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- 4931: In The Mind Of The Pardoner
- ... doesn t believe what he preaches at all. It is evident, though, that the Pardoner has an astute mind. He is highly effective in what he does. Although he exploits the church for his own personal designs, he succeeds at obtaining that which he pursues. The efficacy of his strategy is confirmed by Chaucer s description of the Pardoner as being a noble ecclesiastic and as being unmatched in his trade ...
- 4932: Jimmy Carter: The 39th President of the United States
- ... secure ratificationof treaties to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama. The Iranian revolution that toppled the shah of early 1979 suprised the United States government and sent Jimmy's popularity downward. Jimmy's personal diplomacy led to the signing of a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt on March 26k, 1979, and he signed the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) with Russia on June 18, 1979. SALT ...
- 4933: Biography of Moshe Dayan
- ... of hashem. If I had the chance to change something differently I would not have changed anything. I think he was a great warrior and nobody can compare to his talent, ability, and smartness. My personal thoughts regarding Moshe Dayan is that Dayan's military education came not from the academies or service school but from the kibbutz and the battlefield. Under the charismatic and talented Dayan, the State of Israel ...
- 4934: Important People in History
- ... to Vienna in 1907 to work with his inventor. He also believed that Freud's idea of the unconscious mind was too simplistic. He thought that the mind was made up of two parts: the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. He originated the concept of four psychological functions which are (1) sensation; (2) intuition, (3) thinking; (4) feeling. He outlined the differences between introverts and extroverts. Skinner, B.F - Psychologist ...
- 4935: Thomas Jefferson
- ... impede the operation of any law of the United States, or to intimidate persons from taking Federal office, or to commit or advise a riot or insurrection or unlawful assembly. It declared further that the writing or publishing of any scandalous, malicious or false statement against the president or either house of congress should be punishable by a fine of $2000 and imprisonment for two years. It will be noted that ...
- 4936: Interview With The Vampire
- ... life, how he became a vampire, his thrilling adventures through the centuries and his complex relationships with both the mortals and the immortals. In my opinion, Anne Rice had done the best of jobs. The writing and the detailed descriptions, the composing of this novel, had brought out every emotion of the characters like the flick of a whip. The rage, the love, the hatred, the sufferings, the darkness, the pain ...
- 4937: Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968)
- ... and blind, helping to found the American Foundation for the Blind, and serving as vice-president of the Royal National Institute for the Blind in Britain. She campaigned to make Braille, the raised form of writing, the standard for printed communication for the blind. There had previously been five competing methods. Later life After the death of Anne Sullivan Macy in 1936, Miss Keller was assisted by Polly Thomson, who had ...
- 4938: Invisible Man Character Sketch
- ... for the invisible man brought great disapproval on the behalf of the brotherhood. The invisible man was not supposed to act on his own actions. When the invisible man defended himself by saying he believed personal responsibility to speak to the crowd, the Brotherhood replied, you are not hired to think, and the invisible man realized that he was invisible to the Brotherhood. They did not want him for his mind ...
- 4939: Julius Caesar Biography
- ... Rome's early rulers, and was fairly wealthy but was still not as well off as some of the other noble families. Between 81 BC and 79 BC, Caesar served in Asia Minor on the personal staff of Marcus Minucius Thermus, the praetor. He was then sent on a mission to King Nicomedes of Bithynia. During the conquest of the island Lesbos, Caesar gained a prize for bravery. Later he was ...
- 4940: Richelieu and Olivares: The Quest for European Domination
- ... traditional Catholic principles regulating the natural conduct of states (127). Even though Richelieu used any means necessary to achieve his goal, Olivares still maintained his ethical approach. The author does a very good job of writing the account of Richelieu and Olivares. He backs up every point with a historical reference and mixes it with contemporary historical thought. The reader is always kept abreast to what each man's perspective is ...
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