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- 2411: Rachel Carson
- Rachel Carson Rachel Carson, a world renown biologist wrote many books inspired by her work as an employee for the US fish and wildlife services. During her time with the wildlife services, Carson witnessed sever environmental corruption. Carson witnessed the death ... reluctance, feeling that others were better qualified to investigate the pesticide industry. Despite the book’s enormous impact, she remained modest about her accomplishment; as she wrote to a friend, “The beauty of the living world I was trying to save has always been uppermost in my mind - that, and anger at the senseless brutish things that were being done....Now I can believe I have at least helped a little ... Wildlife Service from 1935-1952, Carson knew of the early studies of DDT’s lasting effects on the environment. Called a “savior of mankind” because of it’s efficacy in controlling insect-born disease in World War II. DDT was the most widely used of chemical pesticides. By halting the transmittal of typhus through fleas DDT saved many lives during the war. Being an organic, synthetic insecticide of the chlorinated ...
- 2412: Battle Of The Bulge
- The Battle of the Bulge was an important fight because it was one that could have turned World War II around for the Germans. The Battle of the Bulge took place on December 16 1944. The Germans mobilized the last chance they had to win the war. The Germans wanted to cut the American forces in to two parts, because this way they could easily be destroyed. Hitler felt this was his last chance to win, because his forces were being ...
- 2413: A Biography of Henry Ford
- ... was an American industrialist, best known for his pioneering achievements in the automobile industry. From humble beginnings he was able to create a company that would rank as one of the giants of American and World industry long after his death. There is no doubt that Henry Ford was a successful business man. The Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford's legacy, has left its mark on every continent in the world. However, Ford didn't gain his success solely on his innovation in the automobile industry. He was a friend to the middle class public as well as the workers in his factories. For this he ... looked out for. Moreover, he repeatedly gave back to society through donations, philanthropic foundations, and the creation of organizations that would help to educate and benefit the people. Henry Ford was a man who gained world-wide business success through his innovative ideas, brilliant management skills, and down-to-earth tactics. Henry Ford was born on a farm near Dearborn, Michigan, on July 30, 1863, and educated in district schools. ...
- 2414: Advertising 3
- ... it. An example of how advertising has worked comes from the late 1930 s when nylon was first produced, and the making of the nylon stocking, by DuPont, sent a wave of delight throughout the world. Silk stockings were used before, and according to Frances Picchioni, "They snagged very easily and made me very frustrated." "Test wearers, of the new nylons were quoted as saying the garments endured unbelievable hours of ... did the silk ones of the past. After all, women had legs, and never before in history were they so publicly displayed and admired as they were for these advertisements. Another product that excited the world was a fancy new style of car. Preston Thomas Tucker, the maker, put a two page article in the FIC magazine about his car idea and within a week he received one hundred fifty thousand ... get the first one running. The advertising used to try to sell stock in his company was original. They did it with the future in mind, and targeted men and women coming home from the war that were interested in a new car. One of the slogans used for the car was "The car of tomorrow today." The problem with his trying to sell stock was that he lost the ...
- 2415: Ray Bradbury
- ... attempts of Earth people to conquer and colonize Mars, the constant thwarting of their efforts by the gentle, telepathic Martians, the eventual colonization, and finally the effect on the Martian settlers of a massive nuclear war on Earth. "Of twenty-two stories here collected, at most eight can be called 'science fiction" (Holmes 12). As much a work of social criticism as of science fiction, The Martian Chronicles reflects some of the prevailing anxieties of America in the early atomic age of the 1950's: the fear of nuclear war, the longing for a simpler life, reactions against racism and censorship, and fear of foreign political powers. "Something about Mr. Bradbury's style-its terseness, its simplicity, or its flashes of imagery-invites a serious ... and 1952). He has been awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award in 1954, the Aviation-Space Writer's Association Award for best space article in an American Magazine in 1967, the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, and the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. His animated film about the history of flight, "Icarus Montgolfier Wright", was nominated for an academy award ...
- 2416: Children, TV, and Violence
- Children, TV, and Violence America has the largest crime rate in the world. Along with that crime rate is also the substantially high violence rate. Why? Why is violence becoming and everyday common happening in our society? When you flip on the "tele" and tune into the news ... the answer. When children watch these programs they copy the actions and "morals" of these shows depicting "good" and "evil". Children do not know what "good" is or what "evil" is, how can they? This world is not broken into "good" and "evil". "Evil" to children is what opposes them, what does not agree with them, or any other person or thing that poses a possible difficulty. Children must be taught that there are differences in this world. This world is filled with many people holding different beliefs, ideas, and morals. That is what makes this world so unique and colorful. Children need to learn to respect these differences from a very ...
- 2417: American Foreign Policy Towards Cuba
- ... quickly growing sugar production. By the 1800’s, the population of Cuba began to desire its freedom from European rule. In 1868 El Grito de Yara declared a revolt against Spain beginning the “Ten Years War.” The Pact of Zanjon ended the war in 1878 with the promise of reforms for the country. On September 5, 1879. Antonio Maceo distributed "The Kingston Proclamation," arguing the Spain had not kept its promises. "instead of giving Cubans the opportunity to ... with no drawback other than its quarrelsome, weak and unworthy population." He warns Cubans that "to change masters is not to be free." In 1892 José Martí founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party, and by 1895 war broke out. Just one day before he died on his first appearance on the battle field, José Martí wrote that it was his duty "to prevent, by the independence of Cuba, the United States ...
- 2418: No Need for Drastic Change
- No Need for Drastic Change Everyone has his or her own views on how the world should operate. People learn to adjust their emotions and feelings to adapt to the actual standards of today’s society in order to survive. Lao-Tzu, whose name can be translated as “old master,” is ... the sixth century. “The Tao-te Ching is a philosophical document as much about good government as it is about moral behavior” (Mitchell, 18). Lao-Tzu has written a manual for how he fells the world should work; some of his ideas and conditions are impossible to love by. Society today needs to have certain constraints in order to live. Without weapons, laws and travel the world would be a different place. People would not be the same and our society would change into a different type of culture, one that is very restricted in possibilities for the future. Society today ...
- 2419: Robert Capa
- Robert Capa Robert Capa was born in Budapest, hungary in 1913. Robert Capa is most known for his photographs in war. Known for obtaining photos taken during a war that shows what it is like to be in a war. Showing things like the hardships that soldiers have to endure and the suffering of people whose homes and cities were destroyed as a result of war. His photos are divided into three categories: images ...
- 2420: H G Wells
- ... West, in 1914. In the next 50 years he produced more than 80 books. His novel The Time Machine mingled science, adventure, and political comment. Later works in this genre are The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, and The Shape of Things to Come; each of these fantasies was made into a motion picture. Wells also wrote novels devoted to character delineation. Among these are Kipps and The History of Mr. Polly, which depict members of the lower middle class and their aspirations. Both recall the world of Wells's youth; the first tells the story of a struggling teacher, the second portrays a draper's assistant. Many of Wells's other books can be categorized as thesis novels. Among these are Ann Veronica, promoting women's rights; Tono-Bungay, attacking irresponsible capitalists; and Mr. Britling Sees It Through, depicting the average Englishman's reaction to war. After World War I Wells wrote an immensely popular historical work, The Outline of History. Throughout his long life Wells was deeply concerned with and wrote voluminously about the survival of contemporary society. For ...
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