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- 271: William Shakespeare
- ... obvious construction and by stylized verse. His earliest dramatic works are possibly four plays dramatizing the English civil strife of the 15th century. These plays, Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III (1590-1592) and Richard III (1593), deal with evil resulting from weak leadership and from national disunity. Shakespeare's comedies of the first period include The Comedy of Errors (1592), The Taming of the Shrew (1593), The Two Gentlemen ... second period includes his most important history plays, his so-called joyous comedies, and two of his major tragedies. In this period, his style and approach became highly individualized. The second-period historical plays include Richard II (1595), Henry IV, Parts I and II (1597), and Henry V (1598). The outstanding comedies of the second period include A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), The Merchant of Venice (1596), Much Ado About ... he did (his periods of drama, history, tragedy, and tragicomedy). His plays have been the most popular and best selling of which were performed at the Globe Theatre in London, include historical works, such as Richard II, comedies, including Much Ado about Nothing and As You Like It, and tragedies, such as Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear . He also composed 154 sonnets (quite the prolific writer!)
- 272: The Atomic Bomb
- ... find different scholars to also make a nuclear bomb. In doing this, Major General Groves selected some of the best scholars in the field of physics and mathematics. They are as follows: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feyman, Enrico Fermi, Joseph C. Carter, And Neils Bohr. J. Robert Oppenheimer was born on April 22, 1904. He thrived on studying and was not a very social type of person. He went to Harvard ... United States. On November 1,1940 Major General Leslie asked Oppenheimer to lead, the Manhattan Project. Robert willingly took the job. This was the beginning of a project that would change the future to come. Richard Feyman was born on May 11, 1918 in Queens, New York. He mastered differential and integral calculus at age 15. He was accepted into MIT in 1936 when he was 18 years old. He graduated ... a graduate. He asked Groves if he could join the theoretical division in Los Alamos and was accepted. He met a man by the name of Hans Bethe. He was somewhat like a mentor to Richard. They both worked on solving how much fissionable material it would take for the bomb to explode. Feyman won a Nobel Peace Prize for inventing the Feyman diagrams in 1965. He then died in ...
- 273: JFK
- ... in the House of Representatives, and in 1952 he was elected to the U.S. Senate.In 1953, he married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. In the general election on November 8, 1960, Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon, in a very close race. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President and the first Catholic. Just after the election, the Kennedy's second child, John Jr., was born. Kennedy wanted Americans to travel to ...
- 274: The Life of Jackie Robinson
- ... Luther King as well as the deaths of three people that were closest to him. Branch Rickey, his mother Mallie, and his son Jackie Robinson Junior. That year Jackie had written a letter to a Nixon aide predicting a violent revolution if immediate action was not taken on civil rights. Nixon never took any action, and on October 24, 1972 Jackie Robinson died a disappointed man. (Jackie Robinson and the Civil Rights) On October 27, 1972, three days after his death, Reverend Jesse Jackson delivered this ... working for Civil Rights. He had written several letters to different presidents and their aides to encourage enforcement of Supreme Court rulings. Even at the end of his life, he wrote a letter to President Nixon's aide requesting immediate action be taken on civil rights. His wishes were not fulfilled before he passed away on October 24,1972. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1.)Enders, Eric. Athlete of the Century 1997 http://www. ...
- 275: Friedrich Nietzsche
- ... At this time Nietzsche no longer believed in Christianity, because with maturity he lost his heavenly father(Bentley, p.86). In 1868 Nietzsche was a student in Leipzig. This is when he met Cosima and Richard Wagner. The latter was a world-renowned musical artist. Both of these individuals were crucial to Nietzsche's development as a philosopher. Theognis was a poet of the sixth century B.C. This man supplied ... he turned against Schopenhauer. The name of Schopenhauer was the flag under which he was proud, for a time, to advance.(Bentley, p.89) The second major influence in Nietzsche's development was the Wagners, Richard and Cosima. Nietzsche was captivated by Richard Wagner. Nietzsche personally thought the reason behind this was Wagner's musical art and talent. Nietzsche's sister Elizabeth was closer to the truth in her belief that what held Nietzsche was Wagner's ...
- 276: Native Son
- By: Michelle 1. Native Son by Richard Wright; 1940 2. At the halfway point of this book, I find myself amazed at the segregation and racism going on. Never have I read a book that has so clearly accounted for the African ... to be open minded and let in white people, and yet still be close minded and lock everyone, except Max, out of his mind and heart. 3. (D) The main conflict in Native Son by Richard Wright is character vs. society. He resents, hates, and fears the whites who make the confines of his life so narrow. They tell him what to do, where he can live, and where he can ... someone constantly being told how horrible they are. Bigger was merely a native son; shaped by the culture he was brought up in, not an alien anomaly. 3. (E) The climax to Native Son by Richard Wright is when the white volunteers/policemen catch him on the rooftop. Until then, Bigger has a chance of getting away, of running, escaping, or hiding. His guilt was decided a long time ago, ...
- 277: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... his degree in 1930. Then he taught public speaking and debate at a Houston high school for two years. Politics and Family Johnson entered politics at the age of 24, when he became secretary for Richard Kleberg. In 1934 Johnson met Claudia Alta Taylor, daughter of a wealthy rancher. He knew immediately that she was the woman he wanted to marry. They were married on Nov. 17, 1934. When Mrs. Johnson ... Vietnam. Johnson didn t want to deal with this so he decided that for the good of the nation he would not re-run for presidency. Afterwards Johnson retired to his ranch in Texas. President Nixon succeeded Johnson and took office in 1969. Johnson died of a fatal heart attack near the end of the Vietnam conflict. The space center near Houston was named Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center after him ...
- 278: JFK
- ... with a beautiful wife, Kennedy enjoyed the friendship and support of many high-profile Hollywood celebrities, who helped raise money for his campaign. Kennedy engaged in a series of television debates with the Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon, which were seen by millions. After winning the presidency in 1960 by a narrow margin, Kennedy became the 35th president of the United States, the youngest president ever elected, and the first Roman Catholic president ...
- 279: Affirmative Action
- ... of reverse discrimination to help oppressed minorities gain an advantage over majority groups in college admissions and in employment. In 1970, the Department of Labor exposed widespread racial discrimination of the Construction Department so President Richard M. Nixon decided to incorporate a system of "goals and timetables" to evaluate federal construction companies according to Affirmative Action. This idea of "goals and timetables" provided guidelines for companies to follow and comply with Affirmative Action ...
- 280: Was Jimmy Hoffa A Hero or A Criminal?
- ... law enforcement." In 1967 he was sentenced to 13 years in the federal prison at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for jury tampering, pension fund fraud, and conspiracy.(Grogan 57) On December 23, 1971, Untied States Pr!esident Richard M. Nixon, after much compromise gave Jimmy Hoffa a pardon fr om prison. The person who remained loyal to Hoffa through the good and the bad times was his wife, Josephine Poszywak. She was a laundry worker ...
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