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- 891: Franjo Tudjman
- ... work. In 1961, he founded the Institute of the History of the Worker's Movement (Dr. Franjo Tudjman... 2). Then in 1990, he became the first elected president by the Sabor, which consists of the House of Representatives and the House of Counties. Since then he has been reelected twice (Clements 110-111). Croatia became independent on Jun 25, 1991, after breaking off from Yugoslavia. The president is elected by popular vote and serves five years ... legislative chambers. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Croatia's government is divided into three branches; the judicial, executive, and legislative. The Croatian's have 68 seats in the House of Counties and 127 seats in the House of Representatives. Most of these seats are occupied by democratic parties.
- 892: Truth About God
- ... lust, a bedlam of ambitions, a nursery of fears, a harem of fondled hatreds." Yet the Church, by its very nature, must be made up of the likes of us. "Imagine yourself as a living house," wrote C. S. Lewis. "God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from ...
- 893: Womens Rights In 3rd World Cou
- ... women in three Third World Countries: Afghanistan, China and Iran. Afghanistan "They shot my father right in front of me. He was a shopkeeper. It was nine o'clock at night. They came to our house and told him they had orders to kill him because he allowed me to go to school. The Mujahideen had already stopped me from going to school, but that was not enough. They then came ... father. I cannot describe what they did to me after killing my father." (15-year-old girl, p. 10) This is the story of a 15 year old girl who was repeatedly raped in her house by armed guards after they had killed her father for allowing her to go to school. Afghanistan's women do not have many rights at all. All women in Afghanistan are totally deprived of the ... girls! Women are also not allowed to work. They have been ordered to remain in their houses, and employers have been threatened with dire consequences for hiring female employees. Women cannot venture out of the house alone unless accompanied by an appropriate male member of the woman's immediate family. Afghanistan women do not have the right to quality health care if that health care involves male providers. No women ...
- 894: The Crucible By Arthur Miller
- ... side. To determine the cause of the east-west split, the historians examined many disputes, chief among them being the choice of ministers. Once Salem Village was granted the right to have its own meeting house, quarrels arose over who would preach in the pulpit. There were four ministers between the time period of when the meeting house was built and the end of the witch trials. The arguments over ministers soon became a power struggle. There were two factions that arose during this dispute, and it was noted that one group supported ... side. To determine the cause of the east-west split, the historians examined many disputes, chief among them being the choice of ministers. Once Salem Village was granted the right to have its own meeting house, quarrels arose over who would preach in the pulpit. There were four ministers between the time period of when the meeting house was built and the end of the witch trials. The arguments over ...
- 895: Slavery - Slave Resistance
- ... to fight against it. During the spring and summer of 1800, he began carefully creating a plan, in which he would invade Richmond, Virginia. From there he would take over the armory and the powder house, in order to have complete control over the city. He soon recruited more than a thousand slaves and had weapons on hand. On August 30, 1800, Gabriel’s army collected outside Richmond. Unfortunately, they were ... they were betrayed almost from the beginning, the cell system stopped slave owners from discovering the magnitude of the resistance. Ironically, the night before the attack, officials were informed of the entire plot by a house servant. They then made preparations to thwart the attempt, and the entire operation was terminated. Denmark Vesey was tried and convicted along with 67 others. Thirty-five of his followers, including Denmark Vesey were then ... as his final sign. Soon afterwards, on August 21, he set out on his path of destruction. They first set out to the home of his master, and killed the entire family. They moved from house to house, massacring all the white people they could find. His numbers soon grew to about 40 slaves and from there roughly 100. He decided to march towards Jerusalem, Virginia, but word had spread ...
- 896: English Shakespeare
- ... Florizel. At the Bohemian court, Camillo tells Polixenes he wishes to return to Sicily, but Polixenes forbids it and convinces Camillo to say longer. We learn Florizel is spending much time at the shepherd's house. The men plan to visit the shepherd in disguise. Before the shepherd's house, Autolycus (a thief) walks and spies the Clown going to market to buy supplies for a great feast. Autolycus approaches him and pretends to have been robbed. While the Clown helps him up, he picks ... the children marry. Paulina learns her husband Antigonus is dead, and announces she has a statue carved in the form of Hermione which supposedly can speak if asked a question. All go to Paulina's house to celebrate the wedding and see the "statue" of Hermione. Leontes, upon seeing the "statue", asks why it has wrinkles, but Paulina explains that the carver meant it so. After much amazement, Paulina promises ...
- 897: A Comparison of the Magic in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" and "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"
- ... money on the young boy with faith. The boy, whose parents had no luck, also had the faith that they did not have. Sadly, his faith killed him. He wanted so much to rid the house of the voices he heard that he drove himself to death from the intense pressure he placed upon himself. When he died, he killed the voices as the spiritual world claimed the only member of ... met. It is hinted in the Lawrence story that Paul may have lived if he hadn't been so greedy. He wasn't full of greed like his parents, but the mysterious voices of the house drove him to greed to rid the house of them. To start with, Mother and Father in this modern fairy tale are downright rapacious. Mother has an especially insatiable wallet. Although her husband makes good money, she must have the finer things ...
- 898: Barn Burning
- ... of town in the beginning of the story (which seems to be a frequent occurrence with this family) they find another home and another farm to work. Immediately, Abner takes Sarty up to the landlords house, where Abner purposely steps in manure and walks into the house and proceeds to rub the manure into a very fine rug. There seems to be no apparent reason for the action other than the fact that the landlord in a way owns Abner Snopes and ... never change. He contemplates running away, something he will soon do. After being detained by his mother for a short time, at his fathers request, Sarty breaks free and heads directly for the land owners house. He knows now what he must do. He must warn them of what his father and older brother and about to do. Continually on the run, Sarty warns the people in the big white ...
- 899: Montana 1948 Essay
- ... all the episodes that occur. Marie is found dead a few days after Frank goes in to see her. Frank claims she died of pneumonia. David s next door neighbor, Daisy McAuley, goes to their house to comfort Gail. Daisy treats David maternally and wants him to leave the scene of the crime. So she tell him to go over to her house and have a piece of pie. While he s there, David encounters the deputy sheriff, Len McAuley. Len is drunk and reveals the fact that he thought he saw Frank walking into David s house a little while before Marie was found dead. David discloses this and the fact that, he too, saw Frank. David confesses to his parents, While I was sitting there I saw someone cutting across ...
- 900: Lord Bryon Research Paper 10 P
- ... Jack” hated his sons and spent a great deal of time trying to destroy their estate, Newstead. He hoped to leave nothing for his sons, so he encouraged swarms of crickets o run throughout the house.) (His Life www.edenpr.k12.mn.usephs/ArcadiaWeb) Born with a clubfoot, he was sensitive about it all his life. When he was just three his father died, leaving the family with nearly nothing to ... and violent line of Scottish Gordons) and John ron, had been hiding in France from their creditors, but Catherine wanted their child born in England, so John stayed in France, living in his sister’s house, and died in 1791, possibly a suicide. However, at ten was left a small inheritance along with is title. (George”Don Juan”Gordon www.incompetech.com). His mother then proudly moved from the meager lodging ... silver plates. The cup was “secretly buried” by a later owner of the property. Scrope Davies, Charles Matthews and John Cam Hobhouse were Byron’s closest college friends. They took p t in the wild house parties that had established Byron’s reputation as a living embodiment of the gothic ideal- a young and handsome Lord living in a decaying abbey who drank copiously from a silver cup made from ...
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