Because the restoration and decoration were not finished yet, while a squad of masons was still finishing the roof, and house decorators and painters were still at work in the rooms that had not yet been refitted, the owner thought it probably wise to have his precious silver ware hidden away by a trusted slave within ... that certain place. Most of the economic activity could have been going on in the streets or there could have been a custom where all business transactions or meeting was held at the owner's house. The encyclopedia making assumpt! ions dew to the facts and remains that the archeologists recorded. The information could have been bias coming from the archeologists and that would lead to the explanation of certain allege ...
- 2719: Mexico
- ... six-year term and may not be reelected. The president appoints the cabinet, which is confirmed by the legislature. Legislature Legislative power in Mexico is vested in the General Congress, a bicameral body. The upper house is called the Senate. Its 64 members are popularly elected to six-year terms. Two senators are elected from each state and from the federal district. The Federal Chamber of Deputies is the lower house. It consists of 500 members elected to three-year terms. Three hundred are elected from single-member districts based on population, and the remainder are elected according to a system of proportional representation. Senators and ...
- 2720: Violence in Algeria
- ... Algeria's crisis. Zeroual put a lot of effort in negotiating with the imprisoned leaders of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). The following September, Zeroual shifted the FIS leaders, Abassi Madani and Ali Benhadj to house arrest hoping that it would give a truce in the armed hostilities. After six weeks of talks, Zeroual declared at the end of October that the Islamist leaders had declined his offer of dialogue. He ... in 1992, the Military canceled the election when it appeared that FIS would win by a majority. In February 1994, President Liamine Zeroual was elected. The following September, President Zeroual shifted jailed FIS leaders to house arrest to allow some dialogue to initiate. Some contacts between FIS leaders, Ali Belhadj and Abassi Madani took place. But, after about two months, the government announced that it was a failure and that it ...
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