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- 1251: The Role of Decision Making in the Pre-Crisis Period of India (15 March, 1959 - 7 September, 1962)
- ... that he developed India's frontier administration (Maxwell, 1970). Throughout most of the 1950's, however, other beliefs received more emphasis both ion the public and the private spheres. Nehru along with Menon and other high officials that a friendly relationship between China and India could be established, if Tibet was removed as an irritant and China was brought out of isolation into a world of emerging or reemerging nation (Hoffmann ... he remained certain that China had taken India mistakenly as representing threat from the imperialist West. On the question how to deal with the Sino-Indian conflict, Menon became the leading defender of a new school of thought. To that school the territorial disagreement between China and India was genuine, and not a reflection of deeper Chinese hostility. According to the school a political settlement with the Chinese could be reached and might also include ...
- 1252: Ansel Adams
- ... plant. Ansel took an interest in music at an early age. He selfly taught himself how to play the piano, and he enjoyed being around the surroundings of nature. Ansel attended both public and private school. At home his father gave him lessons in math and French. In 1915 when Ansel was 13, his father bought him a season pass to the Panama Pacific Worlds Fair, in which he visited annually ... and his parents went on a trip to Yosemite National Park. He took his picture with a Kodak Box Brownie camera. His images were of the park, and nature, but his major interest were the High Sierra Mountains. From that time on, Ansel returned to Yosemite National Park every summer. While he was there in 1919, he joined the Sierra Club. The purpose of this club was to explore and protect ... concert pianist. Ansel gave piano lessons and concerts until 1927, when he decided to change his career to photography. That same year the publication of his first book of photographs titled Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras, was out. Ansel got financial support for his book from an art patron, Albert Bender. In 1930 Ansel published a limited edition portfolio of his photographs, Taos Pueblo. Mary Austin who was a ...
- 1253: Computer Crimes
- ... years, individual outlaws and entire "gangs" have broken into computers all over the U.S., using their wits and wiles to pilfer and destroy data"(Francis p62). In a case of a 14-year-old high school freshman that was convicted of using stolen credit card numbers to order thousands of dollars of computer equipment, and then having it shipped to a vacant house. He obtained the stolen numbers through his computer ... and this makes you think what else they could do if they tried. "Out on the electronic, the bad guys are perfecting a new series of swindles, including cyberspace chain letters, computer Ponzi scams and high tech pyramid schemes (Mentor 76:B14). These scams are basically the same scams that have been going on for years, but the have now been upped to a new level by computers. Some people ...
- 1254: Computer Crimes
- ... years, individual outlaws and entire "gangs" have broken into computers all over the U.S., using their wits and wiles to pilfer and destroy data"(Behar p62). In a case of a 14 year old high school freshman who was convicted of using stolen credit card numbers to order thousands of dollars of computer equipment, and then having it shipped to a vacant house. He obtained the stolen numbers through his computer ... this makes you think what else they could do if they tried. "Out on the electronic ether, the bad guys are perfecting a new series of swindles, including cyberspace chain letters, computer Ponzi scams and high tech pyramid schemes (Underwood 76:B14). These scams are basically the same scams that have been going on for years, but the have now been upped to a new level by computers. Some people ...
- 1255: Ansel Adams
- ... plant. Ansel took an interest in music at an early age. He selfly taught himself how to play the piano, and he enjoyed being around the surroundings of nature. Ansel attended both public and private school. At home his father gave him lessons in math and French. In 1915 when Ansel was 13, his father bought him a season pass to the Panama Pacific Worlds Fair, in which he visited annually ... and his parents went on a trip to Yosemite National Park. He took his picture with a Kodak Box Brownie camera. His images were of the park, and nature, but his major interest were the High Sierra Mountains. From that time on, Ansel returned to Yosemite National Park every summer. While he was there in 1919, he joined the Sierra Club. The purpose of this club was to explore and protect ... concert pianist. Ansel gave piano lessons and concerts until 1927, when he decided to change his career to photography. That same year the publication of his first book of photographs titled Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras, was out. Ansel got financial support for his book from an art patron, Albert Bender. In 1930 Ansel published a limited edition portfolio of his photographs, Taos Pueblo. Mary Austin who was a ...
- 1256: Handgun Control in the United States
- ... Handguns should be outlawed in the United States with the exception of law enforcement purposes. Two weeks before Christmas Day, 1987, 17 year-old Kendall Merriweather was shot and killed a few blocks from his high school in southeast Washington, D.C. Police arrested two teenage students who they believe killed Merriweather while trying to steal his "boom box" radio. A few days earlier, in Pasadena, Texas, a 14-year-old eight grader at Deepwater Junior High School whipped a snub-nosed .38 out of his jacket and held the assistant principal hostage for two hours. Police said the boy was distraught over his parents' recent separation. (Stanza 19) These were ...
- 1257: Babe Ruth
- ... only Ruth had the power in his arms. George Herman Ruth was born in Baltimore in 1894, and grew up around his father's downtown Baltimore bar. He was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, but in 1914 left school to join a minor league baseball team, much to his father's dismay. Ruth started his minor league career with the Baltimore Orioles as a pitcher in the "Golden Age of Sport". With his talent ... created baseball history. He was frustrated, upset with the fans, with two strikes against him, and then he gestured towards the outfield. Ruth was calling his shot. "The Ball disappeared from the premises in a high, sizzling line, carrying an incredible distance in an incredibly short time." Many people did not understand. Was Ruth pointing at Root, the pitcher? Was Ruth pointing to the center field stands or was he ...
- 1258: Persuasive Essays Are Bad Assignments
- Persuasive Essays Are Bad Assignments There is no logical reason to write a persuasive essay for an English class. Persuasive essays definitely do not need to be a requirement for high school students. The definition of persuade in Webster's New College Dictionary is: To induce one to believe or do something; to argue into an opinion or procedure; to plead with, urge. I have always thought ... and teachers. Essays have to be written in a certain way, but this can be a problem for people who are nonconformists. (On the other hand, not being able to wear a dog collar to school can be a problem for some nonconformists, but I will not delve into that because I don't want to anger myself.) It is hard to be creative in a five paragraph paper about ...
- 1259: As A Technology, It Is Called Multimedia
- ... delivering of programs and services which are still largely hypothetical. So what is behind such grand prophecies? Primarily, two technological advances known as digitization (including digital compression), and fibre optics. Both are indispensable to the high-speed networks that will deliver dynamic new services to homes and offices. Digitization means translating information, either video, audio, or text, into ones and zeros, which make it easier to send, store, and manipulate. Compression ... the education arena. From pre-schoolers to college students, learning adapting to this multimedia craze was not hard to do. Teachers and Professors alike share in this technology to plan out their curricular schedules and school calendar. Most will agree that classroom computers seem to have a positive effect on students of the 90's. As schools and universities become more technology driven, there will be an even bigger plea for ... the number of computers used in U.S. elementary and secondary schools increased from under 100,000 to over 2.5 million. A majority of students now use computers and computer software sometime during the school-year, either to learn about computers or as a tool for learning other subjects. By the end of the decade, the typical school had 1 computer per 20 students, a ration that computer educators ...
- 1260: Benjamin Franklin Was A Man of Many Accomplishments
- ... have bought for the money, and while they laughed, he cried. It was a lesson he never forgot (Meltzer 23). Franklin's education started at home. At the age of eight he went to Latin school. George Brownell taught him soon after he was finished with Latin school. He went there regularly until his teacher stopped teaching the boys to go teach the young women of the school. After this took place he ended his schooling at the age of ten (McMaster 3). After schooling Franklin had many jobs. His jobs were to cut wicks, mold candles, and tended the shop. His ...
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