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- 441: John F. Kennedy
- ... in the northeastern United States. "The election drew a record 69 million voters to the polls, but Kennedy won by only 113, 000 votes."(Encarta' 95). He won49.7 percent of the popular vote, and Nixon won 49.6 percent. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes to Nixon's 219. Kennedy was inaugurated on January 20, 1961. In his inaugural address he emphasized America's revolutionary heritage. "The same beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe," Kennedy ...
- 442: The Prime Minister of Great Britain
- ... have been ministers in previous Cabinets. Many Presidents of our country have been elected and on many occasions they have never even met some of their future co-workers, such as case of Kissinger and Nixon who have never even met prior to Nixon's appointment. Let's now examine the statutory duties and responsibilities of the Prime Minister. Unlike the United States where the President's duties are specifically written out in the Constitution, the powers of the ...
- 443: Overview and Analysis of the Crusades
- ... that their time had come to defeat the Muslims once and for all. Included in the ranks of men going on the crusade were Fredick I, the Roman emperor; Philip II, the French king; and Richard I, of England. These forces were thought to be one of the most powerful armies assembled during the middle ages. Again, this crusade suffered misfortune. On his journey to Jerusalem, the Roman emperor died, and his army accompanied the body back home for burial. Even with the size of Richard's and Frederick's remaining armies, they were not able to recapture Jerusalem. When the armies left Jerusalem and its surrounding areas to return home, they accomplished none of their goals. Since none of the ...
- 444: John Paul Jones: The Undaunted Sailor
- ... He was a perfectionist when it came time for embankment. His knowledge of "naval architecture was demonstrated by his supervision of the construction of the Ranger and the America, the virtual reconstruction of the Bonhomme Richard, and alterations to the mast and rigging of almost every ship he commanded." When Jones saw the Ranger he was furious of its construction. Jones noticed that the sails were made of cheap hessian instead ... took notice of the threat of John Paul Jones especially after the capture of the Serapis. The battle at Flamborough Head turned John Paul Jones into a great naval hero. The victory of the Bonhomme Richard was due to Jones's strategic superiority and his desire to never give up. Jones was bold and intrepid. During the battle, Captain Pearson of the Serapis was astonished by the dauntless courage of Jones ...
- 445: Cultural Diversity in Local Politics
- ... Ira Reiner, and county supervisor Kenneth Hahn left office. Those who remained in office were either too raw and new, or too tied to their own communities to build coalitions. Others made their deals with Richard Riordan. Few who would lead at the grass roots had the clout or the interest in building citywide coalitions. Never in the thirty-year span of biracial politics had there been so few well-known ... Peter Ueberroth bespoke a sense of weakened legitimacy at city hall. And would that not be indirectly an argument for the election of a businessman like Riordan a year later? Conclusion The 1993 election of Richard Riordan was a [powerful defeat for progressive politics in LA. Already fading as the new decade came in, the ruling biracial coalition lost its way completely after the civil unrest of 1992. With its leaders ...
- 446: 27 Years of Influential 60 Minutes
- ... the 60 Minutes principle and created gossip, and shocking video segments. Still other shows, including the interview programs, borrowed from 60 Minutes' method of grilling the interviewee. Dan Rather once (in an interview with President Nixon during his downfall) riled up Nixon enough to prompt the question "Are you running for something?" And Rather shot back, "No, sir, Mr. President. Are you?" Tough reporting, taped evidence of scams, and in-depth stories of current events are essentially ...
- 447: Shakespeare's World
- ... The first division, is the Period of Early Experimentation (1588-93) To this period belong: Titus Andronicus, Henry VI (three parts), Love's Labour's Lost, The Comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and Richard II. Other than these plays, he also wrote the two long poems, Venus and Adonis, and The Rape of Lucrece. These were the first of Shakespeare's great works, and his experience in writing plays ...
- 448: Sexual Urges, Society, and Religion
- ... he believed that the human body was meant for the Lord, and it was not meant for human pleasure. St. Paul knew that he was asking people to suppress their human nature. ( Early Christianity by Richard Hooker, pg. 1 ) This literal interpretation was further fueled by St. Augustine's theory of the carnal will versus the spiritual will. St. Augustine was also reformed from a over-sexual, rich man to a ... carnal will; since sin was located in the carnal will not the act, Augustine developed a rigorous puritanical attitude towards sexuality that European culture would obsess about for the fifteen hundred years. ( Early Christianity by Richard Hooker , pg. 4-5 ) This ultra-conservative ideology of sex became the basis of the Puritan and Pilgrim law and societal norms about sex. This ideology would be followed for decades until America began to ...
- 449: The Plague 3
- ... Matteo, Gino J. Shakespeare s Othello: The Study and the Stage. Austria: U of Saizburg P, 1974. Mikesell, Margaret Lael, and Virginia Mason Vaughan. Othello: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1990. Moulton, Richard G. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1892. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice. New York: Washington Square Press, 1993. Snyder, Susan. Othello: Critical Essays. New York: Garland Publishing ... R. Flaming Minister. (Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1953): 119. 3 Gill, Brendan. The Theatre: Happy Bachelor Jet (15 Feb 1982): 108. 4 Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Othello. Harper s Monthly Magazine (Oct 1904): 662. 5 Moulton, Richard G. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist. (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1892): 264. 6 Mikesell, Margaret Lael, and Virginia Mason Vaughan. Othello: An Annotated Bibliography. (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1990): 185. 7 Velz, John W. Shakespeare ...
- 450: The Women Of Poe
- ... reality of unconscious mind, and thus, are no less valid to Poe than had a different set of events transpired in the light of waking consciousness. This dark undercurrent of many of his tales led Richard Wilbur to declare that Poe's prototypical plot involves "the effort of the poetic soul to escape all consciousness of the world in dream" (Wilbur 103). But why must it do this? According to Wilbur ... s corpse. Both stories climax in horror, and within the dreamscape of the narrators. It is herein that Poe amazes with his insight into madness of psyche, and of the crimes wrought from that madness. Richard Wilbur's observations already cited apply well to "Ligeia" and to "Berenice," as the narrators of both stories retreat from the realities of the flesh into self-induced reveries, but at a very dear cost ...
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