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- 771: Alchemy
- ... daytime, he frequently encountered them in the public libraries, buried in gigantic folios, and in the evening they might be seen pacing the solitary bridges with eyes fixed in vague contemplation upon the first pale stars of night. A long cloak usually covered the meager limbs, and their untrimmed beards and matted locks lent them a wild appearance. They walked with a solemn and measured gait, and used the figures of ...
- 772: A Hero Among Men, A Man Among
- ... not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die.” This open invitation to join Ulysses in his last heroic voyage seals the bond between the reader and the speaker, Ulysses. These lines encourage the reader, supplying the courage to fight the ...
- 773: Obidiah
- ... lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your Godˇ¨? ˇ§Though you exalt yourself as high as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the Lordˇ¨(Obad 1:4). How easy it must have been for a nation destine from the womb to be lesser than, serve and even loved less ...
- 774: Nikola Tesla
- ... At this point, the press started to exaggerate Tesla's claims. Tesla reported that he had received radio signals from Mars and Venus. Today we know that he was actually receiving the signals from distant stars, but too little was known about the universe at that time. Instead, the press had a field day with his "outrageous" claims. In his Manhattan lab, Tesla made the earth into an electric tuning fork ...
- 775: Women Rights
- ... school of choice and become something. When you ask that little girl what she wants to be when she grows up, she is no longer influenced by society's discriminations, she can reach for the stars.
- 776: The Telescope
- ... the Venentian Senate in August, and turned a twenty-powered instrument to the heavens on October or November. With this instument he oberserved the moon, discovered four satellites of Jupiter and resolved nebular patches into stars. This was just the beginning of many discoveries by the telescope. As you can see, the telescope has changed the world greatly. Not just by using the telescope for all it’s uses, but also ...
- 777: 20s And 30s
- ... became more down to earth. Aaron Coplandˇ¦s ˇ§Fanfareˇ¨ best exemplifies this for the common man. In the 1930s, high culture influenced pop culture. It offered an escape into the high and exotic life. Movie stars like Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, and Fred Astaire offered an escape from the harshness of life. Jazz was still the popular form of music, but it advanced into Big Bands, jazz orchestras that played in ...
- 778: Pyramids
- ... holes, you see two eyes retuning your stare, the blank gaze of a life size statue of Djoser sitting on the throne. The holes are there for the pharaoh to look out perhaps at the stars in the northern sky called the Imperishables because they never set. Many believe that the building of Djoser's pyramid complex, which was accomplished by hundreds of workers from across the land, served to join ...
- 779: This Is Audie Murphy
- ... Second Oak Leaf Cluster; Legion of Merit; Good Conduct Medal; Distinguished Unit Emblem with First Oak Leaf Cluster; American Campaign Medal; European-Aftrican-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one silver service star, three bronze service stars and one bronze service arrowhead; World War II Victory Medal; Combat Infantry Badge; Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar; Expert Badge with Bayonet Bar; French Fourragere in Colors of the Croix de Guerre; French Legion of ...
- 780: Hee
- ... influencing the same industry with his own vision and imagination. King’s writings are so widely appealing that over 42 of his works have been based upon or turned into Hollywood movies which have included stars like Jack Nicholson (The Shining), John Travolta (Carrie), and Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption). Works Cited Beaham , George . Stephen King Companion , The . Kansas City : Universal Press Syndicate Company , 1995 . Beaham , George . Stephen King Story, The ...
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