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- 831: Grease: Theme
- ... GREASE is a cult favorite that appeals to everyone from teenagers to nostalgic baby boomers, even people like me who aren't too fond of musicals. So what's the appeal? Let's start with John Travolta. He's been enjoying the comeback of a lifetime these past two years and so have all his old movies. Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Urban Cowboy, they get rented out of the video store ... on a daily basis. People are so Travolta-hungry they watch the dread American Bandstand reruns on VH1 waiting for the one episode he performed (i.e. lip-synched) in. Then there's Olivia Newton-John. She's actually pretty in GREASE, you can't say that about her "Physical" and "Twist of Fate" days of the 80's. This is also her only good movie -- you can't say anything ... station across the country is playing the "Grease Megamix," a medley of the three most popular songs from the movie ("You're the One That I Want," "Greased Lightning" and "Summer Nights"). Travolta and Newton-John's songs in the film have become karaoke favorites, and the movie soundtrack is actually back in the upper reaches of the charts. Travolta, the archetype of cool, plays Danny Zuko, car- loving greaser ...
- 832: Differences and Similarities of Liberalism
- Differences and Similarities of Liberalism The purpose of this paper is to treat the similarly and differences of liberalism. I will use John Locke and Adam Smith to represent classical liberals. John Stuart Mill and John Maynard Keynes will be used to show contemporary liberals. John Locke In John Locke's Second Treatise of Government he develops a theory of government as a product of a social contract, which when ...
- 833: Call Of The Wild
- ... the harsh weather, inadequate supplies, and poop management skills of the dog handlers. This was a beginning of a bad start of Buck and the family. Perhaps the only sane one in the group was John Thortnon. When the family started to repeatedly beat on Buck, Thornton became enraged and threatened to kill the man. Shortly after, Thornton unhooked Buck from the sled, nonetheless the rest of the family left John Thornton. As the sled took off, it slid on a lake and then began to sink. This situation left me to think about what it would feel like to be a dog in those days. It leaves a horrible scene in my mind because seeing a whole crew of sled dogs sink in freezing cold water is very hard to imagine. This situation left John and Buck to fend for themselves. As time pasted, John and Buck became the best of friends. The rest of the book concludes all of the good times that John and Buck have together. ...
- 834: Samuel Adams
- ... the independence movement were many and varied. During the 1760s and 1770s he frequently wrote polemical articles for the Boston newspapers, and he recruited talented younger men Josiah Quincy, Joseph Warren, and his second cousin John Adams, among other into the Patriot cause. It seems as though people know more about his students than they do about their mentor. It was Samuel Adams who conceived the Boston Committee of Correspondence, the ... never became part of the Federalists, the dominant party in Massachusetts. Instead he chose to stick by the beliefs that he had had from the beginning, refusing to compromise those for anyone. After serving as John Hancocks lieutenant governor from 1789 to 1793, Adams succeeded to the governorship at Hancocks death. As governor he did a wonderful job keeping some sort of piece in the state although there was ... he opposed Jays Treaty with England in 1795, he was thrice reelected before infirmity led him to retire in 1797. "Three years later, when Thomas Jefferson was elected to the presidency over his cousin John, Samuel congratulated the Virginian on the triumph of democratic republicanism." (Americana 90) Samuel Adams was a revolutionary of great self-discipline and patience. "We cannot make events, he believed. Our business is wisely to ...
- 835: The Aviary, the Aquarium, and Eschatology
- ... of decades of well-guarded UFO secrecy. His involvement in the Aviary seems to be either one of active coordination of the other Birds, or simply as a dupe, such as in the Bennewitz affair. John Alexander (Penquin) - Former colonel in Army Intelligence (INSCOM). Rumored to be involved in the Army's UFO research. Member of the board of directors of Psi Tech. Currently, head of "non-lethal" weapons program (see ... dismissing Dames' claims, readers should be aware of a few other pertinent facts. On the Psi-Tech board of directors are two fairly high- level players; General Albert Stubblebine (US Army Intelligence, ret.), and Colonel John Alexander (ret.) both formerly of the US Army's Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). Stubblebine, former commander of INSCOM, gave a presentation at the International Symposium on UFO Research (sponsored by the International Association for ... nervous like a tree in a Lassie movie." Stubblebine also claimed that his remote viewing of the planet Mars had revealed structures and machines operating both on and below the Martian surface. Many suspect that John Alexander is the "colonel" referred to in Howard Blum's recent book, "Out There". In this book, Blum described a group of remote viewers in the Pentagon who frequently encountered UFOs in their psychic " ...
- 836: British Through
- ... potentially affected world events with their intelligenc e agencies. In several cases, the British have solved the potentially serious problems of other alli ed nations that could affect the whole world. Both Ian Fleming and John Le Carre believe that becau se of Britain's superior resources, it is a leader that can potentially change the world. A ll of this affects everyday life in almost every country in the world ... thou ght as to the message they are sending to people. Some people have been inspired by these boo ks and movies to commit actions similar to James Bond:both heroic and criminal. 4Lewis, Peter John Le Carre (Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., I nc., New York, 1985), pg. 169 Other nations often have potentially serious problems that co uld affect the world and it is left for the British to solve ... had no idea as to what was going until James Bond informed them. Instead a Bri tish agent had to do most of difficult work while they cleaned up after him. Both Ian Fleming and John Le Carre believe that because of Br itain's superior resources, it is a leader that can potentially change the world. The most imp ortant of Britain's superior resources that makes it a ...
- 837: Why the Legal Driving Age Should be Raised
- Why the Legal Driving Age Should be Raised "I wonder where John is?" Sandra Tucker thought, checking her watch. It was nearly 6 p.m., time for John to be home for supper. But her son never made it to the table. Driving home from his after-school job in Hartwell, Georgia, 16-year-old John had been having a little fun with a teenager in another car. "I hate to say racing, but that is what they were doing," Sandra says, when John plowed into a tree at 85 ...
- 838: Comaparison Of Crucible And So
- ... may appear to be totally different but they do in fact share many similarities. Three of the characters in The Crucible are very similar to three characters in Sommersby. The three characters The Crucible are John Proctor, his wife Elizabeth Proctor, and Abigail Williams. The three characters in Sommersby are Jack Sommersby (Horace Townsend), Laurel Sommersby, and Orin Meecham. John Proctor is like Laurel Sommersby in the sense that they have both committed the sin of adultery. Jack Sommersby is much like Elizabeth Proctor because they both have their reasons to believe their spouse is ... couples can be described in the same way; they are very uncomfortable around each other. Orin is similar to Abigail Williams because they are the ones that are having the affair with either Laurel or John. Both of them also try very desperately, with no success, to maintain their relationship with the person they are committing adultery with. Some of the characters in these two stories have something similar to ...
- 839: Thomas Jefferson
- ... the surrender to the British in Jay's Treaty, but at this stage he was playing little part in politics. Nonetheless, he was supported by the Republicans for president in 1796, and, running second to John Adams by three Electoral Votes, he became Vice President. His Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1801) was a result of his experience as the presiding officer over the Senate. His papers on the extinct megalonyx and ... unconstitutional, his resolutions were in the tradition that finally led to nullification and secession. But they were also in the best tradition of civil liberties and human rights. President: First Term Jefferson's victory over John Adams in the presidential election of 1800 can be partially explained by the dissension among the Federalists, but the policies of the government were unpopular, and as a party the Federalists were now much less ... He treated as null and void late appointments by Adams that seemed of doubtful legality, and the Republicans repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801 with his full approval. But he was rebuked by Chief Justice John Marshall in the famous case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) for withholding the commission of a late-hour appointee as justice of the peace. The effort to remove partisan judges by impeachment was a ...
- 840: Distraction In Chesnutts Novel
- "Are you seriously considering the possibility of a man's being turned into a tree," questions John of his wife in Charles Chesnutt's novel The Conjure Woman. His attention to the supernatural in the stories told by Uncle Julius lead him to miss the significance of the themes behind the stories. Rather than understanding, the humanity of the slave and his need for love he simply focuses on the fact that he Sandy becomes a tree. This is just one example of John's misunderstanding of the stories told by Uncle Julius. The character's inability to look beyond the surface of the stories he hears, influences his perception of the validity of these stories. Further, because he ... with her son dispels the myth that African American's were inhuman, incapable of caring about their children. At the same time, the story indicts the nostalgia for slavery as a good and fair institution. John appears to miss the implication a he is too busy focusing on the practical matters of the story. Annie on the other hand, searches for the true meaning behind the story and finds truth ...
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