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- 1841: Great Rock Musicians: Their Achievements and Effect on Rock and Roll
- ... heard it could identify with its message. This type of Blues later became known as country blues because it was rooted in rural areas. The Blues became more main stream and popular in the 1920's because of the recording industry coming into existence. More instruments were added such as pianos, organs, and wind instruments. Big Band and Rhythm and Blues stemmed from City Blues. Rock and Roll then stemmed from ... he went to the University of Minnesota. "Dylan" came from the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, with whom Zimmerman was frequently compared in the University folk circles. After leaving the University, Dylan moved to New York's Greenwich Village to follow his folk hero, Woodie Gunthrie. In fact, his main goal of moving to the Village was simply to meet his hero. He not only met the folk guru, but became a ... it was popular enough to gain him a long term contract. The recording was so bare bones that the record cost only $402 dollars to make, not including production. The songs Bob Dylan wrote weren't used by him exclusively,. He actually got his first important recognition when a song he wrote was used by the Byrds. The song was "Mr. Tambourine Man" and it went to number 1 on ...
- 1842: "Legalization of Marijuana"
- ... high. The plant itself can be used for rope, material, medicine or for smoking. But, whatever way you choose to use this plant, it is illegal. It was made a law in the early 1900’s that it was illegal to smoke, eat, or get high from this plant. The plant’s only legal use was for rope and materials. Even this was controlled by the government though. In the 1960’s and 1970’s a group of youth stereotyped as "Hippies" were using marijuana on a regular basis to get "high." This is the term for the effects of the drug when smoked. The effects ...
- 1843: Western Films
- ... have also been called the horse opera, the oater (quickly-made, short western films which became as commonplace as oats for horses), or the cowboy picture. The western film genre has portrayed much about America's past, glorifying the past-fading values and aspirations of the mythical by-gone age of the West. Over time, westerns have been re-defined, re-invented and expanded, dismissed, re-discovered, and spoofed. The roots of the film western are found in folk music of the colonial period, James Fenimore Cooper's novels such as The Last of the Mohicans (1826) (re-made as a feature film at least three times - 1920, 1936, and most recently as a popular film starring Daniel Day Lewis as a white scout named Hawkeye raised as a Mohican in The Last of the Mohicans (1992)), Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail (1849), Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain) Roughing It (1872), Bret Harte's short stories, and other mythologies (tales of Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Jim Bowie, Gen. George A Custer, Calamity Jane, and ...
- 1844: The War Between the States
- ... banner, to keep it visible through battle smoke and at a distance, demanded physical strength. Courage was likewise required to carry a flag into combat, as the colors "drew lead like a magnet." South Carolina's Palmetto Sharpshooters, for example, lost 10 out of 11 of its bearers and color guard at the Battle of Seven Pines, the flag passing through four hands without touching the ground. Birth and Early Life ... Gilbert in 1828, would complete the family, making seven children in all. Young Charles' roots ran deep into the soil of the lowcountry. His Whilden ancestors had settled in the Charleston area in the 1690's, and an ancestor on his mother's side, the Rev. William Screven, had arrived in South Carolina even earlier, establishing the First Baptist Church of Charleston in 1683, today the oldest church in the Southern Baptist Convention. Like many Southerners who ...
- 1845: School Ties
- Schindler's List is one of the most powerful movies of all time. It tells the powerful true story of the German businessman Oskar Schindler who comes to Nazi- captured Poland looking for economic blooming and leaves ... Many of our grandparents told us of the stories and we learned about it in school year after year, but to see it put to life was a totally touching experience. Some of us couldn't even bare to look at those gruesome scenes. The movie starts out in a Jewish family's home. The Jews are reciting in prayer for the Sabbath day around a table full of lit candles. When the Jews are gone from the house the candles slowly burn out. The German forces ...
- 1846: Sci/fi Sort Story
- ... It was a fine morning when John Parker (the president of the United States of America) was served his coffee and a newspaper. Parker noticed that on the front page dozens of pictures of UFO’s were shown. Immediately the phone rang and he was called into the White House. As the Minister of Defence was guiding Parker to a helicopter, he mentioned that the presidents of England, Russia, France and ... Parker to recruit well renowned scientist and to examine all mentally unstable politicians. Once the scientist arrived, Parker was told that it would take two – four weeks to define the politicians mental deformity. The scientist’s closest guess at the stage was that it was virus. Parker knew that there was nothing more that could be done. This worried him, he began to ask himself questions of what if he had also been exposed of the virus?, what if he was forced to resign in result?, how would his family cope if he wasn’t there for them?. Another thought that was troubling Parker was the media, he knew that sooner or later the media would accuse him also of being infected by the virus, and that the media ...
- 1847: Muhammad's 23 Years Of Prophetic Ministry
- Muhammad's 23 years of prophetic ministry During Muhammad's 23 years of prophetic ministry, Muhammad claimed to receive revelations from God, given to him by an angel. Muhammad used many men, functioning as scribes, to write down these assumed revelations. Different scribes wrote down different revelations. `Abdullah Sarh was one of Muhammad's scribes. Evidently, Sarh had some literary skills, sometimes suggesting improvements to Muhammad in the wording of the recited Qur'an. Muhammad often agreed with Sarh's improvements, and allowed the changes to be made. ...
- 1848: The Working Class In Middletow
- ... the fortunate opportunities that the other classes share. These citizens have little or no education, make little money, and are often handicapped by a psychological or physiological disorder. In American history a class which doesn't fit this three system bracket has evolved. This class is called the working class. The working class is a rather complicated group and almost has a class system of its own. In the late 1800's and during the depression of the 1930's the many members of the working class had hardly enough money to buy food. In contrast, many 1950's and 1960's working class families lived quite comfortably and were able to afford some ...
- 1849: “Changes in M. Lantin’s Perspective”
- “Changes in M. Lantin’s Perspective” In “The Jewelry”, the reader experiences many emotions that are felt by the main character, M. Lantin. M. Lantin experienced love, joy, sorrow, and loneliness. The reader watches his personality change as the story ... left by the loss of a loved one and that there is a struggle within in order to overcome this loss. M. Lantin is enveloped in love (1). He notices every detail of his wife’s personality and physical characteristics. She is pure, gracious, and simple. She has angelic shyness and modest beauty. He has been happily married for six years (5). He holds a steady job making an average salary ... realizes that he could sell her “worthless” trinkets for six to eight francs a piece (20). He finds out that these trinkets were worth quite a large sum of money. He now knows his wife’s secret: the jewelry is real. He then sells all the jewelry and made a profit of some 200,000 francs (68). He tries to fill the void that his wife has left in his ...
- 1850: Lockie Leonard And Lex And Rory
- ... as particular characters. Lockie is shown as a free teenager, he is not tied down and is able to do what he wants. He is just learning about sex and you need to know. “It’s time we thought about sex” said his mum. This already shows that Lockie is not ready for a sexually involved relationship. He is the typical stereotyped school boy who is in constant trouble with school ... except his one and only true friend Rory. Lex is the type of person who is afraid to make the first move, but having a friend like Rory it starts to become easier. Lockie doesn’t change himself to make other people feel happy. He likes who he is and believes in himself. Lockie doesn’t change for people. He feels that people have to like him for who he is and not for who they want him to be. Lockie doesn’t let his popularity come over him. He ...
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