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- 7961: Louis XIV
- ... to dominate Europe politically, it was during this time span that Europe was very strongly influenced by French culture and civilization. Louis XIV is a paradigm of European monarchs. He was known as Louis the Great, The Grand Monarch, and the Sun King. Louis lived from 1638 until 1715. He reigned as king of France from 1643 until 1715. He was actually in power from 1661 until 1715. His legacy is ...
- 7962: Mark Twain and the Lost Manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... Susie, Clara, and Jean. Clara moved to Europe with her husband around 1894. Jean had epilepsy and died of a heart attack in January of 1910. Twain's life was filled with much sorrow and depression, this is probably the reason that some Twain's last writings were so savage and bitter that they have just recently been published. On April 21, 1910, just four months after his daughter's death ...
- 7963: Term African Slave Trade
- ... of the continent until 1669 by Francisco de Lemos Doelho. The first business of one of our factors [agents] when he comes to Fida [Whydah] is to satisfy the customs of the king and the great men, which amounts to about a hundred pounds in Guinea value, as the goods must yield there. After which is published throughout the whole land by the crier. But yet before we can deal with ...
- 7964: Homosexuality
- ... analogies of the present controversy over homosexuality with the past are called to mind, the response is predictable. This issue is different. It is sad that General Colin Powell, himself a distinguished African American of great ability, associated himself with the view that overcoming the segregation of the races in the military was different from removing the ban against gays. Homosexuality is not the same as either of these past issues ...
- 7965: "Down and Out Paris and London"
- ... with the author's experience with tramps and the poverty stricken in Paris and London in the 1920's. He lives with them on equal terms and suffers the same hardships and tribulations. Orwell shows great compassion for the plight of the poor and feels that society is very unfair in their criticism and judgment of the tramps and beggars that roam the streets. He feels that these people are victims ...
- 7966: Animal Farm: Utopia
- ... animals. (p.19) This speech gets all the animals riled up and sends the toughts of getting rid of man. Old Major then teaches them the song the Beasts of England which teaches them the "great" life without man and with no more bad leaders: Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful tidings, Of the golden future time. Soon or late the ...
- 7967: An Analysis of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales": The Wife of Bath's Tale
- ... including her prologue, to be the most thought-provoking. The pilgrim who narrates this tale, Alison, is a gap-toothed, partially deaf seamstress and widow who has been married five times. She claims to have great experience in the ways of the heart, having a remedy for whatever might ail it. Throughout her story, I was shocked, yet pleased to encounter details which were rather uncharacteristic of the women of Chaucer ...
- 7968: Annexation Of Hawaii
- ... or after his departure for Hawaii regarding attempts at achieving annexation in the Hawaiian Nation. (3) Stevens had many reasons of his own to support annexation. When he arrived in the islands, he saw many great economic and military advantages to having Hawaii annexed as a state. He realized that Hawaii in itself was a growing industry, soon to be had as a major sugar producer in the world at the ...
- 7969: Summary of Rosen's "My Lost World: A Survivor's Tale"
- ... of the who, what, when, and where of Sara Rosen's encounter with the Holocaust. The Family, part one, is a five-chapter summary of the Rosen's immediate and extended family. Sara goes into great detail of a who's who in this particular Jewish family. She names cousins, aunts, uncles, and so on. Further, Sara explains the traditions and practices of the Judaic tradition. She carefully goes through each ...
- 7970: Careers in Investment Banking
- ... junior associate is around $100,000, while a vice president makes around $300,000 a year, and a ten to fifteen year experienced banker makes around one million dollars a year. These figures sound really great, but there are some catches. First off, investment bankers are guaranteed a relatively low base pay for the year, and the rest of their earnings are compensations determined by their job performance for the year ...
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