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- 1141: Is Einstein About To Be Dethro
- ... at Imperial College. "The best book ever written about physics," as he calls it, set him on a course that took him to the University of Lisbon, then Cambridge as a research fellow at St John's, and now London. But if he is right, Einstein's conviction that light travels at a fixed and unalterable speed is about to be dethroned. Dr Magueijo and colleagues with whom he has worked - Dr Andy Albrecht, of the University of California at Davis, and Professor John Barrow, of Cambridge - were not quite the first to have this idea. Dr John Moffat of the University of Toronto had floated it, but they were unaware of his work until he complained it hadn't been properly acknowledged in the Physical Review. Of course, nobody would make ...
- 1142: Irish In America
- ... the vote and the Know Nothings were soon gone. Soon the Irish were spread all throughout the United States, many of them on the frontier, building railroads west, and following the gold rush. One man John Mackay, rose up from being a lowly miner to one of the richest men in the world when he discovered a huge gold deposit. The most remarkable aspect of John Mackay was that he never left his friends behind because of his money, many times he gave fellow miners needed money. He was a model of many Irish beliefs, to never leave your friends behind ... out in the Taverns with friends after a hard day's work. At these Taverns the men sang, told stories, and sometimes fought. Out of these barroom brawls came bareknuckle fighting, the precursor to boxing. John L. Sullivan from Roxbury, Massachusetts, soon became well known for his triumphs in the ring. One of his matches, against John Kilrane, lasted 75 rounds until Sullivan triumphed. Sullivan made a huge impact on ...
- 1143: Gibbons V. Ogden (1824)
- In America’s time there have been many great men who have spent their lives creating this great country. Men such as George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson fit these roles. They are deemed America’s “founding fathers” and laid the support for the most powerful country in history. However, one more man deserves his name to be etched into this list. His name was John Marshall, who decided case after case during his role as Chief Justice that has left an everlasting mark on today’s judiciary, and even society itself. Through Cases such as Marbury v. Madison (1803) and ... had to be solved. It required a decision that went both ways, a compromise, so as to preserve a more perfect Union. Or, in the least, prevent sectionalism and succession. The decision finally came by John Marshall and his Supreme Court on March 2, 1824. Marshall had decided that because the Constitution declared Federal law supremacy, any law passed by Congress should be the superior force. However, only those State ...
- 1144: Fair Labor Act Of 1938
- ... In fact, when Southern congressmen asked for the setting of lower pay for their region, Dubinsky's union suggested lower pay for Southern congressmen. But William Green of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and John L. Lewis of the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO), on one of the rare occasions when they agreed, both favored a bill which would limit labor standards to low-paid and essentially unorganized workers. Based ... wage boards proposed by the Ramspeck compromise with an administrator and advising commission, and allowed for procedures for investigation into certain cases.36 A message from the voters. Again, the House Rules Committee (under Rep. John J. O'Conner of New York, whom Roosevelt called an "obstructionist" who "pickled" New Deal programs) prevented discussion of the bill on the House floor by a vote of 8 to 6.37 The President ... Southern employers told the Department of Labor that they could not live with a 25-cent-an-hour minimum wage. They would have to fire all their people, they said. Adapting a biblical quotation, Representative John McClellan of Arkansas rhetorically asked, "What profiteth the laborer of the South if he gain the enactment of a wage and hour law -- 40 cents per hour and 40 hours per week -- if he ...
- 1145: Edgar Allan Poe 2
- ... detective story and his pshycological thrillers have been infuences for many writers worldwide. Edgar and his brother and sister were orphaned before Edgar's third birthday and Edgar was taken in to the home of John and Fanny Allan in Richmond, Va. The Allans lived in England for five years (1815-1820) where Edgar also attended school. In 1826 he entered the University of Virginia. Although a good student he was forced to gambling since John Allan did not provide well enough. Allan refused to pay Edgar's debts and Edgar had to leave the University after only one year. In 1827 Edgar published his first book, "Tamerlane and other poems ... the signature "A Bostonian". The poems were heavily influenced from Byron and showed of a youthful attitude. Later in 1827 Edgar enlisted in the Army under the name Edgar A Perry where his quarrels with John Allan continued. Edgar did well in the army but in 1829 he left and decided to apply for a cadetship at West Point. Before he was able to enter West Point Edgar published a ...
- 1146: Civil War: Northern Attitudes
- ... Eastern crusaders on their way to Kansas traveled through Iowa to avoid passing through Missouri (a slave state), and an underground railroad across the southern part of Iowa helped runaway slaves escape. The famous abolitionist John Brown not only used Iowa as a base for some of his antislavery activities, but he trained his band in Iowa for the raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). When the Civil ... the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was the bloodiest engagement in the state’s history. More than 7600 casualties were counted. No other large-scale battles took place in the state, although raids by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan gained much notice. During the later years of the war, guerrilla bands, including the notorious group led by Captain William Quantrill, made sporadic raids in Kentucky. In November 1861, without legal sanction, supporters ... Union Army, while about 40,000 residents joined the Confederate forces. A number of native Kentuckians played a prominent role in the Civil War. Besides the opposing presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, Confederate Generals John Bell Hood and Albert Sidney Johnston had both been born in Kentucky. Kentucky was the only state represented in the cabinets of both the Union and Confederate governments: James Speed was the Union attorney ...
- 1147: Civil War-sectionalism
- ... one cession they did not wish to make. In order to keep a unified nation, the slavery issue was deliberately absent from the Declaration. Some of the Northern delegates were outraged, but none more than John Adams. A renowned proponent of equal rights, he was one of few that saw the irony in establishing a free society without freeing those in bondage. John Adams seems now more like Nostrodamus when he voiced his concern about the slavery issue for future generations. He did not know it, but the couldn’t have been more right. As time went on ... one cession they did not wish to make. In order to keep a unified nation, the slavery issue was deliberately absent from the Declaration. Some of the Northern delegates were outraged, but none more than John Adams. A renowned proponent of equal rights, he was one of few that saw the irony in establishing a free society without freeing those in bondage. John Adams seems now more like Nostrodamus when ...
- 1148: Abraham Lincoln 2
- ... to take a turn to politics and in 1832 declared himself a candidate for the office of State Legislature. His platform was internal improvements, better educational facilities, and a law to limit interest rates. Governor John Reynolds called for volunteers for the state militia to fight Black Hawk, the war leader to the Sauks and Foxed, who were dissatisfied with the land allotted them (Black Hawk War of 1832). His job ... S. Senator. After his defeat for Senator, he helps organize the new Republican Party he gained national attention at the convention receiving enough votes to gain him the vice-presidential nomination for the presidential candidate John C. Fremont. Lincoln was again nominated under the Republican Party for senator from Illinois opposing the Democrat, Stephen A. Douglas, whom he has earlier been in the State Legislature with. He had several debates with Douglas he lost the election by eight votes. In may of 1860 Lincoln was nominated to be the Republican candidate for President, ran against Democrat, Stephen A. Douglas and Democrat, John C. Breckinridge. He was elected our 16th president November 6, 1860, the first Republican receiving 180 of the 303 possible electoral votes. One month later South Carolina suceded from the Union followed by Misissippi, ...
- 1149: Faces Of The Diamond - Essay O
- ... of those who crave for luxury are slaves to materials and money. “The simple piety prevalent in Hades has the earnest worship of and respect for riches as the first article of its creed – had John felt other wise than radiantly humble before them, his parents would have turned away in horror at the blasphemy.” Human lives should be cherished and people should not be considered as personal property. However, through ... regarding the absurdity that exists within the bounds of civilization. Individuals are no longer judged by who they are, but rather by what they have. “The richer a fella is, the better I like him.” John T. Unger, the eighteen year old protagonist of the story, originated from a small town called Hades, which is named after the Greek mythological underworld where the spirits of the dead dwelled. John and his family belonged to the richer class of the society and they strictly believed in the concepts of materialism. John recognizes the evils in Braddock’s work but he did not despise it ...
- 1150: Jane Eyre And Foreshadowing
- ... wife, living in Thornfield Hall. She is a mad woman locked in the attic, the one who started the fire. Jane flees from Rochester and days later, half dead and starving is rescued by St. John Rivers, a young pastor. St. John and his sisters nurse her back to health and when she is better she becomes a teacher at a small school. She later discovers that her uncle has died and left her a fortune. She also learns that St. John and his sisters are her cousins. She shares the inheritance with them, overjoyed to have family. St. John tries to persuade Jane to come to India with him where he is going to do ...
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