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- 701: The Linux Operating System
- ... and industry standard components and protocols giving a system with complete network integration. The operating system can act as a server for most major file serving protocols, and provide all the major internet applications. The X window system provides a networked and platform independant graphical interface that (unlike proprietary user interfaces) allows one desktop to access applications running on multiple machines across local and wide area networks. Linux is normally obtained ...
- 702: William Faulkner
- ... New York, but he mainly resided in Oxford. Sanctuary brought him notoriety. Critical acclaim, however, came more slowly. Oddly, the French recognized Faulkner's power more quickly and more widely than Americans did. In 1946, Malcolm Cowley published his influential Portable Faulkner. At this time all of Faulkner's books were out of print and there had been very little serious criticism devoted to Faulkner. Valuable studies began in 1946, and ...
- 703: Alexander Graham Bell
- ... G. Bell decided to turn his attention back to assisting the deaf and following other creative ideas including the development of a metal detector, an electric probe which was used by many surgeons before the X ray was invented, a device having the same purpose as today's iron lung, and also a method of locating icebergs by detecting echoes from them. With his many inventions (especially the insanely popular and ...
- 704: Herman Melville: A Biography And Analysis
- ... named Elizabeth Shaw, and they were married on August 4, 1847. They bought a home in New York City, where they would remain for the rest of their lives. Together they would have two sons, Malcolm and Stanwix, born in 1849 and 1851, respectively. Also born to them were two daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, in 1853 and 1855. In 1851, the same year as the birth of his second son, Melville ...
- 705: The Evolution of the Computer
- ... life easier by doing difficult work for people. The computer truly is one of the most incredible inventions in history. Works Cited Chposky, James. Blue Magic. New York: Facts on File Publishing. 1988. Cringley, Robert X. Accidental Empires. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Publishing, 1992. Dolotta, T.A. Data Processing: 1940-1985. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1985. Fluegelman, Andrew. "A New World", MacWorld. San Jose, Ca: MacWorld Publishing, February, 1984 (Premire ...
- 706: Jackie Robinson
- ... his family (4). At his old age Robinson had endured a lot of pain. Many of the close friends he had and family members had died including, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Malcom X who were all assassinated. Also his mother Mallie, Branch Rickey, and his son Jackie Junior who died in a car accident at the age of 24 (Hill 2). Near the end his life, Robinson was ...
- 707: Wrestling 2
- ... the WWF then they are implying that the show, in their eyes, is acceptable. Children are holding the WWF responsible for an increase in the use of obscene language. Children watch their favorite group, "Degeneration-X," announce to the crowd and scream out the words "Suck it!" As for adult content, children that watch the news, hear and see far worse events than the WWF acts out. For example, children watch ...
- 708: Martin Luther: A Biography of Martin Luther (1483- 1546)
- ... Oder, where he published a set of counter- theses and burnt Luther's. The Wittenberg students retaliated by burning Tetzel's, and in 1518 Luther was joined in his views by Melanchthon. The pope, Leo X, at first took little notice of this disturbance, but in 1518 summoned Luther to Rome to answer for his theses. His university and the elector interfered, and ineffective negotiations were undertaken by Cardinal Cajetan and ...
- 709: Medical Experiments in the Holocaust
- ... by the Nazis was the detailed study on young male twins. The twins were examined from head to toe; the most precise measurements and data of their bodies were taken and documented. They were completely x-rayed. They were made to sit in hot water until several seconds prior to them fainting. They were then photographed for several days. The purpose of all the photographs were to show hair patterns. They ...
- 710: The Holocaust
- ... also put in a tub of ice water for three hours at a time so the Nazi doctors could observe the reactions. Various methods of sterilization were practiced. Their different methods of sterilization were massive X-ray, irritants, drugs, and surgery without an anesthetic. The "experimental people" were also used by Nazi doctors who needed practice performing various operations. In a gas chamber at Dachau, people would hang from pipes for ...
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