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- 551: The Outsiders
- ... so they wouldn t be jumped by the socs. 18. Johnny didn t want to spend his life running from the cops just because he defended himself. 19. Juvenile Delinquents Turn Heroes Ponyboy Curtis and John Cade were brought into hospitals yesterday after making an heroic rescue of several young school children in a burning abandoned church. The police have been looking for these two boys for about a week because ... and all the kids outside. They heard that there was still some kids in it and they ran inside and heroically rescued them. Ponyboy is now out of the hospital with non serious burns, but John is still in the hospital under serious condition. As for the murder charges, they have been dropped. After talking to John, Ponyboy and friends that Bob was with at the time, We have come up with this; John and Ponyboy were in a park during the middle of the night when Bob and several of ...
- 552: Jane Eyre
- ... reason and passion which is on of the main themes in the novel. The characteristics of the two men, who propose to Jane, conjure and symbolize the themes in Jane Eyre. Although, Rochester and St. John offer Jane entirely different relationships both men are noticeably selfish and disregard Jane’s feelings to some degree. Both men are strong-willed, powerful, and stubborn about their ways of thinking and living. This is especially seen in St. John as Jane describes her cousin as being “as stiff about urging his point” as possible. They believe that want they do is in the best interest of Jane and use unfair methods to tempt Jane ... pushing him “back on lust for a passion – vice for an occupation.” He questions her on whether “it is better to drive a fellow-creature to despair than to transgress a mere human law…?” St. John, on the other hand, is far more convinced that he knows what is truly best for Jane. His plan for her is moral and appeals to her loyalty and idealism about God. He claims ...
- 553: Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
- ... law. While current research on the super predator is scarce, I will attempt to give an indication as to the reasons a child could become just such a monster. Violent teenage criminals are increasingly vicious. John DiIulio, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, says that "The difference between the juvenile criminals of the 1950s and those of the 1970s and early 1980s was the difference between the Sharks ... Body Count: Moral Poverty . . . and How to Win America' s War Against Crime and Drugs," a new generation of "super-predators, " untouched by any moral inclinations, will hit America's streets in the next decade. John DiIulio, the Brookings Institute fellow who co-wrote the book with William Bennett and John Walters, calls it a "multi variate phenomenon, " meaning that child abuse, the high number of available high-tech guns, alcoholism and many other factors feed the problem. University of Pennsylvania professor Mavin Wolfgang says, " ...
- 554: Jane Eyre: Somewhere, The Dark Sheds Light
- ... learns how to understand and control repression. Jane's journey begins at Gateshead Hall. Mrs. Reed, Jane's aunt and guardian, serves as the biased arbitrator of the rivalries that constantly occur between Jane and John Reed. John emerges as the dominant male figure at Gateshead. He insists that Jane concedes to him and serve him at all times, threatening her with mental and physical abuse. Mrs. Reed condones John's conduct and sees him as the victim. Jane's rebellion against Mrs. Reed represents a realization that she does not deserve the unjust treatment. Jane refuses to be treated as a subordinate and ...
- 555: Motown’s Evolution and with Emphasis on Its Women
- ... music. In the 1950’s, there were very few black singers signed to record companies or played on the radio. King Records was one of the few that was geared towards blues. According to Mable John, at that time it wasn’t even called “blues” even though that is what it was. It was just called “black music.” Berry and Mable would attend a “black DJ’s meeting” at a club ... Detroit got a name for the place to be if you were black and wanted to be a disc jockey. They came from states across the country because Detroit was getting know for black music. John Richborough came to Detroit from nashville Tennessee and attended these meetings, however, he was not black. He simply enjoyed “race music” and was determined to play it over the radio in the south. He was ... at Motown, there were some women assistants, who of course worked in administration, who threw themselves into Berry’s dream and worked as hard as he did in the brining the dream to life. Mable John was the very first woman that Barry Gordy signed to his record label, then called Tamla. She never had any real success until 8 years later in 1966, after she had left Tamla when ...
- 556: That The Beatles Acclerated The Change In Society.
- ... society". By the time the fifties was over the world was looking for a fresh new sound and look in the music industry. It came in the shape and form of four young Liverpoodlians. As John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr (Richard Starky) shook their mop tops and strummed out their new style of Rock 'n' Roll, an entire generation stood up and took notice and knew that ... the same or just wanted to do the same. The origin of the phenomenon that became the Beatles can be traced back to 1957. Paul McCartney was picked from an audition for a position in John Lennons then band "The Quarrymen". Another member of this band was a 15-year-old guitarist, George Harrison. Within a few years, after a number of different drummers and band names, they found a full time drummer, in Ringo Starr, and a full time name with "The Beatles". The spelling came to John Lennon in a dream "a man in a flaming pie appeared and said you shall be Beetles with an A" he recalled. Shortly after a number one hit was released (I Want To Hold ...
- 557: Masters of Deception (MoD)
- ... affordable computer." It was more than what he could ever ask for. This was how Paul, a middle class boy from New York, got started with computers. Almost the same story goes for Mark, Eli, John, Julio, and Allen. These are the boys who would come to be known as the "MOD BOYS" (Masters of Deception). They were the hacker gang who dominated the hacking underworld back in the late 1980s ... he would start calling his little group the MOD. And since they were now getting into important computers then this meant that they would need some more people with specific specialties. By July of 1989 John, a black kid from the Bronx, and Julio, a Mexican kid from the Bronx were integrated into the MOD. By now all the members of the Mod had free phone service and they could manipulate ... Eli and Mark decided that if they didn't arrest them then they could keep doing it. Eli never had the money to get another computer but would hack from the laptop that Mark bought. John was speaking to Chris Goggans who was the unofficial leader of the "Legond of Doom" (lod). They were sort of the rivals of the Mod which was by now more powerful. They got into ...
- 558: Theme John Steinbacks Of Mice
- Dreams are a train of thought or images passing through ones mind. Of mice and men s two main themes consist of dreams and pipe dreams. Dreams can lead to problems, success, or neither. Dreams can also lead ...
- 559: Into The Wild By John Krakauer
- Obligation to Family The book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer is a story about a man by the name of Chris McCandless. He is a man who grew up in a DC suburb, graduated college and decides ...
- 560: The Gospel Of Luke
- ... and especially, his journey toward Jerusalem, with the final chapters dedicated to the last days of sacrifice and triumph. Luke's historical narrative begins as follows: With the birth of Zechariah and Elizabeth's child, John. Elizabeth was barren, she and Zechariah were well along in years but Gabriel, an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah saying, "Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son and you are to give him the name John and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit." Zechariah questioned the angel, "How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years." Gabriel said ... gives us is the story of Jesus' presentation in the temple at the age of 12, and the way he surprised everyone with his ability to answer questions -- his great mental capacity. Some years later, John son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, was preparing the way by preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. While John was baptizing people, Jesus was baptized too. The heaven opened and the ...
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