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- 311: Richard M. Nixon
- ... a family with a strong heritage. His father's side of the family were Methodists originally from Scotland. Then, in the early 1600s, they migrated to Ireland, and to America in the 1730s. His grandfather, George Nixon, died in the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil war. Richard's father, Frank Nixon, was born in Ohio. His mother died when he was only 7, and he left home when he was ... marry you someday." And, true to his word, Nixon married Ryan on June 21, 1940. In 1941, Nixon was offered a government job with the OPA. He took it, and he and Pat moved to Washington. In 1942, during WWII Nixon applied for sea duty with the U.S. Navy, but wasn't accepted. He tried again and was assigned to a base in the South Pacific. Pat found a job ... in the hospital) Nixon was acting President. In 1956, the same year Eisenhower and Nixon ran for reelection, Frank Nixon, Richard Nixon's father, died. In 1957, Nixon and Martin Luther King, Jr. met in Washington and discussed Nixon's efforts to promote a civil rights bill. On Nov. 25, 1957, President Eisenhower suffered a stroke, and again Nixon acted President. In 1960, Nixon was nominated to be the Republican ...
- 312: Benjamin Banneker
- ... his scientific interests on hold. In 1772 Andrew Ellicot moved to the area with his three sons to build a mill. Banneker became close friends with the Quaker family very fast. One of the sons, George, an astronomer and mathematician, built a close friendship with Bannaker. George lent Banneker a number of astronomy books with the intent to teach him. He never got the chance because Banneker quickly absorbed the information, making notes of the errors in the books calculations. Ellicot ... the forecasts of prominent mathematicians and astronomers of the day. Also around this time, a piece of land along the Maryland - Virginia border was selected as the site for the U.S. capital. In 1789 George Washington instructed Secretary of State Jefferson to put together a team of surveyors and architects to help design the city. Andrew Ellicot, Bannekers old friend was chosen as chief task force headed by L ...
- 313: Some Of The Most Important Pre
- ... Baines Johnson. 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. In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President. Johnson greatly admired the president, who named him, at age 27, to head the National ... active duty. Johnson continued to support Roosevelt's military and foreign-policy programs. 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. Barry Morris Goldwater, born in Phoenix, Arizona on January 1, 1909, was the unsuccessful Republican presidential ... assassinated John F. Kennedy. It was a time of equality and civil rights, and many people liked and agreed with where he stood on these issues. 1988 The election of 1988 was a contest between George Bush, and Michael Dukakis. Bush was a Republican, while Dukakis was a Democrat. Born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, to Dorothy Walker Bush, daughter of a wealthy investor, and Prescott Sheldon Bush, ...
- 314: Thomas Jefferson
- ... home, including the 1787 drafting of the Constitution of the United States and the addition of the ten amendments known as the Bill of Rights. When Jefferson returned to the United States in 1789, President George Washington asked him to become secretary of state. Jefferson and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton were completely at odds in their political thinking. Jefferson distrusted centralization of power and favored an economy based on agriculture ... establish a national bank. Hamilton held that the Constitution allowed the Congress of the United States to enact laws "necessary and proper" for the execution of its powers. Jefferson's views were rejected when President Washington signed a bill establishing a national bank. Out of the differing political philosophies of Jefferson and Hamilton emerged the first political parties in the United States. Hamilton's followers became known as the Federalists, ...
- 315: Animal Farm By George Orwell
- Characters, items, and events found in George Orwells book, Animal Farm, can be compared to similar characters, items, and events found in Marxism and the 1917 Russian Revolution. This comparison will be shown by using the symbolism that is in the book ... 1969. Golubeva, T. and L. Gellerstein. Early Russia - The Russie. Moscos, Press Agency Publishing House, 1976. Imse, Ann. Mass Grave Seen as Evidence of Massecure by Stalins Police. Hunstsville Times, 13, August. 1990. O rwell, George. Animal Farm. Signet 50th Anniversary Edition, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. Pares, Sir Bernard. The Fall of the Russian Monarchy. New York: A division of Random House, 1939. Russian Revolution of 1917. Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc ...
- 316: George Bernard Shaw and His Short Story About the Cremation of The Narrator's Mother
- George Bernard Shaw and His Short Story About the Cremation of The Narrator's Mother In a written exerpt from a letter about the cremation of his mother, George Bernard Shaw recalls her passage with humor and understanding. The dark humor associated with the horrid details of disposing of his mother's physical body are eventually reconciled with an understanding that her spirit lives ...
- 317: George C. Marshall
- George C. Marshall was born on December 31, 1880, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1901 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. During World War I he was stationed in ... War. In the last official position as Secretary of Defense during 1950-51, Marshall oversaw the formation of an international force, under the United Nations, that turned back the North Korean invasion of South Korea. George Catlett Marshall died on October 16, 1959, and he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Although he spent most of his life in the U.S. military, Marshall is best remembered as a true internationalist ...
- 318: Of Mice and Men: A Comprehensive Comparison of Novel and Movie
- ... a story of people who express their troubles clearly, holding on to thin dreams as they go about their thankless business. The novel, set in the 1930s, is a story of friendship of migrant workers George Milton and Lennie Smalls. The pair travels from ranch to ranch, dreaming of someday making enough money so they can buy their own plot of land and a stake in their future. George is a father figure and protector of the strong simple- minded Lennie. Lennie's strength is his gift and his curse. Like the child he is mentally, he loves animals, but he inadvertently crushes them ... the river again. Scenes had to be added to the film to keep the audience from getting bored. Dialogue was deleted to help move the story along. The only way we get background information about George and Lennie in the novel is through their dialogue. There was less dialogue in the film because the audience can learn the background information from visual cues from the added scenes. For instance, in ...
- 319: Animal Farm - George Orwell
- Animal Farm George Orwell 128 Pages George Orwell, the pen name of Eric Blair, was born in Bengal in 1903. He was educated at Eton School in England, and then served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He returned to Europe ...
- 320: Personal Writing: My Trip to Washington D.C and Arlington National Cemetery
- Personal Writing: My Trip to Washington D.C and Arlington National Cemetery Thousands upon thousands of tombs glistening in the sunlight at Arlington National Cemetery. The skillful systematic arrangement of the tombs silently spoke of lost lives, lost promises and lost ... country worth dying for? These questions will forever remain unanswered; however, their tombs will permanently remain to remind generation after generation that some things are worth fighting for. Upon arriving home from my trip to Washington D. C, I realized how lucky I am to have the opportunity to live and study freely in the United States. If it had not been for the many soldiers who fought to keep the ...
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