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- 1381: Ulysses S. Grant
- ... Even his most faithful admirers, however, tend to end their studies conveniently at Appomattox, and one senses a wide regret that Grant's public career extended beyond the Civil War. Taking note of this trend, John Y. Simon observes that some biographers "seem to have wished that Grant had accepted Lincoln's invitation to Ford's Theatre" on the night the president was shot- the night that John Wilkes Booth had intended to assassinate Grant along with Lincoln. Much of what has been passed down as an objective appraisal of Grant's presidency more closely resembles the partisan critiques that were produced by ... the multitude of economic matters, all combined. As William B. Hesseltine admits in his definitive study of President Grant, "Grant's enemies....stuffed the ballot boxes of history against Grant..." Bibliography Bibliogaphy Ringwalt, J. Luther (John Luther) Anecdotes of General Ulysses S. Grant illustrating his military and political career and his personal traits. Richardson, Albert D. (Albert Deane). A personal history of Ulysses S. Grant. King, Charles. The True Ulysses ...
- 1382: Is The Prime Minister Too Powerful?
- ... dramatic events, there is continuous examination and criticism of the Government - especially of the PM - by the Commons, for example, when Neil Kinnock clashed with Margaret Thatcher over the Westland Scandal in January 1986, or John Smith attacked John Major over the Social Chapter clauses in the Maastricht Treaty in July 1993. In many respects, the British system of parliamentary Government gives a PM more power over British politics than the President of the ... Government' nor 'Cabinet Government' hasever existed in a 'pure' form, and equally 'Prime Ministerial Government' has many constraints. If Mrs Thatcher at the peak of her influence signified the outer limits of Prime Ministerial power John Major, saddled with a small Parliamentary majority and a party bitterly divided over Europe, equally signifies the very real limitatons to which a Prime Minister can be subject.
- 1383: Brave New World - Compared To Fahrenheit 451
- ... he was still in the bottle- thought he was a Gamma and put alcohol in his blood-surrogate. That's why he's so stunted" (Huxley 46). It isn't until Bernard gains guardianship over John that he is anything but an outcast. For the first time in his life he can get any woman he wants and he even believes he has power. However, after things fall apart and the ... longer under his control, Bernard goes back to being an outcast and is even eventually sent off to an island by himself. The second person viewed as an outcast in Brave New World would be John the savage. He never fits in while he lives on the reservation because of who his mother is and what she'd done to the reservation. He is constantly secluded from activities and looked down ... Though he too has his period of acceptance when he comes to the Brave New World, he ultimately returns to his solitary ways. In the end, despite Mond's wishes to continue with the research, John ran away and moved into an abandoned light tower to live as a recluse. Similarly, in Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag is pretty much a loner himself. Though he is a firefighter, he secretly steals ...
- 1384: Watergate
- ... opponent that Nixon really wanted because he figured he could beat him pretty easy. Having both Houses of Congress being controlled by the opposite party, Nixon became very fearful of being a one-term President. John Edgar Hoover was the leader of the F.B.I. at the time of the Watergate affair. Hoover was a legend in his own time and was very feared by many. Nixon said that he ... of his intelligence officers to see what exactly was going on and what was being investigated. Nixon even began to make some changes in his senior staff. One example was when he decided to make John Ehrlichman his new domestic policy chief. Emery describes the cover up very well. It started as soon as they were caught. Nixon returned to Washington on that Monday, delayed because of a storm. This may ... were investigating the situation. On Friday, June 5th the Federal Grand Jury began its hearing of testimony in a criminal case which was about the break-in and bugging of Watergate. As time went on, John Dean became one of the leading roles in the Watergate affair. He was very involved in the effort to "cover it up." However, Dean and Nixon both knew that it was just a matter ...
- 1385: History 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 ...
- 1386: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... his family. Poe's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a widow at the age of eighteen. Two years after his birth, she died of tuberculosis (Asselineau 409). When his mother died, Poe was adopted by John Allan (Perry XI) at the urging of Mr. Allan's wife. In 1815, John Allan moved his family to England. While there, Poe was sent to private schools (Asselineau 410). In the spring of 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia. There he studied Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin ... he sent one poem and six stories (Asselineau 411). His story, "Ms. Found in a Bottle," won , and he received one hundred dollars for it (Targ IX). Through the influence of one of the judges, John P. Kennedy, Poe became employed as an editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, published in Richmond (Asselineau 411). Under Poe's editorship, the Messenger 's circulation rose from 500 to 3500. While in Richmond, ...
- 1387: FDR
- ... s competition was fairly tough the first time he ran for office. Not only did he barely win the election, he also had trouble winning the nomination for his own party. He was up against John Nance Garner (who would be his Vice Presidential running mate), Newton D. Baker, Alfred E. Smith. For three ballots, Roosevelt held a large lead, but lacked the two-thirds margin necessary for victory. He was desperately going to need some help to win this one. His campaign manager then promised John Garner the vice presidential nomination, which he grudgingly accepted. Although John didnt want to be vice president, he figured Vice President is better than no President at all. Due to this deal, Roosevelt took the presidential nomination on the fourth ballot. Roosevelt made a ...
- 1388: The New Initiatives of George W. Bush
- ... A primary component of the Bush directive is his repeatedly passionate call for his party to involve a larger spectrum of voters, a message that should allure to the Independent and Democratic voters that Senator John McCain (Arizona) has been enticing. On that account, we notice a more compassionate conservative platform from George W. Bush. His views on education and taxes can be summarized as mushy moderation as Steve Forbes has ... government. (A Tax Cut With A Purpose, 6) Bushs tax plan accentuated the validity that low tax rates are effectual economic tools used to advocate a higher standard of living for all Americans. Senator John McCain and George W. Bush do not conflict greatly in terms of their education principles. However, unlike Bush, McCain explicitly supports vouchers - funded by cutting federal subsidies for oil, ethanol, and sugar. (Bush and McCain ... embrace a wider array of voters has not always been politically practical in South Carolina, where it could mean alienating the white conservative voters Bush needs even more to win the primary next Saturday against John McCain.
- 1389: Ernest Hemingway 3
- ... became pregnant and was sick all the time. She and Ernest decided to move to Canada. He had, by then written three stories and ten poems. Hadley gave birth to a boy who they named John Hadley Nicano Hemingway. Even though he had his family Ernest was unhappy and decided to return to Paris. It was in Paris that Ernest got word that a publisher wanted to print his book, In ... from his own life that he sees the world as his enemy. Johnson says, "He will solve the problem of dealing with the world by taking refuge in individualism and isolated personal relationships and sensations". John Killinger says that it was inevitable that Catherine and her baby would die. The theme, that a person is trapped in relationships, is shown in all Hemingway's stories. In A Farewell to Arms Catherine ... A Farewell to Arms, Jay Gellens, Prentice-Hall, Inc.:1970, p.76. Edgar Johnson, "Farewell the Separate Peace", Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms, Jay Gellens, Prentice-Hall, Inc.:1970, pp.112-113. John Killinger, "The Existential Hero", Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms, Jay Gellens, Prentice-Hall, Inc.:1970, pp.103-105
- 1390: The Deterioration of Salem During the Witch Trials The Crucible
- ... church lost many of its parishioners because the interest of the town was now on Abigail because people wanted to know who was going to be named next. When the church was trying to excommunicate John Proctor, there were not enough people at church to do it. The people were getting misled so far as to leave a dagger stuck in the door of their minister's house: "Tonight, when I ... the trials the accused witch had two choices, death or imprisonment. The punishment of death was given to all people that pleaded not guilty; the other punishment was to plead guilty and go to jail. John Proctor gave his view of the justice system when he said "I like not the smell of this 'authority' "(29). "And do you know that near to four hundred are in the jails from Marblehead ... order to get Corey's land. Abigail used her power of getting people to listen to her to her advantage when she charged Proctor's spouse with being a witch so Abigail could live with John. This again proves that Abigail had control of the town and the unexplained turned neighbor against neighbor. The social breakdown in Salem was the major factor in the tragedy that took the lives of ...
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