|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 2071 - 2080 of 4904 matching essays
- 2071: Roswell
- ... Pentagon says that witnesses were mistaken about the crash and that the dummies were actually from a project “Mogul” which was launched to monitor the atmosphere for evidence of Soviet Nuclear tests. Air Force Col. John Hayes said “I have no other explanation for how recollections of ‘bodies’ could be associated with the debris at Roswell a decade earlier.” Hayes points out the biggest flaw in the Air Forces’ explanation for ... 1997 the Air Force finally admitted that the ultra-secret Area 51 actually existed. The Air Force has admitted that the base was used to test Cold War-era aircraft, but authorities such as Colonel John Hanes are still reluctant to speak about the base. “If you are talking about Groom Lake, Nevada…Quite frankly, I have no knowledge or expertise in the matter, I understand there are classified things that ...
- 2072: A Separate Peace: Adolescence
- ... of my mind, which gave me , the maneuverability of a straight-jacket. We’re off pal, Finny would call out, and acting against every instinct in my nature, I went without a thought of protest. John Knowles, p26” My book is A Separate Peace by John Knowles. I believe that this book is a perfect example of adolescence. I believe that Knowles shows the hardships and the rewards of friendship perfectly. Another thing that Knowles does very well is showing how ...
- 2073: James Watt
- ... weeks. He tried to get a job in the instrumentation field although the shopkeepers could not give him a job as he did not do an apprenticeship and was too old. Finally though he found John Morgan of a company called Cornhill who agreed to bend the rules and offer an apprenticeship for a year. James Watt knuckled down and wanted to learn everything he wanted in one year that would ... imported scientific instruments. The University of Glasgow then arranged for James Watt to set up shop inside one of their university buildings where he met his future long-life friends Dr. Joseph Black and Professor John Robison both planning to be chemists. His shop at the university did not sell many of his inventions mainly due to poor transportation. There was no trade link with the town of Glasgow and therefor ...
- 2074: Adolf Hitler
- ... bars, flophouses, and shelters for the homeless, including, ironically, those financed by Jewish philanthropists. It was during this period that he developed his prejudices about Jews, his interest in politics, and debating skills. According to John Toland's biography, Adolf Hitler, two of his closest friends at this time were Jewish, and he admired Jewish art dealers and Jewish operatic performers and producers. However, Vienna was a center of anti-Semitism ... objectives was achieved with the annihilation of two-thirds of European Jewry. Bibliography WORKS CITED 1. Grobman, Gary M. 1990 Adolf Hitler Retrieved April 11, 2000 htttp://remember.org/Facts.root.hitler.html 2. Toland, John Adolf Hitler Anchor Books New York, 1992 3. Stalcup, Brenda Adolf Hitler (People Who Made History) Greenhaven Press New York, 2000 4. Weppman, Dennis Adolf Hilter (World Leaders-Past And Present) Chelsea House Publishing Boston ...
- 2075: Shakespeare's Sonnet 18
- Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare was born to John and Mary Shakespeare of Stratford, both prosperous and respected people of the town. It is highly probable that William went to a grammar school in Stratford that belonged to citizens of the town. There he ... before, and his rhyming patterns, and his vivid imagry. All of the words on the end of his lines ryhmed. For example, “day” (line 1) rhymes with “May” (line 3).William Shakespeare was born to John and Mary Shakespeare of Stratford, both prosperous and respected people of the town. It is highly probable that William went to a grammar school in Stratford that belonged to citizens of the town. There he ...
- 2076: Humanity's Fall In The Garden of Eden In Paradise Lost
- ... far the worst sin committed by humankind. It is this sin that led to future sins. This original sin must be emphasized by writers to depict the evil involved in it. In writing Paradise Lost, John Milton recognizes this fact and uses a variety of literary techniques to stress the evil in the story over the good. The techniques used include a series of parallels with the parallel between good and ... not write it as a standard poem that is written in a non bias way, instead he forces his view on the reader as if his opinion is the way it is. Works Cited Milton, John. Paradise Lost. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Sixth Edition, New York: Norton, 1996.
- 2077: Bio On Shakespear
- ... gr 8 The Life of William Shakespeare England's most talented and well know poet and dramatist was born on April 23, 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon, located in the cetre of England. His father, John, was a glove-maker and wool dealer involved with money lending. His mother Mary Arden was the daughter of a Farmer. William was the third out of eight children whom all died young. His father ... Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus, The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love's Labor's Lost, and Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King John, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra. He was accused for corrupting the ...
- 2078: A Seperate Peace
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles A Separate Peace was written by active author John Knowles from his real experiences and personal struggles. Knowles attended Phillips Exeter Academy, an exclusive New Hampshire prep school, for two summer sessions in 1943 and 1944. This book vaguely outlines his experiences at Exeter ...
- 2079: Brave New World 2
- ... was a Gamma and put alcohol into his blood-surrogate" ( Huxley, p.46 ) He quickly becomes an outcast and does not get along with the opposite sex. Bernard criticizes the utopian civilization until he discovers John the Savage in the savage reservation and introduces him to society. Bernard then becomes somewhat of a celebrity and quite popular among the ladies. At that point, Bernard is always bragging about how many girls ... in Utopia. Once again, if his conditioning had been done right and his intelligence had been controlled, he would not have had a problem with his world. Finally, the third character unhappy in Utopia is John or better known as the savage. As a matter of fact, he should not even be considered as an unhappy civilian because he was not raised in the utopian civilization but in the savage reservation ...
- 2080: Byron's Don Juan
- ... for being able to arouse the desires of women and to love every one he meets. This Don Juan can be viewed, however, as a loosely disguised biography of Byron. Lord Byron's father, Captain John, has ancestors that go back as far as the Buruns in the time of William the Conqueror. Back in this time it was very common for people to marry their own cousins. Captain John was married three times and was considered to be very smooth with the ladies. Byron was born on January 22, 1788 in London, and the following year he and his mother moved to Aberdeen, Scotland ...
Search results 2071 - 2080 of 4904 matching essays
|
