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- 18721: Biography of William Hearst
- Biography of William Hearst William was born on April 29, 1863 in San Francisco. His father, George Hearst, was a rancher, miner, and U.S. Senator and his mother, Phoebe, was a school teacher and philanthropist. His parents were multimillionares and were involved with publications before William was born. William grew up as a trouble maker and was very sly ... soon become a rancher and miner, George handed him the paper on March 7, 1887. William spent many hours a day and a lot of energy working on the paper, trying to prove he wasn't just a joker. At age 23 he proved to many that he could make the small daily newspaper a success. This began his career in publishing. In 1895, William moved to New York City and ... for all the publications. Because he started out in comics, he led the industry in making color comics in newspapers. Other contributions included banner headlines and editorials serving the interest of consumers. In the 1920's, he became involved with radio broadcasting and in the 1940's entered into television broadcasting. Hearst Metrotone News produced movie newsreels. William became known as "The Chief." He contributed many editorial guidelines to the ...
- 18722: Down On The River
- ... guide barked orders from behind as if we had met our match. We could all hear a distinct change in his voice half way through the rapid, and a few of us sensed something wasn’t right. Just then, I saw it, a boulder that dwarfed our raft, and we were hopelessly on a collision course with it. Everyone in the raft was paddling with every bit of force they could ... I had barely even heard of white water rafting until my father had suggested it to me 2 hours before we went on the river. The whole concept seemed stupid to me, but I didn’t have any idea what it was. Every year, our family vacationed in Eastern Tennessee, and I always dreaded going, because of the lack of activities to do. This all changed the summer that I was ... on this river and had been rafting ever since he was in diapers. This guy knew Bulldozer like the back of his hand, and we made it within inches of the huge rock, and didn’t even brush it a bit. Ahead of us was The Whirlybird. This rapid didn’t even have any visible rocks protruding from the river. It was a rapid of hidden danger. There were large ...
- 18723: Catherine II, Empress of Russia (Catherine the Great)
- ... the German prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. At the age of 15 she went to Russia to become the wife of Peter, nephew and heir of Empress ELIZABETH. Elizabeth died on Dec. 25, 1761, and Catherine's husband succeeded as PETER III. The new ruler soon made himself unpopular, especially with certain army officers. Led by Aleksei ORLOV (whose brother Grigori was Catherine's lover), the officers staged a coup in June 1762. Peter was deposed (and subsequentle murdered), and Catherine became absolute ruler of the largest European empire, whose language she never learned to speak correctly and without ... of schools and publications. Catherine, who did not want to surrender control over social and cultural policy, viewed these activities with suspicion. The outbreak of the French Revolution (1789) and the publication of Aleksandr Radishchev's Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow (1790), in which the author denounced the evils of serfdom, the immorality of society, and the abuses of government, prompted Catherine to impose repressive measures, which in turn ...
- 18724: Charlie Gordon is Algernon
- ... Charlie and Algernon," made it clear that they thought of both of us as a couple of experimental animals who had no existence outside the laboratory. (Keyes 112) That quote, which is given from Charlie's point-of-view, simply proves that Algernon and Charlie are used as objects in an experiment. Both, Charlie Gordon and Algernon, were treated of no worth until they became smart. Even after the operation, everyone ... used as objects in an experiment. Secondly, the allegation that Charlie Gordon is Algernon, can be demonstrated through the fact, that both bear similar impediments to being successful in their goals. For example; Charlie Gordon's early life, consisted of many hardships. Hardships such as, living with his mother, Rose, that was ashamed of him, and would beat him every time Charlie embarrassed the family. Also, the "Old Charlie" would always ... pre-occupied, "Suddenly, I had the feeling I was being watched," (Keyes 70). As the quote states, Charlie always had the feeling he was being watched by the "Old Charlie". Another part of Charlie Gordon's early life played a part, his stupidity was stopping him from being successful. For example, at the Donner Bakery, Charlie wanted to a Baker, but, he was not that bright , so instead he did ...
- 18725: The Effect of Major Symbolic Elements in The Yellow Wallpaper
- ... view to a world she may not want to take part in. Through it she sees all that she could be and everything that she could have. But she says near the end, "I don’t like to look out of the windows even - there are so many of those creeping women, and they creep so fast." She knows that she has to hide and lie low; that she would have ... a world in where she will be oppressed and forced to creep like all the other women. It is common to find the symbol of the house as representing a secure place for a woman's transformation and her release of self expression. However, in this story, the house is not her own and she does not want to be in it. She declares that it is "haunted," and that "there ... due to her confinement. All of these symbols show how she is oppressed and how this all affects her thought process and mind pattern. The complex symbols used in "The Yellow Wall-Paper" create Gilman's portrayal of the oppression of women in the nineteenth century. Gilman’s twist on traditional symbols that usually provide a sense of security and safety adds to this woman's own oppression and contribute ...
- 18726: Building A Space Station
- ... station seems to me to be a contest with the other countries. Richard Truly states, “They need to build the space station Freedom with our other foreign partners to keep the leadership position the U.S. holds in space.” Richard Truly believes that we as a country need to keep this position as number one. He thinks it is a matter of both world leadership and economics. I don’t think that building the space station should be considered a contest of which country can do it faster and better. It should only be built to be helpful to sciences, not to be a contest ... should deal with before embarking on the adventure to deal with problems on other planets. The money being used for the space station should be put toward better causes to improve our planet. We don’t live in a perfect world, if we did then that would be another story. Then we wouldn’t have to worry so much about problems in the world, but w don’t live in ...
- 18727: Thomas Jefferson
- ... the west bank of the Mississippi River to the crest of the Rocky Mountains. After Spain ceded the immense area of land to France, they tried to sell it back to Spain. Spain, nonetheless, didn’t have use for this massive piece of land (Boorstin, p.94). Jefferson, however, felt that if the United States owned the land, farmers west of the Appalachian Mountains could use the land strictly for agricultural ... what is practicable must often control what is pure theory (Bober, p.323).” The purchase of this land would bring about the issue of whether or not this was safe judgement made by Jefferson. Jefferson’s decision was made in consideration of bettering the country. He never made a decision in which he thought would not be in the best interests of the American people (internet). The key to understanding Jefferson ... this land, the threats of war with France ceased to exist and opened up land west of the Mississippi River to settlement. By any measure the Louisiana Purchase was the most important action of Jefferson’s two terms as president (Fleming, p.271). Jefferson knew that gaining the heart of Americans would prove to be the key to the future of the United States. Jefferson later admitted that he had ...
- 18728: Sweet Diamond Dust
- ... City Bank, respectively. These two Americans saw the US victory as a major step towards modernizing for the US and for Puerto Rico: "’Twenty years ago it brought you freedom and order; this times it’s bringing you our nation’s progress. Thanks to that army out there your island is being inaugurated today in to the modern age," (32) said Mr. Durham speaking of the army that was present at the festivities. Don Julio was ... because Don Julio thinks that the bank invested to wipe out foreign landowners, when they were really investing in a business that has potential to be profitable: "’This man thinks our bank is Snow White’s business partner! I’m afraid you’re mistaken my friend. We’ve no vested interests whatsoever in the venture, and there’ no way M. Durham can tell us what to do.’ And taking Don ...
- 18729: The Chaos Theory
- ... attempt to understand disorder in the atmosphere, the turbulent sea, the oscillations of the heart and brain, and the fluctuations of wildlife populations. All of these things were taken for granted until in the 1970's some American and European scientists began to investigate the randomness of nature. They were physicists, biologists, chemists and mathematicians but they were all seeking one thing: connections between different kinds of irregularity. "Physiologists found a ... the first group, and predict that they will fall into a new configuration that is the same as the first group. Or a mathematical representation can be made of the stones through application of Newton's law of gravity, to predict how future piles of the same type - and of different types of stones - will interact. Mathematical modeling is the key, but not the only modeling process used for systems. The ... pieces produced by the factory by a significant amount. By changing what goes into a system we should be able to tell what comes out of it. But as any factory manager knows, factories don't actually work that way. If the amount of people, the inventory, or whatever other variable is changed in the factory you would get widely differing results on a day to day basis from what ...
- 18730: Talk Shows and Their Social Value
- ... different approach to gain watchers. In competing with the Oprah Wrinfrey show, Springer and Raphael successfully use sensationalized ideas to attract viewers, but at the same time they have demoralized the human race. Jerry Springer’s talk show is known nation wide for its popular attraction to the public. Violence and moral issues are the primary focus incorporated in drawing its viewers. Springer episodes provoke their guests to exaggerate their emotions to draw attention, including physical assault. In the attempt to obtain a higher status among the television world, Springer fails to incorporate the positive morality in today’s society. The appeal of the public favors violence on television. There are presently many issues questioning the relation between violence on television and the violence that exists today in America. On Sally Jessy Raphael’s talk show, she uses a similar approach to attract the attention of her television watchers. Her main focus is drawing in delinquent teens and attempting to reform their outlook on life. In some instances, ...
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