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- 2601: The Evolution of the Computer
- ... an enormous step forward; they provided a means of input, output, and memory storage on a massive scale. For more than 50 years following their first use, punched-card machines did the bulk of the world's business computing and a good portion of the computing work in science (Chposky, 73). By the late 1930s punched-card machine techniques had become so well established and reliable that Howard Hathaway Aiken, in ... by card punch and electric typewriter. It was slow, requiring 3 to 5 seconds for a multiplication, but it was fully automatic and could complete long computations without human intervention (Chposky, 103). The outbreak of World War II produced a desperate need for computing capability, especially for the military. New weapons systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and ...
- 2602: Policy Profile Of Senator Dick
- ... and did not voluntarily leave. (101st Congress, 486) Lugar has four principle premises for good foreign policy. They are as follows: * " To defend and advance the cause of democracy, freedom, and human rights throughout the world." * "To promote prosperity and social progress through a free, open, and expanding market-oriented global economy." * "To work diplomatically to help resolve dangerous regional conflicts." * "To work to reduce and eventually eliminate the danger of nuclear war." Senator Lugar has made an ernest attempt to embrace these ideas and employ their definitions in most all areas of foreign policy. (Lugar, 28) During Lugar's career in the United States Senate he has ... in disarming nuclear warheads, disposing of the lethal components (enriched uranium), and securing all facets of the processes. The implications, according to Lugar, are not acceptable. There are many unstable political entities in the modern world who would think nothing of perpetuating a nuclear strike, perhaps even against the U.S.. Countries such as North Korea, Iraq, and Iran are considered by many experts to be potential nuclear threats if ...
- 2603: Terrorism in the US
- ... done to prevent it from engulfing the basic carefree lifestyle of the American. Terrorism is not new to the United States, in fact it's been around for quite some time. Ever since the first war in America broke out terrorism has been a constant threat. One of the earliest terrorist acts was committed in 1963 when four young girls were crushed after a bomb demolished a Baptist Church in Birmingham ... infamous Unabomber (Hauser 40). It is now known to the nation that Timothy McVeigh is responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing. It is also known that McVeigh was a decorated veteran of the Persian Gulf War. The intended purpose of terrorism is to create alarm. The goal is to attract publicity to the terrorists and their cause. McVeigh's actions were in protest of the Waco Standoff, he believed that the ... chemical and biological agents, even nuclear weapons. In April of 1993 a fifty-four year old man was stopped at the Canadian border by customs officials who found packages of ricin, known in the chemistry world as one of the most deadly chemical agents. The man possessed enough to kill over 32,000 people. Another man was able to mail order two vials of bubonic plague which were delivered to ...
- 2604: History 2
- ... realize that. Especially throughout my high school years I always thought that history was tiresome. Throughout high school I always considered history as just a subject that was required to graduate. One summer I took world history at a junior college. I didn't want to take it but I needed it to graduate high school. I found the teacher very interesting but the facts and events that he presented were ... did not know. I believe that sometimes it takes a person to experience history to actually understand it. My grandfather went through a lot when he was just around my age. He had fought in World War two. When I was younger he would tell me all sorts of stories when he was at war. Of course I did not understand how he felt and what he meant but when he ...
- 2605: Norman Rockwell Bio
- ... his special skill in detail to capture and portray illustrations that accurately reflected the emotions felt in the hearts of Americans at the time. Rockwell made several illustrations exhibiting events like the Great Depression and World War I. In fact during the second World War Rockwell was motivated by President Roosevelt himself to create one of his greatest projects, The Four Freedoms Paintings, illustrating each of America s fundamental freedoms and revealing the reason behind the United States ...
- 2606: Homer 2
- ... this report. Keep in mind that these are only ideas based on research, of which was based on asumption and hypothesis. So, It may be true but it may be another of the misunderstandings the world has on homer and the poems he composed. Homer, a greek poet (or Greek poets)who wrote two very famous poems. The Iliad and the Odyssey, were a major part of Greek history, espeshally for ... said that these works where used in Ancientt Greek education. Today we see These great works put in to the curiculem of almost every school in America! The Iliad is a story of the trojen war. It begins in the in media res faion. That accualy trancelates to, in the middle of things, so that means Homer began his books in the middle of what was happening. The Iliad is set in the final year of the Trojan War. Ittells of an episode in the trojen war, the wrath of Archilles and its tragic consequences, including the deaths of Patroclus and Hector. The Odyssey, beginning ten years after the fall of Troy, tells ...
- 2607: The Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials
- ... Puritans, the plainly clothed but wealthy Puritan seemed to be a hypocrite."2 As it became more difficult for the Puritans to practice their religious beliefs in England, many opted to move to the New World to seek their religious freedom. By 1640 the Massachusetts Bay Colony had about 10,000 settlers. The colonists built churches, where they gathered in song and prayer to receive moral instruction. Their churches not only ... in the end, dwell with Him in heaven. Those who were not a part of the elect would be cast into hell, as Lucifer had been. The Puritans who made the journey to the New World faced many hardships such as crop failure, hunger, cold, war, and attacks from both wild animals and hostile Native Americans. The Puritans did not coexist as well as they would have liked. Tension arose, and many began to doubt their religion. This led some ...
- 2608: Who Didn't Kill JFK?
- ... son, "We want winners. We don't want losers here." Joe Kennedy eventually decided that his oldest son Joe would run for the presidency. Though Joe was unfortunately killed in a dangerous bombing mission during World War II. (Netzley pg10-13) After Joe's loss of his oldest son, he told John, that he should enter the life of politics. John Kennedy said My father wanted his oldest son in politics. Wanted ... Netzley pg18) The Soviet's premier Nikita Khrushnev shipped intermediate range nuclear missiles to Castro. Kennedy responded by sending 63 ships to make a blockade. (Netzley pg 18) Their was a nuclear stand off, the world was on the brink of war, but Kennedy made a deal promising never to invade Cuba again if Khrushchev removed all of the nuclear missiles. An agreement was reached and Kennedy was praised by ...
- 2609: Kubla Khan -
- ... speaker then attempts to recreate a vision he saw. Through the description of the visions of Kubla Khan s palace and the speaker s visions the poem tells of the creation of an enchanting beautiful world as the result of power of human imagination. The second part of the poem reveals that although the mind has the ability to create this paradise-like world it is tragically unable to sustain this world. It is believed that Kubla Khan was created by Coleridge when he was in a deep sleep that was induced by the use of opiates which were prescribed for dysentery. He fell asleep while ...
- 2610: Cola Wars
- ... be very complex. Many issues have to be resolved before a company can even consider entering uncharted foreign waters. This becomes very evident as one begins to study the international cola wars. The domestic cola war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi is still raging. However, the two soft-drink giants also recognize that opportunities for growth in many of the mature markets have slowed. Both Coca- Cola, which sold 10 billion cases of soft-drinks in 1992, and Pepsi now find themselves asking, "Where will sales of the next 10 billion cases come from?" The answer lies in the developing world, where income levels and appetites for Western products are at an all time high. Often, the company that gets into a foreign market first usually dominates that country's market. Coke patriarch Robert Woodruff realized this 50 years ago and unleashed a brilliant ploy to make Coke the early bird in many of the major foreign markets. At the height of World War II, Woodruff proclaimed that Awherever American boys were fighting, they'd be able to get a Coke. By the time Pepsi tried to make its first international pitch in the 50s, Coke had ...
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