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- 2261: Hydrogen 2
- ... as a heat transfer, and also as a cooling agent in nuclear power plants. The name hydrogen is Greek for water former. Hydrogen was once called "inflammable air" by a British scientist names Joseph Priestly . French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier then renamed it to today's name, hydrogen. Hydrogen can be produced in many ways. Electrolysis is a common way hydrogen is produced. Electric current is passed through water which releases ...
- 2262: Crisis: Generation X
- ... adventures of Tyler Johnson, a Global Teen living in the Pacific Northwest with his flaky siblings and Jasmine, their hippie-dippy mother. He is unable to choose between his anorexic American girlfriend or a glamourous French amour who has come to the New World to continue their summer holiday fling. Tyler's philosophy is "What's on your head says what's inside your head" this analogy is created for his ...
- 2263: Knights and Chivalry
- ... feudalism of the period, it combined military virtues with those of Christianity, as epitomized by he Arthurian legend in England and the chansons de geste of medieval France. The word chivalry is derived from the French chevalier, meaning horseman or knight. Chivalry was the code of conduct by which knights were supposedly guided. In addition to military prowess and valor and loyalty to God and the knight's feudal lord, it ...
- 2264: The Cold War
- ... of 1945, the OSS was disbanded under Truman and departments were either relocated or completely dissolved. Soviet intelligence began with the formation of the Cheka, secret police, under Feliks Dzerzhinsky at the time of the revolution. By 1946, this agency had evolved into the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), and the Ministry of State Security (MGB) both ruled by Lavrenti Beria. This man was undoubtedly the most powerful man in the ...
- 2265: Middle Class Blacks' Burden
- ... seems that some financially unstable African Americans consider middle and upper class African Americans to be ignorant of black culture. Discussing this issue, McClain says that some lower class blacks think, "We have forsaken the revolution, we are told, we have sold out." Being treated in such a way must surely aggravate or maybe depress an African American who has worked tirelessly for their status. Steele says that many think, "
that ...
- 2266: Toxic Waste
- Toxic Waste During the Industrial Revolution coal and other fossil fuels were used as a source of energy. They were burned and the gas given off was harmful to the atmosphere. Unknowingly factories burned fossil fuel causing what we call the ...
- 2267: Oxygen
- ... of oxygen somewhat later, was the first to publicly announce his findings. The interpretation of the findings of Priestley and the resultant clarification of the nature of oxygen as an element was accomplished by the French scientist Antoine-Laurent LAVOISIER (1743-94). Lavoisier's experimental work, which extended and improved upon Priestley's experiments, was principally responsible for the understanding of COMBUSTION and the establishment of the law of conservation of ...
- 2268: The Invention of the Telegram
- ... 1921, the population had fallen to under 14 million. Because of these conditions Mexico was not able to enter World War 1 or consider any foreign alliance. Mainly because of the problems faced in their revolution is the reason Japan comes in to play. In essence the war would be United States vs. Japan battling in Mexico. Prior to World War 1, Japan began rapid expansion through the Pacific and anemic ...
- 2269: Nikita Sergeyevich
- ... group of workers who had organized a strike protesting working conditions. He was fired. Khrushchev found another job but continued his activism, helping to organize strikes in 1915 and 1916. In 1917, after the Russian Revolution had ousted the Czar, Khrushchev joined the Bolshevik forces of the Red Army in the Russian civil war, serving as a political commissar. He was now a dedicated communist. After the war, Khrushchev was given ...
- 2270: Norman Schwarzkopf
- ... to yet. Norman Schwarzkopf got an education at West Point Military School and at Valley Forge Military Academy in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Valley Forge is a historic place known for its forces in the American Revolution. Almost all of Norman's family joined the military. His dad was in the military all of his life just as Norman was. The Schwarzkopfs are very well known in the military. Norman Schwarzkopf made ...
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