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- 4061: Egyptian Cosmogony
- ... development. Louis Armstrong introduced comic routines into his performance to increase the popularity, he was always keen to introduce a larger whiter audience. He was not ashamed to act the fool to benefit in the interest of his music. The essential point to be grasped is that the black musician, and the Negro in general, did not see himself as other than gaining on the white culture (Sidman) p70 By the ...
- 4062: Love Canal
- ... by the Pinckney Treaty of 1795, was withdrawn by the Spanish intending (Louisiana was still under Spanish control). Although Spain soon restored the right of deposit, the acquisition of New Orleans became of paramount national interest. Jefferson instructed Livingston to attempt to purchase the “Isle of Orleans” and West Florida from France. He appointed James Monroe minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary to serve with Livingston. Congress granted the envoys $2 million to ...
- 4063: Louis Sullivan An American Arc
- ... which are necessary components of the abilities to observe, reflect, and discriminate. These would serve to help him in his career pursuits. Asa Gray, a botanist from Harvard who lectured at his school, caught his interest in the morphology of plants. At the age of sixteen, he was admitted two years early to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sullivan’s first employment came as a draftsman for the architectural firm Furness ...
- 4064: Lincoln And His Generals
- Book Report: Lincoln and His Generals Harry T. Williams was born on May 19, 1909. When in college, he was encouraged by a professor to study history. This professors main interest was the Civil War era and had a great effect on Williams. He attended Platteville State Teachers College (later Wisconsin State University at Platteville) where he received a B.Ed in 1931. Williams continued education ...
- 4065: Lane Frost A Fallen Champinion
- ... Seconds" was made for Lane about his life. That date will live in every cowboy's mind forever. Lane was born on October 12, 1963, in LaJunta, Colorado, to Clyde and Elsie. Lane showed an interest in rodeo at the age of three, he wanted to take after his dad. In 1977, his family moved to Lane, Oklahoma. Lane was learning his riding techniques from his dad and Freckles Brown a ...
- 4066: Killer Angels 3
- ... help the cause. Even men who were not willing to participate were taken from their women and children, for the sake of fighting someone else's battle. War and the killing of others did not interest General Robert E. Lee and he felt sympathy for the Union. Lee had inconsistent feelings towards war and says, “He was not only to serve in it but he was to lead it, to make ...
- 4067: Killer Angels 2
- ... legendary status as the heart and soul of the South in the Civil War, but many did not know his reasons and feelings for fighting the war. War and the slaughter of others did not interest Lee and he felt compassion for the Union. Lee had contradictory feelings towards war and says, “He was not only to serve in it but he was to lead it, to make the plans, and ...
- 4068: Italian Renaissance Vs.
- ... the Bible and read the Church Fathers so that they could further understand Christianity and restore its moral vitality. They generally regarded universities as centers of pedantic, monkish, and “scholastic” learning. These universities gave little interest to experimental science or even literary studies. The Italian humanists wrote in Latin, but often complained that it had become monkish, “scholastic”, and in some ways useless. The schools in Italy preferred the more classical ...
- 4069: Israel 2
- ... as the main sea ports on the Mediterranean. The port of Elat on the Gulf of Agaba provides Israel’s only access to the Red Sea, making it extremely important to the country’s shipping interest.” Encyclopedia.com Israel has a variety of natural environments. “They are marked by regional differences in altitude, rainfall, topography and soils, latitude, and it produces equally varied plant life. Of about 2,500 species of ...
- 4070: Isolationism
- ... the nation's affairs. He urged Americans to subordinate jealousies to common national interests. He also advised against permanent alliances with foreign powers, fearing that such alliances would inevitably be rebellious of America's national interest. Later, years after Washington, Monroe’s Doctrine was created, which was part of the State of Union address. This was a policy that sought to limit European influence in the Western Hemisphere. The policy proposed ...
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