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- 2671: Al Capone
- ... the profit for his work. Al Capone was an excellent choice for Johnny Torrio. Al Capone settled in Chicago, in small office. His business card stated, Alfonso Capone, Secondhand Furniture Dealer. Alfonso Capone had a great ability to handle the emergency situations. His best way to handle the emergencies was very cruel and wild. He got used to kill people who served as a danger to his business. That was his great ability. When one of the other bootleggers wanted to supply booze to the bar where Al Capone was the king, Capone simply killed him in order to avoid the money loss in his business. Another great ability Al Capone had was handling political connections. Al Capone, being rich and respected, literally owned police and government officials. With his money and power, he could bribe government officials and police, and even ...
- 2672: William Penn
- ... on to Pennsylvania in the "New World." In this new colony that he established, he set up a freedom of worship. It became a retreat for many religious groups coming from Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, and Great Britain.7 He decided to go to the New World, but first he made a trip with Quaker leader George Fox. When they got there, the construction from the plans of Penn's was already ... as on your side of the Sea; and truly an Italian Complexion hath not much more of the White, and the Noses of several of them have as much of the Roman.11 He had great respect for the Indians, and understood their culture, so he, from then on, would have an excellent relationship with the Indians. On of the most famous things he had ever done was to have a ... had an enormous effect on Pennsylvania. They created the foundations of what is now Pennsylvania. William Penn will be remembered for his kindness and his hard efforts to help the Quakers and to be a great leader, which he was. That is why it is reasonable to call the colony that started so many great things Pennsylvania. Works Cited Baltzell, Digby E. Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia. Boston: Beacon Press, ...
- 2673: Nostradamus
- ... ranging in time from his present to the end of the world. In Centuries there were one thousand quatrains, or verses of four lines each. One which was particularly amazing was this: A Captain of great Germany, Shall come to yield himself by stimulating help, To the Kings of Kings with the help of Hungary, So that his revolt shall cause great bloodshed. This quatrain has been interpreted, in modern day, to mean that Hitler shall involve Hungary in a great battle with much killing. Many believe that it is simply luck that Nostradamus had in predicting the future because his prophecies are generalized and not exact. However, one of his writings contained the man " ...
- 2674: Impact Of The Renaissance
- ... belonged to. A sense of competition was formed between families of different cities, and as one knows competition somehow always leads to development. Each family then tried to be better by building churches and sponsoring great painters such as Raphael and Michelangelo (whom will be later elaborated upon). Even the Pope got in on the competition. During the era bread remained the most widely consumed foodstuff, but even subsistence consumers were ... Graham, Kagan, Ozment, Turner; The heritage of world civ; pg.499-500) Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) exhibited the renaissance idea of the universal person, one who is a master of many talents. Being a great painter he was also a military engineer, anatomist and scientist. He dissected corpses to learn anatomy and was an accomplished botanist. His brilliant mind even managed to foresee such modern machinery such as aeroplanes, submarines and tanks. However he is most remembered for his great skill in conveying inner moods through complex facial features, as I am sure that the reader has the picture of the Mona Lisa whom Da Vinci painted. Raphael (1483-1520) was famous for his ...
- 2675: Ignorance and Racism in Heart Of Darkness
- ... Darkness. His book has all the themes that make the book an adventure story- mystery, exotic setting, escape, suspense, an unexpected attack. Chinua Achebe concluded, "Conrad, on the other hand, is undoubtedly one of the great stylists of modern fiction and a good storyteller into the bargain" (Achebe 252). Yet, despite Conrad's great story telling ability, he has also been viewed as an ignorant racist by some of his critics. Achebe, Singh, and Sarvan, are three of his critics who have different opinions about Conrad being a racist ... book, but a reader must know that back in the eighteen hundreds society didn't understand racism towards "Blacks". Conrad's critics would have never called Conrad a racist, during his time, but rather a great story teller who is kind hearted to "Blacks". Conrad constantly referred to the natives, in his book, as black savages, niggers, brutes, and "them", displaying what we see as racism toward the African people. ...
- 2676: Civil Disobedience
- ... sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue; for money comes between a man and his objects, and obtains them for him; and it was certainly no great virtue to obtain it.11 Thoreau honestly felt that when a man did become rich, the only way in which he could make himself truly worthy was to remain the way he did when he ... and provocative. Through peaceful marches and campaigns, people began to become aware, and Gandhi was known throughout he world, and he gained worldwide support. The continuous fighting between the Hindus and the Muslims was of great distress to Gandhi, and he feared that if the neighboring countries of India and Pakistan could not come together, there was no hope for world peace. On September 18, 1924, Gandhi started a twenty-one ... persecution found in Voltaire, a strong defender. Voltaire had contradictions in his character that were evident in all of his writings, and he was able to defend either side of a story. He had a great talent, and yet he influenced few. He called on his contemporaries to act upon intolerance, tyranny and superstition. They did not listen to him, and he had no following like others after him would ...
- 2677: King Arthur And The Catholic C
- ... Cappadora Monsignor Farrell Ms. Brickey The Catholic Church has many influences on King Arthur and the rest of his Knights of the Round Table. The knights depended on the church for its teachings and the great power the church held in society. The Knights of the Round Table pledged great loyalty to the church. Also the knights held the teachings of the church in great reverence and were never disloyal to the church. There are many links between the Catholic Church and the way that Camelot (the land of King Arthur and his Knights) was ruled. One link between ...
- 2678: Yalta
- ... most important events in history, let alone, this century. It took place from February 4 to February 11, 1945, at Yalta, Crimea, a port/resort. The three main individuals at this meeting were Churchill of Great Britain, Roosevelt of the United States and Stalin of the U.S.S.R, known back then, and now known as Russia. Roosevelt had two primary goals at Yalta, and he secured them both, during ... Yalta conference it was discussed whether Poland would be allowed to have free elections. Stalin was greatly opposed to having supervised (by the Americans, British and Soviets) election in Poland and so. Another matter of great importance and Crimea was the reparations to be received from Germany. The Russians wanted a set amount of $$50 million. They also wanted 50% of this money. However, a historian close to Roosevelt, advised him ... for France and the related matter of a seat for France on the Allied Control Commission, to be established in Berlin as soon as they surrendered. Churchill took the initiative on this issue, arguing with great energy that France be given both and occupation zone and a seat of the ACC. The British prime minister was understandable anxious to engage France in the task of occupying and controlling Germany in ...
- 2679: The Steam Engine
- ... use of the steam engine came in 1776. The steam engine was used to show the Cornish miners how successful it could be in removing the water from the mineshafts. This proved to be of great importance to the Cornish, because one of their biggest problems was the flooding of the mining shafts. (The Penetration of the Industry by Steam Power) The mine owners worried
that the mines would have to ... to urbanize life to the way we live it today. The steam engine was also used on the farm for several purposes. It was used extensively for deep plowing, cultivating, mole draining and ground clearing. Great advances were also made in agriculture with the engines enabling greater acreage to come under the plough and production increased by the use of machines to do tasks formerly done by hand or by horses ... These steam engines allowed farmers to grow crops in abundance with minimal manual labor, which was an increase in quantity and quality productions since a machine and not a human was doing the work. Another great contribution of the steam engine was made in the iron/coal industries. Since iron was starting to be produced so rapidly, more coal was needed to keep the steam engines running. Since the coal ...
- 2680: Capitalism and Communism
- ... and restricts people to being average. One reason people are only average under Communism is the fact that there is no motivation. People have no reason to work hard, do good deeds, or become something great. Under Communism, everyone shares and will end up with the same wealth anyway. There is no individual motivation. This also hurts the community and country. Since people have no motivation to do great things, the country will not produce anything great. There will be no cures to cancer, or new space advancements. What is the point of achieving that when one would not benefit from it? If a country uses Communism, it will not become ...
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