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- 1021: The Queer Use Of Women In Borg
- ... which his fortune has already been written" and that this contrast "parallels the problem of man with respect to the universe: The world is impenetrable, but the human mind never ceases to propose schemes" (19). George R. McMurray makes the case that the story symbolizes "the absurd condition of all men who strive for success without suspecting that fate--often a fate of their own making--is all the while plotting ... Philology 14 (1979): 13-19. Cirlot, Juan-Eduardo. Diccionario de símbolos. 3rd edition. Barcelona: Editorial Labor, 1979. Dorfman, Ariel. "Borges and American Violence." Some Write to the Future: Essays on Contemporary Latin American Fiction. Trans. George Shivers with the Hughes, Psiche. "Love in the Abstract: The Role of Women in Borges' Literary World." Chasqui 8.3 (May 1979): 34-43. Keller, Gary D. and Karen S. Van Hooft. "Jorge Luis Borges ... Works of Jorge Luis Borges." Modern Fiction Studies 19 (1973): 407-417. Magnarelli, Sharon. "Literature and Desire: Women in the Fiction of Jorge Luis Borges." Revista/Review Interamericana 13.1-4 (1983): 138-149. McMurray, George R. Jorge Luis Borges. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1980. Molloy, Sylvia. Signs of Borges. Trans. Oscar Montero. Durham: Duke UP, 1994. Rivero, María Cristina. "Interpretación y análisis de `El muerto'." Universidad [Santa Fe] 77 ( ...
- 1022: Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
- ... grocery store and was then sent to the Indiana Boys School in Plainfield, Indiana, where he ran away another eighteen times before he was caught and sent to the National Training School for Boys in Washington D.C. Manson never had a place to call "home" or a real family. He spent his childhood being sent from one place to another, and trouble always seemed to follow him. His mother's ... bus and headed south in the spring of 1968. The "Family" settled at Spahn Ranch in the Santa Susana Mountains, just north of San Fernando Valley. The owner of the Ranch, eighty five year old George Spahn, was blind and feeble and allowed the family to stay with him. Manson ordered one of his girls to care for the man so that the "Family" could might stay there as long as ...
- 1023: The Orgin Of Comedy
- ... its original context, transform it, then spotlight it as their own entertainment, amusement (for non-black audiences) it became popular for it is supposed originality. As blackface entertainment became more popular so did the actors. George Washington Dixion introduced "Coal Black Rose" (Watkins) one song "Sambo and Cuffee", (Watkins) was a comic song about a black woman and her lover. Dixion performed this act all over the world; some would argue that ...
- 1024: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... her children. Johnson attended public schools in Johnson City and received a B.S. degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos. He then taught for a year in Houston before going to Washington in 1931 as secretary to a Democratic Texas congressman, Richard M. Kleberg. During the next 4 years Johnson developed a wide network of political contacts in Washington, D.C. On Nov. 17, 1934, he married Claudia Alta Taylor, known as "Lady Bird." A warm, intelligent, ambitious woman, she was a great asset to Johnson's career. They had two daughters, Lynda Byrd ... in 1949. Senator and Vice-President. --------------------------- Johnson moved quickly into the Senate hierarchy. In 1953 he won the job of Senate Democratic leader. The next year he was easily reelected as senator and returned to Washington as majority leader, a post he held for the next 6 years despite a serious heart attack in 1955. The Texan proved to be a shrewd, skillful Senate leader. A consistent opponent of civil ...
- 1025: The War at Gettysburg
- ... Union. What Happened The Confederate went to war with the union in a small town called Gettysburg. The Union majorally beat the Confederate. 28,000 were wounded, captured, and killed from the Confederate. Major General George Meade some 23,000 Union Men, that was nearly a quater of his men. The war was over on July 3, 1863. The Union had won the war. Supplies The men nedded alot and I ... soldiers. They basically needed everything. Important People There was alot of people in The War at Gettysburg. Her are all of the names of the army people. Union: The Army of the potomac Major General George Meade; Commanding Major General Joseph Hooker; Previous Commander Maj.Gen. Abner Doubleday Maj.Gen. Winfield Hancock Maj.Gen. Oliver Howard Maj.Gen. John Reynolds Maj.Gen. John Sedgwick Maj.Gen. Daniel Sickles Brig.Gen.John ... Lee Lt.Gen. Richard Ewell Lt.Gen. Ambrose Hill Lt.Gen.James Rangstreet Major General Richard Anderson Major General Jabal Early Major General Henry Heth Major General John Hood Major General Lafayette McLaws Major General George Pickette Major General Robert Rodes Major General J.E.B. Stuart Brig.Gen.William Barkdale Brig.Gen. James Pettigrew Col. E. Porter Alexander Col. William Oates
- 1026: Babe Ruth
- ... base to accomplish were being done with the single swing of a bat. Baseball was now much more enjoyable to watch. Then with the invention of the radio, millions of people enjoyed listening to it. George Herman Ruth was born in the early 1890's to a couple of German immigrants who ran a local bar. His parents had there hand's full with the bar, and had very little time to tend to young George. His trouble making, and lack of time on his parents part eventually landed him in St. Mary's Boys school. It was here that he met the man who Babe claimed to be the greatest ... hands, or for someone who just can't get enough of Babe Ruth; I strongly recommend this book as the most informative piece of work on the Greatest Baseball Player to have walked the earth, George Herman (Babe) Ruth.
- 1027: Violence On Television
- ... Britain: Saxon House, 1978. Broadcasting. "T.V. Castigated for Link With Violence in Children." May 10, 1982: 92-94. Brown, Ray, ed. Children and Television. Beverly Hills, California: Sage Publications Inc., 1976. Chaffee, Steven H., George Gerbner, Beatrix A. Hamburgh, Chester M. Pierce, Eli A. Rebinstein, Alberta E. Siegel, and Jerome L. Singer. "Defending the Undefendable." Society Sept.-Oct. 1984: 30-36. Cullingford, Cedric. Children and Television. New York: St. Martin ... Sage Publications Inc., 1983. Feshbach, Seymour and Robert D. Singer. Television and Aggression. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1971. Skornia, Harry J. Television and Society. New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1965. Time. "Warning from Washington: Violence on Television is Harmful to children." May 17, 1982: 77. Wurtzel, Alan, and Guy Lometti. "Researching Television Violence." Society Sept.-Oct. 1984: 22-31. Word Count: 1571
- 1028: Donatello
- ... marble figure of St. John the Evangelist for the cathedral and a wooden crucifix in the church of Sta. Croce. The full power of Donatello first appeared in two marble statues, "St. Mark" and "St. George" which were completed in 1415. "St. George" has been replaced and is now in the Bargello. For the first time the human body is rendered as a functional organism. The same qualities came in the series of five prophet statues that Donatello ... the "Zuccone" and "Jeremiah". "Zuccone" is famous as the finest of the campanile statues and one of the artist's masterpieces. Donatello invented his own bold new mode of relief in his marble panel " St. George Killing The Dragon" (1416-1417). The technique involved shallow carving throughout, which created a more striking effect than in his earlier works. He no longer modelled his shapes but he seemed to "paint" them ...
- 1029: The Life and Career of Babe Ruth
- ... Babe Ruth, an American professional baseball player, is one of the most phenomenally gifted and popular players in the history of baseball. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 6, 1895 with the name George Herman Ruth. He had many names. His names were Game's Greatest Hero, Babe, (his most common nickname), George Herman Ruth, and George Herman Shaw. Everybody calls him Babe Ruth. Babe had seven brothers and seven sisters. He stole from stores, he skipped school, and he chewed tobacco at age 7. His father often had beaten him ...
- 1030: Christian or Hypocrite
- ... all night. Even though Tom is about to die he still begins to tell them about Jesus's love. Tom leads these two men to Christ on his own deathbed. When Mr. Shelby's son, George, comes to Legree to buy Tom back and take him home, Master George finds Tom brutally injured and about to die. Master George, out of hatred for Legree, says "I never won't to see him in Heaven!" (1036). Tom's reply once again display's his strong Christian character. Tom replies speaking about Legree saying, "He ...
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