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- 2481: The Catcher In The Rye: Holden
- The Catcher In The Rye: Holden Preface - This book has been steeped in controversy since it was banned in America after it's first publication. John Lennon's assassin, Mark Chapman, asked the former beatle to sign a copy of the book earlier in the morning of the day that he murdered Lennon. Police found the book in his possession upon ... Chapman. However, the book itself contains nothing that could be attributed with leading Chapman to act as he did - it could have been any book that he was reading the day he decided to kill John Lennon - and as a result of the fact that it was 'The Catcher In The Rye', a book describing nervous breakdown, media speculated widely about the possible connection. This gave the book even more notoriety ...
- 2482: Of Mice And Men
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck At first glance, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a tale of two best friends traveling the countryside looking for work. This would seem like the norm for lower class people trying to survive in the rat race of society. Yet, the ...
- 2483: The House Of The Seven Gables-
- ... is now thought that he was a mild manic-depressive? Born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. A decendant of a long puritan line of Hathorne's. His ancestry included his great-great grandfather, John Hathorne who was a judge at the Salem witch trials 112 years before Nathanial was born. Judge John Hathorne charged many with the crime of witchcraft,and condemned them to their deaths. Nathanial was embaressed by this and changed the spelling of his last name from Hathorne to Hawthorne. Alot of his family ...
- 2484: Are Political Parties in Decline?
- ... larger donations. Secondly, politicians are more bussiness oriented and influenced by large corporations and recieve large donations for corporate involvements. Parties are not more influencial due to more money, nor are they better organized. Yes: John Meisel Decline of Party in Canada Strong point- John Meisel states that the primary factor leading to the dircet declination of political parties in Canada is the rise of the bureaucratic state. Modern Politics have eclipsed the past when political parties did not need ...
- 2485: Jurrasic Park
- ... Number of pages: 399 Original Copyright Date:1990 Date Completed: Oct 25 Publisher: Ballantine Books Plot Summary The Story takes place on an Island off the Coast of Costa Rica. Where A very wealthy man, John Hammond, Has set up A Genetically engineered Dinosaur preserve. Before he opens this living attraction to the public(only the people who can afford it) He needs people, who he thinks will be good judges ... always wore black. He had very strong opinions opposing the park. He knew things would go wrong but no one listened to him. I enjoyed his way of proving everything he said. Next there was John Hammond, a very stubborn old man who insists that his park is fine. He constantly shuns away suggestions of how to make his park better. Next there are a brother and sister, Tim and Alexis ...
- 2486: Government Funding for the Arts
- ... increase to all arts foundations (Grimes C19). With a still majority of Republicans in Congress, the outlook of the NEA and other nationally funded arts agencies is bleak. The House Budget Committee is chaired by John Kasich (R-Ohio) who co-authored the Penny-Kasich Amendment which calls for a ten percent cut in support for the NEA, the National Endowments for the Humanities, the Institute for Museum Services, the Smithsonian ... are essential organs to the life of us as a society, nation, culture, and civilization. With the destruction of these agencies, the government is destroying our ability to show our inner vision. Works Cited Brademas, John. "Valuing Ideas and Culture" Phi Delta Kappan. June 1995 v76 n10 p804(3). Grimes, William. The New York Times. May 1, 1996 v145 pC19. Janowitz, Barbara. "Is the NEA's Number Up?" American Theatre. Feb ...
- 2487: George Patton
- ... favourites of young Georgie, who could recite lines from both texts long before he could even lift a sword. These classic images were filled out by recent war stories of living soldiers, particularly those of John Singleton ''Ranger'' Mosby. John often visited the Patton house and would entertain Georgie for hours with tales of his Civil War adventures. With this steady diet of combat regalia, Georgie was convinced that the profession of arms was his ...
- 2488: Jeffersonians Vs. Jacksonians
- ... expressed provisions, and the “loose constructionists” (Hamilton) who wished to reason out all sorts of implications from what it said”. Hamilton and Jefferson began to disagree more and more. Hamilton wrote nasty anonymous articles in John Fenno’s Gazette of the United States and Jefferson responded to him in Philip Freneau’s National Gazette. Jefferson’s Notes of the State of Virginia in 1787 stated that rural life was beneficial to ... expressed provisions, and the “loose constructionists” (Hamilton) who wished to reason out all sorts of implications from what it said”. Hamilton and Jefferson began to disagree more and more. Hamilton wrote nasty anonymous articles in John Fenno’s Gazette of the United States and Jefferson responded to him in Philip Freneau’s National Gazette.. Jefferson’s Notes of the State of Virginia in 1787 stated that rural life was beneficial to ...
- 2489: Inquisision
- ... to be apologetic and justificatory. A balanced introduction to the early period is Bernard Hamilton, The Medieval Inquisition (New York: Holmes & Meier, 1981). For a frank Catholic discussion of the Inquisition and its problems, see John A. O'Brien, The Inquisition (New York: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan, 1973). For a more historiographical approach, see Edward Peters, Inquisition (New York: Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, 1988). For the Inquisition and its procedures in Italy during Galileo's time, see John Tedeschi, The Prosecution of Heresy: Collected Studies on the Inquisition in Early Modern Italy (Binghamton, NY: Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, 1991).
- 2490: Industrial Revolution 3
- ... for more and more mechanisation. The mechanisation of the industry also led the setting up of the first factories; some of the first major mechanical devices were to be used in these factories. Such as JOHN KAY’S Flying Shuttle (1733), JAMES HARGEAVE’S Spinning Jenny (1764), SAMUEL CROMPTON’S Spinning Mule (1779), and EDMUND CARTWRIGHT’S Power Loom (1785). To name a few. Cotton was being imported from the America ... very simple pumping engine, (Newcomen) later improved upon by James Watt. He realised whilst repairing one that it was using twice as much coal as necessary, he made a machine with a separate condenser with John Roebuck as a partner but this partnership held him back for seven years. He eventually joined with MATHEW BOULTON (1728-1809) and together they made more efficient engines asking customers for a third of the ...
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