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- 1431: The Danger Of Air Bags And The
- ... improvements, the cost of the innovation goes directly to the consumer. The more advance parts and labor they put into these systems, the higher the production costs, which results in higher prices for consumers.(Lypon, John) Another problem with Advanced Air Bag Systems is that with the more parts and much more technological processes involved, the chances of a mal-function are much higher. Especially with new technology, the production of ... W. Evaluation of occupant protection devices and restraint systems National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Springfield, VA Fitzpatrick, Michael U. Vehicle integration and evaluation of advanced air bag restraint systems United States Department of Transportation Lypen, John The smartest air bag yet? Motor volume 192 issue 3 September 1999 p. 78- Boyle Ph.D., John and Sharp M.A., Kevin Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc. 1996 Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey Volume 2: Air Bags Report National Highway Traffic Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation United States. Congress. Senate. ...
- 1432: The Life and Works of 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, ...
- 1433: Iran Contra Hidden Policy
- ... Sandinistas government. The chief negotiator of these deals was Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North. North reported his activities initially to National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane, the council’s head, and subsequently to his successor Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter. These illegal activities all came to light in 1986, causing the Reagan administration much embarrassment. On October 5, 1986 an Enterprise C-123K plane with lethal supplies carrying three Americans was brought down ... including the Attorney General, and officials of the State Department, CIA and NSC. As new details of the scandal came to light, investigations began. Reagan created a board of inquiry headed by former Texas Senator John Tower. Congress initiated an investigation by independent counsel. President Reagan and his cabinet were chastised for their lack of control over the National Security Council. In the end, it was decided that President Reagan was ... against individuals whose lust for power overrides their moral wisdom. The Constitution is “our defense against ourselves, the one foe who might defeat us.” Notes Bill Moyers, The Secret Government:The Constitution in Crisis. (Cabin John, MD:Washington DC, 1988) 18. Lawrence E. Walsh., Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran Contra Matters: Investigations and Prosecutions (Washington, DC 1993) 2. Peter Kornbluh and Malcolm Byrne, The Iran-Contra Scandal: ...
- 1434: The Crucible And The Use Of Au
- ... any wealthy or titled individual. Rebecca Nurse, who is well known in Beverly for her goodwill, shows authority over the people who believe in her and mourn her when she is being persecuted for witchcraft. John Proctor also holds authority throughout the trials as an honest working man who holds deep honor and integrity for himself, despite his previous acts of adultery. Rebecca and John both lead the people in establishing a crumbling within the trials, they are deeply respected within the community. Nurse is not the Bridget Bishop who slept with her husband a year before marriage, and John is not the man who drank his family into debt and starvation. These facts give them a higher edge in the community, and cause in the dissolution of the trials themselves. Respect and honor ...
- 1435: The Philosophical Foundations
- THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HEROISM Every rational person, growing up, had his favorite childhood heroes. Maybe it was a John Wayne character in a Western action movie, leading the cavalry over the hill in a last charge against vicious bandits or marauding Indians. Maybe it was a swashbuckling swordsman who, ever loyal to his King ... monstrous, the anti-heroic. What, the first question must be, is the distinguishing essence of heroism? What characteristics must one possess to qualify as a hero? What is it that unites Achilles, Cyrano, Isaac Newton, John Galt and Ayn Rand? What is it that differentiates them from: both the folks next door, and from Iago, Ellsworth Toohey, Adolf Hitler, Hilary Clinton? In short, what is the rational meaning of the concept ... a further quality, in addition to moral stature, is required to ensure survival: expertise, competence, power. Eddie Willers in Atlas Shrugged is as dedicated to man's life on earth as is Dagny Taggart or John Galt--but he is unable to run the railroad, invent a motor, defeat the looters or even, in the end, repair a locomotive. "Those who can--do," goes the first part of a famous ...
- 1436: Irish Literature And Rebellion
- ... of the Irish and came to a boil in the writings and literature of the sons and daughters of Ireland. The Literary Renaissance of Ireland produced some of the greatest writers the world has seen. John O’Leary said it best, “literature must be national and nationalism must be literary” (Harmon, 65). Although there is an endless stream of profound poets and playwrights; John Synge, Lady Gregory, Oscar Wilde, etc., this paper’s primary focus is on William Butler Yeats and James Joyce, and their contributions during the Irish Literary Renaissance and their perspectives on the “Irish Question.” They ... really care all that much for schooling either, “because I found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my thoughts, I was difficult to teach” (DLB 19, 403). However, in 1886 he met John O’Leary, an old Fenian leader. O’Leary had been a Young Irelander and fought in the insurrection of 1849. He took Yeats under his wing and introduced him to the world of fenians ...
- 1437: Life of William Shakespeare
- ... greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries as his. Shakespeare was born to middle class parents. His father, John, was a Stratford businessman. He was a glove maker who owned a leather shop. John Shakespeare was a well known and respected man in the town. He held several important local governmental positions. William Shakespeare's mother was Mary Arden. Though she was the daughter of a local farmer, she was related to a family of considerable wealth and social standing. Mary Arden and John Shakespeare were married in 1557. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in 1564. He was one of eight children. The Shakespeare's were well respected prominent people. When William Shakespeare was about seven years ...
- 1438: “Masque of the Red Death”vs.“Fall of the House of Usher”: A Glimpse Into The Life of Poe
- ... 19, 1809. His mother was Elizabeth Arnold and his father was David Poe, Jr. Poe’s mother died two years after his birth on December 8, 1811. Edgar went to stay with the Allan family, John and Francis Allan. However, Mr. Allan was unwilling to adopt Poe. Mr. Allan was willing to send Edgar to the University of Virginia. Poe attended the University of Virginia in February 1826 but left on December 15th. In 1827, Poe and John Allan had a falling out. Poe left Richmond for Boston. Poe decided to enlist in the US Army under the name of Edgar A Perry and was sent to Fort Independence. Francis Allen, who Poe ... of “Poems by Edgar A. Poe” was published. On October 12, 1833, Poe won the first prize in a competition in the Baltimore Saturday Visitor with “MS. Found in a Bottle.” On March 27, 1834, John Allan, his father figure, died and left him nothing. He went on to marry Virginia on May 16, 1836. In January 1842, Virginia broke a blood vessel while singing. Virginia died on January 30, ...
- 1439: Henry David Thoreau
- ... he hated his fellow man, but this is not the case. Henry had a very special and sincere reason to go to Walden Pond; to honor his brother. On January 11, 1842, Henry's brother, John Jr., died of lockjaw. It was his brother's death which prompted Henry to decide to go to Walden Pond. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the great "Sage of Concord," owned land adjacent to Walden Pond and allowed Henry to live at Walden Pond. Henry went to Walden Pond to work on a book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers which would be a tribute to John Thoreau Jr. Henry stayed at Walden Pond for two years, two months and two days. Henry wanted to live deliberately and so he went and built a simple cabin at Walden Pond. Henry explains in ... Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one already." "Civil Disobedience" and Henry David Thoreau have had great impacts one the lives of some of America's greatest leaders. President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglass were all influence by Henry David Thoreau's thoughts. Henry Thoreau left his cabin at Walden Pond on September 6, 1847. ...
- 1440: Daniel Webster
- ... economic interest from shipping to manufacturing, Webster decided to back the high-tariff bill of that year to help the small new manufacturing businesses grow. Angry southern leaders condemned the tariff, and South Carolina's John C. Calhoun argued that South Carolina had the right to nullify or ignore the law. Replying to South Carolina's Robert Hayne in a Senate debate in 1830, Webster triumphantly defended the Union states by ... failed every time. In 1841, Daniel Webster came close to his idea of President but was only named secretary. President William Henry Harrison appointed him to this position. When he got killed in April 1841, John Tyler was brought to the presidency. In September 1841, all the Whigs resigned from the cabinet except Webster. He remained to settle an argument with Great Britain having to do with the Maine-Canada boundary ... the Whig party, but it helped preserve the Union and keep it together for a little while after until the Civil War started. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Prodigy - Grolier Electronic Publishing, 1990, W-section 2. Daniel Webster - John Melvin, Copyright 1976, Bonhill Publishing 3. Civil War Heros - American Books, 1979, p.244-247
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