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- 3161: General Sir Arthur Currie
- LIEUTENANT--GENERAL SIR ARTHUR CURRIE (A brief account of the battle of Passchendaele) Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie was the most capable soldier that Canada has produced. Certainly, he did not look like the great soldier he had become. A very tall man, at six-foot-four, he was also somewhat overweight. Through his successes as the Commander of the Canadian Corps, he knew how to delegate authority and stand ... absolutely the height of stupidity, recalled E.O. Anderson of the 49th Battalion. London warmly welcomed the Canadians. The capture of Passchendaele had, after so many weeks and months of bad news, come as a great relief, a feat which received much play in he press. A Canadian living a in England, Charles Armstrong, wrote Sir Arthur Currie on 12 November: Everybody here is talking about it & it makes one feel ... years later, in 1933 at the age of fifty-seven, may be attributed, at least indirectly, to the lawsuit. His funeral was a major event in Montreal and thousands lined the streets to honour the Great Leader of the Canadian Corps. He is buried in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal.
- 3162: Understanding Panic Disorders
- Understanding Panic Disorders Fear, heart palpitations, terror, a sense of impending doom, dizziness, fear of fear. These are the words used to describe a panic disorder. But there is great hope: treatment can benefit virtually everyone who has this condition. It is extremely important for the person who has to learn about the problem and the availability of effective treatments and to seek help. The ... or consider himself or herself a treatment failure. Recurrences can be treated effectively, just like an initial episode. There are conditions that are frequently found to coexist with panic disorders are: simple phobias, social phobias, depression, obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD), alcohol abuse, drug abuse, and suicidal tendencies. In conclusion, panic disorders can become paralyzing if they are not dealt with properly. There is therapy and medication, that can safely assist in ...
- 3163: Heroism
- Heroism is a legendary and supernatural quality. The term was first applied to tales concerned with knights, chivalry, and courtly love. Several romances deal with Alexander the Great, King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and Emperor Charlemagne. The Arthurian romances fall into three broad groups. Some, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, are tales that involve the testing ... Arthur was the son of Uther Pendragon, king of Britain. Kept in hiding during childhood, he was suddenly presented to the people as their king. He proved a wise and valiant ruler. He gathered a great company of knights in his court problems of introducement were avoided by the use of a round table at gatherings. With his queen, Guinevere, he maintained a magnificent court at Camelot, where the Brittians longest ... a lady whom he loved passionately, if hopelessly. A hero is some one who swares to do something courages in order to make some one elses life better. In the arthurian legend there is many great knights that are considered heros here a couple examples of Launcelot a knight of the round table swaring to risk his life for Camelot and Lady Guenevere. This is from Launcelot to Arthur "All ...
- 3164: J.P. Morgan
- ... period of expansion in the American industry and in big business corporations. Through his leadership, Morgan salvaged America's financial systems several times during his lifetime. In the railroad industry, he was known as the great arbiter, saving several railroads with his successful reorganizations. In the steel industry, Morgan combined many holdings into one of the successful ventures of the time. In his lifetime, J.P. Morgan was certainly a captain ... which were owned by the Rockefellers, people whom Morgan considered unprincipled upstarts. Although Morgan had to pay $5 million dollars more than he had offered, he did not mind stating, In a business proposition as great as this would you let a mater of $5 million stand in the way of success? (Boardman 125). When the stock went up for sale, half a million shares was sold in the first two day's of the stock's appearance, and one million in a week (Sinclair 129). In addition to his business dealings, J.P. Morgan was also a great philanthropist. In his lifetime, he gave St. George's Church in New York a new rectory, parish house, and over $5 million toward the construction of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Boardman ...
- 3165: George Lucas
- ... had spent the better part of two years making a very personal movie that had been dumped into the marketplace without attention or care (1, 98)." Marcia Lucas stated, "Directing that movie [THX) was a great thing for George. It was a breakthrough. Now he was really a filmmaker (1, 98)." After THX, Lucas wanted to make a movie that would "dispel his image as a technobrat, a cold, mechanical filmmaker ... least heard about it when The Star Wars Trilogy was re-released, but I heard nothing relating to it or any other movie, such as the hit American Graffiti. Although, THX:1138 was not a great success, I still have a desire to see it, just because George Lucas made it. It never even occurred to me that George Lucas had a rough time before he made it big. He was ... of attention and hide in the background. However, that is probably the only similarity between us. I hope that one day I can be as successful as he is with his career and gain his great amount of initiative and determination to get where I am going in life. Work Cited 1) Pollock, Dale. Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas. New York: Harmon Books, 1983.
- 3166: How Barbed Wire Was The Ruination Of The Cowboy Lifetyle
- How Barbed Wire Was The Ruination Of The Cowboy Lifetyle The great American cowboy is a part of our heritage that can not be repalced. Cowboys had a difficult profession, hard phyical labor, lonley days, and having to ride a horse all day long. These peaple are ... americans expereminted with a lot of different materials. Hedgerows were gradually developed, and a few homesteaders even resorted to mud and ditch enclosures. timber was brought from neighboring states, but its cost was generally too great for those who lived on the frontier where the increased increment of their land was none too certain. As the line of settlement pushed farther west, the problem of fencing became even more acute, The ... report revealed that fencing, even in the most timbered areas, was very costly and that it was almost prohibitive to those who lived on the marginal lands of the western prairies. As a result, the Great Plaines were largely left unsettled until certain inventions became available.
- 3167: Edgar Degas - Not the Typical Impressionist
- ... the masters. At age 20, Degas was taken by a family friend to meet his Jean- Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Degas was fascinated by Ingres's classicism. Ingres and Degas both believed that drawing was of great importance in producing a great work of art. Later that year Degas was accepted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he studied under a student of Ingres's. Degas was very insistent that Impressionist artists should have an exhibition ... Renoir, Manet, and Degas himself would display their best works of art for criticism. At the Salons Degas's work, like everyone else's wasn't looked upon highly. Most people didn't realize how great these artists were until after they died. Degas went through many styles of art before finally settling on Realism. He went through a stage where he was painting and drawing in the Classical style. ...
- 3168: The Effectiveness of Eisenhower's First Term: 1953-1956
- ... over."7 "Let's face it. Let's talk sense to the American people. Let's tell them the truth, that their are no gains without pains, that we are now on the eve of great decisions..."8 Stevenson continued to tell the American voters the "truth." At one campaign stop he told members of "the American Legion that a veteran was someone who owed America more than the nation owed him."9 Unfortunately his policy of hard truths only gained the support of the intellectuals and not the majority of the population. In contrast, the Eisenhower campaign was making great strides. With the endorsement of Taft, Eisenhower was able to heal the wounds of a split party that the convention had caused. In conjunction with Taft, Eisenhower developed a manifesto that stated his conservative view ... The ending of the Korean War contributed greatly to the feeling of tranquillity that enveloped the United States and the Eisenhower administration. Even though the Eisenhower presidency looked calm on the outside there was a great amount of activism on the inside. Within the White House the Cold War continued. Throughout the 1953-54 years, Senator Joseph McCarthy, chairman of the Senate Permanent Investigation Committee, conducted hearings that looked into ...
- 3169: Biography of William Shakespeare
- Biography of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so ... dramatist the world has ever known as well as the finest poet who has written in the English language. Many reasons can be given for Shakespeare's enormous appeal. His fame basically is from his great understanding of human nature. He was able to find universal human qualities and put them in a dramatic situation creating characters that are timeless. Yet he had the ability to create characters that are highly ... helped shape the attitudes of millions of people. His portrayal of historical figures and events have influenced our thinking more than what has been written in history books. The world has admired and respected many great writers, but only Shakespeare has generated such enormous continuing interest. My source states explanations rather than opinions on why Shakespeare's contributions to literature are so vast. My source devoted thirty pages to William ...
- 3170: Mohandas Gandhi and His Life
- Mohandas Gandhi and His Life My Essay is about Mohandas Gandhi. I chose him because he in my opinion is one of the greatest men to have lived. Indeed it is the great men who make things happen. They are the ones that make history. To prove this, we must first know a little bit about Gandhi. Notices that I said a little, hole books have been written ... British, but when they passed the Rowlatt bills he became very upset. The bills stated that those suspected of sedition could be arrested without a trial. Gandhi called for a Satyagraha (civil disobedience) struggle against Great Britain. He had meant for the people to use ahmisa (non-violence) methods in their protests, but they protested violently in some places, and that lead to the killing of 400 Indians. By 1920, Gandhi ... fasting. That is were the key is, the support of the people. Only a man like Gandhi could have influenced the people to indure hardships to get their freedom. So how can people dispute that great men do not make history? Gandhi is living proof of that.
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