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- 1451: Computers Not The Greatest Invention Of The 20 Th Century
- ... what he called a numerical wheel calculator to help his father with his duties. This brass rectangular box, also called a Pascaline, used eight movable dials to add sums up to eight figures long. Pascal's device used a base of ten to accomplish this. For example, as one dial moved ten notches, or one complete revolution, it moved the next dial - which represented the ten's column - one place. When the ten's dial moved one revolution, the dial representing the hundred's place moved one notch and so on. The drawback to the Pascaline, of course, was its limitation to addition. In 1694, a German mathematician ...
- 1452: The Drinking Age: An 18-Year-Olds Right
- ... activities, like the right to vote were being lowered as well. The argument was that if a person is considered an adult at 18, and can serve his or her country and vote in it's elections, he or she ought to be able to have a drink.(Toomey 1) This is exactly the way I feel about it. The drinking age should be lowered to 18. During the period in the 70's when many states were lowering their drinking ages scientists started doing studies to determine whether or not the younger drinking ages had any effect on automobile accidents. These studies generally concluded that traffic accidents significantly ... Anytime you change something dramatically it takes a while for things to settle into a routine. If all of a sudden, for instance, you allow 18-year-olds to drink alcohol when before they couldn't, it's going to take a while before that becomes the norm, and therefore less exciting and alluring. These studies would have been far more accurate if they had been done after society had ...
- 1453: JFK
- ... a young man that they was as holding the torch for this country. When he was elected, he brought youth and a relaing calm to the White House for the first time in our nation's history. Not only did John Kennedy bring youth to our nation's capitol, but he also brought change and new ideas to improve the nation. During his first term in office, Kennedy improved peace talks with the Soviet Union, and was also working on ideas to halt ... to Dallas to campaign. The President arrived in Dallas to a crowd of elated people lining the streets hoping to get a glimpse of the President. As his motorcade proceeded down Elm Street, Governor Connally's wife said, "You can't say that Dallas isn't friendly to you today Mr. President." (Untied Press International 14) With that, John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States was ...
- 1454: The Roswell Incident
- The Roswell Incident Almost everyday there are programs on television which involve or relate to UFO's (Unidentified Flying Object's) or aliens from other planets. Programs including X-Files, Unsolved mysteries, and Sightings, often deal with aliens and UFO's. Many people believe in other life-forms and some will do anything to convince themselves of their existence. Many of societies thoughts and views toward the world as a whole, aliens and UFO's, ...
- 1455: The Henchmen: German Government Officials in WWII
- ... in Nazi Germany during the second World War. This is a report on the damage carried out by some of the Nazi criminals working under the rule of Adolf Hitler. Many people contributed in Hitler's attempt to carry out his 'Final Solution'. Among these people are Ernst Roehm, Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Himmler, and Hermann Wilhelm Goering. While I discuss how they partook in World War Two, keep in mind their actions will, and have, left a mark on the world forever. Little is known about Ernst Roehm's childhood. He was a quiet boy who never went looking for trouble and didn't express hatred towards anyone, mostly because his parents were Libertarians and never paid attention to the politics in Germany's heartland. In college, Hitler's ideas and notions had a strong impact on Roehm' ...
- 1456: Voltaire's Writing Techniques In Candide
- Voltaire's Writing Techniques In Candide In Candide, Voltaire uses many writing techniques which can also be found in the works of Cervantes, Alighieri, Rabelais and Moliere. The use of the various styles and conventions shows that, despite the passage of centuries and the language differences, certain writing techniques will always be effective. One common literary technique is the author's use of one or more of his characters as his 'voice' to speak out the authors views on a certain subject. For instance, in Moliere's Tartuffe, the author uses the character of Cleante to speak out against religious hypocrites (page 1419, lines 99-102): Nothing that I more cherish and admire than honest zeal and true religious fire. So ...
- 1457: Healthcare And Coranare Heart Disease
- ... blood clot that can block a percentage of all five arteries. Cholesterol deposits cause this blockage. This fact has allowed doctors to determine that diet has a significant role in who develops this disease. People's diets are affected by their economic class and by other social factors. The poor of our country generally eat meals that contain high fat and cholesterol. Their diet puts them at higher risk. However, the ... were several dramatic changes that the disease caused. He quit smoking after the first heart attack. On the first year after surgery many things went on like they had before the surgery. Family activities didn t change much. The only noticeable difference was the fact that he quit smoking. Each year, 900,000 people in the United States have a heart attack. Of these, roughly 225,000 die, including 125,000 ... blockage in the coronary arteries. Nurses also perform some diagnostic procedures. An echocardiogram is a process that images the heart structure and the bloodflow through the valves. This procedure is an inevasive procedure that doesn t require any special conditions. It is not possible to see the blockage with this procedure; however, it is possible to see the effect of blockage. Managed care and other economic factors have caused patients ...
- 1458: Racial Segregation
- ... tensions started in Africa between the two current classes; native Africans fought the Europeans colonists for control in every way that they could; literature being a widely used weapon. Two of these writings, Nadine Gordimere's Good Climate, Friendly Inhabitants and Zoe Wicomb's You Can't Get Lost In Cape Town, are written to show how European colonists define an African's place in society. The characters lives and opinions are shaped and defined by racial segregation and the influence ...
- 1459: Street Car Named Desire Essay
- ... his brilliant writing to bring life to his characters in the story. I will be composing a character sketch on Stanley, one of the main actors in the play. I will focus on evaluating Stanley s ever changing character traits in the role he plays. They consist of different moods that he demonstrates during the play: his aggressiveness, his love for Stella and also his rudeness and cruelty towards Blanche. Let s begin by talking about the way Stanley s aggressiveness affects the climax of the play. During scene three, while the boys were playing poker, Blanche and Stella come into the kitchen and, as a result, disrupt the games. This got Stanley very ...
- 1460: To Kill A Mockingbird 2
- ... poverty. They are better off by far than the Cunninghams, for example, who have nothing but their land. Atticus Finch has his law career, and Alexandra is still able to make a living at Finch's Landing. Actually, the extremes of poverty are illustrated in the Ewells and the Negroes. The Ewells are poor, but they don't want to do anything about it. The Negroes are poor because nobody will let them do anything about it. The Ewells won't work even when they can. The Negroes will work, but the only jobs available to them are the menial, low-paying ones. Chapter 1 Scout (Jean Louise) Finch narrates the story, beginning with a ...
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