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- 5521: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- ... was a uranium supply. Both of these, water and uranium, were needed to make the atomic bomb. Therefore, the United States initiated a top secret program called the Manhattan Project. Even the Vice President didn't know about this project. The Manhattan Project cost over 2 billion dollars. Yet, Congress never voted to fund this program (Hoare, 1987, 10-14). Roosevelt authorized scientists to find out if an atomic bomb could ... Germans had come in the building of the atomic bomb) radioed back that they had given up in their attempt to make it. Still, despite scientists' pleas with the President to discontinue it, the U.S. maintained the work on their atomic bomb (Conrad, 1982, 12-16). In Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was detonated in the desert. The bomb was much more explosive than ... 1-2). After the bomb exploded, Robert Oppenheimer, the head of the Manhattan Project, said, "Behold. I have become death, destroyer of worlds." (Hoare, 1987, 18) When Harry Truman became President after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, he appointed a committee to advise him about the atomic bomb. The committee was headed by Secretary of War, Henry Stimson. The committee argued about whether to drop the bomb on a Japanese ...
- 5522: Pruning Trees
- Pruning Trees It’s six in the morning when we pull into the tree field. The sun is rising and the fog is lifting, leaving the trees white with dew. There’s about twenty of us. The riders, who’ve been sleeping the whole way, rub their eyes and wonder what’s going on and the drivers lay their heads back hoping for rain or a five second nap. It’s not long before Junior, the boss steps out of his Ford diesel four- by- four ...
- 5523: Bless Me Ultima - Tony
- ... the dead; the dead asks him for blessings. Just who is this Tony person! You might not believe that this is only a seven year old kid, but he is the hero of Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima. Tony is valiant, and this courage sometimes reflects his curiously precocious nature. Precocious he is, he still is in constant mental ambivalence. When I say Tony is brave, I don't mean that he fights demons or kill dragons, but rather that he stands for what he believe is right and he is not afraid to go to extreme measures to protect the people he love. He shows that he is a "man of the llano" when he "does[n't] run from a fight" even when confronted with Horse, the notorious bully (37). Tony also stands up against a mob for Florence; everyone wants to punish Florence for "not believing in God" (214) and ...
- 5524: Poetry: Not Me
- ... He lived in a small town in the Northwest. He was told that he was disadvantaged. His school was bad, but his teachers the best. The classrooms were old, the textbooks were damaged He didn't excel, although a bright student. Teachers called him an underachiever. He didn't notice a quarter-life spent Until Grad-night made him a believer. He thought of the times when watching TV. Pawning his studies to follow the game. Must be athletic instead of a weenie. For sports is the easiest road to one's fame. Well, easiest for some, though not for him. Though he never gave up, and gave it his all. He offered his best, and played always to win. Yet the harder he worked, the ...
- 5525: Immigration to the United States (Maryland)
- ... We have become the strongest and the most powerful country in the world. Common everyday freedom of speech and freedom of religion are taken for granted all the time. People in less-developed countries don’t have the luxury of saying what they want, or even living the life that they want to. Americans should be very grateful that we live in a land of democracy, and not under communists rule or even worse, a dictator. Innocent people are killed or condemned everyday because they are fed up with having to worship a religion that they don’t believe in. That is why thousands of people every year try at great lengths to come and live a better life in the United States. Some immigrants will try to hide at the bottom of ... they come illegally and become illegal immigrants. No one knows for sure how many illegal immigrants are in the US, but some figures show that they are just as many illegal immigrants as legal one’s coming in each year. Over time, these immigrants find that even though they have many freedoms that they didn’t previously have, they still face many discriminations and hardships in America. Obviously, with all ...
- 5526: Blakes's "London": Your Beauty, My Despair
- Blakes's "London": Your Beauty, My Despair The statement that “Beauty is truth; truth , beauty” does not hold to be a correct implication for everyone as far as life goes or the poem “London” goes. This poem written by William Blake, is about life as he saw it in that time frame and environment of society. In Blake's, poem the reality or “truth” of young girls having babies out of wedlock, soldiers being killed in wars, and poor people struggling to make a living does not look beautiful to me. And so we ... truth of families unnecessarily loosing loved ones to war can cause a merry celebration. A war of hatred or greed that was not their war to begin with, but the war of governments that didn't quite get what they wanted out of a verbal agreement and needed the bloody LIBERTY of going into someone else's country and take them over. What beast laughs in delight at this horrid ...
- 5527: Moralism In The Great Gatsby
- The book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, deals with the issue of morals and humanity's errors. A lack of moral values and convictions within the characters of The Great Gatsby leads to their own downfall. As examples of humanity's wrongs, Fitzgerald uses the characters of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby represents the broken heart that cannot let go while Daisy gets caught in a glimpse of greatness and lacks any type of morals. Jay Gatsby exemplifies his peers by his goals in life and his integrity. Gatsby doesn't follow the laws of prohibition and he sells illegal alcohol through his drug store chain. Gatsby came east looking for another type of wealth- Daisy's love. Although Gatsby has become financially and socially ...
- 5528: Abraham Lincoln 2
- Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky. When he was two, the Lincoln s moved a few miles to another farm on the old Cumberland Trail. A year later, his mother gave birth to another boy, Thomas, but he died a few days later. When Lincoln was seven his family moved to Indiana. In 1818, Lincoln s mother died from a deadly disease called the milk-sick. Then ten years later his sister died and left him with only his father and stepmother. Lincoln traveled to New Salem in April 1831 and ... Abraham and Mary got married. In 1844, Abraham and his wife were able to purchase their own house in Springfield. It was a one-and-a-half story frame cottage. In May 1843, the Lincoln s had a son and named him Robert, after the addition to the family they made the house a full two story house. Lincoln had three more sons Edward Baker, William Wallace, and Thomas. Edward ...
- 5529: Everyday Use 2
- Everyday Use Dee stands out from her family in views of their heritage In Alice Walker's short story, "Everyday Use" she discuss the life of an African American family of a mother and her two daughters. The mother has a tremendous amount of love for both of her daughters, but the ... mother both thought of themselves to be shy, not well spoken, and unattractive. But Dee, the oldest daughter, turned out to be totally opposite. She was very outgoing, well spoken, and very much attractive. Dee's difference in her personality compared to Maggie and her mother can be the leading effect in her having different opinions of the family's heritage. A family's heritage can be a very important part in its tradition. The word heritage means; something that is passed down from preceding generations. This details that heritage has a lot to ...
- 5530: Drew Barrymore
- ... an infant, her parents were told numerous times, she should "get into commercials." Drew was a very talented little girl. The movie she first appeared in was a minor role in the movie "The Protagonist’s Daughter." Her main acting career began in 1982 when she was cast as "Gertie" in Steven Spielberg’s science-fiction movie "E.T.: The Extraterrestrial." This movie was one of the most popular films of all time. This great achievement pushed Barrymore to stardom and was now known as a "Child Star". Throughout the 80’s she ...
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