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- 661: Influence Of Realism On Litera
- ... Program) 1995 Hart, James D. The Oxford Companion to American Literature. New York City:Oxford University Press, 1995: 284-285 Pizer, Donald. Realism and Naturalism. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1966: 3, 10-11 Spiller, Robert E. The Cycle of American Literature. New York City: The MacMillan Company, 1966: 269-303 Spiller, Robert E. et al. Literary History of the United States. New York City: The MacMillan Publishing Company, 1974: 1300
- 662: Crying of Lot 49
- ... succeeds in actively involving the reader within the text, a hallmark of postmodern literature. Duyfhuizen, Bernard. "Disrupting Story in The Crying of Lot 49," Mindful Pleasures: Essays on Thomas Pynchon. Boston: Little,Brown, 1976. Hipkiss, Robert M. The American Absurd. New York: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Johnston, John. "Paranoia as a Semiotic Regime in The Crying of Lot 49," New Essays on the Crying of Lot 49. New York: Cambridge ... Lot 49,"New Essays on the Crying of Lot 49 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991), p. 6 "Paranoia", p. 4. 7 The Grim Phoenix, p. 15. 8 Crying of Lot 49, p. 49. 9 Robert Hipkiss, The American Absurd, (University of Chicago: New York), p. 90 10 Paranoia as a Semiotic Regime, p. 6. 11 Crying of Lot 49, p. 58. 12 Crying of Lot 49, p. 22 . 13 The ...
- 663: The Battle of Monocacy
- ... Hur: A Tale of the Christ. On June 12, 1864, General Early started the march towards Washington from Richmond, Virginia. The main reason for this raid on Washington was to divert the Unions attention from Robert E. Lees army at Petersburg, Virginia. By June 16 General Earlys men had reached Charlottesville. He then headed south and reached Buchanan, West Virginia on June 23. From Buchanan, Early, then, headed north ... batteries on it. The two batteries hammered union forces guarding a covered bridge crossing the Monocacy. Returned fire from the union troops resulted in a fire that destroyed the barn, grain, and farming tools. General Robert Rodess, for the Confederates, men battled some union forces on the National Road. Early, believing that an attack from the front would be too dangerous, sent John McCauslands men down Buckeystown Road to ...
- 664: The Book Of Sand By Jorge Luis
- ... Luis Borges, The Book of Sand (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977), p.117. . George R. McMurray, Jorge Luis Borges (New York: Fredrick Ungar Publishing Co.,1980), p. 32. . McMurray, p. 127. . McMurray, p. 156. . Robert Alifano, Twenty-four Conversations with Borges (MA: Lascaux Publishers, 1984), p. 7. . Martin S. Stabb, Borges Revisited (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co.), pp. 4-6. . Stabb, p. 13. . Stabb, p. 23. . Stabb, p. 53. . McMurray, p. xix. . Stabb, p. 11. . Robert Alifano. Twenty-four Conversations with Borges (MA: Lascaux Publishers, 1984), p. 61. . Geoffrey Fox, Argentina; The Land and People (New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1990), pp. 37, 175.
- 665: Economic Development in Zimbabwe
- ... Rhodesia fell into a period of economic and political turmoil breeding uncertainty and general political instability. In 1974 Rhodesia's two primary black nationalists parties combined to form a front against Rhodesia's governing policy. Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) united together to form a "Patriotic Front" against the segregationist regime of Prime Minister Ian Smith . In 1976 ... the former Rhodesia and four months later Zimbabwe was indoctrinated as a member of the United Nations . Zimbabwe's political system exists to this day as democratic and majoritarian all implemented through a parliamentary system. Robert Mugabe remains as President and utilizes a foreign policy of non-alignment. Despite this Zimbabwe is a member of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and performs primary trade with its neighboring African state South ...
- 666: The Life of Alexander Hamilton
- ... now included a wife and the prospect of a family. The affairs of nation building were never far from his mind, however, and he returned to his musings on financial reform in a letter to Robert Morris, who had just been appointed Superintendent of Finance under the recently ratified Articles of Confederation. Hamilton wrote to Morris in support of a strong "executive ministry," which would provide much-needed decisiveness in the ... ceremonies, and then departed for Albany to rejoin his wife, who was due to have their first child, Philip, in January. On March 1, 1782, Hamilton resigned from active military duty. Hamilton's letter to Robert Morris had not been a wasted effort. Upon hearing of Hamilton's recent availability, Morris appointed him Continental receiver of taxes for the state of New York in April of 1782. Hamilton also began studying ...
- 667: Sir Wilfrid Laurier
- ... navy. His own Liberal party defeated this measure, however, and Canada entered the war without a fleet of its own. During the early years of World War I, Laurier supported the war policy of Sir Robert Borden's Conservative government. In 1917 he refused to join a coalition government that was formed to uphold conscription. Laurier felt that he could not back a measure so unpopular in the province of Quebec ... When the news spread, the gold rush of 1897 began; it was to become the most publicized gold rush in history, eventually to be celebrated in the works of such writers as Jack London and Robert Service. The gold strike had some beneficial side effects. As miners poured into western Canada from the United States and other parts of the world, the extent of the unpopulated prairie lands became known. By ...
- 668: History of the World Bank
- ... View. In general, this philosophy had only partial results because no spill over effect from the projects to the country's economy. The second phase is known as "Program Lending". This policy was associated with Robert McNamara, WB President from 1968 to 1981. McNamara was mainly oriented towards the basic human needs so the programs of the WB were targeted at those people living in absolute poverty. The state role during this period was to provide welfare. In order to measure the quality of life in developing countries, the Improvement in Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) was used. Robert McNamara reoriented lending, greatly increased the speed and volume of lending, internationalized the staff of the bank and greatly expanded the bank's research capabilities and reputation as an authority on development issues. The third ...
- 669: The Battle Of Gettysburg
- The Battle Of Gettysburg July 1-3 1863 In July of 1863, General Robert E. Lee's Army Of Northern Virginia of 75,000 men and the 97,000 man Union Army Of The Potomac under General George G. Meade met, by chance, when a Confederate brigade sent forward ... war. Here at Gettysburg on July 1, 2, and 3, 1863, more men actually fought and more men died than in any other battle before or since on North American soil.Day 1 In June, Robert E. Lee decided to take the war north. He planned to destroy the railroad bridge at Harrisburg, then "turn my attention to Philadelphia, Baltimore, or Washington as may seem best for our interest." After the ...
- 670: Should Top Executives Make The Money They Do?
- ... the picture. It is impossible to look at just the salary, without taking any other factors into consideration. One must look at the amount of earnings, compared to the profits of the company. For instance, Robert Allen, who runs ATT was recently pointed out by 60 Minutes as being an overpaid executive. Their major problem was that he had been responsible for laying off 40,000 employees, while still managing to ... paying $11 less."1 This is due to the fact that the consumer's money was not going to a larger number of employees, but going directly to the minimal cost of performing the job. Robert Allen has a total salary of 20 million dollars. This salary seems to be extremely high when put as a statistic by itself. This changes, though, when you compare it to the total earning of ...
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