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- 721: Geroffrey Chaucer
- ... himself and the success of this works have placed great influence on the English language. Geoffrey Chaucer was born in Vintry Ward, London around 1343.1 He was the son of Agnes de Copton and John Chaucer, a prosperous wine merchant. The name, from chaussier (French term for shoes), indicates ancestors who were shoemakers.2 In 1357, when he was approximately 14 years old, he was old enough to enroll as ... royal household with the rank of yeoman and later of squire, with a regular pension, or salary.1 He also had a wife, Philippa, the daughter of Sir Poan Roet of Hainauut and sister of John of Gaunt s third wife; she was a member of the queen's household.3 Thus, some time in his 20s, Chaucer was launched on the official career that he followed for the remainder of ... Member of Parliament, and man of affairs, Chaucer lived a full and busy life. Born soon after the beginning of the Hundred Years' War, he lived through the terrible years of the Black Death, through John Wycliffe's dramatic challenge to the established church, through the Peasant's Revolt of 1381, and through the deposition of Richard II. Geoffrey Chaucer lived to the age 57. With his association with the ...
- 722: The Beatles and the Sex Pistols: A Study
- ... definitely differed. The Beatles compositions were quite eclectic, whereas the Sex Pistols tend to be all drawn upon their dissatisfaction with society. The majority of the Beatles songs were written by the awesome partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. All four members of the Sex Pistols are accredited for composing their songs, but Johnny Rotten was the person who wrote them. To find the word love in a Beatles selection ... my mind. It definitely agrees with the overtones of the summer of Love in 1967, which not incidentally is when the song came out. This is a message that all the hippies would surely champion. John Lennon is trying to express through the practice of love; maybe some of the world's ills will get solved. "No Feelings" reads, "I kick you in the brain when you get down to kneel ... was about. The Beatles and Sex Pistols most definitely have contrasting musical styles. The Beatles, along with the Beach Boy's, were geniuses when it came to harmonizing. In "If I Fell," the harmony between John and Paul is riveting. John is in a steadier key, and Paul tends to hit the higher notes on top. From the music the Sex Pistols made, it would be hard to say if ...
- 723: Reproductive Medicine
- ... eggs of women who were undergoing routine surgeries for reproductive problems, and then implanting them into other women, some of who became pregnant. Who are the real parents and who deserve custody of these children? John and Luanne Buzzanca of Orange County, California were an infertile couple. They hired a married woman, Pamela Snell, to carry a child to term for them; a child made from the sperm and egg of anonymous, unrelated donors. One month before Jaycee Buzzanca was born, John filed for divorce complicating the situation further. John claims the divorce relieved him of parental responsibilities (according to California law, fatherhood is defined by biological parentage or marriage to the childs birth mother.) Luanne also had no parental right to the ...
- 724: J.p. Morgan
- John Pierpont Morgan is considered one of the founding fathers of the modern United States economy. He was an industrial genius that is accredited with the founding of many companies including General Electric and AT&T ... into the foreign trade business. Junius was invited to join the firm of George Peabody & Co. in 1854. In 1864 Junius took over the Peabody Company and changed the name to J.S. Morgan & Co. John Pierpont Morgan was born on April 17, 1837 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was nicknamed "Pip" by his childhood friends. The family prospered in Hartford until Junius moved the family to Boston where Pip began Boston English High. He did well in the prestigious high school and then in his second high school in Vevey, Switzerland. The family moved to London and John transferred to the University of Gottingen in Germany. John continued to excel in his studies and majored in mathematics. He began to become interested in business affairs as he started and investing club amongst ...
- 725: The Transition of Power From President to President
- ... him an appointment to West Point. While being stationed in Texas as a second lieutenant, he met Mamie Geneva Doud to which he married in 1916. During his vast military career and serving under General John P. Pershing and Douglas MacArthur, he commanded the Allied Forces landing in North Africa in November 1942. On D-Day, 1944, he was the Supreme Commander of the invasion force invading France. During peacetime he ... his renowned atoms for peace program where he gave uranium to have not nations for peaceful purposes. Dwight D. Eisenhower died on March 28, 1969 with a prayer for peace in the goodness of time. John F. Kennedy JFK was the youngest president ever elected to the Presidency. He was born of Irish descent in Brookling, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. In 1940 he graduated form Harvard being the top in ... earned his law degree. He entered the armed forces and earned the rank of lieutenant commander in the Navy. He married Elizabeth Bloomer before being elected to Congress in 1948. He had four children: Michael, John, Steven, and Susan. As president he started out on the wrong foot with the people by making the hardest decision of his life; he gave Nixon a full pardon. When Ford was inaugurated on ...
- 726: The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy or Single-gunman?
- ... said, "The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it." Although this may sound ludicrous, we can see many example of this in the world's history. One example would have to be the John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassination. For over thirty years the people of the United States were led to believe that a single gunman shot and killed Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p ... Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Later, police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, at a nearby theater. By the next morning, Oswald was booked for the murder of President John F. Kennedy. Two days later, Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, while he was being moved from the city to the county jail. At a glance, the above story sounds as ... be an open-and-shut case. After all, according to the facts above, Oswald must have killed Kennedy. However, you must take a deeper look into this case. Many people who witnessed the murder of John F. Kennedy dispute the facts above, saying that they heard shots from places besides the book depository, and other things that may contradict what is stated above. One of these witnesses, Abraham Zapruder, captured ...
- 727: A Gold Rush Leads To War
- ... a free state. Kansas, however, was badly split along sectional lines, and opposing political forces ratified both a free and a slave constitution in 1855. Riots broke out everywhere, and "Bleeding Kansas" fell into chaos. John Brown, an infamous and rebellious abolitionist, killed five pro-slavery activists in 1856 in retaliation for the murder of five abolitionists. This "Pottawatomie Massacre" further heightened a feeling of an impending war over slavery. The ... in any court, much less the United States Supreme Court. This total denial of blacks' rights ignited a violent fury in abolitionists everywhere, and inspired an equally defiant spirit among pro-slavery activists. In 1859, John Brown again made headlines by raiding an armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Brown apparently hoped to gain control of the arms magazine and distribute weapons to free and enslaved blacks in the area. His ... of the slavery argument continued to intensify. Sectionalism had grown so prevalent throughout the states that the election of 1860 saw two opposing candidates, both from the Democratic party: Stephen Douglas from the north, and John C. Breckinridge from the south. The Republicans, confident after their success in 1856, nominated Abraham Lincoln, an opponent of Douglas's in the Illinois senate race. The Constitutional Union Party, consisting largely of displaced ...
- 728: Thomas Jefferson
- ... address me, I shall be obliged if you will omit the 'Mr.' " If we can imagine Washington doing so undignified a thing as did President Lincoln, when he first met our present Secretary of State, (John Sherman) and compared their respective heights by standing back to back, a sheet of paper resting on the crowns of Washington and Jefferson would have lain horizontal and been six feet two inches from the ... defeated, and its mover denounced as an enemy of his country. It was about this time that Jefferson became interested in Mrs. Martha Wayles Skelton, a childless widow, beautiful and accomplished and a daughter of John Wayles, a prominent member of the Williamsburg bar. She was under twenty years of age, when she lost her first husband, rather tall, with luxuriant auburn hair and an exceedingly graceful manner. She had many ... thus created, and the next day took his seat in congress. A few hours later came the news of the battle of Bunker Hill. Jefferson was an influential member of the body from the first. John Adams said of him: "he was so prompt, frank, explicit and decisive upon committees that he soon seized upon every heart." Virginia promptly re- elected him and the part he took in draughting the ...
- 729: Corporate Development During the Industrial Revolution
- Corporate Development During the Industrial Revolution The Standard Oil Company founded by John D. Rockefeller and the U.S. Steel Company founded by Andrew Carnegie. The Standard Oil Company and U.S. Steel Company were made successful in different ways due to the actions of their different owners ... companies cost too much and were inefficient. By doing this he was able to undersell his competetors because they had to pay the competitors they went through to get the raw materials. Unlike Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller integrated his oil business from top to bottom, his distinctive innovation in movement of American industry was horizontal. This meant he followed one product through all its stages. For example, rockrfeller controlled the ... the refining process turning it into gasoline. Although these two powerful men used two different methods of management their businesses were still very successful (Conlin, 425-426). Tycoons like Andrew Carnegie, "the steel king," and John D. Rockefeller, "the oil baron," exercised their genius in devising ways to circument competition. Although, Carnegie inclined to be tough-fisted in business, he was not a monopolist and disliked monopolistic trusts. John D. ...
- 730: Causes Of Civil War
- ... because of court cases such as Marbury vs. Madison, Dartmouth vs. Woodward, McCulloch vs. Maryland, and Worester vs. Georgia. Then there were the Midnight Judges, Alien and Sedation Act of 1798, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and Political Parties all could of led to the American Civil War. Marbury vs. Madison was about Adams wanting Marbury to get the job of Secretary of State, but James Madison ... the State of Maryland taxing the Bank of the United States. Worester vs. Georgia was where Georgia wanted to extend their jurisdiction into the tribal lands of the Native Americans. The "Midnight Judges" was where John Adams, who was the President of the United States, appointed many of his party members into high powered positions just before midnight of his last term as President. The Alien and Seditions Acts was o ... the State of Maryland taxing the Bank of the United States. Worester vs. Georgia was where Georgia wanted to extend their jurisdiction into the tribal lands of the Native Americans. The "Midnight Judges" was where John Adams, who was the President of the United States, appointed many of his party members into high powered positions just before midnight of his last term as President. The Alien and Seditions Acts was ...
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