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- 701: The Great Inflation
- ... for her moment to come. When that moment came, the ætwenty year truceÆ was ended by Adolf Hitler. That isperhaps the most damning indictment of both Republican mismanagement and world indecision that can be made. John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, (London: 1920), p.64. William R. Keylor, The Twentieth Century World, (Oxford: 1984)., pp. 84- -85. William Gutteman and Patricia Meehan, The Great Inflation: Germany 1918 - 1923 ... pp. 561 - 562. Kolb, op. cit., pp. 40 - 41. Shirer, op. cit., p. 63. David Fischer, op. cit., p. 193 The argument in this paragraph is drawn from David Fischer, op. cit., pp193 -194, Paul Kennedy, æThe Rise and Fall of the Great PowersÆ, (London: 1989, pp. 357 - 373, and D. H. Aldcroft, æFrom Versailles to Wall StreetÆ, (New York: 1977), chs. 1 & 2. David Blackman, æEuropean Inflationary Trends: 1815 - 1945Æ ... the imperial government had financed the war, the German mark in 1919 was worth less than 20 per cent of its pre-war value. After the formation of the Republic in 1919that can be made. John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, (London: 1920), p.64. William R. Keylor, The Twentieth Century World, (Oxford: 1984)., pp. 84-85. William Gutteman and Patricia Meehan, The Great Inflation: Germany 1918 - ...
- 702: Malcom X And Charles Sheldon
- ... a black that was ready to speak his mind to the world. Malcolm’s mouth got him in trouble with Elijah Muhammad and was silenced for 90 days after his comments following the death of John F. Kennedy. Malcolm was by no means a person who was out to make friends. Not only did Malcolm make the general public question his comments, but also the Black Islam community was ashamed that Malcolm would say those comments in front of entire nation that “idolized” John F. Kennedy. The Black Muslim community was already struggling with “white America” and the comments of Malcolm X made it even worse. In conclusion there is a vast diffrence between the way these two “ ...
- 703: History of the Computer Industry in America
- ... intervention (Chposky, 103). The outbreak of World War II produced a desperate need for computing capability, especially for the military. New weapons systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and their associates at the University of Pennsylvania decided to build a high-speed electronic computer to do the job. This machine became known as ENIAC, for "Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator". It ... the particular programs for which it had been designed. ENIAC is generally accepted as the first successful high-speed electronic digital computer and was used in many applications from 1946 to 1955 (Dolotta, 50). Mathematician John von Neumann was very interested in the ENIAC. In 1945 he undertook a theoretical study of computation that demonstrated that a computer could have a very simple and yet be able to execute any ...
- 704: Call Of The Wild
- ... The Call of the Wild interact to reveal the theme the power of love is stonger than all other powers. Buck is the main character and he loves many people. Buck shows his love for John Thorton (his last owner) many times. For example, Buck pulls a sled 100 yards that has a thousand pounds of flour on it because John bet that he could (Page 50). Buck could not have moved the sled if he didn't love John. Manuel shows his love for money by selling Buck, the family dog. "He loved to play Chinese lottery" (Page 2). If he didn't love to play lottery Buck might still live in California. ...
- 705: Summary of Jane Eyre
- Summary of Jane Eyre The story begins when Jane is 10. Her parents are dead and her aunt at Gateshead Hall has taken her care of. There she lives a miserable life with her cousin John who bully's her. After a fight with John she is put in the room where her uncle died. There she has a nightmare. Late at night she is taken back to her room by Bessie, the nurse. She isn't well so Bessie ... morning a servant visits Jane from her aunt who wants to see her on dying bed. Jane gets permission to visit her. Her aunt gives her a letter written 3 years ago by her Uncle John Eyre in which he wants to adopt Jane and make her his heir. After the funeral Jane returns to Thornfield Hall. The guests are all gone and Mr. Rochester asks her to be his ...
- 706: History of Computers
- ... intervention (Chposky, 103). The outbreak of World War II produced a desperate need for computing capability, especially for the military. New weapons systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and their associates at the University of Pennsylvania decided to build a high-speed electronic computer to do the job. This machine became known as ENIAC, for "Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator". It ... the particular programs for which it had been designed. ENIAC is generally accepted as the first successful high-speed electronic digital computer and was used in many applications from 1946 to 1955 (Dolotta, 50). Mathematician John von Neumann was very interested in the ENIAC. In 1945 he undertook a theoretical study of computation that demonstrated that a computer could have a very simple and yet be able to execute any ...
- 707: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... his family. Poe's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a widow at the age of eighteen. Two years after his birth, she died of tuberculosis (Asselineau 409). When his mother died, Poe was adopted by John Allan (Perry XI) at the urging of Mr. Allan's wife. In 1815, John Allan moved his family to England. While there, Poe was sent to private schools (Asselineau 410). In the spring of 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia. There he studied Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin ... he sent one poem and six stories (Asselineau 411). His story, "Ms. Found in a Bottle," won , and he received one hundred dollars for it (Targ IX). Through the influence of one of the judges, John P. Kennedy, Poe became employed as an editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, published in Richmond (Asselineau 411). Under Poe's editorship, the Messenger 's circulation rose from 500 to 3500. While in Richmond, ...
- 708: Henry David Thoreau
- ... he hated his fellow man, but this is not the case. Henry had a very special and sincere reason to go to Walden Pond; to honor his brother. On January 11, 1842, Henry's brother, John Jr., died of lockjaw. It was his brother's death which prompted Henry to decide to go to Walden Pond. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the great "Sage of Concord," owned land adjacent to Walden Pond and allowed Henry to live at Walden Pond. Henry went to Walden Pond to work on a book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers which would be a tribute to John Thoreau Jr. Henry stayed at Walden Pond for two years, two months and two days. Henry wanted to live deliberately and so he went and built a simple cabin at Walden Pond. Henry explains in ... Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one already." "Civil Disobedience" and Henry David Thoreau have had great impacts one the lives of some of America's greatest leaders. President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglass were all influence by Henry David Thoreau's thoughts. Henry Thoreau left his cabin at Walden Pond on September 6, 1847. ...
- 709: The Four Political Parties of Canada
- ... wear the previously Conservative mantle of ‘party of national development.'"(McMenemy, pg.12, 1976) The Liberal Party of Canada currently forms the federal government of Canada. Their current leader, Jean Chretien, was elected to succeed John Turner in 1990. Around the time Chretien was elected leader, questions within and outside the party were raised regarding the political "baggage" that Chretien carried from previous Liberal governments. Despite the controversy, Chretien won his ... there is nevertheless good reason for regarding 1854 as the inaugural year for the political group which has continued to this day as the conservative element in Canadian politics." (Macquarrie, pg.3, 1965) In 1854, John A. MacDonald, who was to become Canada's first Prime Minister ever, led the Conservative Party to office and "began the process which established a nation in the northern part of this continent and set ... asserted the equality of nations comprising the Commonwealth." (Macquarrie, pg.3, 1965) In December of 1942, the Conservative Party met at a leadership convention in Winnipeg, and after some prodding by one of the candidates, John Bracken, the name of the Conservative Party was changed to that of the Progressive Conservatives, in order to reflect the party's progressive goals and intentions. (Macquarrie, pg.122, 1965) Under the name of ...
- 710: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... his family. Poe's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a widow at the age of eighteen. Two years after his birth, she died of tuberculosis (Asselineau 409). When his mother died, Poe was adopted by John Allan (Perry XI) at the urging of Mr. Allan's wife. In 1815, John Allan moved his family to England. While there, Poe was sent to private schools (Asselineau 410). In the spring of 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia. There he studied Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin ... he sent one poem and six stories (Asselineau 411). His story, "Ms. Found in a Bottle," won , and he received one hundred dollars for it (Targ IX). Through the influence of one of the judges, John P. Kennedy, Poe became employed as an editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, published in Richmond (Asselineau 411). Under Poe's editorship, the Messenger 's circulation rose from 500 to 3500. While in Richmond, ...
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