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- 901: Edward Vii
- ... 29). After a short reign of only nine years, Edward VII, the King, collapsed on the afternoon of May 6, 1910, after a series of heart attacks. He left the throne to his son, King George V ( www.spartcus.com). The very first decade of the 20th century is the decade in which Edward VII reigned. This era is known as the Edwardian Era (World Book Encyclopedia, 59). It is King ... Era was the beginning of the 20th century, and led to all sorts of predictions by all sorts of people about how that century would signal the start of a truly golden age," said Richard Washington. This era is known as the sanest era in the history of our world (www.geocites.com). Edward VII along with other Edwardians helped to make it that way. Saki is a novelist and short ...
- 902: Schizophrenia: Explained and Treatments
- ... disorder (Torrey 1). Delusions are irrational ideas, routinely absurd and outlandish. A patient may believe that he or she is possessed of great wealth, intellect, importance or power. Sometimes the patient may think he is George Washington or another great historical person (Chapman). Hallucinations are common, particularly auditory, as voices in the third person or commenting upon the patient's thoughts and actions (Arieti). Persons may also hear music or see nonexistent ...
- 903: For Information on the Medical Uses of Marijuana
- For Information on the Medical Uses of Marijuana In reaction to medical cannabis access referendums on the ballots in Arizona and California, former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush signed a letter stating that they ``categorically oppose'' access to cannabis for its many proven therapeutic uses such as the prevention of blindness and epileptic seizures [1]. Their chief concern was that legal medical ... 63 (3): 321-32. [19] Marijuana: The First 12,000 Years. Plenum Press, 1980. [20] The Great Drug War, Macmillan Publishing, 1987. [21] Marijuana Policy Project, 202-462-5747, P.O. Box 77492, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 20013. http://www.mpp.org, MPP@MPP.ORG (c) 1996 Ian Williams Goddard - (*) free to copy nonprofit w/ attribute.
- 904: Computers Not The Greatest Invention Of The 20 Th Century
- ... a professor at Iowa State College and his graduate student, Clifford Berry, envisioned an all-electronic computer that applied Boolean algebra to computer circuitry. This approach was based on the mid-19th century work of George Boole who clarified the binary system of algebra, which stated that any mathematical equations could be stated simply as either true or false. By extending this concept to electronic circuits in the form of on ... were ever installed: one in the Lawrence Radiation Labs in Livermore, California, for which the computer was named (Livermore Atomic Research Computer) and the other at the U.S. Navy Research and Development Center in Washington D.C. Second generation computers replaced machine language with assembly language, allowing abbreviated programming codes to replace long, difficult binary codes. Throughout the early 1960's, there were a number of commercially successful second generation ...
- 905: 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 modeled his shapes but he seemed to "paint" them ...
- 906: Don Pepe Figueres
- ... get by with a number of things that the U.S. would normally never allow. In conclusion, the presidency and political life of Don Pepe Figueres has been transformed into one rivaling the height of George Washington. However, the side of Figueres which the world sees may not be correct. Figueres was a socialist who used democratic reforms to gain friendship with the United States. Once the parasitic relationship with the U ...
- 907: Gettysburg
- ... chasing a seemingly invincible fighting machine. A machine with the confidence, and the leadership, to continue its winning ways. To heighten the odds against the blue underdogs, they were given a new commander, Major General George Meade, only four days before they were to fight what would become the battle of their lives. So why did the Yanks win at Gettysburg? The men in blue fought like demons along their line ... key that would unlock the security of the Federal line if taken by the Rebels, and noticing that the hill was literally undefended, Warren, on his own initiative, frantically searched for reinforcements. Even Major General George Sykes, whose nickname was "Tardy George" because he moved so slowly, reacted quickly to Warren's appeal on this all-important day. He ordered a brigade from his V Corps to rush to Little Round Top. The brigade turned out ...
- 908: Marijuana: A Horticultural Revolution, A Medical and Legal Battle
- ... medical use in treatment in the United States, the medical prohibition has come under strong legal challenge from seriously ill Americans who have been arrested on marijuana-related charges. In U.S. v. Randall, a Washington, D.C. man afflicted by glaucoma employed the little-used Common Law doctrine of necessity to defend himself against criminal charges of marijuana cultivation. On November 24, 1976, federal Judge James Washington ruled Randall's use of marijuana constituted a medical necessity. In part, Judge Washington ruled: While blindness was shown by competent medical testimony to be the otherwise inevitable result of defendant's disease, no adverse effects from the smoking of marijuana have been demon- strated. Medical evidence suggests ...
- 909: Marijuana
- ... smoked it. Those presidents include Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and many others. John F. Kennedy smoked it to relieve his back pain. Also, many of America's great leaders were hemp farmers. This includes good ol' George Washington. Archeologists believe that cannabis was possibly the first plant farmed by humans. Many people think that marijuana is addictive, but this is false. Marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate. When users ...
- 910: Marijuana
- ... variety of new and better medicines like aspirin, morpheine (habit forming), chloral, barbituates tranquilizers, and when it got on the list of drugs thought by the world community to require legal restrictions. Our first President, George Washington, grew cannabis on his plantation. The cannabis he grew was more fibrous and is better known as hemp. Hemp was used to make rope, twine, paper and canvas (the word "canvas" comes from Cannabis) and ...
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