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- 491: Heilner's "Beneath the Wheel" and Me
- ... come once more to mark the end of my academic morning, and the beginning of my lunch period. After paying my one dollar for a small cherry vita-pup slush drink and a strawberry fruit roll-up, I would take my place at the usual lunch table. The next forty-five minutes were always used as an escape from the labor and frustration of the academic world. Whether my time was ... be gained "...from being first or second in class...." After all, is it worth the agony of competition if you can be "...twentieth and just as smart as any of [them]...." Hermann Heilner plays the roll of a student in a national German academy that only a few students are able to enter each year. Entrance requires rigorous testing, and only the brightest of children are accepted. Heilner is looked upon ...
- 492: Abbey, and His Fear of Progress
- ... used to be; at once-lush forests now clear-cut into lunar landscapes-or at huge dams on once-free rivers. Abbey loved the land so much that he wanted to be buried under a rock, in a sleeping bag, in the middle of the desert (Sandlin 11). Carved into the rock reads (Little 35): Works Cited Little, Charles E. "Books for the Wilderness." Wilderness. Summer 1994: 34-35. Sandlin, Tim. "Nightmare Abbey." The New York Times Book Review. 1994, December 11. Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus ...
- 493: Benito Mussolini and His Impact on World War 2
- ... s principal foothold outside its island base, might be turned to her decisive disadvantage. Hitler suggested to Mussolini that Spain might be coaxed on the axis side, thus giving Germany free use of the British Rock of Gibraltar, by offering Franco part of French North Africa, and that France might be persuaded to accept that concession by compensation with parts of British West Africa. Mussolini seemed enthusiastic and very understandable why ... and Mussolini climbed into it, the pilot was shocked. With both men in it the plane would probably crash. Yet Skorzeny insisted they go ahead. The plane bounced along g the meadow, brushed off a rock and staggered over the edge of the plateau. It dropped through the thin air, but made its way to Rome. From Rome, Mussolini was flown o Vienna and finally to Wolfs lair, Hitlers ...
- 494: Us Presidents 30-42
- ... Supreme Court. Inclined to take the legally defensible but morally dubious position of acquiescing in delaying tactics, Eisenhower was obliged to act when a Southern mob obstructed token integration of a high school in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957. His initial efforts to get state authorities to enforce a federal court order were fruitless. So he dispatched military units to Little Rock and secured compliance with bayonets. The sullen attitude of local whites discouraged Eisenhower from further efforts at integration either by coercion or any other method. The adverse effect of his indecisiveness on African Americans was ...
- 495: The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
- ... He washed dishes at his fraternity house and saved money from summer jobs to help pay for his expenses. One of those summer jobs he had was as a lifeguard on the banks of the Rock River. It was a role that allowed him to shine. All day, seven days a week Reagan- lean, tall, and tan-would demand counter stage at Lowell Park. From 1927 through 1932, Reagan pulled 77 people from the swift Rock River current. "Without question Dad's (Reagan) acting career prepared him well for politics- but not in the way you might think. The acting profession didn't just teach him how to carry himself on ...
- 496: Important African American Figures
- ... National Emigration Convention 1854 to aid black people's emigration to Africa and was the first black to attain rank of major in U.S. Army during American Civil War Bates, Daisy and the Little Rock Nine were U.S. civil rights figures. Bates was born in Huttig, Ark.and cofounder of Arkansas State Press in 1941. She was president of Arkansas chapter of NAACP in 1957 during Little Rock school integration crisis and while state guardsmen, at Governor Orville Faubus's request, she blocked black students from entering high school buildings. Bates stood firm with students and was arrested along with nine black students ...
- 497: Benito Mussolini
- ... s principal foothold outside its island base, might be turned to her decisive disadvantage. Hitler suggested to Mussolini that Spain might be coaxed on the axis side, thus giving Germany free use of the British Rock of Gibraltar, by offering Franco part of French North Africa, and that France might be persuaded to accept that concession by compensation with parts of British West Africa.4 Mussolini seemed enthusiastic and very understandable ... and Mussolini climbed in it, the pilot was shocked. With both men in it the plane would probably crash. Yet Skorzeny insisted that they go ahead. The plane bounced along the meadow, brushed off a rock and staggered over the edge of the plateau. It dropped through the thin air, but made its way to Rome.9 From Rome, Mussolini was flown to Vienna and finally to Wolfs lair ...
- 498: Benito Mussolini's Rise and Fall to Power
- ... s principal foothold outside its island base, might be turned to her decisive disadvantage. Hitler suggested to Mussolini that Spain might be coaxed on the axis side, thus giving Germany free use of the British Rock of Gibraltar, by offering Franco part of French North Africa, and that France might be persuaded to accept that concession by compensation with parts of British West Africa".4 Mussolini seemed enthusiastic and very understandable ... and Mussolini climbed in it, the pilot was shocked. With both men in it the plane would probably crash. Yet Skorzeny insisted that they go ahead. The plane bounced along the meadow, brushed off a rock and staggered over the edge of the plateau. It dropped through the thin air, but made it's way to Rome."9 From Rome, Mussolini was flown to Vienna and finally to Wolf's lair ...
- 499: The Life of Jackie Robinson
- ... of Education Supreme Court decision mandating integration. Jackie decided to write a letter to President Eisenhower to encourage him to take action against Arkansas Governor Orbal Faubus, whom was trying to prevent schools in Little Rock from integrating. (Jackie Robinson and the Civil Rights) 1963 was possibly Jackie Robinson's most active year in the Civil Rights Movement. In May of 1963 Jackie traveled with Martin Luther King to Birmingham, Alabama ... his mentor Jackie Robinson. Today we must balance the tears of sorrow with the tears of joy, mix the Bitter with the sweet in death and life. Jackie as a figure in history was a rock in the water, creating concentric Circles and ripples of new possibility. He was medicine. He was Immunized by God from catching the diseases that he fought. The Lord's arms of protection enabled him to ...
- 500: The Time Machine
- ... and this time he travels through both World War 1 and World War 2. And finds out the world is all most destroyed by war. He finds himself trapped under layers and layers of molten rock and he keeps shooting through time hoping that time will ware away the rock and free him. He finally ends up in the year 802,701 A. D. He finds himself in a world of flowers and trees. He gets off of the time machine and starts to wander ...
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