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- 911: For Whom The Bell Tolls
- Part II The title For Whom the Bell Tolls symbolizes the uncertainty of life and destiny, where the main character in this story finds himself in a series of unpredictable situations that are beyond his control. The only certain event in life is death and knowing that this may happen to anyone at any time, renders the protagonist powerless against destiny, which he approaches with a fatalistic disposition. Part III For ... of dirt and smoke farther up the hillside"(p.494) 7 "The others came behind him and Robert Jordan saw them crossing the road and slamming on up the green slope and heard the machine gun hammer at the bridge"(p.505) 8 "He looked very carefully around the withers of the dead horse and there was a quick hammering of firing from behind a boulder well down the slope and he heard the bullets from the submachine gun thud into the horse"(p.333) 9 "They are brave, but stupid people, he thought"(p.334) 10 "The cigarette glowed brightly"(p.67) Part V 1 Dexterous; p.25 Skillful and competent with ...
- 912: Radar Detector
- ... almost unavoidable. There are a lot of devices around that can help drivers detect the police traps, but these devices are illegal in many states. As people are driving down the interstate with their cruise control set over the speed limit, many get scared of a police car parked on the side of the road. Right after they pass the trap they look at the speedometer and their rear mirror, hoping ... detecting equipment. It mixes a portion of the radar signals with background clutter and bounces it back to the squad car by way of wave guide antenna, which effectively confuses the computer inside the radar gun. Police radar takes five to ten speed measurements per second of the vehicle. The Phazer sends two different signals to the radar, so the final result is that police radar can not verify the speed ... no speed at all. The Phazer also protects your vehicle from Lidar guns which use distance over time to detect the speed of the vehicle. The Phazer sends an invisible infared signals to the Lidar gun, this way the measurement of the speed is blocked. Many devices like that were outlawed because they transmit scrambling radar beams to the police car. The Phazer reflects only part of the signal and ...
- 913: The Year 2000 Bug
- ... buying generators, batteries, and supplies like flashlights, heaters and fans. Supplies are for survival also, like first aid supplies, and other medical supplies. Another “supply” that experts recommend (http://www.y2k.com) getting is a gun of some sort. Guns protect you against rioters and looters should such chaos occur. Finally in regards to money: In the last few days of 1999 will there be massive bank runs? Will you get ... away from the year 2000 it can be assumed that in the future for the year 3000 we will be foresighted enough to not repeat history and let our computer systems slip from one’s control. However, I think that if the world exists in the year 3000 our computers will be so advanced that nothing will affect it. Media on Y2K The media had virtually ignored the Y2K problem. To ... As the Year 2000 approaches, time is of the essence, not money. There is not a moment to waste. What is to be Done The scope of the Y2K Problem is something we can't control; the way we deal with it is something we can. As loyal citizens, dependable business people and caring family members it is our duty to raise awareness of the Year 2000 Problem in our ...
- 914: Machiavellianism
- ... justifying the use of any means, no matter how sinister, to gain and keep power. Machiavellianism envisages: the seizure, maintenance, and extension of absolute power by the nicely graduated use of fraud, force and terror; control by the ruler of all avenues of communication, thus facilitating the deliberate molding of public opinion; and the employment of surveillance and terrorist activities of subordinates who can be disowned and liquidated by the ruler ... Either way, he would increase his domain, but it would be better for his popularity if the citizens loved him rather than hated him for doing it. I see the same things happening today with gun control, censorship and all the other so-called security the government has imposed upon us. These are not isolated incidents. This censorship has occurred throughout history, whether it was censorship of religion, freedom, books or ...
- 915: Slaughterhouse Five
- ... responsibility. This causes him to avoid finding meaning in his life; he regards the world as chaotic. The senseless act of war causes Billy to begin his search. Billy is spastic in time, has no control over where he is going next, and the trips aren t necessarily fun. He is in a constant state of fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going ... only more traumatizing. Time traveling hurts Billy. He always avoids his fears, and never confronts them. His fantasy life causes his real life to be more terrifying. Billy s will was paralyzed by a zap gun. He was hauled into an airlock. At this point, Billy had been captured by the denizens of Tralfamadore. This experienced can be related to the Germans capturing him, during the war. Billy Pilgrim was packed ... by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I ve said before, bugs in amber. As the alien stated this, Billy felt inspired because now he knew that things were beyond his control. He could not change the past or the future. With this information, Billy begins to learn about the future. I, Billy Pilgrim will die, have died, and will always die on February thirteenth, 1976. ...
- 916: American Prohibition in the 1920s
- ... prevent immense quantities of liquor from entering the country” (Behr, 162). Barely five percent of smuggled liquor was hindered from coming into the country in the 1920s. Furthermore, the illegal liquor business fell under the control of organized gangs, which overpowered most of the authorities (Wenburn, 234). Many bootleggers secured their business by bribing the authorities, namely federal agents and persons of high political status (Bowen, 160). “No one who is ... was Al Capone, operating out of Chicago. One of the most gruesome and remembered gangster shoot-outs of all time occurred on Valentine’s Day, 1929. Because of business differences, Capone had his henchman, “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn plot the murder of the O’Banions, led by Bugs Moran. McGurn staged a delivery of alcohol to Moran at a warehouse and had his gang members impersonate police officers and pretend to raid the transaction. With a sweep of machine gun fire, McGurn killed all that were inside. Capone had a solid alibi, being in Miami at the time, and no convictions were ever made. This event is an example of how prohibition fueled gang ...
- 917: To What Extent was Britain on the Verge of a Civil War in 1914?
- ... course, Asquith was attacked, and suffragettes tore at his clothes and beat him with dog whips. The crisis year for the government, concerning suffragettes, came in 1913. By this time the suffragettes were out of control and showing blatant disregard for the law. They committed several acts of arson, including a fire bomb attack on Lloyd George’s house, for which Mrs Pankhurst was given a three year jail sentence. In ... Cat and Mouse’ Act introduced. In this, hunger strikers were released from prison, sent to hospitals where they were force fed until strong again, and then sent back to prison. Suffragette violence spiralled out of control. The government were in a no win situation -they could not afford to put up with continued attacks, but neither did thy want to be seen to give in to violence. The suffragists criticised the ... position, and showed the Ulster volunteers that if fighting should break out, the government may not have been able to rely on the loyalty of their armed forces for support. In April 1914, the Larne gun running incident inflamed the situation further, and when an all-party conference was held in July 1914 (after the Home Rule bill had been passed for a third time in May) Redmond realised that ...
- 918: An Analysis of Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"
- ... have been able to make an independent decision, but was influenced by the “ natives” (Orwell 101). Orwell describes his feelings about being pressured to shoot the elephant: “Here I was the white man with his gun, standing in front of the unarmed crowd - seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but in reality I was only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind ... declares, “Every white man's life in the East, was one long struggle not to be laughed at” (101). Orwell compares the elephant to the huge British Empire, and just as the elephant has lost control, he feels that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys (100). Secretly he hates the British Empire and is on the side of the Burmese (97). The elephant ... dreadful to see the great beast lying there, powerless to move and yet powerless to die, and not even to bee able to finish him” (102). He felt helpless, with no bullets left in his gun; he was unable to put the elephant out of his misery. The compassion that he felt was obvious, he waited so long for the animal to die but, “could not stand it anymore and ...
- 919: Friday The Movie
- ... to take their jewelry and other items and is just generally a pain in everyones ass. He is the most violent person in the movie Craig gets into a fight with him and pulls a gun on Debone. Craig feels confused and not sure what to do. His father convinces him to give him the gun. He insists that Craig should fight like a man with his fists. I don't think that was very good a ice. Debone was twice as big as Craig and probably 100 pounds heavier. They ... considered unruly. Unruliness is an offense that only a minor can commit (Fessler 105). All the kids in the movie were disobedient, smoked pot and acted in ways their parents should have been responsible to control. Both of Craig's parents worked, which left the kids unsupervised the majority of the the. Some of the parents in the movie also set terrible examples for their kids. Smokey's mom locked ...
- 920: Borders
- ... wealth, or even humanity. Over time these boundaries are redefined and in turn change the flow of daily life for the individuals they effect. In many cases it is the powerful governments which are in control of the pen which outline these symbolic and physical lines. However as history can prove even though it is these powerful governments which give definition to these borders, it is very often them (the governmental ... capital to repatriate a reasonable return" (Chomsky 5). If the people in Central America were to gain power or were able to better their living conditions, the elite and investors would no longer be in control. Thus our investments were severely threatened by nationalism. For this reason we entered these foreign lands and engaged in surpassing the final border; the border of humanity. We all are human and should all fall ... atrocities. Schlesinger and Kinzer attribute such a drastic response to the fact that "when something happens to shock Washington, to violate its imprecise notion of status quo, or threatens American interests, we reach for our gun" (Schlesinger and Kinzer 33). Thousands of lives were lost do to this response. It should be noted however that the borders of humanity had already been crossed before the killing sprees started. There very ...
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