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- 631: President Gerald Ford
- ... War II (4, page 145). He joined the Navy and was discharged as lieutenant commander. He married Elizabeth Bloomer Warren and entered the Republican primary in Michigan during 1948. November, he was elected to the House of Representatives and was reelected every two years till 1973. In the House, he was know to be a moderately conservative, hardworking member of the Republican Party. In 1965, he was the Republican House leader.(1,page1) While in the House of Representatives, he announced: "A Republican of the President's domestic policies...It's going to be rough going for him around here. Congress will write the ...
- 632: Chocolate Chip Cookies
- ... batter, thinking they would melt during the cooking process. To her surprise they stayed very much intact See what happens when you do not follow the directions? Well, never the less everyone at the Toll House Inn simply loved them. In fact, they became so popular the recipe was published in the Boston Newspaper. The recipe was named the Toll House Cookie. One day Nestlι was going over their reports and they found that sales for chocolate bars rose rapidly in the Boston area. This was because the chocolate bars were the primary ingredient in the Toll House Cookies. When Nestlι found out what was up they started making their chocolate bars with score lines on them for easier breaking. This was ok but still not easy enough. So to solve this ...
- 633: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... abide by her wishes; she sees them as an extension of herself; and she seizes every opportunity to get what she wants. By manipulating her grandchildren, she gets her son to go back to the house with the "secret panel", causing them to meet The Misfit, and ultimately sealing the entire family's death. O'Connor makes the trite seem sweet, the humdrum seem tragic, and the ridiculous seem righteous. The ... out "A good man is hard to find" O'Connor reinforces the horror of self-love through her images. She contrasts the two houses, The Tower: the restaurant owned by Red Sammy, and the plantation house. The restaurant is a "broken-down place"- "a long dark room" with a tiny place to dance. At one time Red Sammy found pleasure from the restaurant but now he is afraid to leave the door unlatched. He has given in to the "meanness" of the world. In contrast to the horrible Tower is the grandmother's peaceful memories of the plantation house that is filled with wonderful treasures. However, the family never reach this house because this house does not even exist on the this dirt road or even in the same state. Because of the ...
- 634: Changes To The Bill Of Rights
- ... exhibit. FREE SPEECH: There are also laws to limit political statements and contributions to political activities. In 1985, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce wanted to take out an advertisement supporting a candidate in the state house of representatives. But a 1976 Michigan law prohibits a corporation from using its general treasury funds to make independent expenditures in a political campaign. In March, the Supreme Court upheld that law. According to dissenting ... mouth. The police suspected him of hiding drugs. PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES: Rounding out the attacks on the first amendment, there is a sword hanging over the right to petition for redress of grievances. House Resolution 4079, the National Drug and Crime Emergency Act, tries to "modify" the right to habeas corpus. It sets time limits on the right of people in custody to petition for redress and also limits ... the right places are granted permits, or towns where women are generally denied the right to carry a weapon for self-defense. Amendment III No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. QUARTERING SOLDIERS: This amendment is fairly clean so far, but it is not entirely ...
- 635: A Rose For Emily
- ... everybody in the community had to come visit her at death. The men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old manservant - a combined gardener and cook - had seen in at least ten years (Faulkner 55). The house was described as being a big squarish house that was slowly decaying. It reminded the town of the seventies and was said to be "an eyesore among eyesores" (55). The voice of the town identifies Emily as a "tradition a duty, and ...
- 636: Frank Lloyd Wright 2
- ... that was distinct from that of Sullivan. Wright s houses had low, sweeping rooflines hanging over uninterrupted walls of windows. His plans were centered on massive brick or stone fireplaces at the heart of the house. His rooms became wide open to one another and the overall configuration of his plans became more and more alike, reaching out toward some real or imagined expansive horizon. In contrast to the openness of ... and his embrace of the natural environment are observed in the contrasting features of some of his finest buildings in the early 1900s: the Unity Church in Oak Park, Illinois; compared with Buffalo s Martin House and Chicago s Robie House. The houses are characterized by large, glazed walls, terraces, and low-slung roof overhangs. Well, in 1893, the issue of Wright s moonlighting escapades finally arose and Sullivan was forced to fire Wright. Sullivan ...
- 637: Brown vs Board of Education
- ... in the case because they provided funding for the many cases leading up to the brown case and for the brown case itself. Kenneth Clark also had a large role in the case with his doll experiment. This experiment had four dolls, two female and two males, with one black male and one white male. There were also one white female and one black female. The experiment asked questions to children who would respond by picking up the doll. Some questions were, which doll is the nice doll? Which is the doll would you want to play with? Which is the bad doll? All of these questions and others were asked to black children. Kenneth Clark concluded that ...
- 638: Like Water for Chocolate: Family Relationships
- Like Water for Chocolate: Family Relationships A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape theyve had since time began. In all of ... His existence itself made Eriko like her own life and told her limitation of herself after Yuichis real mother died. I still went to my part-time job, but after that I would clean house, watch TV, bake cakes: I lived like a housewife. Even though Mikage was not related to the Tanabe family, she became one of their members after she moved in with them. Her jobs at ...
- 639: Great Expectations
- ... Miss Havisham, who raises Estella into a life of wealth and social status for her own ulterior motives. Miss Havisham - Miss Havisham is the wealthy, eccentric old woman who lives in a manor called Satis House near Pip's village. She is manic and often seems insane, flitting around her house in a faded wedding dress, keeping a decaying feast on her table, and surrounding herself with clocks stopped at twenty till nine. As a young woman, Miss Havisham was left at the altar on her ... Havisham adopt the orphaned Estella. Jaggers smells strongly of soap--he washes his hands obsessively to keep the criminal taint from corrupting him. Herbert Pocket - Pip first meets Herbert Pocket in the garden of Satis House, when, as a pale young gentleman, Herbert challenges him to a fight. Years later, they meet again in London, and Herbert becomes Pip's best friend and key companion after his elevation to the ...
- 640: Hypocrites In Huckleberry Finn
- ... Grangerfords.Huckleberry is taken into the home of the Grangerfords where he sees much of the hypocrisy of Southern society firsthand, especially through false notions of aristocracy. Huck observes that "[He] hadn't seen no house out in the country before that had so much style."(97) The Grangerfords house, is seen as a grand house to those inside. This fancy house makes a visitor think of the sophisticated homes in town, however they are still back country people who only view their home as having style for the things ...
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