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- 391: Ernest Miller Hemingway
- ... was happening, mischievous Ernest made something happen. He would sometimes use forbidden words just to create a ruckus. Ernest, though wild and crazy, was a warm, caring individual. He loved the sea, mountains and the stars and hated anyone who he saw as a phoney. During World War I, Ernest, rejected from service because of a bad left eye, was an ambulance driver, in Italy, for the Red Cross. Very much ...
- 392: Bram Stoker
- ... There were troubles with Irving's establishment and a fire destroyed part of the theater (including some important scenery) and Irving eventually sold it. Stoker did manage however to publish "The Jewel of the 7 Stars" in 1903, and it was a novel based on the information given to Stoker by an Egyptologist. In 1905 Henry Irving died, leaving the aging Stoker without a steady jot for the first time in ...
- 393: Columbus's Voyage
- ... latitude. This argument is a killer for the celestial hypothesis, and was first made by Rear Admiral Bob McNitt (USN) in 1992. Well then, could Columbus have corrected his compasses by checking them against the stars -- and thus avoid the need for course corrections? This would have been possible in theory, but we know that Columbus could not have actually done this. On his return voyage in 1493, Columbus started from ...
- 394: The Holocaust
- ... in lands controlled by Nazi Germany. The SS deployed 3000 death squads, or "Einstagruppen", to dispatch Jews in large numbers ("Holocaust, the." Microsoft Encarta 1996). In September 1941, all Jews were forced to wear yellow Stars of David on their arms or coats. A Jew could be killed with little repercussions for not displaying the Star of David in public. Some of the first Jewish resistance to the Final Solution came ...
- 395: The Holocaust
- ... Angeles, California Here are a few books that are related to the holocaust" The Dairy of Anne Frank " which is a book about a girl that went into hiding during the holocaust." Number of the Stars " is also a great book and the survivor stories help us out with understanding what it was like. There are many Internet sites to visit they include information and many pictures to see what it ...
- 396: Iwo Jima
- ... and sweeping hiding places and seal them with explosives. Around the rim of the crater 150 Japanese bodies were found lying around. On February 23rd 1945, Lt. Harold Schrider and the 28th marines sent the stars and stripes flying. Using a discarded windpipe they raise the U.S. flag at the top of Mt. Suribachi. Soldiers wept and cheered at the sight of the raised U.S. flag. (John Man 117 ...
- 397: The Transition of Religion and Superstition to Science and Technology in the Middle Ages
- ... was thought that God controlled the entire universe, from life to death, from the Creation to Doomsday. At this point in time, the earth was the center of the universe, with all of planets and stars surrounding it. This belief, originated from the Church, was called the heliocentric theory. However, as in every civilization, there were small groups of people who refused to believe what the Church was telling them. The ...
- 398: Ancient Egypt
- ... they developed, they knew how to figure out the volume of a circle or the area of a square. Needs to predict the yearly flooding of the Nile forced them to look carefully at the stars. Their priest-astronomers developed the first 365-day calendar; there were 12 months, three seasons(the Nile flooding season, the planting season, and the harvest season), each month had 30 days and the last month ...
- 399: Curfews
- ... days it seems to early. Most teenagers get done with their dinner, housework, and homework by nine o clock. What if we want to go on a nice walk at night to look at the stars with our relatives, friends, or even our boy/girl friends? We cant because the curfew law applies to us. What happens if your parents approve of you going out after ten o clock p ...
- 400: The Power of Persuasion
- ... able to see that beautiful woman drink that soda and hearing her reaction is why televisions advertising are so successful. Companies use popular and appealing people in most commercials such as, models, movie or television stars, and even professional athletes to endorse their products. They figure if children and even some adults idolize and look up the people in the commercials they will want to use the same products their idols ...
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