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- 1841: David Livingstone
- ... rest leave the area. He took with him Mebalwe, a native teacherand here happened one of the most famous incidents of his entire life. Livingstone shot a lion. Then, as he began to reload his gun, the wounded lion sprang up on him and shook him as a cat does a rat. His left arm was crushed to the bone. Mebalwe grabbed his gun and, seeing the motion of the upraised gun, the lion left Livingstone and sprang upon Mebalwe, biting him through the thigh. Another man coming on with a spear was bitten as well before the lion toppled over dead as a result of ...
- 1842: The Life and Death of 2Pac
- ... rose partly through the opening, like a tank commander surveying the horizon for signs of the enemy. Discreetly the rear window of a nearby car rolled down as it approached, and the muzzle of a gun emerged slightly. The gun, almost indiscernible from the cavernous blackness inside the car, spewed out thirteen bullets, each one punctuated by a startling yellow flash and a reverberating crack that cut through the buzz of the traffic. In one ... He served eight months out of a three year sentence for sexual assault, and was to face sentencing this month for assault and battery charges on a music video producer and carrying a loaded, concealed gun. In 1993, Shakur was sued by a limo driver who claimed that he and several others severely beat him. Also, he was sometimes on the other end of the violence. In November of 1994 ...
- 1843: Al Capone
- ... caesar of Rome. This edict that Capone presented, seem to have establish the standards for the ways of the mafia today. With this method of doing business, it would only dispense the mafia with more control over meaningful people in their pursuit of organized crime both then and now. 4.There are several cases on record about Capone in which the cases became more clearer when put in the light of ... and Company Inc, 1992, p.23. 4. Asbury, Herbert, The Great Illusion ; An Informal History of Prohibition, Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, 1950, p.95. 5. Ianni, Francis, A Family Business ; Kinship and Social Control in Organized Crime, New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 1972, p.203. 6. Ianni, p.189. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Allsop, Kenneth, The Bootleggers : The Story of Chicago's, Prohibition Era, Hutchinson & CO (Publishers), 1968. 2. Arlacchi, Pino ... 1950. 4. Bergreen, Laurence, Capone : The man and the Era, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1994. 5. Coffey, Thomas, The Long Thirst, London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1975. 6. Ianni, Francis, A Family Business ; Kinship and Social Control in Organized Crime, New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 1972. 7. Kobler, John, Capone : The Life and World of Al Capone, New York, Da Capo Press, 1992. 8. Nelli, Humbert, The Business of Crime : Italians ...
- 1844: William Henry Gates III
- ... wills" change in character from predictive to prescriptive, and Gates' friendly if cool tone acquires an undercurrent of coercion. The promise of "the highway," according to Gates, is that it will allow us all to control our destinies more fully. The not-so-well-buried subtext of "The Road Ahead," though, tells a different story -- of Gates' and Microsoft's desperate struggle to maintain control of the high-tech marketplace. "The Road Ahead" won't satisfy readers curious for insights into Chairman Bill's psyche; it mostly has the bland, confident air of an annual report. But in its very ... has always held for engineers, enthusiasts and precocious children: the appeal of instantly responsive, utterly submissive systems that can be gradually massaged toward perfection. Though digital technology invites its creators into a world of absolute control, the computer market remains a place of frustrating chaos. Gates long ago adopted the strategy that made Microsoft's fortune: ship early with imperfect products, seize market share and then upgrade toward an acceptable ...
- 1845: The Life and Accomplishments of John F Kennedy
- ... him a controveersial figure. In January 1947, Kennedy took his seat in Congress. Later that year, he became seriously ill, and doctors discovered that he was suffering from a malfunction of the adrenal glands. To control the ailment, he had to take medicine daily for the rest of his life. In Congress, Kennedy voted for most of the social welfare programs of President Harry S. Truman. He was re-elected to ... active duty. For a week, war seemed likely. Then, Russian Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev ordered all Soviet offensive missiles removed. The President then lifted the quarantine. In 1961, Russia threatened to give Communist East Germany control over the West's air and land supply routes to Berlin. The threat was part of a Russian effort to end the combined American, British, French, and Russian control of Berlin, begun when World War II ended. The western nations opposed any threat to the freedom of West Berlin. In June 1961, Kennedy discussed Berlin with Khrushchev at a two-day meeting in ...
- 1846: The Life and Death of 2Pac
- ... rose partly through the opening, like a tank commander surveying the horizon for signs of the enemy. Discreetly the rear window of a nearby car rolled down as it approached, and the muzzle of a gun emerged slightly. The gun, almost indiscernible from the cavernous blackness inside the car, spewed out thirteen bullets, each one punctuated by a startling yellow flash and a reverberating crack that cut through the buzz of the traffic. In one ... He served eight months out of a three year sentence for sexual assault, and was to face sentencing this month for assault and battery charges on a music video producer and carrying a loaded, concealed gun. In 1993, Shakur was sued by a limo driver who claimed that he and several others severely beat him. Also, he was sometimes on the other end of the violence. In November of 1994 ...
- 1847: Charles Darwin
- ... system, it is believed that the best will survive while the less efficient will collapse if the market is allowed to work without government interference. In a market economy, since the government has very little control of the businesses, the companies must work their hardest and come out with good products that will outsell the ones of their competition. Social Darwinism basically means that the strong will control the weak. Social Darwinism comes from the laws of natural selection as Darwin had stated. According to his theory, which was very popular in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, the weak were diminished, while the strong grew in power and in cultural influence over the weak. In command economies, this is basically what is happening. There is very little freedom, and the strong (mostly government) will control the weak as in what to do, produce, etc. As you can see, Charles Darwin has a lot of contributions to science, market, and command economies. He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, on ...
- 1848: John Gotti: The Man Behind the Mob
- ... crew, the Bergin-Hunt crew. His crew soon became the highest earning crew in the family (Davis 161-162). Gotti began enforcing the ban on selling drugs in his crew, and he rarely carried a gun. This earned him respect and power, greatest demonstration of his power occurred in 1980. John's youngest son Peter was accidentally struck by a car and killed. Peter was riding his mini bike when a ... 42). This was all the jury needed. The "Teflon Don" had been busted. The court found John Joseph Gotti guilty of all charges. He is now behind Bars serving life without parole in the Marion control unit of Illinois(Davis 413). To sum it up, the life of John Gotti is a perfect example of how one person with a little ambition can do anything. Even though he was born poor ...
- 1849: The Chernobyl Accident
- ... to the reactor is heated by the nuclear reaction and turned into steam to turn the turbines of the generator. Leonid forced the reactor up to 7% power by removing all but 6 of the control rods. (Medvedev 26-36) This was a violation of procedure and the reactor was never built to operate at such low power. This type of reactor is very unstable when filled with water. (Medvedev 37 ... because of the reduction in water flow caused by the turbine shutdown, which led to an increase in boiling. The operator initiated manual shut down, which led to a quick power increase due to the control rod design. The reactor reached 120 times its full power. All the radioactive fuel disintegrated, and pressure from all excess steam broke every one of the pressure tubes and blew the entire top shield of the reactor. All of these factors including serious violations of safety operations, dangerous design flaws, and imperfect control systems is what led to the virtually instantaneous catastrophic increase of thermal power which led to core meltdown. The steam explosion also destroyed part of the building. Radioactive material was then thrown out into ...
- 1850: Explain the U.S. & Russian Positions In The Cold War
- ... the other. These advancements caused either country to gain a greater respect for the other. This respect led to the Geneva Summit in November 1985; President Reagan met with Gorbachev in order to discuss the control of nuclear weapons, as either side was willing to make huge cuts to their nuclear arsenal. Gorbachev was determined for Reagan to end the development of the space based anti-missile system because he said ... against nuclear attack as each country tried to ensure the safety of it's people. Dιtente Relations between the Soviet Union and the United States began to increase as a result of the out of control arms race. They each had enough nuclear weapons t annihilate each other and for that matter, the entire world. They wanted to decrease military expenditure and decrease armaments, as this had become a huge part of both countries national budgets. The two powers and the UK signed a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as they invited other counties to sign for the control of nuclear weapons. There was still, however, apprehension on either side as they still suspected a surprise attack from the other. Although it would be some time before a trusting relationship was established between ...
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