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- 681: The Battle of Antietam
- The Battle of Antietam The Battle of Antietam ( or Sharpsburg) on September 17, 1862, climaxed the first of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s two attempts to carry the war into the north. About 40,000 southerners were against the 87,000- man Federal Army of the Potomac under General George McClellan. When the fighting had ... army, anywhere. Even their commander, General McClellan, had not fully appreciated their capabilities. Although the battle was not a clear victory for either side, the forces of the Union had much to feel good about. Robert Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had also fought extremely well, particularly considering its weakened state and small numbers. Many consider that Lee’s leadership at the battle was the best of his career; he ...
- 682: Serial Killers
- ... 1. Bibliographical Info 2. Childhood Trauma V. The Female Serial Killer IV. Closing Abstract -Thesis Statement God, I ve never done anything. Help me, help me, help me! God, why is this happening? Help Me! Robert Violante screamed as the Son of Sam s .44 caliber bullet tore through his temple (Mitchell p.15). At this moment Robert Violante must have asking himself why this was happening, what could cause someone to do something so atrocious? This paper examines issues related to the definition and study of serial murder. It probes the minds ...
- 683: Owens Valley Aquaduct
- ... of extortion that Eaton had planned to take. Consequently, Mulholland exhorted city to refuse the purchase of the vital plots of land owned by Eaton, and order a further appropriation of the Owens River.(Mattson, Robert) This diversion in the route of the aqueduct would result in the desolation of the new sites of land, and further destroying the valley lands. In 1905, a bond was issued by the city of ... down and fed the growing population of Los Angeles. Despite Mulholland’s dire prediction of imminent water famine, Los Angeles did not find the need to draw all the water from the Owens River.(Mattson, Robert) During the course of the eight years of constructing the aqueduct, the city’s population had more than doubled with no evident strain on the regular water supply. The corruption that manifested within the scheme ...
- 684: Gas Laws (cemistry)
- ... the structures and behavior of the two condensed phases, the solids and the liquids Pressure and the Law of Boyle Quantitative measurements on gases were first made in a rational manner by the English chemist Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691). The instruments used by Boyle to measure pressure were two: the manometer, which measures differences in pressure, and the barometer, which measures the total pressure of the atmosphere. A manometer is simply ... constant everywhere so that the temperatures of other things could be measured relative to it. Suggested fixed temperatures included that of boiling water, that of melting butter, and the apparently uniform temperature of deep cellars. Robert Boyle knew of the thermometer, and also was aware that a gas expands when heated. However, since no quantitative temperature scale then existed he could not, and did not, determine the relationship between degree of ...
- 685: America and the Computer Industry
- ... field. The first computers were made with vacuum tubes, but by the late 1950Ős computers were being made out of transistors, which were smaller, less expensive, more reliable, and more efficient (Shallis, 40). In 1959, Robert Noyce, a physicist at the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, invented the integrated circuit, a tiny chip of silicon that contained an entire electronic circuit. Gone was the bulky, unreliable, but fast machine; now computers began to ... everyoneŐs life easier by doing difficult work for people. The computer truly is one of the most incredible inventions in history. Works Cited Chposky, James. Blue Magic. New York: Facts on File Publishing. 1988. Cringley, Robert X. Accidental Empires. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Publishing, 1992. Dolotta, T.A. Data Processing: 1940-1985. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1985. Fluegelman, Andrew. ŇA New WorldÓ, MacWorld. San Jose, Ca: MacWorld Publishing, February, 1984 ...
- 686: Multicultural Education
- ... who are now dead, the choices are certainly limited. If we try to avoid these truths or sidestep them in any way, we cannot honestly say we are giving an accurate description of our history. Robert Hassinger agrees with Gannon and adds that we cannot ignore the contributions of DWEM's for the simple fact that they are just that. He thinks that we should study such things as the rise ... Civic Education Will Take More Than "Social Stew"." The Education Digest Dec. 1991 : 7-9. Gould, Ketayun H. "The Misconstruing of Multiculturalism : The Stanford Debate and Social Work" Social Work Mar. 1995 : 198-204. Hassinger, Robert. "True Multiculturalism." Commonweal 10 April 1992 : 10- 11. New York State Social Studies Review and Development Committee "Multicultural Education Benefits All Students." Education in America - Opposing Viewpoints. CA : Greenhaven, 1992. 144-150. Pyszkowski, Irene S ...
- 687: Camus The Outsider Vs. Bolts A
- ... could a deeply religious, devout Christian nobleman and an existential, indifferent common man separated by roughly four hundred years have in common? Furthermore, what could Sir Thomas More, an eventual saintly martyr as portrayed in Robert Bolt s A Man For All Seasons, and Albert Camus Meursault from The Outsider, an apparent murderer who does not believe in God, possibly have in common? For starters, both men have led similar lives ... with his liege because his prayer is that important to him. Norfolk is indignant at this behaviour, What sort of fooling is this? Does the king visit you every day (A Man For All Seasons, Robert Bolt, Act One, p. 26). Also, according to his Steward Sir Thomas rises at six ... and prays for an hour and a half , During Lent ... he lived entirely on bread and water and He goes ...
- 688: Jimmy Carter: The 39th President of the United States
- ... election in 1970. While still in office, Jimmy decided he would take his turn to run for the presidency of 1976. He chose Walter Mondale to be his running mate and defeated Gerald Ford and Robert Dole with an electoral vote of 297 to 241. Jimmy served as the 39th president of the United States until 1980 when he was defeated by Ronald Reagan (Young Students 156-172) (Grolier). In 1972 ... Blumenthal (1977-1979), G. William Miller (1979-1981) Secretary of Defense: Harold Brown Attorney General: Griffin B. Bell (1977-1979), Benjamin R. Civiletti (1979-1981) Secretary of the Interior: Cecil D. Andrus Secretary of Agriculture: Robert S. Bergalnd Secretary of Commerce: Juanita M. Kreps (1977-1979), Philip Klutznick (1979-1981) Secretary of Labor: F. Ray marshall Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare: Joseph A. Califano, Jr. . (1977-1979), Patricia R. Harris ...
- 689: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
- ... of houses and that nobody would have privacy anymore. People started seeing the good in these rays when for the first time, a New Hampshire hospital diagnosed a bone fracture. In Dartmouth Massachusetts, Edwin Brant Frost produced a plate of a fracture in a man named Eddie McCarthy and gave it to his brother, Dr. Gilman Dubois Frost. Obviously, Professor Roentgen became a very famous, and busy man. Dr. Roentgen refused to patent his discovery and wouldn t take any commercial offers relating to them. He did accept most of his honors, though ...
- 690: Prince William
- ... after a line of William's in the British Royal throne. One of these, for "History-to-History" sake, is King William, "the Conqueror." Born around 1028, King William was the illegitimate son of Duke Robert I of Normandy, and Herleve, daughter of a tanner in Falaise. Known as 'William the Bastard' to his contemporaries, his illegitimacy shaped his career when he was young. On his father's death in 1035 ... William spent long periods on his Domesday Book, in Normandy to maintain his authority there, dealing with rebellions and French invasions. King William died in 1087 in Normandy, leaving his duchy to his eldest son, Robert and England to his next surviving son, King Rufus. Once, commentator, Julie Burchill, expressed a common feeling when she said, "I hope for the best for Wills, but I would be very surprised if he ...
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