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- 7581: Slavery - Events That Effected Slavery
- ... the slaves had to pick the cotton it would prick them and slow the picking down tremendously. Then a man named Eli Whitney invented a machine called the Cotton Gin. The Cotton Gin cleaned the short sticky fibers of the upland cotton. Metal teeth simply pulled the fibers from the seeds. The invention of this machine made the cotton economy soar. This increased the need for slaves. They needed more slaves ...
- 7582: Teddy Roosevelt
- ... Massachusetts and his private secretary George Cortelyou, the carraige was struck by an out-of-control trolley car. The impact instantly killed on of Roosevelt's bodyguards, and badly injured Roosevelt's leg. After a short rest at Oyster Bay, he once again attempted to take to the campaign trail. The leg quickly became infected, and emergency surgery became necessary to save his leg, and possibly his life. After the surgery ...
- 7583: The Aging Process
- ... Women have a life expectancy of 78.3 years and men 71.1 years. Yet these figures have very little to do with potential life expectancy, because most people have their life altered and cut short from disease and disability, not from aging. No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year. -- Cicero (106-43 B.C.) It is still true that approximately 70% of all ...
- 7584: The Heroic Code (from The Ilia
- ... distinguishes him from the regular citizen, his honorable deeds are what make him a model Trojan. He possesses a lack of regard for his own life, but for good reason. Hektor would rather live a short heroic life, and keep his name in good standing for his wife and son, than be known as a coward. He knows that if he is killed, Andromache will be made a slave so he ...
- 7585: The Greeks Versus Their Gods I
- ... From this, we can see that the gods often did not treat the humans very well. In a way, Poseidon treats Theseus well by granting his wish for the death of Hippolytus. This joy is short-lived, however, when he discovers that he has been fooled by the tricks of Aphrodite. Why the gods would treat the humans this way is a somewhat complicated question. An easy answer would be that ...
- 7586: The Great Gatsby 14
- ... impress t Nick and prove himself correct so that he could fit in and look like a man with a normal past. Even though Gatsby was out to impress Nick with his proof and his stories, this disturbed Nick because this proof that Gatsby was showing him made Nick feel that he was trying to hide something. Gatsby also tries to impress Nick by telling him how, as a young man ...
- 7587: The Great Gatsby 13
- ... flares that usually have destructive results. Fitzgerald writes, Some time towards midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face, discussing whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy s name . Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke [Myrtle s] nose with his open hand (Ch. 2, pg. 37). Controlling human emotions is a very difficult thing to do. Many people often fail in doing so; therefore, they ...
- 7588: The Grapes Of Wrath 6
- ... George and Lennie never had their dreams come true. When they arrived at the homestead for work; George and Lennie at once felt hostility from the ranch owner's son Curley. Curley was a sinister short-tempered man possessing little physical stature. From Curleys first encounter with Lennie, Curley was looking for an excuse to fight the simple-minded Lennie. "Curley develops a hatred for the bigger man which will be ...
- 7589: The Essence Of Hamlet
- ... live again. Subsequently, we are made aware that Hamlet's critique of man is largely a result of his displeasure in observing their behavior. When dealing with individuals, we will see that his generalizations fall short of infallibility. Clearly, then, there is something about the soul of man that warrants much fear, puzzlement, and respect, for man is "like an angel in apprehension" and "like a god" (II.ii.290-91 ...
- 7590: The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
- ... of the problems with this one was with supplying the troops. In the air, Castro had easily won superiority over the invading force. His fast moving T-33s, although unimpressive by today's standards, made short work of the slow moving B-26s of the invading force. On Tuesday, two were shot out of the sky and by Wednesday the invaders had lost 10 of their 12 aircraft. With air power ...
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