|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 4191 - 4200 of 4745 matching essays
- 4191: Jimmy Carter
- ... 1975; president of the United States 1977-1981; University Professor, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1982-presodent. Upon graduation in 1946 from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Carter married Rosalynn Smith. They had three sons, John William (Jack), James Earl III (Chip), Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff), and a daughter, Amy Lynn. After serving as a Naval Officer for 7 years, Carter returned to plains, and in 1962 he entered state politics. 8 ...
- 4192: Successful Relationships and Short Stories
- ... in the short stories in which I have read where two characters are unable to grasp the concept in which I am putting forth. A prime example would be Miss Dent and Mr. Blake from John Cheever's "The Five- Forty-Eight." In this story, Miss Dent and Mr. Blake start with a working relationship which escalates into a one night stand. Neither character has communicated what their intentions or hopes ...
- 4193: Kurt Vonnegut
- ... 1963. "Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr." Discovering Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. New York. Dell Publishing Co., Inc. 1965. Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. The Sirens of Titan. New York. Dell Publishing Co., Inc. 1959. Wakeman, John, editor. "Vonnegut, Kurt (Jr.)." World
- 4194: The War in Vietnam
- ... languished and internal security deteriorated. Nation building was failing the South, and, in 1960, communist cadres created the National Liberation Front (NLG) or Vietcong as its enemies called it, to challenge the Diem regime. President John F. Kennedy concurred with his predecessor's domino theory and also believed that the credibility of U.S. anticommunist commitments around the world was imperiled in 1961. Consequently, by 1963 he had tripled American aid ...
- 4195: Langston Hughes
- Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri into an abolitionist family. He was the grandson of Charles Henry Langston. His brother was John Mercer Langston, who was the the first Black American to be elected to public office in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing poetry in the eighth grade, and was ...
- 4196: Lewis Carroll
- ... 1951. Kelly, Richard. Lewis Carroll. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. Leach, Karoline. .Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll): A Brief Biogrpahy.. Online. 26 Apr. 2000. Available: www.http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/carroll/bio1.html. Pudney, John. Lewis Carroll and his World. New York: Charles Scribner.s Sons, 1976. Smith, Karen Patricia. .Lewis Carroll.. British Children.s Writers, 1800-1880. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1983. Vol. 163 of Dictionary of Literary Biography ...
- 4197: Lizzie Borden
- ... to be discovered two hours later. For 30 years Abby and Lizzie lived together under one roof, yet on the day of the murder Lizzie gave no indication that they ever got along. Deputy Marshal John Fleet testified that on the day Abby died he asked Lizzie "if she had any idea who could have killed her father and mother." Lizzie responded with, "She's not my mother, Sir. She is ...
- 4198: Juvenalian and Horatian Satire
- ... gives books to his poorly read parishioners, "will suffer no one to sleep in [church] besides himself" (Norton 2196), lengthens the Psalms, and pronounces his Amens repeatedly. At one point he stands and warns "one John Matthews to mind what he is about"(Norton, 2196), and stop tapping his heels lest he disturb the congregation. The irony here, of course, is that Sir Roger has caused an even greater disturbance by ...
- 4199: Louis Riel
- ... Ottawa in December 1884. These set of rights outlined the demands of the Metis and the settlers. They thought that the governments action was inappropriate. Unfortunately, the Petition of Rights was rejected by the John A Macdonald and his government. Riel had failed to negotiate with the government and had no choice but to arm and prepare for the rebellion. He led his people into rebellion only because the Canadian ...
- 4200: Miles Davis
- ... Miles Davis breakthrough year. His performance of "round midnight" at the Newport Jazz Festival alerted the critics that he was "back". Davis form a quintet which included Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, and John Coletrain. In 1957 Davis made the first of many solo recordings with the unusual jazz orchestrations of Gil Evans, and he wrote music for film by Louis Malle. In 1963Davis formed a new quintet including ...
Search results 4191 - 4200 of 4745 matching essays
|
