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- 1201: BoB Dylan
- ... and His Rock Boppers. He began to idolize such new rock stars as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis to the point that his high school yearbook listed his goal in life as joining Little Richard. An eighteen year old Dylan left his hometown of Hibbing in the fall of 1959 for college at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. This would be his first taste of the big city and the ...
- 1202: A History Of The Beatles
- ... an EMI subsidiary, with producer George Martin, who signed the Beatles on May 9, 1962. After one recording session, Martin suggested that drummer Pete Best be replaced, and the Beatles brought in Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey), a well-known local drummer, as his replacement. By October 1962 their first single, Love Me Do" b/w "P.S. I Love You, was a U.K. Top 20 hit, allegedly because Epstein ...
- 1203: The Beatles
- The Beatles to this day are one of the most famous and popular rock 'n roll groups in the world. The Beatles include George Harrison, John Lennon(1940-1980), Paul McCartney, and Richard Starkey(Ringo Starr). All of the Beatles where born and raised in Liverpool, England. John Lennon was considered the leader of the band. George Harrison was the lead guitarist. John Lennon was a song writer ...
- 1204: Oscar Wilde
- ... the next few years many of Oscars plays were produced. Salome was a drama about obsessive passion written in 1891. It was produced in Paris in 1894, made into an opera by German composer Richard Strauss and translated into English by Lord Alfred Douglas. The play was declared blasphemous because it concerned the death of John the Baptist. In February 1892, Oscar opened the play Lady Windermeres Fan. It ...
- 1205: George Carlin
- ... other integral parts of broadcasting. For instance, "these rationales could justify the banning from radio a myriad of literary works...they could support the suppression of a good deal of political speech, such as the Nixon tapes; and they could even provide the basis for imposing sanctions for the broadcast of certain portions of the bible."(Gunther, 1991) Carlin's monologue was speech, there is no doubt about that, and it ...
- 1206: Duke Ellington
- ... Los Angeles to London. Ellington and his band played with such greats as Miles Davis, Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, and Louis Armstrong. They entertained everyone from Queen Elizabeth II to President Nixon. Before passing away in 1974, Duke Ellington wrote and recorded hundreds of musical compositions, all of which continue to have a lasting effect upon people worldwide for a long time to come. Word Count: 802
- 1207: Allegory Of American Pie By Do
- ... by Don McLean. (1996) N. pag. On-line. Internet. March 3, 1999. circ.upenn.edu. Jordan, M. American Pie: The Mystery Uncovered. (1998) n. pag. On-line. Internet. March 3, 1999. www.entrypoints.com Lyman, Richard. American Decades: 1960-1969. Gale Research Inc.: New York, 1995. McLean, Don. "American Pie". Don McLean On-line. (1995) n. Pag. On-line. Internet. March 25, 1999.
- 1208: Stephen Coonts' "Flight of the Intruder": Summary
- ... the party. Grafton and his bombardier, Virgil Cole miss the building completely and just hit a few bystanders and blow craters in the sidewalk. Just when the two are about to be court-martialed, President Nixon gives the orders of unauthorized bombings anywhere in North and South Vietnam. Grafton and Cole fly their next mission with a EA-6B for SAM (surface-to-air missiles) suppression. This plane only carried antiradiation ...
- 1209: Native Son: Bigger
- ... we live in a nation, which has abolished slavery, the gap between the whites and the blacks during the early stages of America's development has plainly carried into the present. In Native Son, author Richard Wright illustrates this racial gap, in addition to demonstrating how white oppression upon blacks is capable of producing revengeful individuals, not to mention being an immoral act in itself. Bigger Thomas is one of those ...
- 1210: Courage in Individuals in "On Being Seventeen", "The Most Dangerous Game" and "Giving Blood"
- ... unique individuals from previous stories read. They are Mr. David Raymond from the bock On Being Seventeen, Bright and Unable to Read, written by David himself. Mr. Rainsford from The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connel, and Mrs. O'Neill from Giving Blood, written by Roberta Silmen. David Raymond, from the book On Being Seventeen, is courageous in a psychological way. He is a high school student who was born ...
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