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- 2921: BUILDING A RADIO EMPIRE-CHANCE
- ... enabling this media to reach a mass market. Radio. At first there was the print, and then there was sound . . . In 1821 an English man named Wheatstone reproduced sound. However, the future of radio didn¡¦t really begin until 1890 when Branly transmitted the first radio waves in France. In 1901 the American Marconi Company, the forerunner of RCA, sent radio signals across the Atlantic. And five years later, ¡§a program of voice and music was broadcast in the United States.¡¨ In 1907 DeForest began a regular radio broadcast featuring music. In 1909 the first talk-radio format, covering women¡¦s suffrage, was broadcast. And in 1912, the United States Congress passed a law to regulate radio stations. In 1917 the first radio station, KDKA, was built; and in 1920 the first scheduled programs on KDKA ... of commercial airtime was $100. By 1924, the first sponsored radio program, The Eveready Hour, began. In that same year there were two and a half million radio sets in the United States. The 1930¡¦s are characterized as the ¡§Golden Age¡¨ of radio. In 1929 automobile manufacturers began installing radios in cars. In 1933 Armstrong discovered FM waves. And in 1934, the government passed the Communications Act, creating the ...
- 2922: Capone
- Organized crime was not so organized up until the 1920s. When the 1920s arrived, the American lifestyle changed dramatically. People started investing money in home appliances and automobiles, women’s skirts became higher and drinking became very popular. Also, organized crime came to a rise in the 1920’s. And in the high ranks of organized crime was Al Capone. Al Capone ran many illegal businesses including bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, and murders. There were many gangs in the world of organized crime and Al Capone’s was at the top. Al Capone was the most infamous gangster in the 1920’s. Being a big time gangster was big business. Money was made fast and very easily. Bootlegging alcohol was by ...
- 2923: The Lottery
- ... social order) The lottery enforces an unfair distinction in class status between men and women, WHICH IS A SOCIAL NORM. Women are subordinate in the social structure of the village, as shown when Mrs. Hutchinson\\'s family is chosen in the first round. Objecting that her daughter and son-in-law \\"didn\\'t take their chance,\\" (562) Mr. Summers reminds her that \\"daughters draw with their husbands\\' families,\\" (562) showing that power is exclusively held in the hands of males in families. Women, inferior housewives, must submit to ... lack of productivity will cause one to be selected in the next lottery and banished from the common group. The village reveals this fear in their questions after the first round: \\"Who is it? Who\\'s got it? Is it the Dunbars? Is it the Watsons?\\" (562) The Dunbars and the Watsons are the least productive families in the village, with Mr. Dunbar\\'s leg broken and Mr. Watson dead. ...
- 2924: Far From The Madding Crowd
- ... that love is a wonderful thing, love knows no boundaries, or love is blind, one fact remains constant: love is like a snowflake—no two loves or snowflakes are ever exactly alike. In Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd, the heroine, Bathsheba Everdene, has the luck (or unfortunate mishap) of courting not one, or even two, but three suitors during the course of the novel. Although Bathsheba Everdene could be considered to be in quite an enviable position by many women, both yesterday and presently, she doesn’t always seem to enjoy being courted by her numerous suitors. Most importantly, though, Bathsheba’s character grows and evolves because of, or in spite of, the situations she encounters and eventually overcomes throughout her romantic escapades. Initially, Bathsheba’s character is high-spirited, feminine, naïve and self-centered. This ...
- 2925: A Child’s Verdict
- A Child's Verdict One tends to feel that a child should grow up under certain conditions, which will effect their learning and progress. This has been the overall belief in child psychology. A child’s atmosphere plays a major role in how they may be shaped which could include effecting their attitudes, actions and behaviors. This atmosphere entails a parent’s: treatment, restriction, caring and teaching of and to a child. It also includes interaction by their teachers, pupils and others, besides their parents. In the case of a boy only in elementary school named ...
- 2926: A Man For All Seasons,by Rober
- In Robert Bolt's Play, A Man For All Seasons, we are presented with a historical character of inexorable integrity, Sir Thomas More. More is drawn unwillingly into a situation where he must choose between expediency or his principles. More's decision is consistant through out the entirety of the play as he remains intensely loyal to his conscience and is unable to abandon his religious beliefs, even if it ultimately means his own tragic demise. The entreaties of many are to no avail as More proves to be steadfast. In the second scene of the play we see More meeting with Cardinal Wolsey. More's character is exemplified as Wolsey ask's More's opinion about a certain letter that is to be sent to the Pope regarding the validity of the King's marriage to Catherine. More compliments ...
- 2927: A Serialization Of The Charact
- ... Serialization of the Characters and their Influence on Macbeth Essay submitted by davo One of the most commonly debated issues concerning morality is the concept of nature versus nurture. Which is more integral to one’s behavior: the inborn qualities or the influences of life on the individual? Mark Twain, in his essay entitled "What Is Man?" describes humankind this way: Man the machine--man the impersonal engine. Whatsoever a man ... moved, directed, COMMANDED, by EXTERIOR influences--SOLELY. (What Is Man?, Mark Twain, http://underthesun.cc/Classics/Twain/whatman/Whatisman.htm) There is some scientific basis for this claim. Studies have shown that both a person’s genetic structure and the circumstances to which he or she is subjected have bearing on how a person thinks, feels and acts. Considering this, the actions of the character Macbeth must be evaluated by his ... Macbeth for his heroic service in battle, Macbeth replies that "Your highness' part / Is to receive our duties; and our duties / Are to your throne and state children and servants" (1.4.23-25). Macbeth's metaphor expresses a common idea of the time: A King cares for his people as a father cares for his children; and the people are supposed to act like obedient children. (http://clicknotes.com/ ...
- 2928: Makeup
- ... and things a woman uses to embellish herself because of low self-esteem? The answer is no. Often these terms have been some of the insults makeup has been hit with over the years. It's true that women spend a lot of money on makeup, maybe an average of $1000 a year, but its all for a good cause. Makeup, if used correctly, can have many benefits. It would be ... is often valued by her appearance. She will use makeup to enhance and display her beauty. Makeup is not always used because of lack of self-esteem. Makeup is used mostly to impress society; it's used for first impression. In today's society, women are judged greatly on there physical appearance. Therefore makeup is used as their weapon to defeat that judgment. There is so much competition out there; between who is more attractive that women ...
- 2929: Louis Armstrong’s Influential Career
- Louis Armstrong’s Influential Career Louis Armstrong was the most successful and talented jazz musician in history. His influence and expansive career continues to make waves in the jazz world. That is what made him become what he ... grew up with his grandparents due to his parents’ separation. On January 1, 1913 he made a mistake which turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. At a New Year’s celebration in downtown New Orleans, Louis Armstrong, also known as “Satchmo” and “Satch”, fired a pistol into the air and was placed in the Colored Waifs’ Home. It was there that he was introduced to ... riverboat and fired due to a fight. After returning to New Orleans, he received a telegram from King Oliver in Chicago. It was an invitation to join The Creole Jazz Band – an offer Armstrong couldn’t refuse. The Jazz Band cut it’s first record in the spring of 1923 and toured throughout Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana (Hadlock 64). A year later Armstrong married Lil Hardin, the pianist in the ...
- 2930: A Fatal Mistake The Vietnam Wa
- Robert S. McNamara, appointed by John F. Kennedy to the position of U.S. Secretary of Defense in 1961, said about the Vietnam War, It is important to recognize it s a South Vietnamese war. It will be won or lost depending upon what they do. We can advise and help, but they are responsible for the final results, and it remains to be seen ...
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