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- 511: Tales of the City
- ... but must take the responsibility of the social position. Wilde writes his composition to justify his deeds to either to himself or his beloved. Maupin writes to convey a sense that life is workable. Sir Richard Conway in Forester's Arthur Snatchfold does not confront his omission from society. The character does not believe he needs to develop, unlike characters in Tales of the City which are striving to develop into anew. Sir Richard fantasizes about another character & is able to confront him. The descriptions of settings are much more colorful in Arthur Snatchfold, but the characters are not as absorbing. Anna Madrigal serves as the motherly type in ...
- 512: Cuba, Castro, and the United States
- ... ability to whip the masses into a frenzy with wispy fallacies about American "imperialist" actions against Cuba was his main asset. He constantly found events which he could work the "ol Castro magic " on, as Nixon said , to turn it into another of the long list of grievances, real or imagined, that Cuba had suffered. Throughout Castro's rule there had been numerous minor attacks and disturbances in Cuba. Always without ... up for the Cuban exile invasion of Cuba. The fact that this secret was ill kept led to increased arms being shipped to Cuba by Russia in late 1960. President Kennedy inherited from the Eisenhower-Nixon administration the operation that became the Bay of Pigs expedition. The plan was ill conceived and a fiasco. Both Theodore Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger describe the President as the victim of a process set in ...
- 513: Homosexuals: A Suspect Class?
- ... 2. Amendment 2 does away with any attempt to protect homosexuals as a group that needs special rights because of discrimination. It was enacted after a statewide referendum, in which 53% voted for the measure. Richard Evans sued the state and Governor Romer (who, ironically, opposed the amendment) under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, saying that Amendment 2 infringes upon the homosexual's "fundamental right to participate in the ... down under the Fourteenth Amendment's Free Exercise Clause, which declares that a state may not "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law." Jean E. Dubofsky, the lawyer for Richard Evans in the case, said "the Court need not rule homosexuals a specially protected class to find that Amendment 2 infringes upon their rights." Specifically, Dubofsky believes the amendment takes away the ability of homosexuals ...
- 514: JFK Assination - Conspiracy
- ... rare. At the time there was also an increasing amount of corruption and scandal within the government. This alarmed the public who had completely trusted the government before. The Watergate Scandal in 1974 involving President Nixon had clearly shown that this was not the case anymore. Nixon had abused his authority and power to his advantage. This indicated that even politicians were prone to sleaze and scandal. As a result of this, people also started questioning the behaviour of the government. This ...
- 515: Lucille Ball
- ... much success on her radio show My Favorite Husband. The show was a comedy based on based on "the delightful stories of Isobel Scott Rorick's gay, sophisticated Mr. & Mrs. Cugat, starring Lucille Ball with Richard Denning" (Brady 159). The show soon became a hit, thanks to Ball's humor. "Just before Christmas 1948. . . General Foods agreed to sponsor My Favorite Husband to promote Jell-o" (Brady, 160) In addition to ... Redhead." Macall's October 1996: 53-54. Lucy-A Tribute. MCA.com. 29 April 1999. <http://www.mca.com/unicity/attractions/lucy.html>. "100 Years of Great Women." ABCNEWS Special. ABC. 30 April 1999. Zoglin, Richard. "Lucille Ball: The First Lady of Comedy Brought us Laughter as Well as Emotion Truth." Time June 1998: 188-191.
- 516: Womens Rights In 3rd World Cou
- ... Mary Fitch Pages- 44, 74-79, 136 Lothrop, Lee and Sheared Co: 1950 Iran-Cultures of the world Vijeya Rajendra Pages-56-57, 80, 136 Marshall Cavendish Cop: 1995 Islam the view from the edge Richard W. Bulliet Pages 86-87 Columbia University Press: 1994 Understanding China John Bryan Starr Pages-190-196 Hill and Wang: 1997 Inside China Malcolm MacDonald Pages-107-109 Little Brown and Company: 1980 Countries of the World: China Goh Sui Noi Pages-50-51, 63, 65, 47, 14, 23 Gateth Stevens publishing: 1998 Afghanistan Richard F. Nyrop and Donald M. Seekins Pages-85, 45, 90, 19-121, 172, 232, 130, 126-128 First Printing: 1986 Among the Afghans Arthur Bonner Pages-138-139, 322, 166, 23, 320 The Duke University ...
- 517: The Bicycle Past, Present And
- ... under gone a metamorphosis in its 200 year life. The future is bright with the advancement of its popularity and technology. Who knows where the bicycle will be 100 years from today? Bibliography 1) Ballantine, Richard, and Grant, Richard. Ultimate Bicycle Book. New York: Dorling Kindersley, INC, 1992. 2) Baranet, Nancy N. Bicycling. New York: A.S. Barns and Co., INC., 1973. 3) Kolin, Michael J., and De la Rosa, Denise M. The Custom ...
- 518: William Shakespeare
- ... Shrew", and "The Two Gentlemen of Verone". Three plays which are in the category of tragedy are "Romeo and Juliet", "Titus Andronicus", and "Julius Caesar". In the category of history, three plays are "Henry V", "Richard II", and "Richard
- 519: Declaration Of Independence
- ... by: John Hancock, Button Gwinnett, Lyman hall, George Walton, Wm Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn, Edward Rutledge, Thos Heyward Jr., Thomas Lynch Jr., Arthur Middleton, Samuel Chase, Thos. Stone , George Wythe, Charles Carrol of Carrollton, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thos Nelson Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross, Caesar Rodney, George Read, Tho M. Kean, Wm. Floyd, Phil. Livingston, Frans. Lewis, Lewis Morris, Richard Stockton, Jno.WItherspoon, Fras. Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark, Josiah Bartlett, Wm. Whipple, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry, Stephan Hopkins, William Ellery, Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, Wm. Williams, Oliver Wolcott, and ...
- 520: Woman's Struggle for Independence
- ... It has been around for as long as men and women have walked the earth. Hopefully soon it will disappear completely and we can all be viewed as equals. Works Cited and Works Consulted Golden, Richard and Thomas Kuehn. Western Societies. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Lowenthal, David. The Past and Foreign Country. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Lunt, Richard. Lectures. Perry, Marvin. Western Civilizations. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
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