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- 1291: J.p. Morgan
- ... Morgan was born on April 17, 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was nicknamed "Pip" by his childhood friends. The family prospered in Hartford until Junius moved the family to Boston where Pip began Boston English High. He did well in the prestigious high school and then in his second high school in Vevey, Switzerland. The family moved to London and John transferred to the University of Gottingen in Germany. John continued to excel in his studies and majored ...
- 1292: What Is History?
- ... make it look good on paper, if you will. History books retell what happened, politically and often socially, so we can understand where we come from and where we are headed. For years in grade school and in high school you were to read your history books as if they were the truth. Now in college I have come to the understanding that what lies in the books are only words. These words may ...
- 1293: Peyton Place
- ... would corrupt young minds. Wealthy communities banished Peyton Place. To read Peyton Place was to read it in secret and were sometimes discussed only among the closest of friends. Everyone was reading it - college and high school students, college graduates, mothers, wives, and even husbands and fathers. In 1956, a sexual act such as sodomy, oral sex, and intercourse with another married person in most states was illegal. Also, abortion was illegal ... Allison. As a child, Allison was always teased about being childish, and not interested in boys, and always into books. But as she grew up she was full of conflicting sexual emotions, and after graduating high school, she left Peyton Place to pursue a writing career in New York. Connie Mackenzie, to her neighbors, was a beautiful, young, widow that owned her own thrift store. Many eligible bachelors Everyone had ...
- 1294: Ernest Miller Hemingway
- ... in public. Dr. Hemingway invented surgical forceps for which he would not accept money. He believed that one should not profit from something important for the good of mankind. Ernest's father, a man of high ideals, was very strict and censored the books he allowed his children to read. He forbad Ernest's sister from studying ballet for it was coeducational, and dancing together led to "hell and damnation". Grace ... from his mother, and never forgave her for his humiliation. The town of Oak Park, where Ernest grew up, was very old fashioned and quite religious. The townspeople forbad the word "virgin" from appearing in school books, and the word "breast" was questioned, though it appeared in the Bible. Ernest loved to fish, canoe and explore the woods. When he couldn't get outside, he escaped to his room and read ... He loved to tell stories to his classmates, often insisting that a friend listen to one of his stories. In spite of his mother's desire, he played on the football team at Oak Park High School. As a student, Ernest was a perfectionist about his grammar and studied English with a fervor. He contributed articles to the weekly school newspaper. It seems that the principal did not approve of ...
- 1295: Grenada
- ... replied, ¡° The interest of the United States citizens are in no way threatened by the present situation ... which the Ministry hastens to point out is a purely internal affair¡±(Musicant 374). The Chancellor of the school, Charles Modica, was announcing that the students were in no danger, and that the school was expected to continue to have good relations with the ¡°Government¡± (Weinberger 108). This display of good will coincided with the report Margaret Thatcher, Britian¡¯s Prime Minister, received from the Deputy High Commissioner in Bridgetown, Barbados, who had visited Grenada, that the British citizens were safe and that the new regime was cooperating in making arrangement for those who wished to leave(Thatcher 330). The same ...
- 1296: Rainforests
- ... in the understory. This is also where many small trees and shrubs are found. The canopy, or top layer, is made up of the tops of trees which can grow to be over 200 feet high. Many tropical birds, monkeys, apes, snakes, and other animals live in the canopy. Temperate rainforests are much younger than their tropical relatives. Most temperate rainforests are less than 10,000 years old, compared to the ... America. "The rainforests of the world are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres per minute, day and night… …major climatic and other environmental changes will occur if this continues." (Costa Rica Rainforests Outward Bound School, 1996) The destruction of the rainforests cause carbon dioxide to be released, which in turn allows the greenhouse effect to occur. The greenhouse effect raises the temperatures all around the world, and can cause ice ... America. "The rainforests of the world are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres per minute, day and night… …major climatic and other environmental changes will occur if this continues." (Costa Rica Rainforests Outward Bound School, 1996) The destruction of the rainforests cause carbon dioxide to be released, which in turn allows the greenhouse effect to occur. The greenhouse effect raises the temperatures all around the world, and can cause ...
- 1297: Great Gatsby
- ... love, and when expressing Gatsby's readiness to spend any amount of money for his hopeful wife, a poem must be stated. "Then wear the gold hat, if that move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry "Lover, gold hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!" ( ). This poem is a perfect description of how Gatsby tries to buy Daisy, and her love. All these enlighten us to Gatsby's personality, we know Gatsby is willing ... past with money. He also says he has a past at Oxford, he spoils Daisy with wealth, and sometimes tells absolute obvious lies. In his past at Oxford, the author uses a prestigious, ivy league school that Gatsby visited in order to imply that Gatsby did come from a high class background. Fitzgerald avoids saying for how long, for what reasons, or why he has attained entrance at Oxford. Being ...
- 1298: Slang In America
- ... of the adults did the same thing when they were children. Adults have been frowning on slang for generations (Crystal 104). Conservatives also look down upon slang because slang is not used by people of high status. If they hear someone speaking in Jive, they will be angry because Jive is not the way that high class people speak. People who do not like slang are usually prejudiced as well. They do not want to hear other ways of talking because it deviates from the way they talk. Also, much slang ... want to speak it? Language has always changed to fit the paradigms of society (Crystal 105). For example, in Shakespeare's time, many contractions used today were considered poor English. Rarely could a person of high social status be found using "don't" in a sentence. Today, however, people may use contractions without fear of being scorned by society. This simply illustrates The same types of people who opposed contractions ...
- 1299: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... the country in pursuit of a greatness that the entire nation embraced. Little Teddy Roosevelt was a puny child. Suffering from asthma, there was little the fragile boy could do athletically. When he first entered school, the other children mocked him for his weak stature. This incident molded the future president. He became obsessed with strength and the “macho” attitude of men. He constantly worked out by lifting weights and boxing ... alien race. With Californian influence, Roosevelt shunned all Chinese from immigrating to the United States in 1893. A vacuum was thus created and soon repeated with the Japanese. Segregation against the Asians arose within the school districts, creating a mutual contempt in return. Roosevelt was only continuing his foreign tendencies to deter other nation’s quests for greatness. He used every advantage he held in his power to maintain the nation ... he excelled. Anything he was not good at, he told himself it was of no importance. After graduating, Wilson decided that greatness could be found within the legal profession. Attending the University of Virginia law school, Wilson passed the bar within the state of Georgia. After a few boring cases that had come from clients his mother had found, he grew bored and decided political science would be of more ...
- 1300: Civil Rights
- ... Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, a local civil rights leader, who believed that the Birmingham police commissioner would meet protesters with violence. In May the SCLC staff stepped up the anti-segregation marches by persuading teenagers and school children to join. The singing and chanting adolescents who filled the streets of Birmingham caused Connor to lose his temper. The belligerent commissioner ordered police to attack demonstrators with dogs and firefighters to turn high-pressure water hoses on them. This violence was shown throughout the nation and the world in newspapers, magazines, and most importantly, on television. Much of the world was shocked by the events in Birmingham, and ... of the civil rights movement, criticizing his interracial strategy and his appeals to moral idealism; they no longer believed that appeals to idealism would cause whites to renounce racism. In 1965 King joined protests against school discrimination in Chicago. The next year he led marches against housing discrimination in the same city. King's Chicago efforts resulted in little positive change and were widely criticized. After 1965 King also focused ...
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