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- 2721: English Only
- ... English the nation's official language until 1981. The only previous official-language legislation dates back to 1923: a bill designating "American" the national tongue. Americans have traditionally resisted language legislation, beginning in 1780, when John Adams proposed to establish an official Language Academy to set standards for English. This idea was rejected by the Continental Congress as an improper role for government and a threat to individual liberties. There was ...
- 2722: The Cause and the Loss: Comparison Between "Mice and Men" and "Flowers
- The Cause and the Loss: Comparison Between "Mice and Men" and "Flowers for Algernon" In the novel 'Of Mice and Men' (John Stienbeck) a mentally challenged man, Lenny, loses his innocence when he accidentally breaks a woman's neck. In the novel 'Flowers for Algernon' (Daniel Keyes) another mentally challenged man, Charlie, loses his innocence when, through ...
- 2723: Computer Communications
- ... you can view people is by how they choose to display themselves. Because you can't see other users, you can't make any prejudgments based upon race, sex, or physical handicap. As stated by John R. Levine and Carol Baroudi in The Internet for Dummies, 'Who you are on the Internet depends solely on how you present yourself through your keyboard." The reason for this is simple. The people who ...
- 2724: East Timor. Do They Have A Rig
- ... of East Timor. Dir. Elaine Briere. Foto-Based Films, 1996. East Timor Alert Network. www.etan.com Hume, Stephen. "Trade Deals Built on the Corpses Of Children." The Vancouver Sun 13 July 1996: A2 Pilger, John. "Journey to East Timor: Land of the Dead." Nation. 25 April 1994 32-38.
- 2725: The Call Of The Wild: Summary
- ... from the group started to beat Buck. As the blows grew less and less painful, and he was fading farther and farther, Buck knew he was dying. While Buck was being beaten, a man named John Thornton came fort and took Buck from his attacker. The man nursed Buck back to health, and from that day forward, Buck lived for that man. Buck loved him with all his being. After being ...
- 2726: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Country or Society
- ... to legend, Robin Hood robbed from the rich and gave to the poor in an effort to bring happiness to the peasants of Nottingham in an otherwise dreary time under the tyrannical rule of Prince John. A childhood friend of Robin, Maid Marion places her friendship with Robin Hood above loyalty to the crown. She has numerous opportunities to betray Robin Hood, but she does not. She sees the good he ...
- 2727: Field of Dreams: Ray Kinsella a Classical Hero?
- ... last made clear to him the purpose for his quest. Years ago, when Ray was an adolescent, he had a falling out with his father that he never resolved. After the death of his father, John Kinsella, Ray was overcome with a sense of guilt and emptiness due to the fact that the horrible conflict with his father would never be resolved. Completing his journey allowed him to make amends with ...
- 2728: Internet Addiction
- ... experts for when you begin losing touch with reality is to just pull the plug. (7) Bibliography WORKS CITED 1.) Cerf, Vint. "A Brief History of the Internet" Internet History. (12 Sep 97) 2.) Gehl, John & Douglas Suzanne. Internet Keeps Growing and Growing. Edupage. 16 Sep 97 3.) INTELLI QUEST. "Internet Survey." Internet News. 04 Sep 97 (08 Sep 97) 4.) Smith, J.W. "Internet Addiction" Internet Addiction.. 15 Nov 96 ...
- 2729: Summary of The Canterbury Tales
- ... called Scottish Chaucerians. For the Renaissance, he was the English Homer. Edmund Spenser paid tribute to him as his master; many of the plays of William Shakespeare show thorough assimilation of Chaucer's comic spirit. John Dryden, who modernized several of the Canterbury tales, called Chaucer the father of English poetry. Since the founding of the Chaucer Society in England in 1868, which led to the first reliable editions of his ...
- 2730: Billy Budd
- ... had previously been among those minor ship's companies of the merchant marine"(14). It is here, on the Indomitable that Billy says good-bye to his rights. It is here, also, that Billy meets John Claggart, the master-at-arms. A man "in whom was the mania of an evil nature, not engendered by vicious training or corrupting books or licentious living but born with him and innate, in short ...
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