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- 601: Call Of The Wild By Jack Londo
- ... The Call of the Wild interact to reveal the theme the power of love is stonger than all other powers. Buck is the main character and he loves many people. Buck shows his love for John Thorton (his last owner) many times. For example, Buck pulls a sled 100 yards that has a thousand pounds of flour on it because John bet that he could (Page 50). Buck could not have moved the sled if he didn't love John. Manuel shows his love for money by selling Buck, the family dog. "He loved to play Chinese lottery" (Page 2). If he didn't love to play lottery Buck might still live in California. ...
- 602: The Beatles
- The Beatles to this day are one of the most famous and popular rock 'n roll groups in the world. The Beatles include George Harrison, John Lennon(1940-1980), Paul McCartney, and Richard Starkey(Ringo Starr). All of the Beatles where born and raised in Liverpool, England. John Lennon was considered the leader of the band. George Harrison was the lead guitarist. John Lennon was a song writer, one of the two lead singers, and rhythm guitarist. Paul McCartney was a song writer, one of the two lead singers, and a bassist. Ringo Starr played the drums. ...
- 603: Betsy Ross
- ... Betsy was entirely educated at a friend's Quaker school. It was in this Quaker school that she learned how to upholster. With her parents permission Betsy became an apprentice in the upholstery shop of John Ross. Betsy soon fell in love with John Ross and they eloped on November 4th 1773 in Gloucester, New Jersey. Betsy and John ran the upholstery shop together for three years. In 1775 John joined the militia. While serving the Militia he was killed when a store filled with gunpowder blew up. John was very badly burned. ...
- 604: Much Ado About Nothing
- ... pure and happy one at the start of the play, but as the play goes on we witness the emergence of deception into their relationship as well. The deception starts as Borachio reports to Don John of a conversation he overheard between Claudio and Don Pedro. At the ball, while Don Pedro is dancing with Hero in hopes of wooing her for Claudio, Don John and Borachio move in to convince Claudio that Don Pedro is in love with Hero and wants to ask Leonato for her hand in marriage. When Don John is asked how he knows Don Pedro loves Hero he responds that he "heard him swear his affection," and Borachio confirms this. They go off, and Claudio is left broken hearted. Later Don Pedro ...
- 605: Looking Ahead: The Future Of Post Keynesian Economics
- ... Money, New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, INC. _____ ( 1963), Essays in Persuasion, New York: W.W. Norton & Co. Moggredige, Vols I-XXX, London: Macmillan. _____(1971) A Tract on Monetary Reform, in The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes Vol. IV, London: Macmillan. _____(1972a) Essays in Persuasion in The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes Vol.IX, London: Macmillan. ______ (1972b) Essays in Biography, in The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes Vol X, London: Macmillan. ______( (1973a) A Treatise on Probablity, in The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes Vol. VIII, London: Macmillan. ______(1973b) The General Theory and After. Part 1: Preparation, in The ...
- 606: History of Computers
- ... intervention (Chposky, 103). The outbreak of World War II produced a desperate need for computing capability, especially for the military. New weapons systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and their associates at the University of Pennsylvania decided to build a high-speed electronic computer to do the job. This machine became known as ENIAC, for "Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator". It ... the particular programs for which it had been designed. ENIAC is generally accepted as the first successful high-speed electronic digital computer and was used in many applications from 1946 to 1955 (Dolotta, 50). Mathematician John von Neumann was very interested in the ENIAC. In 1945 he undertook a theoretical study of computation that demonstrated that a computer could have a very simple and yet be able to execute any ...
- 607: The Four Political Parties of Canada
- ... wear the previously Conservative mantle of party of national development.'"(McMenemy, pg.12, 1976) The Liberal Party of Canada currently forms the federal government of Canada. Their current leader, Jean Chretien, was elected to succeed John Turner in 1990. Around the time Chretien was elected leader, questions within and outside the party were raised regarding the political "baggage" that Chretien carried from previous Liberal governments. Despite the controversy, Chretien won his ... there is nevertheless good reason for regarding 1854 as the inaugural year for the political group which has continued to this day as the conservative element in Canadian politics." (Macquarrie, pg.3, 1965) In 1854, John A. MacDonald, who was to become Canada's first Prime Minister ever, led the Conservative Party to office and "began the process which established a nation in the northern part of this continent and set ... asserted the equality of nations comprising the Commonwealth." (Macquarrie, pg.3, 1965) In December of 1942, the Conservative Party met at a leadership convention in Winnipeg, and after some prodding by one of the candidates, John Bracken, the name of the Conservative Party was changed to that of the Progressive Conservatives, in order to reflect the party's progressive goals and intentions. (Macquarrie, pg.122, 1965) Under the name of ...
- 608: 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 ...
- 609: The Crucible 6
- ... technician uses a zoom shot. This holds true when the governor approaches the gathering. In Act III Scene III some of the best techniques in the whole movie are used. This is the scene when John Proctor and the little group of girls are in the court room. When John s wife enters the room the girls start glaring at her. At the same time this is happening, mysterious music is playing. There is a dead silence in the room. Then the girls start screaming ... angle zoom is used to simulate the bird like spirit coming down on her. In Act IV Scene visual and audio techniques are used very well. There is also a good image in this scene. John Proctor and his wife are standing on a cliff. The image here is the cliff. John has the choice to jump to his death should he choose or stay and decide whether or not ...
- 610: Abraham Lincoln
- ... pre-convention favorite for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1860, Lincoln won on the 3rd ballot. With Hannibal Hamlin as his running mate, Lincoln was elected the 16th President on November 6, 1860, defeating Douglas, John Bell, and John C. Breckinridge. In February of 1861 the Lincolns left by train for Washington, D.C. The President-elect was now wearing a beard at the suggestion of an 11 year old girl. Lincoln was sworn ... days later Lincoln addressed a crowd outside the White House. Among other things, he suggested he would support voting rights for certain blacks. This infuriated a racist and Southern sympathizer who was in the audience, John Wilkes Booth, who hated everything the President stood for. John Wilkes Booth, born May 10, 1838, was an actor who performed throughout the country in many plays. He was the lead in some of ...
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