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- 571: Alexander Hamilton
- ... great grandfathers was Sir R. Pollock, the Laird of Cambuskeith. Hamilton's mother was Rachael Fawcette Levine, of French Huguenot descent. When she was very young, she married a Danish proprietor of St. Croix named John Michael Levine. Ms. Levine left her husband and was later divorced from him on June 25, 1759. Under Danish law, the (the court ordering the divorce) Ms. Levine was forbidden from remarrying. Thus, Hamilton's ... the colonists. At a mass meeting held in the fields in New York City on July 6, 1774, he made a sensational speech attacking British policies. In addition, he wrote a series of letters for John Holt's New-York Journal. When an Anglican clergyman, Samuel Seabury, denounced the first Continental Congress in several Westchester Farmer letters, Hamilton replied with two powerful pamphlets. His military aspirations also flowered with a series ... of The Federalist. This work remains a classic commentary on American constitutional law and the principals of government. Its inception and approximately three-quarters of the work are attributable to Hamilton (the rest belonging to John Jay and James Madison). Hamilton also won the New York ratification convention vote for the Constitution against great odds in July 17-July 26, 1788. Chancellor James Kent stated that "all of the documentary ...
- 572: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall: Ellen Weatherwall
- ... life she dreamed of will never happen. She lost trust in everyone, especially men. (DeMouy, 49) Ellen will soon gain a small amount of trust back when she meets the man she will eventually marry. John breaks Ellens fall and pulls her from the rut. He also gives her the identity she always wanted. He gives her an even larger role when he gives her children. She feels her identity is still lost. The jilting is all she needed to see of hell. George took everything from her and John can only give a small portion back. (DeMouy, 50) John gave Ellen the role of mother. When her last baby arrives, she recognizes her role and knows the feeling of natural fulfillment. When this one was born it should be the last
She was ...
- 573: Report On Book Titled Black Li
- ... book feelings in me became more and more evident as I went on in my reading. I am no where near ok with any type of racism and all of the things that happened to John upset me in the deepest fashion. It truly touched me and angered me at the same time. It makes me want to know this wonderful man. To be a relative, to be his friend, and ... a racial difference baffles me. Differences between people are the one thing that holds are species together. We embrace it, but yet use it to discriminate, separate, and emotionally destroy others. In Black Like Me, John was a white man that stepped into the dark dismal life of a black man in the Southern region of the United States. He thought that he had prepared for it but nothing could prepare ... try to live the most satisfying life I can live. Could you have become this involved in the race issue just to write a newspaper or magazine article? Defend your answer. To become involved like John Griffin did simply for a magazine would be ludicrous. He put his life on the line as well as his family s lives. John had another purpose he wanted to serve when he set ...
- 574: History Of Portugal
- ... and Queen Isabella I. Under pressure from his Spanish relations, he followed their example by expelling Jews and Muslims from his domains in 1497, thus depriving Portugal of much of its middle class. His son, John III, promoted the settlement of Brazil and (again influenced by the example of Spain) introduced (1536) the Inquisition into Portugal to enforce religious uniformity. By the time he died in 1557, Portugal had begun to ... III (Philip IV of Spain), treated it as a Spanish province, provoking widespread discontent. After unsuccessful revolts in 1634 and 1637, Portuguese conspirators with the support of France won independence for their kingdom in 1640. John, duke of Braganza, was elected John IV, first king of the house of Braganza, which ruled Portugal as long as the monarchy endured. John IV and His Successors (1640-1816) King John expelled the Dutch from Brazil, which they had ...
- 575: The Green Mile Card Report 2 -
- The Green Mile, March 1999 Stephen King, 1947-? Summary: John Coffey is brought to Cold Mountain accused of rape and murder. It becomes known that he has a healing touch. Paul Edgecombe, the superintendent, has sympathy for Coffey and later finds out that Coffey is ... internal struggle between what his job wants him to do and what he sometimes knows is the right thing. Kind and gentle, he recounts this episode of his life from Georgia Pines, his retirement home. John Coffey is a huge, muscular black man but is very slow in the mental sense, brought into a situation where death surrounds him, yet he has the power to heal by his own touch. Other ... Hal (Warden) Moores was the warden of Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Melinda Moores, Hal s wife, is portrayed as a sick elderly woman. She is used in the story to demonstrate the miraculous healing power that John Coffey held. Janice Edgecombe was Paul s wife. She died in a bus accident, setting up the character of Elaine Connelly, who Paul met at the retirement center in his later years. Eduard Delacroix ...
- 576: Life Of Shakespeare
- ... births, the actual day is not recorded. And as with most remarkable men, the power of myth and symmetry has proven irresistible. So April 23 it has become. Parents and Family. Shakespeare's parents were John and Mary Shakespeare, who lived in Henley Street, Stratford. John, the son of Richard Shakespeare, was a whittawer (a maker, worker and seller of leather goods such as purses, belts and gloves) and a dealer in agricultural commodities. He was a solid, middle class citizen ... man on the rise. He served in Stratford government successively as a member of the Council (1557), constable (1558), chamberlain (1561), alderman (1565) and finally high bailiff (1568)--the equivalent of town mayor. About 1577 John Shakespeare's fortunes began to decline for unknown reasons. There are records of debts. In 1586 he was replaced as alderman for shirking responsibilities, and in 1592 was reprimanded for not coming to church ...
- 577: The Has Been And The Never Was
- ... to all of Hollywood that they were A-list, bankable Talent, and deserved the professional respect accorded to people of this caliber. The movie that they appeared in was Pulp Fiction and the actors are John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson. First, a few brief sentences about the film that many people call one of the greatest ever made (a simple search on the Internet brings up over 50,000 websites ... combined with the brilliant acting of Travolta, and Jackson make the film one that can be watched a dozen times, and every time the viewer will take something different away from it. The Has-been John Travolta is an actor whose career has seen as many downs as it has seen ups. An awe-inspiring Hollywood star of the late 70 s and early 80 s, Travolta was the youngest of ... 1954 in Englewood, NJ. Being the baby of the family, Travolta grew up pampered. The Travolta children were encouraged to be creative, and would stage shows in the basement of their home. By age twelve, John knew he wanted to be an actor, having already joined an acting workshop in his hometown. He soon began appearing in local theater and began taking tap lessons from Gene Kelly s brother Fred. ...
- 578: The Essenes of Qumran
- ... interest: namely, that outside of Qumran itself, many Essenes were scattered throughout Palestine. It was not necessary, therefore, to go to Qumran to find them" (Helicon (91). It can also be shown that the Apostle John, a disciple of John the Baptist and one of the first disciples of Christ, had direct contact with the Essenes and may have brought some of their ideas and practices into Christianity. In John's writings there are many expressions that exactly match expressions used in the Essene writings. Some examples of these phrases that are used in both writings are "
."light of life" (John 8:12) which ...
- 579: Teenagers and Alcohol Do Not Mix
- ... person consumes eight to twelve drinks that amount of alcohol influences the cerebrum which is responsible for the control over skeletal muscles and balance skills. Now to put that into a real life hypothetical situation. John Doe goes to a party and starts to drink. After having one or two beers he is starting to feel pretty good and decides to do a little more socializing than normal. He is just going with the flow and having a good time. John keeps on drinking by this time he has reached his fourth beer. John now is noticeably clumsy and his reaction time is slowed. John just keeps on drinking and when he gets to 6 beers he is now legally drunk and the entire motor end of the ...
- 580: Good Vs. Evil In Treasure Isla
- ... Hyde , Stevensoncontrasts the characters of Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde to further the theme Good vs. Evil . This theme is common to many of Stevenson s other works. In TreasureIsland, Stevenson uses the character Long John Silver to bring out this identicalidea. Long John Silver in many ways can be viewed the classic villain. But, whilereading this novel, one must be aware of the many other facets of Silver spersonality that bring out his good nature. In Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , Robert Louis Stevenson incorporates the theme Good vs. Evil in both of these stories through the split personalities of both Long John Silver, and Dr. Jekyll. Robert Louis Stevenson s theme of Good vs. Evil is prominent in the novel Treasure Island. This story begins by introducing the protagonist of the novel Jim Hawkins. Jim works ...
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