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- 281: Commander In Chief Franklin De
- ... in this country. What set him apart from other leaders is that he held this office during the most trying times our country faced in this century. He was elected president in 1933 during the Great Depression and remained in office for four consecutive terms until his death in 1945, one month before the end of World War II. His leadership through these historical times was controversial. While some saw greatness, others ... in WW II against the Germans, which was the decision to invade North Africa, was made by Roosevelt against the wishes of his Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall. The first test in the great enterprise for which Marshalls army was being schooled, would be conducted not as he wished it, but as Roosevelt wished it.(Pg. 133) Neither man allowed instances as this to interfere with the ...
- 282: Bipolar Affective Disorder
- Bipolar Affective Disorder The phenomenon of bipolar affective disorder has been a mystery since the 16th century. History has shown that this affliction can appear in almost anyone. Even the great painter Vincent Van Gogh is believed to have had bipolar disorder. It is clear that in our society many people live with bipolar disorder; however, despite the abundance of people suffering from the it, we ... Jr. 1990 ). Bipolar affective disorder affects approximately one percent of the population (approximatly three million people) in the United States. It is presented by both males and females. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression. These episodes may alternate with profound depressions characterized by a pervasive sadness, almost inability to move, hopelessness, and disturbances in appetite, sleep, in concentrations and driving. Bipolar disorder is diagnosed if an episode of mania occurs whether depression has been diagnosed or not (Goodwin, Guze, 1989, p 11). Most commonly, individuals with manic episodes experience a period of depression. Mood is either elated, expansive, or irritable, hyperactivity, pressure of speech, flight of ...
- 283: The Grapes of Wrath: Symbolic Characters
- The Grapes of Wrath: Symbolic Characters Struggling through such things as the depression, the Dust Bowl summers, and trying to provide for their own families, which included finding somewhere to travel to where life would be safe. Such is the story of the Joads. The Joads were the ... Joad, even more Christian symbolism is seen. Tom Joad is almost a direct fit for the story of the "prodigal son" from the bible. He is the son that must lead everyone across in a great journey, while symbolically already wandering from the favor of God by killing a man in self-defense. Tom must find a way to forget about this event and continue to keep his goal of getting ... of the family, also has a very religious connotation; her religious meaning is not so much symbolic of a specific person or event in the bible, but more of an example of Christian values. The great hardship in her life was the fact that the child she was pregnant with the whole story, and the one that kept her from doing work necessary to everyone's survival, was stillborn. Now, ...
- 284: Obesity
- ... caused by just wanting to eat. The want to eat is caused by looking for a sense of security. A sense of security wanted because there are poor or no coping skills for stress or depression and low self-esteem. Therefore, when a compulsive overeater or binge eater diet, the diet is doomed to fail because the weight returns when the person resumes normal eating. Thus creating an even greater depression. Now many obese people have medical research to turn to as to why the weight they lost usually comes back. Recent research has strongly backed the set-point theory, which says that when an individual ... waiting for. I finally believed my real chance to lose weight had arrived. So with real anticipation, I made the two and half hour drive to Monticello, Kentucky. My first month on the medicine was great, I lost fourteen pounds and completely lost any desire to eat. The compulsion I normally felt late at night to snack was gone. My problem with phen-fen began the second month, when I ...
- 285: The End Of Affluence
- ... a small-scale recession, into a large-scale recession. The introduction of this recession, lasted until the beginning of World War I, where it slowly returned to production standards, and then quickly went into a depression in the 1930 s, known as the great depression. This economic condition would continue to rise and fall until World War II, where the destruction of Japan and Europe opened new markets for the U.S. In relations to the economy, World War ...
- 286: Ernest Hemingway
- ... educated at Oak Park High School, where his first writings where in the school's magazine. His mom liked to spend money and spent too much, creating problems between her and her husband. Then, the Great Depression worsened their financial problems. By 1928 Dr. Hemingway was in a terrible financial state, and killed himself. The act of suicide was repeated by two of Ernest's siblings, and later himself. When he was ... he won the Pulitzer Prize for Old Man and the Sea. He won the Nobel Prize for that work in 1954. Hemingway died on July 2, 1961. He committed suicide as a result of mental depression. In most of Hemingway's books there is charector with certain traits. This character is usually the main character. This character is called the code hero. A code hero follows all the traits below. ...
- 287: Pablo Picasso
- Pablo Picasso A Brief Biography Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was the most famous artist of the 20th century. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso showed great talent at an early age. He loved to paint pictures of city life and was fascinated by the circus. He also enjoyed painting pictures of the day-to-day life of poor people in his ... district where he was able to study the City's poorer people. More importantly, it was here that he discovered the posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, which inspired him into creating one of his great paintings, the "Mouilin de la Galette". It was here, in Paris, that most of his success was accomplished. Three months later, Picasso returned to Spain and co-founded the short-lived magazine "Arte Joven" (first ... absinthe Drinker" (1901, William Jaffe Collection, New York City) and also the "Dwarf Dancer". Suddenly, the 20-year-old painter, who now signed himself "Picasso", his mother's maiden name, moved toward a symbolism of great anguish and misery, inspired by the French painter Maurice Denis and the Spanish painters Isidro Nonell Y Monturiol and El Greco. This was his Blue Period, so called because most of these paintings were ...
- 288: The Transcontinental Railroad and Westward Expansion
- ... from the Atlantic ports of Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Charleston, and Savannah (Douglas 23). Within twenty years, four rail lines had crossed the Alleghenies to reach their goal on `Western Waters' of the Great Lakes or the tributaries of the Mississippi. Meanwhile, other lines had started West of the Appalachian mountains, and by the mid-1850's Chicago, St. Louis, and Memphis were connected to the East. Still other ... the "annexation of the United States," (Cooke 218). "The country might take to the railroad as a novelty and a tourist fashion, but the companies saw it as a chain of missing links between the Great Plains and the people who would want, or could be urged, to settle it," (Cooke 229). The years 1870-1900 were a period of enormous growth in the United States. During these years, 430 million acres of land were settled, which was more than had been occupied in all preceding American history. A considerable part of this expansion was in the Great Plains ("United States of America" 472). This enormous expansion was the product of a combination of forces. One was the Homestead Act of 1862. The Homestead Act of 1862 was passed by the government ...
- 289: Pablo Picasso 2
- Pablo Picasso A Brief Biography Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was the most famous artist of the 20th century. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso showed great talent at an early age. He loved to paint pictures of city life and was fascinated by the circus. He also enjoyed painting pictures of the day-to-day life of poor people in his ... district where he was able to study the City's poorer people. More importantly, it was here that he discovered the posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, which inspired him into creating one of his great paintings, the "Mouilin de la Galette". It was here, in Paris, that most of his success was accomplished. Three months later, Picasso returned to Spain and co-founded the short-lived magazine "Arte Joven" (first ... absinthe Drinker" (1901, William Jaffe Collection, New York City) and also the "Dwarf Dancer". Suddenly, the 20-year-old painter, who now signed himself "Picasso", his mother's maiden name, moved toward a symbolism of great anguish and misery, inspired by the French painter Maurice Denis and the Spanish painters Isidro Nonell Y Monturiol and El Greco. This was his Blue Period, so called because most of these paintings were ...
- 290: Pablo Picasso
- Pablo Picasso A Brief Biography Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was the most famous artist of the 20th century. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso showed great talent at an early age. He loved to paint pictures of city life and was fascinated by the circus. He also enjoyed painting pictures of the day-to-day life of poor people in his ... district where he was able to study the City's poorer people. More importantly, it was here that he discovered the posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, which inspired him into creating one of his great paintings, the "Mouilin de la Galette". It was here, in Paris, that most of his success was accomplished. Three months later, Picasso returned to Spain and co-founded the short-lived magazine "Arte Joven" (first ... absinthe Drinker" (1901, William Jaffe Collection, New York City) and also the "Dwarf Dancer". Suddenly, the 20-year-old painter, who now signed himself "Picasso", his mother's maiden name, moved toward a symbolism of great anguish and misery, inspired by the French painter Maurice Denis and the Spanish painters Isidro Nonell Y Monturiol and El Greco. This was his Blue Period, so called because most of these paintings were ...
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