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- 1851: The Bluest Eye 2
- ... their lives. There are many movies and t.v. shows that have this point of view because it is sadly a fact of life. The one movie that stands out in my mind is a French movie called "Le diner des cons." Which is about these friends who find the weirdest people to take to diner and the one who has the "weirdest" wins, this one guy thinks it is wrong ...
- 1852: The Theories of John Locke
- ... Whigs in England, that this marvelous machine of reciprocating attractions and repulsions, this political counterpart of Newtonian Law, the English constitution, had broken down. King and Parliament had combined to upset the balance. The glorious revolution established the supremacy of Parliament, more especially of those of the Commons. Locke, whose famous Treatise on Civil Government rationalized the event, clearly enunciated the principal: the legislative must need be supreme [power], and all ...
- 1853: The Bluest Eye 3
- ... their lives. There are many movies and t.v. shows that have this point of view because it is sadly a fact of life. The one movie that stands out in my mind is a French movie called "Le diner des cons." Which is about these friends who find the weirdest people to take to diner and the one who has the "weirdest" wins, this one guy thinks it is wrong ...
- 1854: Charles Augustus Lindbergh
- ... over the Far East in 1931, and in 1933 he made a survey of more than 48,000 km (about 30,000 mi) for transatlantic air routes and landing fields. Lindbergh also collaborated with the French surgeon Alexis Carrel in experiments to develop an artificial heart pump. Despite early promising results the experiments were finally given up without entirely achieving their purpose. The two men were coauthors of The Culture of ...
- 1855: John Paul Jones: The Undaunted Sailor
- ... and Jones would be able to out maneuver the Drake. Jones also did not wan the hull to become damaged because he wanted to take the Drake and present it as a gift to the French. Within an hour of the battle, the Captain of the Drake was killed and the second in command was mortally wounded. After defeating the HMS Drake, Jones continued to torment the British by capturing merchant ...
- 1856: Alan Dean Foster
- ... world, Foster's love of the far-away and exotic has led him to travel extensively. After graduating from college he lived for a summer with the family of a Tahitian policeman, camping out in French Polynesia. He and his wife JoAnn Oxley, of Moran, Texas, have traveled to Europe and throughout Asia and the Pacific in addition to exploring the back roads of Tanzania and Kenya. Foster has camped out ...
- 1857: The Cherry Orchard
- ... latter producers. However, Chekhov labeled his play a farce, or more of a comedy. Although this play has a very tragic backdrop of Russia s casualty-ridden involvement in both World Wars and the Communist Revolution, the characters and their situations suggest a light-hearted tone, even though they struggle against the upcoming loss of the orchard. Apathy and passivity plague the characters and contribute often to the comic side of ...
- 1858: Malcolm Little
- ... speaking of his hatred for white men of any kind, and the extent of violence he used to get his way. He formed a new group, The Muslim Mosque Incorporated. Some feel he wanted a revolution. To become a real Muslim he took a pilgrimage to the holly city of Mecca. This was required in the Islamic religion. When he came back to the United States, he formed a new group ...
- 1859: Prince William
- ... King William commissioned records on land holdings for the assessment of taxes and other dues. King William spent long periods on his Domesday Book, in Normandy to maintain his authority there, dealing with rebellions and French invasions. King William died in 1087 in Normandy, leaving his duchy to his eldest son, Robert and England to his next surviving son, King Rufus. Once, commentator, Julie Burchill, expressed a common feeling when she ...
- 1860: Mexican-American War
- ... the westward movement and dynamic expansionism of the United States during the 19th century. Before the war occurred, Mexico had already lost control of much of its northeastern territory as a result of the Texas Revolution. This land, combined with the territory of Mexico at the end of the war, would eventually form what is now part of the United States today. This territory is now part of Arizona, California, Nevada ...
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