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- 2151: Lesbian Poetry
- ... their minds to accept others for who they are instead of criticizing what they are. Works Cited Cantarella, Eva. Pandora's Daughters: The Role and the Status of Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity. Baltimore: John Hopkins, 1987. Cody, John. After Great Pain: The Inner Life of Emily Dickinson. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. Coleridge, S.T. Selected Poetry. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Dickinson, Emily. The Letters of Emily Dickinson. Eds. Thomas H ...
- 2152: Rock Music
- ... the power of repetitiveness, loud volume, and electronic distortion. One famous group of Heavy Metal was Led Zeppelin, a British group that was formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page (lead guitar), Robert Plant (lead singer), John Paul Jones (pianist and bassist) and John Bonham (drummer). Most music of this decade was intended to be listened to, but not to be danced. This intention wasn't kept by Disco music that arose in 1977 and was especially for dancing ...
- 2153: Rock Music
- ... the power of repetitiveness, loud volume, and electronic distortion. One famous group of Heavy Metal was Led Zeppelin, a British group that was formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page (lead guitar), Robert Plant (lead singer), John Paul Jones (pianist and bassist) and John Bonham (drummer). Most music of this decade was intended to be listened to, but not to be danced. But this intention wasn't kept by Disco music that arose in 1977 and was especially for ...
- 2154: How The Beatles Changed Rock Music
- ... the generation that followed. Rock ‘n' roll was a mixture of blues and country. Its rhythm seemed to have an amazing power over young people that couldn't be understood by anyone born before 1940. John Lennon joined Paul McCartney, Pete Best, and George Harrison to form the hottest group that was around at that time. Their first hit music was the very well known song My Bonnie. In 1962, Ringo ... held large concerts and performed at clubs. They became the hottest things on the pop music scene in England. They began as a modestly successful musician group and ended the year as show business legends. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were named composers of the year. They decided on a tour to United States in 1964 without knowing how the Americans would react to the new type of music. Beatlemania hit ...
- 2155: Porgy and Bess
- ... run at the Alvin Theater rather than a full operatic production, to assure more performances, and the word opera was avoided. The first cast of nineteen singing principals included, with Duncan, Anne Brown as Bess, John W. Bubbles as Sportin' Life, Warren Coleman as Crown, and the Eva Jessye Choir; Rouben Mammoulian produced and directed, and Alexander Smallens conducted. Porgy and Bess tried out in Boston and opened in New York ... revised version. For years it was performed more frequently in Europe, where it was considered a true American opera. Porgy and Bess received its first uncut production in Houston in the 1970's, conducted by John DeMain, to great approval, and it was finally produced at the Met some 50 years after the first production. It is probably the only opera founded on 1920's and 30's jazz which has ...
- 2156: Rock Music
- ... the power of repetitiveness, loud volume, and electronic distortion. One famous group of Heavy Metal was Led Zeppelin, a British group that was formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page (lead guitar), Robert Plant (lead singer), John Paul Jones (pianist and bassist) and John Bonham (drummer). Most music of this decade was intended to be listened to, but not to be danced. But this intention wasn't kept by Disco music that arose in 1977 and was especially for ...
- 2157: The Bicycle: From Wood to Metal.
- ... hold the spokes individually. Later that year Starley thought of tangential spoking - as distinct from radial- to ease the sideways stresses on the spokes. a party of riders rode these high bicycles from London to John O’Groats, some 690 miles in 15 days. These machines typically weighed about 50 pounds but could be built as light as 21 pounds for track racing, with a driving wheel varying from 40 to ... diameter. Called the safety bicycle, it had decisive advantages in stability, braking, and mounting. Solid rubber tires improved its stability, but safety machines like Lawson’s became more common. page 17 safety bike In 1888 John Boyd Dunlop, a Belfast veterinarian studying and working with James Morre, introduced a pneumatic tire. The "safety" and Dunlop’s pneumatic tire made the bicycle the success it became and killed manufacture of the "ordinary ...
- 2158: Animals and Their Purpose
- ... are members of the clone family. Many living things reproduce by cloning like prokaryotes, protozoans, many algae, some yeast, and some plants, like the dandelion. In the 1960's, frogs were cloned by a scientist, John Gurdon. A nuclear transfer was used for success. In 1997 geneticists in Scotland said that they had for the first time cloned an adult mammal a ewe. They used a technique called nuclear transfer where ... should be followed. This means that the developing human should not be used experimentally at any stage. The church disagrees with any modifications of human genes because it changes the humans natural origin. When Pope John Paul II was addressed with the cloning issue he did not disagree with "genetic intervention aimed at improving the human biological condition." The pope does want requirements or conditions that would have to be verified ...
- 2159: Locke’s Political Philosophy Summary
- Locke’s Political Philosophy Summary John Locke’s philosophy about political rights is clearly simple as it is written for the common people. John believed that man was created with certain rights obtained through religion or God that could not be taken away from him no matter the situation. He believed in the natural law given to govern man ...
- 2160: Fraternities: Hazed & Confused
- ... Hazing, as defined by the Fraternity Executive Association is "Any action taken or situation created, intentionally, whether on or off fraternity premises to produce mental, or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment or ridicule."(pg. 48) As John P. Nykolaiszyn puts it, "If anyone is caught hazing, not only can fines be imposed upon the individuals, but conviction and even jail time could result. Organizations which practice hazing also run the risk of ... 1937 Klepper, Irving The portals of Tau Epsilon Phi Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia 1937 Morris, William, ed. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts 1982 Nykolaiszyn, John P. "Hazing: Greeks get a bad rap." The Beacon Feb. 13th 1996: 12.
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