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- 5161: Al Capone
- ... his left cheek. Capone often lied about how he got the scar. On December 18, 1918, Capone was married at the age of 19, to a 21 year old Irish girl named Mae Coughlin. A short time later Albert Francis Capone was born to the couple. At the same time this was going on, in New York, Johnny Torrio moved his operations to Chicago. Torrio's prospects in New York looked ...
- 5162: The Dropping of The Atomic Bomb: Was It The Best Way to End The War?
- ... body even later. He says that it is the cruelest that there are still many people who are suffering from the aftereffect of radiation even more than fifty years later after the war.(127) In short, he affirms that the injury by the atomic bomb is the cruelest and most inhumane of all the weapons the international law prohibits to use. The atomic bomb indiscriminately killed the extraordinary citizens and has ...
- 5163: Will Computers Control Humans In The Future?
- ... reliance on computers by portraying a futuristic world where computers control humans. One of the images which Asimov describes in the book is that humans might become too dependent on computers. In one of the stories, Profession, Asimov writes about people being educated by computer programs designed to educate effortlessly a person. According to the Profession story people would no longer read books to learn and improve their knowledge. People would ...
- 5164: The Conquest of the Aztec Empire
- ... activities (Cortes 334-335). Both the Spanish culture and their religion, Christianity, became irrevocably entrenched on the American continent. Although so much of the Aztec culture had been destroyed, the survivors continued to pass down stories of the golden age of the Aztecs, as well as those of their bitter conquest. Some of this tradition was written down into manuscripts which provide some of the knowledge that has survived to the ...
- 5165: The Atrocities of the Vietnam War
- ... and recuperation, were given to units with exceptional body counts. With this incentive, it was only natural that soldiers would kill as many as possible in order to leave the front lines for even a short period of time. One soldier, upon hearing a defense of American policy of protecting the South Vietnamese, responded, "All thats just a load, man. Were here to kill gooks. Period" (Appy 228). Quantification ...
- 5166: The Renaissance Period
- ... buildings, the subjects always came from antiquity, such as Plato and Socrates. The bodies of Raphaels figures were muscular and idealized and full of motion and gestures, further adding to the realism. In the short thirty seven years of his life, Raphael summarized and epitomized the entire course of Italian humanism. Even though Raphael did not live as long as Leonardo or Michelangelo, he will always be ranked along with ...
- 5167: Albert Einstein
- ... but with religion. He avidly studied the Bible seeking truth, but this religious fervor soon died down when he discovered the intrigue of science and math. To him, these seemed much more realistic than ancient stories. With this new knowledge he disliked class even more, and was eventually expelled from Luitpold Gymnasium being considered a disruptive influence. Feeling that he could no longer deal with the German mentality, Einstein moved to ...
- 5168: Medieval Castles
- ... its own walls and was often protected by a moat as well. It contained private apartments, service rooms, weapons supplies, and a well to provide water. Most keeps were rectangular structures from two to four stories high. The entrance doorway was often on the second floor, with access by a stairway protected by a wall or forebuilding. In the Middle East the Crusaders from Europe found keeps that were built with ...
- 5169: Albert Einstein
- ... but with religion. He avidly studied the Bible seeking truth, but this religious fervor soon died down when he discovered the intrigue of science and math. To him, these seemed much more realistic than ancient stories. With this new knowledge he disliked class even more, and was eventually expelled from Luitpold Gymnasium being considered a disruptive influence. Feeling that he could no longer deal with the German mentality, Einstein moved to ...
- 5170: Tupac Amaru And The Comunero Revolt
- ... also participated as leaders in the up-rising. Accomplishments Possibly 100,000 men was the death toll reported after the revolution, and the significance of its outcome I'd say is rather subjective. In the short term, the reaction of the colonial regime to the conflict, once the leaders were punished oufcourse, was to meet various of the rebels' demands. An audiencia was created in Cuzco in 1787, to provide the ...
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