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- 781: Edwin Hubble
- ... an ability to suppress shivers in the constant chill, lest you vibrate the telescope.” (Smoot 42). Hubble’s hard work and long hours were recognized by his fellow astronomers. The author of Wrinkles in Time, George Smoot, said, “Night after night Hubble photographed the nebulae, devoting himself to his goal so completely that he was perceived as arrogant and elitist” (44). Unable to complete his any tasks on his own, Hubble ... Hawkings Universe: The Cosmos Explained. New York: Basic, 1997. Gleiser, Marcalo. The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang. New York: Dutton, 1997. Goudwin, Simon. Hubble’s Universe. New York: Penguin, 1997. Greenstein, George. The symbolic Universe: Life and Mind in the Cosmos. New York: Morrow, 1988. Hawkings, Stephen W. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bangs to Black Holes. New York: Bantams, 1988. Smoot, George. Wrinkles in Time. New York: Morrow, 1993. Whitney, Charles A. The Discovery of Our Galaxy. Ames: Iowa State UP, 1988.
- 782: General Sir Arthur Currie
- ... no means worth the cost; and that is was won to save the face of the British High Command who had understaken all thought he autumn most unsuccessful and highly disastrous attempts.” Prime Minister Lloyd George asked his Canadian couterpart to arrange a meeting with General Currie. Lloyd George liked what he saw and heard about Currie. “ I was greatly impressed with Currie’s views,” he was delighted. But it was such an irony that Lloyd George chose to interpret Currie’s comments as criticisms of Sir Douglas Haig; such was not the case. Currie, who admired and respected Haig Whether or not Sir Arthur Currie could have been a successful ...
- 783: Five Imporant Events Of The 19
- ... head. John Kennedy was rushed to the hospital but never gained consciousness, at 1:00PM he was declared dead. On the 24th of November, John F. Kennedy’s body was carried through the streets of Washington D.C. as more then 1 million people watched as it passed by. At Kennedy’s funeral in Arlington National Cemetery hundreds of thousands of people including representatives of 92 different nations. On President Kennedy ... and supplied him with money to fund protests. He also met with white Protestant leaders and other white public figures to help him in stopping discrimination. On August 28, 1963, He delivered a speech in Washington D.C. during a massive protest of more than 200,000 supporters. The speech he gave will be remembered forever, the “I Have a Dream” speech. During the speech he was noted for these statements ... the first commercial based satellite communications company was formed the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) in 1963. When the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) was formed in 1964, COMSAT became the U.S. member. Based in Washington, D.C., INTELSAT is owned by more than 120 nations. Intelsat 1 was launched in 1965 provides either 2400 voice circuits or one two-way television channel between the U.S. and Europe. Also ...
- 784: Famous People Of The Civil War
- ... Civil War Ullysses S. Grant Ulysses Simpson Grant served effectively with Zachary Taylor's army at Monterey during the Mexican war. Right when the war began Grant obtained a position on the staff of General George McClellan. During the war he showed courage in both physically and morally manners. In February 1862 Grant captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson with help from the Federal navy. In October he was appointed commander ... before Gettysburg. In November 1863 he won the Battle of Lookout Mountain at Chattanooga. In 1864 Hooker served under William Sherman in Georgia. He resigned because he wasn't promoted after he served in Georgia. George E. Pickett George Pickett was a Confederate general during the Civil War. He is most remembered for Pickett's charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. Pickett graduated from West Point in 1846 and remained in the U. ...
- 785: Aids- Sleep With The Angels
- ... was a single mom with two preschoolers, and one deadly virus. She was a devote Republican who was a speaker for the Republican Party for many years. Her long list of important friends ranged from George Bush, to Betty and President Ford. You could clearly see that this was a prominent and important person. She was not gay, she was not a drug user, and she did not sleep around, so ... grow edgy about AIDS. As the President s motorcade drove by downtown Houston, tension settled down. Her next conference took her to Detroit, the place of her birth. Then followed the National Quilt Day in Washington, D.C. I know that this paper seems to be rambling on about the conferences she attended, and the speeches that she gave, but honestly, this is the way the whole book was. Future speeches ...
- 786: An Essay In Retrospect To The
- ... the overlords, but it died out shortly after Karellen s announcement to come down to earth in 50 years. But now, 50 years later one man is starting the rebellion, Jan Rodricks. He is the George Washington so to speak of the planet earth. Jan is the one that will start the ball rolling to overthrow the overlords. Humans can only be suppressed for so long before someone comes forward to lead ...
- 787: Effectiveness Of The Articles
- ... people in the ineffectiveness of their national government under the Articles of Confederation. John Jay (Secretary of Foreign Affairs and great international negotiator), expresses this discontent of the people through a letter of concern to George Washington. He foreshadowed some sort of revolt, crisis, or revolution and expressed his feeling of uneasiness and the need for change. Shay’s rebellion turned out to be a milestone because it set a need for ...
- 788: Early Colonies
- ... a new colony, New Haven. Connecticut was founded by those separatists in Massachusetts who felt that the religion was too strict. Yet another colony established for exclusive, religiously motivated purposes was Maryland. Roman Catholics, under George Calvert, the First Lord Baltimore, fled religious persecution in England from the Protestants. Due to the immediate wealth from tobacco harvesting, Protestants came over to the new colony seeking some of the wealth. Ironically, the ... a wild card in its own identity. It has completely different origins than any other colony. Founded by James Ogelthorpe, Georgia was very diverse in its inhabitants. Outlaws and debtors were sent there by King George, and therefore there was a conservative law. King George had to loosen restrictions because people left. Georgia was also a military boundary or buffer zone between Spanish Florida and the British colonies. Georgia was different because it was ruled under the military and ...
- 789: Donner Party
- ... Party was led by experienced mountain men and included a physician among its members; the Donner Party was composed of farmers and a high proportion of women, elderly, and children. The Donner brothers, Jacob and George, along with James Reed, all from Illinois, organized the party. They set out on their journey in April of 1846 and in a reasonable amount of time had reached South Pass, a landmark on the ... and most of the party returned to winter over, at what was known as Truckee Lake. The Donner brothers and their family, were in even worse condition. They had many problems with the wagons, and George Donner injured himself trying to make the repairs. The family was forced to endure the winter in tents at Alder Creek. Apparently, none of the family or other members traveling together had the will or ... members and told and retold, with many different interpretations over the years. The first comprehensive History of the Donner Party was researched and produced by the prominent Truckee attorney, Charles F. McGlashan in 1880. Historian George Stewart wrote Ordeal by Hunger the most popular book. Recently, another version, Winter of Entrapment was published by Joseph King. A special documentary was produced in 1993 by PBS, featuring actors reading from diaries ...
- 790: Diarmement
- ... was set up in accordance with Article 9 of the League. *In November 1920 a Temporary Mixed Commission was established to get the disarmament process moving. *The first major effort in disarmament came with the Washington Coference *Washington conference was called in 1921 to discuss the arms limitation,and Pacific and Far Eastern issues.Out of this conference came three main agreements:the Four Power Treaty,the Five Power Treaty and the Nine ... effectively rendered these places virtually defenceless. *In 1922,Britain presented the Temporary Mixed Commission with a numerical scheme of disarmament known as the Esher Plan. -Troops would be grouped into units of 30 000 -A Washington Conference-style allocation ratio would form the basis of this plan.It was pointed out that a simple numerical unit of 30 000 is meaningless as the effectiveness of any such unit would depend ...
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