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- 311: Comets
- ... Jupiter, it is strongly attracted to it. Sometimes Jupiter's massive gravitational pull makes comets slam into planets . Comets' nuclei look like dirty snowballs. They are solid, persisting of ice and gas. Most nuclei contain rock, actually, small grains of rock somewhat like rock here on Earth. A nucleus appears to be black in color because it is made up of carbon compounds and sometimes free carbon. Since comet nuclei are so small they are difficult to study ...
- 312: Creative Story: Death Cload
- ... replies the private. Captain Steward squeezes into his cockpit seat like a sardine in a can. Little switches, gauges, and buttons embellish the cockpit, each with a crucial part in flying the aircraft. "Ready to rock n' roll." Steward pulls the Blackbird out of the hanger like a cumbersome Oldsmobile, but only this special Oldsmobile can travel over twice the speed of sound undetected by enemy radar. With a push of the throttle ...
- 313: The Roots of Blues Music
- ... Blues Music Blues is a very important type of music. Most music that you hear today has some form of blues in it. If it wasn't for the blues there wouldn't be any rock and roll, country, rap, pop, or jazz . Blues is also important for African American culture. African Americans were also the people who started the blues. The Blues started in the late 1800's in levee camps or ...
- 314: Marijuana Should Be Legal For Medicinal Reasons Only
- ... in the majority of people’s heads. Yet, time’s are changing! Many people consider marijuana a "teenage thing" used only for the impression of being high, or stoned. Marijuana tends to be linked to rock and roll, death, and crime. For those reasons, it’s continued to be illegal to possess, use, or distribute marijuana. However, marijuana has been proven to be a good medication fighting many life-threatening diseases. Therefore, marijuana ...
- 315: The Avant-Garde Architecture O
- ... in the second half of this century. Some of these projects include the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library in Boston, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. When French President Francois Mitterand “personally selected Mr. Pei in 1983 to design the Grand Louvre to give air, space, and light to one of the world’s most congested ...
- 316: Led Zeppelin
- Led Zeppelin was one of the giants of the 1970’s in hard rock. They were also one of the greatest success stories that ever played hard rock music. The group was one the more popular hard rock groups that performed in the seventies, and even had some hits in the 1960’s. The members of the group are Jimmy Page, born on April 9, 1944, Robert Plant, born on August 24, ...
- 317: The Pencil Box
- ... looking down at all the children through a tiny pair of glasses perched on the end of her nose. And oh, it took all the acting Jane could muster to smile and nod, to not roll her eyes and stick out her tongue when Mrs. Terada presented her with the box. The box sat next to the rattling heat register (that always seemed to work in September, never in December). Under ... that. Who are you? asked Jane, not bothering to say good morning herself. Where s Mrs. Terada? Mrs. Terada s cat choked on a hairball, the man said, chomping on a nine a.m. Tootsie Roll like a cow with its cud. She had to rush Moopsie to the vet. Eww the chocolate was stuck in his teeth. I m the sub today, Mr. Moore. Jane shrugged. Oh. At least now ... Jane, the centerpiece of their torment, felt hot tears swell up in her eyes. Her cheeks burned. She glanced up at Mr. Moore for help but he was eating his 9:30 a.m. Tootsie Roll and was immersed in the sports section. He was no help. So, the children kept circling around her in the darkened room. Finally, she could take it no more. Jane slammed shut the story ...
- 318: Software Licensing and Piracy
- ... the United States Copyright Office began to register software as a form of literary expression. The office based its decision on White-Smith Music Co. v. Apollo , where the Supreme Court determined that a piano roll used in a player piano did not infringe upon copyrighted music because the roll was part of a mechanical device. Since a computer program is textual, like a book, yet also mechanical, like the piano roll in White-Smith, the Copyright Office granted copyright protection under the rule of doubt. In 1974, Congress created the Natural Commission on New Technological Uses (CONTU) to investigate whether the evolving computer technology field ...
- 319: A Remarkable Woman Of The Earl
- ... in her small cabin. The Jackson's only had one child and passed away in infancy. While living here on lower Oak Creek, Mrs. Jackson named House Mountain. At this time, there was a tall rock chimney at one end of the mountain formation which was later destroyed by a bolt of lightning. Captain Jackson died on February 22nd, 1892, and was buried Middle Verde Cemetery, near Camp Verde. Three years ... Dumas lover her acquired son most dearly, just as if it were her own. She gave a very good home to this wandering boy of sixteen years. In 1905 the family moved to the Red Rock Country on a ranch at the foot of Court House Rock, adjoining the old Schuerman Ranch. One of Mother Dumas' closest and dearest friend was Mrs. James Tompson, mother of Charles and Albert Tompson. Their friendship was long and lasting, their visits extended over three ...
- 320: Elvis Presley
- ... reclusive. He gained weight and took various prescription drugs. He died of heart failure in Memphis on Aug. 16, 1977. He is the best of the millennium because he was the king ( the king of rock and roll that is). He inspired many people and brought on a new form of music. Even now people know his name.
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