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- 551: Atomic Bomb
- ... bomb. This is when the United States started the Manhattan Project. This was the project of making an atomic bomb. In the project many brilliant minds were used. The most famous of these people is Robert Oppenheimer. He was the major person behind this project. He basically ran the operation and oversaw the hole project from start to completion. Other great people like H.C. Urey, Ernest Lawrence, Isidor Rabi, and ... that a blind girl 120 miles away saw the flash. The creators of the Gadget had mixed feelings. Some felt that the equilibrium in nature was upset. Others were glad that the project had succeeded. Robert Oppenheirmer was excited that the project was a success, but quoted a fragment from Bhagavad Gita. "I am become death the destroyer of worlds." Several of the creators signed a petition against releasing the monster ...
- 552: Spring Time
- The frost held for many weeks, until all the living species were almost drift away with the silence of frost. everywhere on the surfaces was fullfilled with many layers of frigid clear crystal. suddenly, one morning drew near along with everything become alive after the winter had gone. then the fresh air of spring approached ...
- 553: Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons": Reasons for A Person's Actions
- ... s Actions Reading about individuals whose ways of life are dramatically different from our own provides readers with fresh insights into their own experiences and ideas. A reader of A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, may not be accustomed to the actions of the play's characters. Though, it is important to figure out and understand why the character reacts or acts as he/she does. This enables the ... the characters' actions. These characters may often be archetypes of extreme behavior, as in A Man for All Seasons. These characters allow the reader to turn the kaleidoscope on his/her life. Work Cited Bolt, Robert. A Man for All Seasons. New York: Vintage Books, Random House, 1962.(58,77,81,92)
- 554: Oedipus Rex 7
- Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), is replete with dramatic devices - one of which is known as Sophoclean Irony. Sophoclean Irony can be divided into two terms: unconscious and conscious irony. Unconscious irony occurs when a character speaks what he ... pain enough for me to bear." (pg. 885, lines 140-142). She speaks Cryptic lines here deliberately intended to obscure the truth. In the play, Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), the playwright uses a dramatic device known as Sophoclean Irony. Both types of irony have been defined and passages were cited from the text in support of the thesis.
- 555: Paul McCartney: Six Feet Under?
- ... s a shadow hanging over me. Yesterday came suddenly are to signify that either Paul is no longer himself or he is not who he thinks he is. (Gabriel) He does everything he can, Dr. Robert... from the song "Dr. Robert" means that the doctor did everything he could to save Paul's life after the accident. A reference to Paul being buried is in the song "And Your Bird Can Sing": you can't see ...
- 556: William DeKooning
- ... the exhibit curator Gary Garrells of taking an unusual step of collecting a panel of experts to determine when De Kooning's work began to lose coherence. The panel included painter Joseph Johns and curator Robert Storr of New York's Museum of Modern Art. After close examination of his paintings the expert group determined that De Kooning's work faltered after 1988. Gary Garrells declared the paintings made before 1988 ... colors were concentrated with complements of green, orange and violet with subtly toned creamy backgrounds. These paintings reminded of his 1930s and1940s work with an assurance e and freedom only attained by a master painter. Robert Storr, curator from New York's Museum of Modern Art was one of the coordinator of his last exhibition. He wrote in Winter/Spring 1997 issue of MOMA Magazine that the story of De Kooning ...
- 557: In the Middle of the Night: Review
- In the Middle of the Night: Review In the Middle of the Night By Robert Cormier (Harper Collins, 203 pages, $8.95) Reviewed by Ranwick Well, I picked up the book not really sure what it was about, and half way through I still wasn't sure but once I ... will definitely keep you holding on to the book until the end. I found the book very enthralling and exciting. I can easily say this has been the best book I have read this year. Robert Cormier has pleased me with this fine novel. In the Middle of the Night is an exciting, entertaining thriller, which you get to piece together yourself, a very enjoyable read.
- 558: Abraham Lincoln
- ... studied law in his spare time and became a lawyer in 1836. In Springfield in 1839 Lincoln met Mary Todd. Three years later they were married and over the next 11 years had 4 children: Robert (1843-1926), Edward ("Eddie") 1846-1850, William ("Willie") 1850-1862, and Thomas ("Tad") 1853-1871. Lincoln became a successful attorney, and the family bought a home in 1844. In 1846 Lincoln ran for the United ... The South was slowly being worn down. Lincoln was re-elected as President with Andrew Johnson as his running mate. Lincoln defeated the Democrat George McClellan on November 8, 1864. On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant. Two days later Lincoln addressed a crowd outside the White House. Among other things, he suggested he would support voting rights for certain blacks. This infuriated a racist and Southern ...
- 559: Review Of Three Movies: Trainspotting, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Jurassic Park
- ... about Sean Connery. Most innocent is Tommy (Kevin McKidd), whose insistence on telling the truth no matter what is viewed as a fatal weakness. And most dangerous is the beer-drinking, heroin-hating psychopath Begbie (Robert Carlyle).. Some of the funniest parts include Renton's sudden passion for the mysterious Diane (Kelly Macdonald) and Tommy's attempt to get the boys interested in the outdoors, which leads to Renton's "I ... English, but I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are colonized by wankers. We can't even pick a decent culture to be colonized by." Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremmer, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller Credits: Directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge, from the novel by Irvine Welsh. Ferris Bueller's Day Off One of the all-time greatest comedies, this movie tells the ...
- 560: How Did The Franco-german Alli
- ... led to the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC), to eventually become the European Union. EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY. The man responsible for concocting this idea is a man by the name of Robert Schuman, the French Foreign Minister from 1948 to 1953. He announced his plan in 1950, a plan which he said was " the first step in the realisation of a vision, a vision of a united ... Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom, in February 1992. The European Union subsequently took effect on November 1ST 1993. This European Union is probably what Robert Schuman was thinking about when he said that the ECSC was only the first step, and it's a credit to his vision that it has been France and Germany which have been moving the ...
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