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- 221: Anne Frank
- ... some time, and had noted their strong desire towards the expansion of Nazi rule. I myself must admit that I knew nothing of the terror we were about to face. Soon Jews were wearing Yellow stars on their chests, not allowed into public places, not allowed to associate with non-Jews, and finally being deported to "work camps". Since Otto and his family were Jewish, I began worrying about their safety ... to miss a great deal of school, social gatherings, and the normal events that teenaged girls attend. I knew Anne in particular would not be happy about the move, because of her love for movie stars, boys, and friends which she would not be able to indulge while living in closed quarters. I was relieved however to learn that not only I would have the knowledge of this plan, but Otto ...
- 222: The Sun
- The Sun Of all the stars in our galaxy we find our Sun the most important. For the sun supports life on earth and keeps the planets in a certain "line".Without the sun we could not survive. History of the Sun People have studied the stars since day one. Many cultures have studied and worshiped the sun. This was the earliest form of studying the moon. In 1611Galileo, using the telescope that he invented, discovered dark spots on the moon. Galileo ...
- 223: Drug Abuse
- ... and solvents), these are very dangerous substances to inhale, sometimes causing permanent brain damage. Are messages not getting through to the kids of the future that drugs lead to a dead end in life. Sports stars, which are role models for today's youth are constantly being caught with illicit substances. One case in point is the NBA's rookie of the year, 76ers guard, Allen Iverson was recently arrested for possession of a handgun and marijuana, is this the kind of person we really want our kids looking up to. Being at the top has its price, which many actors and sports stars seem to take as a free right to abuse drugs and get away with it. Drugs are a plague on a society that already has enough problems on its hands. Overdoses are now filling up ...
- 224: Biograhy of Arnold Schwarzenegger
- ... a German accent, has an almost unpronounceable last name, and is freakishly large, he is accepted as a part of American Culture, and looked upon as an American Icon. "While generations of would-be movie stars were compelled to Anglicise their names, this one sports the least pronounceable, most problematic moniker ever to emblazon an American movie marquee" (Hoberman 24). Despite Schwarzenegger's resolve to leave his name unchanged, he goes ... to represent the image of a hero for the eighties and nineties" (Flynn 13). However, the most important portrayal of Schwarzenegger is his comedic personality. This portrayal is what sets him apart from other action stars (Stallone, Van Damme, Segal, etc.). "Even in his most brutal action films, it's his sense of humor that distinguishes him from Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris and other denizens of the death and destruction genre ...
- 225: The Work of Robert Frost
- ... Complete Poems of Frost: the universe in question is presented as a grim, bleak place, but the longer one stares at it the warmer it seems, and the more capable of justifying itself beneath the stars. By an almost illicit process it manages in the end to sing sweetly of itself--not sentimentally, or as if it leaned upon illusion, but with a deep sweetness that truth cannot disturb. For truth ... the two-door burrow at his back. So Frost himself can reflect upon the triple bronze that guards him from infinity: his skin, his house, and his country. If he is greatly interested in the stars, and no poet is more so, the reason is that they are another world which he can see from this one, and accept or challenge as the mood of the moment dictates. They burn in ...
- 226: Harry Shippe Truman
- Harry Shippe Truman When Harry Truman was about five years old, his family noticed he was having eye troubles. With these eye problems, Harry wasn't able to see stars or the falling dust from fireworks. Harry never noticed this. When his mother got his first pair of glasses, they were thick glass in which the doctor said that he shouldn't run hard or play in many sports with them on. Harry saw a whole new world when he first got the glasses. He would stare for hours just looking at the bright stars. But, Harry's fun with the glasses soon ended when he went to school. The other kids would tease him about the glasses because he was the only one in the class with glasses. The ...
- 227: Benjamin Banneker
- ... 1771, he began to make calculations in the field of astronomy. In the science of astronomy, Banneker was entirely self-taught. He wanted to find answers to his questions about the mysterious movements of the stars and cycles of the moon. In colonial times, most families owned an almanac. Farmers read their almanacs so they would know when to see their soil, when to plow, and when they could expect rain ... s day that taught themselves astronomy and published their own almanacs. They didn t think it was possible for a black man-free or slave-to be smart enough to calculate the movements of the stars the way Banneker did. Banneker was determined to create an almanac that would be the first of its kind. Therefore, he spent close to a year observing the sky every night. He plotted the cycles ...
- 228: In Romeo And Juliet Who Is To
- ... have forgotten what the feud is about, yet this does not stop the rivalry between the whole families. Fate is a major contributor to the deaths in the play. The future is predestined from the stars, at the beginning in the prologue some characters are destined to die. "Doth with their death" their death however ends any future deaths because the two families put the feud behind them and look to ... dead before the letter arrives. He goes back to Verona and finds an Apothecary willing to give him a toxic potion. He thinks that he can alter what fate wants to happen "I defy you stars". The reason that fate plays a big role in the play has a lot to do with the time the play was written. The play was written in 1595 during the Elizabethan period when fate ...
- 229: Abraham of Chaldea
- ... encourage Abram through a distinct and detailed repetition of former promises He had made and by a solemn covenant contracted between himself and God. God told him his seed should be as numerous as the stars of heaven, that his posterity should grow up into a nation under foreign bondage, and that after four hundred years they should come up and possess the land in which he sojourned. After living in ... Lord Will Provide." 23 After this, the angel of the Lord called Abraham a second time and said, "Because you have done this, I will indeed bless you. I will Multiply you descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand on the seashore. They shall possess the gate of their enemies, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed by them, because you have obeyed my voice ...
- 230: Policy Profile of Senator Richard Lugar
- ... thousands of federal employees will be placed on furlow because the government will be unable to make the payroll without proper appriations by the President and Congress. However, there does seem to be some shining stars out there. Senator Richard Lugar may be one of those stars. Richard Lugar is a quite recent appointtee to the Senate's Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. It has been the duty and focus of this committee to develop and forge an acceptable budget measure within ...
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