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- 1781: The Influence of Green Groups on the Policy of the United States
- ... the voting record of congressmen will be examined. Also during this period, recent lobbying efforts by environmental groups will be recorded. It will then take about two more weeks to compare the data. References Adams, John H. 1995. Breaking Faith. Amicus Journal. 17, 3: 2. Adams, John H. 1995. Special Report: Congress and the Environment. Amicus Journal. 17, 3: 3. Dodson, A. 1995. The Politics of Nature: Explorations in Green Political Theory. New York, NY: Routledge. Dowie, Mark. 1995. Greens Outgunned. Earth ...
- 1782: Margaret Hilda Thatcher
- ... full economic integration with Europe inspired a strong challenge to her leadership. Ms. Thatcher was ousted from leadership, and resigned in November 1990 and was succeeded as party leader and prime minister by her protégée, John Major: who, consequently, only served one short term. Margaret Hilda Roberts was born October 13, 1925 to Beatrice and Alfred Roberts in the flat above her parents small grocery store. Margaret's father was the ... final interview, one of the four finalists dropped out, and only the three candidates remained, but as far as the group selection committee was concerned, there was no real choice." (Mayer, 1979) A council member John Tiplady recalls "I know it may seem like hindsight, but when we interviewed the candidates, we asked ourselves, Is this a future Prime Minister? And Margaret clearly was and everyone thought so." (Mayer, 1979) Margaret ...
- 1783: Piercy’s “Simple Song” and Donne’s “A Lecture upon the Shadow”: Human Desire For Love
- ... labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the silent unspoken memories.” Both Marge Piercy’s “Simple Song” and John Donne’s “A Lecture upon the Shadow” focus on the human desire to have someone to love and all the obstacles that prevent a union from happening. In the beginning of a relationship, “when we ... An open heart is a gigantic risk. It means chancing that someone else will break it. But if you leave the door to your heart closed no one will ever be able to steal it. John Donne’s “A Lecture upon the Shadow” has a similar theme. The central metaphor in the poem is the comparison of love to shadows. A shadow is fleeting. Donne thinks that love is short-lived ...
- 1784: Michael Crichtons Life
- Michael Crichton s life Thesis: Michael Crichton developed a passion for writing, which can be seen in his novels. I. Childhood A. Born October 23,1942 in Chicago. B. Parents were, John Henderson Crichton and Zula(Miller) Crichton. Oldest of four children. II. Growing up A. Lived in Roslyn, New York when he was 6. B. Was a star basketball player in high school. C. Graduated in ... at Cambridge university. C. Came back to the US and begun training as a doctor. D. Every year he tried to quit. He didn t. V. Writing Thrillers A. Wrote under different names such as John lange and Jeffery Hudson. B. The Andromeda Strain which was a best-seller and he sold it to Hollywood. D.In 1970 he was named Medical writer of the year. VI. Writing Novels A. Gave ...
- 1785: The Yellow Wall-Paper: Effect of Oppression of Women in Society
- ... they need to hide in the shadows, they try to move without being seen. The window is no longer a gateway for her and she can not enter to the other side of it because John will not let her, but also because that world will not belong to her. She will still be controlled and be forced to stifle her self-expression. She will still be forced to creep. More ... tries to follow them to an end. In this process she has begun her transformation, allowing herself to be completely drawn in to her fantasies and not being afraid of what is happening to her. John, her husband, tells her to resist them, but she does not. Her awareness of the changes in her and her efforts to foster them and see them through to an end demonstrate a bravery that ...
- 1786: The Contenders
- For the presidential election of 1856, the Democrats nominated James Buchanan and John Breckenridge, the newly formed Republican party nominated John Fremont and William Drayton, the American [or Know-Nothing] party nominated former president Millard Fillmore and Andrew Donelson, and the Abolition Party nominated Gerrit Smith and Samuel McFarland. Buchanan started his political career as a ...
- 1787: J.P. Morgan
- ... is character. Before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it… Because a man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom” (Sinclair XIII). With that line, John Pierpont Morgan ended his career in a show-stealing manner. Indeed, J.P. Morgan was a man of character; moreover, he was perhaps the greatest Wall Street banker of the decade. Unlike others who gained ... Morgan was also a great philanthropist. In his lifetime, he gave St. George's Church in New York a new rectory, parish house, and over $5 million toward the construction of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Boardman 130). As one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum in New York and president in 1904, he bought a fellow collector's collection of Chinese porcelains to donate to the museum ...
- 1788: World War 2 and Executive Order 8802
- ... intern. As Black leaders were considering future actions, over one-hundred-thousand Japanese men, women, and children were being rounded up across the country and taken to interment centers. One of my ex-co-workers, John Nishimi, was held at camp Manzaner. It is estimated that over $400 million were lost to these citizens as they were forced to sale both homes and businesses, and taken to various interment camps throughout ... the flamboyant Adam Clayton Powell Jr. became only the forth Black member elected to congress during the twentieth century(3). Southern congressional members indicated that his election was a disgrace to the governing process. Representative John Rankin of Mississippi vowed to never sit by Powell. He would later regret these comments. Whenever they were in chambers together, Powell would make a point to sit next to Rankin. On one occasion, Powell ...
- 1789: Robert Boyle
- ... dealt with the preparation of drugs, but soon he became genuinely interested in the subject and started to study it in great detail. His studies led him to Oxford where he joined such scientists as John Wilkins and John Wallis, and together in 1660, they founded the Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science. From this point onwards, Boyle seriously undertook the reformation of science. For centuries scientists had been explaining the ...
- 1790: Analysis Of 1 Samuel 1:28
- ... Interpreters Bible. Vol. 2 of 12 Vols. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994. Wenham, G.J., Moyter, J.A., Carson, D.A. and France, R.T., eds. New Bible Commentary. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 1998. Kohlenberger, III, John R. and Barker, Kenneth L., eds. Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary: An Abridgement of the Expositors Bible Commentary. Chicago: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994. Tullock, John H. The Old Testament Story. (5th Edition) New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999. Barker, Kenneth L., ed. NIV Study Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing, 1995.
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