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- 4171: Orwell's "Such, Such Were the Joys....": Alienation and Other Such Joys
- ... of those who are virtuous. The introductory, poignant tale of bedwetting epitomizes Orwell's alienating education. As the author describes his childhood situation, “I knew that bed-wetting was a)wicked and b)outside my control” (5). Faced by an embarrassing problem he cannot understand or help, the eight-year old Orwell condemns himself as a sinner, following that which he is preached. Without thinking, questioning or understanding, he blindly accepts ...
- 4172: Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic
- ... be perfect (Spoto 84). So early in his career, Hitchcock already had a reputation for the true art of film-making. Hitchcock always prided himself as being the total film-maker, planning and having total control over every aspect of his films, from casting to publicity. Hitchcock loved to be publicized, and some critics feel that the original intent of his unusual camera shots were no more than a publicity stunt ...
- 4173: Woodrow Wilson
- ... you.Finally it would be challenging for me. The main thing that Wilson is remembered for is being President.He really put a lot of effort into being President.He worked hard,he acted in control,and he acted mature about the situations he was in.The main thing is that he succeeded with what he was doing. Wilson was different in ways.He was business-like in some ways,and ...
- 4174: Christopher Lathrop: Autobiography
- ... anyways. So I joined the marines and fought in the Veit Nam war 42 regiment. I was a mechanical engineer and after years of study I developed a high intensity materializing lazer death ray beam gun. they did not put the weapon into use though. There was a glitch in it. You see, it took fourteen pounds of crack, in order for it to produce enough energy for the flux capacitor ...
- 4175: Cardinal Joseph Bernardin
- ... his "red hat." On September 9,1996 President Clinton awarded Cardinal Bernardin the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In presenting the Metal, the President cited Cardinal Bernardin's work on behalf of racial equality and arms control and noted he “has been a persistent voice for moderation.” Cardinal Bernardin was Chancellor of the Catholic Extension Society and the University of St. Mary of the Lake,Mundelein,IL. He is a founding member ...
- 4176: Ty Cobb
- ... Phillips, who is the unofficial historian of Cobb's hometown, Royston, Georgia. "Amanda Chitwood Cobb's explanation was that she had heard a noise, saw someone trying to get in her house and used the gun that her husband had given her for protection. A terrible case of mistaken identity. This explanation was believed by a jury and Amanda was acquitted. It has never been believed in Royston" (Montville 63). Residents ...
- 4177: Pompey The Great
- ... moving into the highest office of all, the consulship with Crassus as his colleague (70 B.C.). Together they overthrew Sulla's constitution by giving the plebian tribunes their former powers and the knights partial control of the law courts. In 67 B.C., the tribune Aulus Gabinius, by a bill gave extraordinary military powers to Pompey. His objective was to deal with Piracy throughout the Mediterranean. Pompey needed only three ...
- 4178: Bill Clintons Lost World
- ... a steady trend throughout the '90s of diminishing attention to Washington s international commitments, and a diminishing of the office of the presidency as the locus of foreign policy decision making. Voting down an arms control agreement painstakingly negotiated with Washington s key allies and adversaries would have been almost unthinkable during the Cold War. Not that the Senate didn t have the constitutional right to do so, but the global ...
- 4179: The Political Career of Richard Nixon
- ... antiballistic-missile defense system met with strong Congressional opposition. The 91st Congress, controlled by the Democrats, enacted a modified version of his recommendations by a narrow margin. In the fall 1970 elections the Democrats retained control of both houses of Congress. In June 1970 Nixon signed into law a bill lowering the voting age in federal elections from 21 to 18. In mid-1971 the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, extending ...
- 4180: Nikola Tesla
- ... first power machinery at Niagara Falls, which bore Tesla's name and patent numbers. The project carried power to Buffalo by 1896. In 1898 Tesla announced his invention of a teleautomatic boat guided by remote control. When skepticism was voiced, Tesla proved his claims for it before a crowd in Madison Square Garden. The biggest controversy in Tesla's career is what most popularizes his name today, this controversy is the ...
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