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- 12451: The Life of William Shakespeare
- ... William moved to London and became an actor. During the plague when theaters were closed, he wrote his poems, “Venus and Adonis” and “The Rape of Lucrece.” In 1597, he acted with the Lord Chamberlain’s company of players. When the company built the Globe Theater, he became a partner. Shakespeare became very popular. In 1597, he purchased on of the largest houses in Stratford, called New Place. It was next door to Thomas Nash’s house. Thomas Nash became William’s granddaughter’s first husband. Her name was Elizabeth Hall. William’s first daughter, Susanna married physician, John Hall in 1607. William established his wife and two daughters in New Place. He became a leading ...
- 12452: Women's Suffrage In New Zealand
- Women's Suffrage In New Zealand New Zealand is the first country in the world grants the women the vote. This is a major advance towards equality for women, and has an important influence on the worldwide ... women gave a new hope and encouragement for all the women in the world struggling for emancipation. America, Australia, Britain followed New Zealand to give the women political rights. During the fight for the women's suffrage movement, the New Zealand Women' Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) played a prominent role in leading enfranchisement of women in a successful campaign. The WCTU is the first national's organization for New Zealand women in the early 1890s. Urban middle-class women led the WCTU, drawing the idea from overseas organizations particularly in America. One of USA temperance leaders, Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt, ...
- 12453: Medicare in the '96 Elections
- Medicare in the '96 Elections Among the many differences between President Bill Clinton (Democrat) and Presidential Candidate Bob Dole (Republican), lays a common debate topic, Healthcare. The issue is the fact that funding in Medicare's budget will not last but another four years. Both Republicans and Democrats have ideas on how this budget should be reformed, but the two have not yet come to a median resolution. In the beginning of the Presidential campaign Medicare was a hot topic. It will be shown that as Election Day drew nearer Republicans were forced to attack President Clinton's policy because they had no substantial plan of their own. Prior to 1965, payment for a particular medical service was paid for either directly by the recipient of the care or by the recipient's insurance company. Usually to get full coverage or even coverage with a low premium the rates are outrageous. For this reason many poor, elderly and severely disabled Americans were unable to receive proper medical ...
- 12454: The Presidency and Inexperience
- ... as head of state, the president receives representatives of other governments and performs a variety of ceremonial duties such as holding state dinners and bestowing the Medal of Honor. (Neustadt 84) In fact the President’s activities as head of state are not limited to the White House and Washington, D.C. He is expected to travel within the country and also travel extensively abroad and appear before the people of ... This is especially the case with a newly elected President who, so to speak, does not ‘know the ropes’. And indeed, this can cause many problems that reflect negatively on, among other things, the U.S. economy. In fact such as the case with Ronald Reagan, where it was rumored, the administration was run by advisors and heavily influenced by moneys from special interests. In providing leadership in legislation, more than ... offer recommendations. As chief diplomat, the president deals directly with the heads of foreign governments. Summit meetings with leaders of the former Soviet Union and its successor states and meetings with leaders of the country's principal allies have become a recurrent experience for recent presidents. Presidents preside over the negotiation of major treaties with other countries, such as the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977-78 or the Nuclear Test- ...
- 12455: The Arab's Responsibility For The Arab-Israel Conflict
- The Arab's Responsibility For The Arab-Israel Conflict The Middle East has always been known as the Holy Land, the land of the Bible. For centuries, prophets have walked there, nations have collided and conquerors have come ... Palestine War, 1956 Suez War, 1967 Six Day War, and 1973 Yom Kippur) and finally 1993 a peace treaty between Egypt and Israeli and finally in 1994 the fifty year old war ended. However there's the question of "which side has the greater responsibility for the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East? In 1917, Britain declared its support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. But Britain ... had controlled since 1949, the Gaza Strip, from which Israel was forced by UN and US pressure to withdraw in 1957. Great Britain and France ostensibly joined the attack because of their dispute with Egypt's president Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had just nationalized the Suez Canal. Nasser took over the canal after Great Britain and France withdrew offers to finance the construction of the Aswân High Dam. Israel scored ...
- 12456: Only Yesterday
- Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen's book Only Yesterday is an informal look at life in the 1920's. The book begins with a prelude that details the lives of a young married couple. The book then proceeds to tell the events that occurred during the 1920's beginning with the signing of the armistice and ending with the stock market crash of 1929. Woodrow Wilson was the president at the end of WWI. He had the great honor of informing the ...
- 12457: Desdemona
- Desdemona The character of Desdemona, in William Shakespeare s, Othello is presented to us as a beautiful, honest, and faithful woman, who never truly reveals herself to her husband. Although Desdemona loves Othello with all of her heart, she has a hard time opening ... Venetian general. Othello stands to Brabantio as he dismisses him of his position as a general. Desdemona exposes her true love for Othello and Brabantio gives his duties back and sends him to Cyprus. Desdemona s father is very angry about this marriage and even more so because she wants to accompany him to Cyprus. Through this anger, I see that Desdemona is considered her father s possession. He says nothing more to Desdemona, but you can feel that there is anger towards Othello and Desdemona. Desdemona s father confronts her and expresses that she has betrayed him and never accepts ...
- 12458: Hamlet: Contrast Plays A Major Role
- Hamlet: Contrast Plays A Major Role In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, contrast plays a major role. Characters have foils, scenes and ideas contrast each other, sometimes within the same soliloquy. One such contrast occurs in Act Five, Scene One, in the graveyard. Here, the relatively ... half is offset by the grave and somber mood in the second half. The scene opens with two "clowns", who function as a sort of comic relief. This is necessary, after the tension of Ophelia's breakdown (and subsequent death), and after the ever-increasing complexities of the plot. Previously, Polonious provided some humour, but since he is dead, a new source must be found - the gravediggers. Their banter becomes the calm before the storm of the duel, and the play's resolution. There is also a juxtaposition of the clowns and the graveyard here, which further intensifies the effect. The clowns chatter about their work in a carefree manner, even going so far as to ...
- 12459: Bebb v. Law Society
- ... rejected on the basis that she was female. When the case was seen at first instance in front of Joyce J. the decision was found in favour of the Law Society, thus dismissing Miss Bebb's action. Joyce J. at the first instance case held that women could not become attorneys of solicitors due to the "general disability" of their sex under English Common Law. He further held that this disability "can be, and is, proved by inveterate usage." He went on to state that the disability could not be nullified by an interpretation clause such as s.48 of the Solicitors Act 1843. The Solicitors Act 1843 s.48 provides that words alluding to the masculine gender shall extend to a female. Joyce J. noted that nothing in the Solicitors Act of 1843 or any other amending statute can be seen as ...
- 12460: George Washington: Biography
- George Washington: Biography George Washington was born in Virginia on Feb. 22, 1732 to Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington. George spent his early years on the family estate on Pope's Creek along the Potomac River. His early education came by way of studying mathematics, surveying, the classics, and "rules of civility." His father died in 1743. This caused George to live with his half brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon, Lawrence's plantation on the Potomac. Lawrence became a substitute father for his brother, he'd married into the Fairfax family, prominent and influential Virginians who helped launch George's career. George wanted to go to sea, however, he was discouraged by his mother; Instead he turned to surveying. In 1748 he was appointed to survey Lord Fairfax's lands in the Shenandoah Valley. ...
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