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- 701: The Silence of the Lambs
- ... the ambulance. Once inside Lecter tears off the skin and kills the EMT’s to escape. While Dr.Lecter is escaping, Clarice is questioning the former neighbors of Buffalo Bill. When Clarice only has one house that could be Buffalo Bill’s, she calls Jack Crawford. Jack says he is on his way to a house in Chicago that is suspected to be Buffalo Bill’s. Clarice decides to investigate the house on her own. Once at the house James Gumb answers the door. Clarice asks him a few questions when suddenly she realizes that he is Buffalo Bill. James runs downstairs where Clarice finds Katherine ...
- 702: Eisenhower 2
- ... Allied Powers, Europe, near Paris during the last half of 1951. Despite Eisenhower's often-repeated declaration against holding political office, American business leaders and politicians continued to urge him to run for the White House. They told him that the "stalemated" Korean War, and scandals in Washington divided the nation and took away from it's prestige. Eisenhower admirers work laboriously to persuade the general that he was what the ... 1954, Eisenhower succeeded in gaining enactment of much of his legislative program and in strengthening his leadership of the republican party. He insisted that his Democratic predecessors had upset the constitutional equilibrium between the White House and Capitol Hill and promised to exercise restraint in order to restore the balance. In addition, he praised the legislature in somewhat textbook-like fashion as a great unifier, the mechanism of democracy that forged ... rarely promoted common good. To ensure that legislative action furthered the nation's and the administration's interest- the two, he believed, were identical- Eisenhower devoted considerable attention to congressional liaison. He established a White House office of congressional liaison. Eisenhower regularly held meetings with the Republican congressional leadership and made phone calls to many legislators. At times his public statements seemed so deferential toward congressional prerogatives that the press ...
- 703: My Parent's Divorce
- ... I don’t exactly remember when he told her. The only recollection of that incident was my mom was crying for a long time. After my dad told her we moved into my grandma’s house, also in Northern Virginia, for a few months. My mom said after they got divorced my mood changed. I became very emotional and scared of guys who tried to date her. I remember making up ... for some reason and he also stopped talking to my mom. I have no idea what happened to him. He was always antisocial, but after the ten years of marriage he stopped helping around the house and made my mom do everything. As a result my mom never left the house to do anything with him. They never went to parties with their friends or went out. They occasionally went to dinner and left me to watch my little sister. As a result of my ...
- 704: Selecting A Home
- Selecting A Home Everyone plans to move out of their parents house one day. No matter when you choose to get your own place, you will have to determine where you want to live. There are a lot of factors you have to consider. You have to ask yourself if you want to live in a house or an apartment. Living in a house has many pleasant advantages, over living in an apartment. Some of the advantages of living in a house are you have your own appliances like a washing machine, dryer and refrigerator. You may also ...
- 705: The Nation’s Sectional Discord And The Unity Within The Nation
- ... of Congress and that in each one representation would be based on population. Like many other ideas that have made history, it was remarkably simple. Why not divide the Congress into two houses? In one house (the Senate) each state, regardless of population, would have the same number of representatives. In the other house (the House of Representatives) each member would represent the same number of people. ‘Quite appropriately this came to be called the Great Compromise. Other major compromises came on slavery and on the control of commerce. The ...
- 706: Diamonds Are My Best Friend
- ... he finished off what was left to remind him of his past. What would have been witnesses were nothing more than cold and bludgeoned heaps. Ryan lived on the outskirts of the city. Wandering from house to house throughout his childhood he knew not much of the meaning of family. His parents were constantly sending him to foster families for a few weeks at a time then taking him back, only to get ... black tar to the gray asphalt. He began to think again of his mentor’s eyes. What was his secret? What was he hiding. Time passed and soon Ryan reached his destination. He looked the house over. A large white Victorian style house with a large front entrance and a back door that led to the basement. He walked around to the rear and looked through the window. All the ...
- 707: The Changing Roles Of Women In
- ... political and social action in God. Beneatha, however, does not find solace in God. Instead, she believes that man deserves credit for his own efforts. In Act I, Beneatha says, "How much cleaning can a house need, for Christ's sakes." (p. 34) Lena gets mad and Ruth says that Beneatha is "fresh as salt." (p. 34) Beneatha retorts, "Well- if the salt loses its savor." (p. 34) Lena gets offended ... it is who makes miracles." (p. 39) Lena rises across the room and slaps Beneatha in the face. She is so intolerant of Beneatha's beliefs that she makes her say, "In my mother's house there is still God." (39) In a sense, she is right. Lena is so demanding and intolerant; she is the God of the house. Lena and Beneatha also disagree about marriage. Beneatha says, "Mama, Asagai-asked me to marry him today and go to Africa-."(p. 129) "You ain't old enough to marry nobody," Lena said. Beneatha ...
- 708: The Constitution: Discord And Tension In 1850
- ... of Congress and that in each one representation would be based on population. Like many other ideas that have made history, it was remarkably simple. Why not divide the Congress into two houses? In one house (the Senate) each state, regardless of population, would have the same number of representatives. In the other house (the House of Representatives) each member would represent the same number of people. ‘Quite appropriately this came to be called the Great Compromise. Other major compromises came on slavery and on the control of commerce. The ...
- 709: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
- ... she manages to raise a loving family. Granny is pessimistic toward life but manages to go on, “I want him [George] to know I had my husband just the same and my children and my house like any other woman. A good house too and a good husband that I loved and fine children out of him. Better than I hoped for even.” (p.611) Working hard to maintain the household further strengthens Granny’s character. Her ability ... in a hundred acres, dig post holes and care for sick children and horses reflects her strengthened character. On her death bed Granny wishes things to be orderly the way she handled them in the house. Many of the positive characteristics and work ethic of Granny reflect on to her children. Some of Granny’s many attributes include her endurance and fortitude, which she passes on to her children. Granny’ ...
- 710: Conversation With A Doctor
- ... used to sit on the balcony in summer and watch the ships go by under the bridges. I must be old- fashioned but I always thought it might be a good idea to get a house, but we were always too busy to move, and what would we do with so much space? Oh yes, we've quite enjoyed it. It's in a nice neighbourhood, and although it's an ... for ten years and we had decorated it bit by bit -- you know, a coffee table here, a painting there -- and it really felt like home. Not home home -- my brother lives in my parents' house, and it still has all the old furniture -- but we were comfortable. Actually, I guess you could say the problem itself happened while we were gone. We let the apartment out to a dentist, he wanted a place for he and his wife to stay while they had a house built. At first I thought it would be all right to just leave the place locked up, maybe have the superintendent come and check in on it once in a while, but Ghyslaine said ...
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