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- 711: Nicaragua
- ... and civil war among the Spanish conquerors, it was incorporated into the captaincy-general of Guatemala. Colonial Nicaragua enjoyed comparative peace and prosperity, although freebooters, notably English navigators such as Sir Francis Drake and Sir Richard Hawkins, continually raided and plundered the coastal settlements. In the 18th century the British informally allied themselves with the Miskito—a Native American people intermarried with blacks—severely challenging Spanish hegemony. For a period during ...
- 712: The Five Themes of Geography
- ... Pattison 2. "The New School Geography: A Critique", The Journal of Geography, February 1990, pg. 27 - 30, Robert Harper 3. "An Elaboration of the Fundamental Themes in Geography", Social Education, May 1994, pg. 211 - 213, Richard G. Boehm and James F. Petersen. 4. "Guidelines for Geographic Education", National Council for Geographic Education and Association of American Geographers., 1984.
- 713: Germany
- ... to the parliament. The president is elected for a five-year term by the full Bundestag and an equal number of delegates from state parliaments. In the past the election has usually been a formality. Richard von Weizsacker, formerly Christian Democrat mayor of West Berlin, was elected president in 1984 and re-elected in 1989. His second, and final, term comes to an end in May 1994. Although usually a former ...
- 714: Evolution Of Canada
- ... Mackenzie Bowell 1894-96 Charles Tupper 1896 Wilfrid Laurier 1896-1911 Robert L. Borden 1911-20 Arthur Meighen 1920-21 W. L. Mackenzie King 1921-26 Arthur Meighen 1926 W. L. Mackenzie King 1926-30 Richard B. Bennett 1930-35 W. L. Mackenzie King 1935-48 Louis Stephen St. Laurent 1948-57 John George Diefenbaker 1957-63 Lester B. Pearson 1963-68 Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1968-79 Joe Clark 1979-80 ...
- 715: Luxembourg
- ... emotion, instead of just showing a scene. Hereditary: Passed on to the offspring. Monarchy: A government run by a monarch, such as a king, queen or other ruler. BIBLIOGRAPHY Fodor's Belgium and Luxembourg. Ed. Richard Moore. New York: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc., 1989. Hoffman, Mark S., Ed. World Almanac Book of Facts. New York: Random House, Inc., 1987. Johnson, Otto, et al., eds. Information Please Almanac Atlas and Yearbook ...
- 716: William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre
- ... play for the Globe Theatre was The Tempest in 1611. In 1599, William Shakespeare became co-owner of the Globe Theatre. The lease for the land on which the theatre stood on, ran out and Richard and Cuthbert Burbage, the sons of the owner of the house, decided to built up the theatre on the other side of the Thames, in Southwark. “Cuthbert here has found the best possible site across ...
- 717: The Importance of Gender Conflicts Literature to Society Past and Present
- ... attempting to make her own place in the social order, and perhaps it was this one controversy in Eden that set the course for gender conflicts for thousands of years to come. Works Cited Brown, Richard Emil, translator, and William Arrow Smith. Editor. Sophocles Antigone. New York & London Oxford University Press; 1973 Faulkner, William. "Arose for Emily." Literature: Reading, Reacting, writing. Third Edition. Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell, Editors ...
- 718: Cinderella: A Child’s Role Model?
- ... is a performer of black magic and the stepmother and sisters are kind and decent (Lee, 608-609). There is also the movie, “Ever After”, described in the article, “On Location: Airy Fairy Tale”, by Richard Covington where Danielle, the Cinderella character, is a strong girl who stands up to the prince and her stepsisters. In the movie she wins the love of the prince not just by a shoe but ...
- 719: Relating Themes in O’Connor’s “First Confession”
- ... gen. ed. Detroit: Gale, 1996. 252. O’Connor, Frank. “First Confession.” The Stories of Frank O’Connnor. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 151. 355-63. “O’Donovan, Michael 1903-1966, Sidelights.” Contemporary Works Consulted Gill, Richard. “Moments of Change.” Vol 23 of Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Detroit: Gale, 1983. 325. West, Anthony. “When in Rome…” Vol 14 of Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski. Detroit: Gale, 1980. 395 ...
- 720: Ezra Pound, Imagism, and the Influence of the Orient
- ... what we know about Imagism as a movement and a philosophy. The doctrine, which came to be known as Imagism is guided by three simple tenets, set forth by Pound, “H.D.” (Hilda Doolittle), and Richard Aldington in 1912. The first states that the “thing” dealt with will be done so directly, whether subjectively or objectively (Spirit of Romance p.219). Pound insisted that the poem must present to the reader ...
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