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- 1141: The Year 2000 Computer Problem
- ... Moffitt & Sandler 3). Bibliography: Martin, Robert A. Dealing with Dates: Solutions for the Year 2000. [Online] Available October 1997 Widder, Pat. Scramble to catch year 2000 bug is on. [Online] Available November 20, 1997 Moffitt, John & Sandler, Robert J. The year 2000 FAQ. [Online] Available January 14, 1997 de Jager, Peter. You’ve got to be kidding! [Online] Available January 10, 1997 Conner, Jim. Businesses should get a jump on solving ... Available in Adobe Acrobat Format IBM. The Year 2000 & 2-digit dates: a guide for planning and implementation. [Online] Available September, 1997 Pollner, Andrew. Testing Year 2000 conversions. [Online] Available January 1998 Copyright (c) 1997 John Muirhead-Gould. All rights reserved. This document may not be reproduced in full or in part without the expressed written permission of John Muirhead-Gould.
- 1142: A Seperate Peace
- Peace only comes at the price of great struggle and sacrifice for most people. In essence, it only comes when you have defeated the enemy, or the enemy has defeated you. John Knowles was able to capture the subtle goal and essence of his novel by titling it A Separate Peace. A Separate Peace is a story about Gene Forrester, the protagonist of the story, and his ... every man longs for. Phineas just walked serenely on, or rather flowed on, rolling forward in his white sneakers with such unthinking unity of movement that walk didn t describe it. When the novel begins, John Knowles leaves a subtle detail of Phineas character through his vivid descriptions of his movements. Phineas always represented an uninterrupted flow of strength and energy, like a river with nothing capable of changing its current ... manifestation of it. Don t be a sap...there isn t any war. After his return to Devon, Finny thinks up a conspiracy theory that denounces that there was a war going on. With this, John Knowles blatantly reveals his metaphor of a separate peace, because it is only Phineas who announces this theory. Phineas again represents peace. While war hysteria is constantly enveloping his peers, he denies any idea ...
- 1143: Slavery
- ... and without exposure to the ethical ideals of Christianity, could be handled with more rigid methods of discipline and could be morally and spiritually degraded for the sake of stability on the plantation,” wrote historians John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss Jr. in "From Slavery to Freedom" (22). Where America failed in Mercantilism was in not providing enough slaves to generate a sufficient profit margin and by becoming a divided ... Inadequate care, incentives and training left the slaves without proper preparation for their role on the plantation (Genovese, 46). A cyclical effect of malnutrition and disease was apparent on many plantations. Since malnutrition ......................................... References Cairnes, John Elliot. Slave Power. New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Franklin, John. From Slavery to Freedom. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994. Genovese, Eugene D. The Political Economy of Slavery. New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. Gray, Lewis Cecil. History of agriculture in the southern United States to ...
- 1144: By The Waters Of Babylon
- ... manhood. He was in a culture that resembled that of medieval times. Their culture had many tales, stories, good spirits, evil spirits, and magic. He was the son of a high priest, he called himself John. High priests made up the rules, purified evil objects and knew everything about everything. As the high priest s son he himself wanted to become a good priest but to become one he had to ... gods with his own eyes. To do this he had to take a journey through the dead places that were forbidden. After a long journey he reached the waters before the place of the gods. John could not just look at the place of the gods from far. He felt like if his soul would not rest unless he got a good look. So he built a raft and went to ... truth when he finds a dead body that turned out to be human. When he returns home to his father and tells his father what he saw his father tells him the truth. He tells John about the civilization before theirs and their machines and how they destroyed themselves. He tells his son that he can not go out and tell everyone about what he saw, because they would not ...
- 1145: Coca Cola
- ... as an insignificant one-man business and over the last one hundred and ten years it has grown into one of the largest companies in the world. The first operator of the company was Dr. John Pemberton and the current operator is M. Douglas Ivester. Without societies help, Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion-dollar business. Keogh, Donald R., (1987, May). “Three A’s Spell Global Success” Journey, pp. 5-11. Coca-Cola was invented by Dr. John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist. He concocted the formula in a three-legged brass kettle in his backyard on May 8, 1886. He mixed a combination of lime, cinnamon, coca leaves, and the seeds of a ... as a never and brain tonic and a medical elixir. Coca-Cola was named by Frank Robinson, one of Pemberton’s close friends; he also penned the famous Coca-Cola logo in unique script. Dr. John Pemberton sold a portion of the Coca-Cola Company to Asa Candler, after Pemberton’s death the remainder was sold to Candler. Pemberton was forced to sell because he was in a state of ...
- 1146: Coca Cola And Its Evolution
- ... as an insignificant one man business and over the last one hundred and ten years it has grown into one of the largest companies in the world. The first operator of the company was Dr. John Pemberton and the current operator is Roberto Goizueta. Without societies help, Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion dollar business. Coca-Cola was invented by Dr. John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist. Dr. Pemberton concocted the formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard on May 8, 1886. He mixed a combination of lime, cinnamon, coca leaves, and the seeds of ... friends, Frank Robinson also penned the famous Coca-Cola logo and it's unique script. In addition to the early history of acquiring its name, the Coca-Cola Company traded several hands. While living, Dr. John Pemberton sold a portion of the Coca-Cola company to Asa Candler, then after Pemberton's death, Candler bought the remaining portion of the company. Candler acquired the whole company for only $2,300 ...
- 1147: Events of The Civil War
- ... terms of men and supplies. This in mind, Grant directed Sherman to turn around now and start heading back toward Virginia. He immediately started making preparations to provide assistance to Sherman on the journey. General John M. Schofield and his men were to detach from the Army of the Cumberland, which had just embarrassingly defeated the Confederates at Nashville, and proceed toward North Carolina. His final destination was to be Goldsboro ... be stalled not by the Confederate army but by runaway slaves. The slaves were attaching themselves to the Union columns and by the time the force entered North Carolina, they numbered in the thousands (Barrett, John G., Sherman's March through the Carolinas. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1956). But Sherman's force pushed on and finally met up with Schofield in Goldsboro on March 23rd. THE END ... is now a much stronger nation. --- BIBLIOGRAPHY "The Civil War", Groliers Encyclopedia, 1995 Catton, Bruce., A Stillness at Appomattox. New York: Doubleday, 1963 Foote, Shelby., The Civil War, Vol. 3. New York: Random, 1974 Garraty, John Arthur, The American Nation: A History of the United states to 1877, Vol. 1, Eighth Edition. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995 Miers, Earl Schenck, The Last Campaign. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1972 ...
- 1148: Cloning
- ... the right to play God by creating life, and what are the moral obligations of the creator?" (Albany Times Union, CLONING BOTH LAMB AND TYGER, by William Safire 02/27/97). Religious authorities, including Pope John Paul II have completely denounced human experiments. The Pope said "the temple merchants of our age who make the marketplace their religion, until they trample the dignity of the human person with abuses of every kind. We are thinking . . . about the lack of respect for life, which has become at times the object of dangerous experiments." (Pope John Paul II as quoted by Associated Press Monday, 03/03/1997). Moral theologian Gino Concetti, who is close to Pope John Paul II, said "the creation of human life outside marriage goes against God's plan . . . a person has the right to be born in a human way and not in the laboratory." (Associated Press ...
- 1149: Book Review On Grapes Of Wrath
- A Critical Review of: John Steinbeck s The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck wrote this book in the hopes that people would be able to see what was happening to our nation s people. He wanted to open their eyes to see the hardships that migrants faced ... not see people starve to death when they had food to eat themselves. Although they might be starting a new life, the ideals don t change because that is what makes an individual unique. Uncle John Joad said, Go down an tell em. Go down in the street an rot an tell em that way. Steinbeck s writing style, as always, is rich with colorful language and sensual images. His ...
- 1150: An Inner Depravity In The Cruc
- ... act of the play, the incident that occurred in the forest is introduced as well as the mysterious illness of Betty. A well known minister is immediately called upon this severe complication. His name is John Hale of Beverly and he has come to unravel this obscure matter. Hale strongly believes that “they cannot look to superstition in this.”(Miller, 38) To him the Devil is accurate and his traces are ... ourselves from this severe interpretation of the Bible and yet be able to grasp the truth as an entire entity, can be another argument pertaining this theological unbending. This question can only be answered by John Proctor’s attitude since he is the only one in the play who actually persistently condemns everything that is holy and clarifies how Danforth will burn in Hell for his wrongful deeds. Proctor, a poor ... the pure women of the town. He is the only one who dares to cross the line in the courtroom and bravely die just so that the following generations can learn from this unjust cruelty. John Proctor exemplifies the total opposite of religious austerity, therefore he does achieve the correct interpretation of truth. The Crucible, to conclude, is a perfect example of how lack of flexibility is noticed in the ...
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