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- 3251: Tales Of The New Babylon
- ... if the Prussian army was expected to just stand there and fall down like toy soldiers. Zola was heavily criticized for his denigration and belittling of the French, however he responded publicly by saying: "In writing this book I believe I acted as a moralist and a patriot. I exposed the faults and failings of our dear country. I revealed the mistakes made in the course of that terrible war of ... the satisfaction and the conviction of having written a book calculated to raise out soldiers’ spirits: it is a book of courage and revival, a book insisting on the need for revenge…" When Zola was writing La Débâcle, it must have been difficult to resist leaning to one side or another in the chapters on the Communard uprising, but here again the novelist has no illusions. The Communards were composed of ...
- 3252: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... great difficulty. He went to New York, but could find no job there. Eventually he took refuge with his aunt, Mrs. Clemm, in Baltimore. There he decided to seek employment and make his living by writing. Failing to get attention with his poems, he decided to start writing short stories. Poe competed in a contest for the best short story in 1831. The prize was offered by Phil-Saturday Courier. Because he did not win the prize, Poe started on an ambitious project ...
- 3253: The American and Japanese Social System
- ... very unpredictable, even erratic, to the Japanese.(State, 57) The Japanese negotiating team is more likely to operate as a group; their cultural attitudes stress the importance of orderly activity within groups. The style of personal contact and the way that relationships between individuals are expressed vary sharply between Japan and the United States. The Japanese consider an individuals personal space to be somewhat larger than what Americans view it. The degree to which family members are brought into contact with the work environment also differs sharply between the two cultures. In considering the future ...
- 3254: Euthanasia and the Law
- ... street and in and out of the Salvation army in downtown Ottawa. Mr. brown has no traceable family, and no proof of his identity. He has never been declared incompetent in area's of either personal property and personal care. He is hit by a car downtown in the market, he is currently in the Civic Hospital's intensive care unit. He is hooked up to, and dependant on life support systems since, his ...
- 3255: Elizabeth Bishop Roosters
- ... spark emotions from their readers. One poet in particular, who virtually mastered this technique, was Elizabeth Bishop. Born in 1911, Bishop grew to be a well-known poet. Her works gained national attention, and her writing style brought her fame. Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911. She began her young life in New England, and later moved to Nova Scotia in Canada after her father died and her ... see the end,"/faithful as enemy, or friend." The phrase "As sure as the sun shall rise", could easily be changed in this case to "As sure as the sun shall set." Elizabeth Bishop started writing poetry as an icon in the industry of creativity. Her poems still hold true today and will still hold true in the future. There may be a day that Bishop's works will no longer ...
- 3256: Crime In the United States
- ... by 3 percent. The 1995 total was 6 percent below the 1991 figure, but 21 percent above the 1986 figure. Data collected on weapons used in connection with murder, robbery, and aggravated assault showed that personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) were used in 31 percent of the offenses and that firearms were used in 30 percent. The proportion of violent crimes committed with firearms remained relatively stable from 1994 to ... 418 victims of aggravated assault for every 100,000 people nationwide in 1995, the lowest rate since 1989. In 1995, 33 percent of the aggravated assaults were committed with blunt objects or other dangerous weapons. Personal weapons such as hands, fists, and feet were used in 26 percent; firearms in 23 percent; and knives or cutting instruments in the remainder. Law Enforcement Employees: A total of 13,052 city, county, and ...
- 3257: Elvis
- ... be her friend, lover, father, husband and, very nearly, God. Elvis was a man determined to create the perfect woman while Priscilla was torn between her love for her husband and her own need for personal growth and self-respect. They had a deep relationship but also struggled to survive the events shaping their different destinies. This eventually led to their separation in 1971. Priscilla moved out of Graceland, taking their ... Elvis and Priscilla’s separation is formalized. A divorce is forthcoming. Elvis began seeing Linda Thompson, who was the main female companion in his life up until late 1976. During the 1970’s, Elvis faced personal difficulties, including a long- term drug dependency. Presley retreated from public appearances and was rarely seen outside his Memphis mansion, known as Graceland. On August 16, 1977, at the age of 42, Elvis died of ...
- 3258: The Life And Works Of Frederic
- ... with time the increasingly hostile attitude of George Sand's son, who exerted a strong influence on the writer, caused ever more serious conflicts. A final parting of ways took place in July 1847. Grievous personal experiences so important for the health and creativity of the composer had a devastating effect on Chopin's mental and physical state. He almost completely gave up composition, and from then to the end of ... works that he chose not to publish. In some cases, he may have decided that the music was not up to his standards or that it needed further revision. Other works had been presented as personal gifts to close friends, and Chopin may have considered it inappropriate to publish them. On his deathbed, he had asked that all his unpublished manuscripts be destroyed, but that wish was not honored, and in ...
- 3259: Kohlberg And His Scale Of Matu
- ... decision to move and become independent due to the low success-failure ratio automatically places her into stage five. Taylor makes the decision to move not because she would get recognition for it or even personal profit but because it is the right thing to do and that is a clear example of a stage five decision. "Judgements are based on abstract, more personal principles that aren't necessarily defined by society's laws."(Becker). Stage five is an extremely high level because only 20 percent of the entire adult population reach such a high stage; yet Taylor reaches ...
- 3260: Brave New World 8
- ... Aldous went and studied at Oxford, lived mainly in Italy in the 1920's, (where he met and befriended D.H. Lawrence) and moved to California in 1937 with is wife Maria Nys. His early writing included poetry, short stories, and literary journalism, but his reputation was made with his satirical novels Crome Yellow (1921) and Antic Hay. His later writing became more mystical in character, as in Eyeless in Gaza and Time Must Have a Stop, while Island is an optimistic Utopia. He also experimented with drugs. The two essays about his mescaline adventures are ...
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