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- 741: The "Hemingway Hero"
- ... Engaged to one man and in love with another, Brett demonstrates her disregard for the 1920's double standards. Very early in the beginning of the novel, she reveals to Jake that she had invited Robert Cohn to go with her on a trip to San Sebastian. Cohn, a Jewish, middle aged writer disillusioned with his life in Paris, wants to escape to South America where he envisions meeting the ebony ... and has become dependent on her attention and affection. In his rampant drunkenness, Mike blasts Cohn: "'What if Brett did sleep with you? She's slept with lots of better people than you. Tell me Robert, Why do you follow Brett around like a poor bloody steer? Don't you know you're not wanted?'" (143, Ch. 13). Cohn is like an adolescent, as he vainly ignores the truth and continues ...
- 742: The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
- ... and as far as his ability will take him" and pointed to his own meager beginning as proof. Endnotes 1 Cannon Lou, Reagan (New York, G.P. Puttman's Sons, 1982) p.23 2 Zleleny Robert O. World Book of America's Presidents; Portraits of the President (Chicago Illinois, Merchandise Mart Plaza, 1989 by World Book) p.242 3 Cannon Lou, Reagan (New York, G.P. Puttman's Sons, 1982) p ... Whitehouse" (no date avaliable): Online Internet, 23 Febuary 1999. Avaliable at www. Whitehouse.com p.2. David Willamson, Debertts Presidents of the United States of American (Topfield MA, Salem House Publishers, 1989) p. 195-198. Robert O. Zeleny, World Book of America's Presidents Portraits of the Presidents (Chicago Illinois, Merchandise Mart Plaza, 1989, by world Book) p.242-249.
- 743: Ernest Hemingways The Sun Also
- ... he delivers them in a way that we like (4). His morals are hard to understand unless you can achieve his state of mind. The main characters of the novel are Jake Barnes, Brett Ashley, Robert Cohn, and Pedro Romero. While the characters are realistically drawn, each has a sort of representative quality that defines his or her relationship with the group and with the age in which the novel is set. Jake Barnes has his war wound, which robs him of the ability to have sex though not the desire; he is capable of survival and communication though not regeneration. Robert Cohn's Jewishness marks him for exclusion and underlines the snobbishness of this circle even in its apparent informality. However, he is alienated more by his stubborn chivalry and romanticism, expressed in his constant seriousness ...
- 744: Reproductive Medicine
- ... s of the mistake one week into the pregnancy, and Donna continued to carry both embryos to full term, giving birth to twin boys, one white and one black, in December of 1999. Deborah and Robert Rogers were also patients at the same clinic, and believe the black child is their son. The boys are surrounded by legal and ethical disputes; the Rogers demanding that they are the biological parents and ... s of the mistake one week into the pregnancy, and Donna continued to carry both embryos to full term, giving birth to twin boys, one white and one black, in December of 1999. Deborah and Robert Rogers were also patients at the same clinic, and believe the black child is their son. The boys are surrounded by legal and ethical disputes; the Rogers demanding that they are the biological parents and ...
- 745: Leggatt As An Independent Char
- ... portrayal depends entirely on how the captain (as narrator) perceives him, and that he deserves to be treated as the individual being that he is. Many of Conrad's critics, most notably Albert J. Guerard , Robert W. Stallmann , have taken the view that Leggatt, of the novella "The Secret Sharer," is either some sort of symbol of the captain's dark side, a kind of role model for the captain, or ... Sea. New York: National University Publications, 1976. Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer. New York: Bantam Books, 1981. Graver, Lawrence. Conrad's Short Fiction. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. Karl, Frederick Robert. Joseph Conrad: The Three Lives. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1979. Watts, Cedric. A Preface to Conrad. 2nd ed. New York: Longman Publishing, 1993.
- 746: Walking Across Egypt
- ... her age whether or not she is physically able to do them, simply because people associate age with inability and dependence upon others. Her family and friends are expecting and encouraging this dependence.Elaine and Robert, Mattie's two unmarried children, along with other family and friends, are encouraging her to be what they expect a seventy-eight year old woman to be. They talk about how she needs to get ... as she seems to think. When she decided to try and help a young juvenile, Wesley Benfield, become a better person by taking him to church and offering him to stay the night with her, Robert thought that Mattie was sick. Pearl Turnage, Mattie's older sister, has given in to the stereotypes that are now plaguing Mattie, and insists that she do the same. In fact, she invites Mattie to ...
- 747: The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy or Single-gunman?
- ... that there was another gunman, which makes this a conspiracy. Someday, it would be nice if the truth is revealed about who fired the bullets, and how many gunmen there actually were. Bibliography 1. Harris, Robert. "The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: A Reassessment of Original Testimony and Evidence." 2. Harris, Robert. "The Single Bullet Theory: A Question of Probability." 3. Newman, John. "Oswald and the CIA." Carroll and Graf Publishers, Inc. New York: 1995. 4. Summers, Anthony. "Conspiracy." McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York: 1981. 5 ...
- 748: Affirmative Action
- By: Jack Frost E-mail: frost@hotmail.com Politics is assuming command of the American economy in the form of pervasive "equal opportunity" enforcement. In today's society, everyone is supposed to be equal and have equal rights, but in employment ...
- 749: Analysis Of The Kingdom Of Mat
- ... Burhgers church enforced the dominance of men through incorporating their domestic authority into church ritual. With Elijah men sat at the head of the pew and his father and uncles were church trustees. Even though Robert Matthew s church had an egalitarian dissolution of power and wealth , patriarchal roles were reinforced by men leading their families into church and all the authority figures being male. They were taught that God governed ... a huge role in the history of the kingdom. As Matthias was a carpenter he saved his money, and after he was accused of assaulting a girl he returned to Coila in eighteen twelve were Robert Thompson helped him open a business that was successful. However, as Matthew s began to bring in small parts of big city luxury to Coila and as the small town experienced them and began to ...
- 750: Nixon's Program of Detente was the Reason for the Decline of World Conflict in the 1970's
- ... Horse, The KLF, and Pink Floyd Bibliography Bailey, Thomas A., The American Pageant. Lexington: DC Heath and Co., 1991 Barnett, A.Doak, A New US Policy Towards China. Washington DC: The Brookings Inst. 1971 Blum, Robert, The United States and China in World Affairs. New York: Hill Book Co. 1966 Nixon, Richard, US Foreign Policy for the 1970's. Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1970 Scheer, Robert, America After Nixon. New York: Hill Book Co. 1974 Toledano, Ralph de, One Man Alone. New York: Funk & Wagnals. 1969
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