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- 3351: Albert Einstein from Start to Finish
- ... board with the lesson. His teachers came to the conclusion that he was mentally retarded and his classmates thought he was a stupid freak. How could a freak be known to every person in the world today for his extravagant contributions to Math and Science? He began high school at the age 12. He was only interested in Mathematics and Philosophy. Therefore he made no effort to work in his other ... academic lecturer. Albert was in Germany when WW I broke out. At this time he was concentrating on the problem of gravity and the theory of relativity. Albert was not at all interested in The War. He hated it. In 1922, Albert received the Nobel Prize in Physics for the Photo Electric Law and his work in the field of Theoretical Physics. This was also the year that he came to the United States. In 1934, Germany took away his citizenship, simply because he was in the US and he hated war! Later in his life Albert switched his focus to To Atto Hahn, who discovered what great power an atom contains. Of all times Hahn made his discovery just before Christmas. He thought this technology ...
- 3352: Herman Melville
- ... 1819-91), an American Novelist, is widely regarded as one of America's greatest and most influential novelists; known primarily as the author of Moby Dick. He belonged to a group of eminent pre-Civil War writers-American Romantics or members of the American Renaissance-who created a new and vigorous national literature. He is one of the notable examples of an American author whose work went largely unrecognized in his ... literary concerns but whose works remained in obscurity until the 1920s, when his genius was finally recognized. Melville was born August 1, 1819, in New York City, into a family that had declined in the world. The Gansevoorts were solid, stable, eminent, prosperous people; the (Hermans Fathers side) Melvilles were somewhat less successful materially, possessing an unpredictable. erratic, mercurial strain. (Edinger 6). This difference between the Melvilles and Gansevoorts was the ... Adventures in the South Seas (1847), and Mardi (1849) were romances of the South Sea islands. Redburn, His First Voyage (1849) was based on his own first trip to sea, and White-Jacket, or the World in a Man-of-War (1850) fictionalized his experiences in the navy. In 1850 Melville moved to a farm near Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he became an intimate friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne, to whom he ...
- 3353: Mohandas Gandhi and His Life
- ... Indians. Gandhi negotiated many compromises in 1913 for more rights of the Indian people. Considering his goal achieved he returned to India in 1914. When Gandhi came back to India he began supporting Britain in World War One. During this time he was not actively involved in politics. Gandhi had been friendly with the British, but when they passed the Rowlatt bills he became very upset. The bills stated that those suspected ... rural areas of India, which accounted for 85% of the population. He encouraged the peasants to spin and weave to supplement their incomes. He himself eventually moved to Sevagram and centered his program there. When World War Two started, the Indian National Congress supported Britain on the condition that they withdraw completely from India. Gandhi demanded their withdrawal as well. India became independent shortly after the war in 1947. India, ...
- 3354: Save The Internet
- ... is readily available to curious little children who happen to bump into them? Today, the Internet which has only become popular several years ago, is unequivocally one of the most revolutionary innovations in the computer world. The information superhighway has changed peoples' lives dramatically and have created many new exciting opportunities as well as markets to be exploited. But, unfortunately, the Internet also has created a haven for the depravity of ... of hardcore scenes featuring such acts as paedophilia, defection, bestiality and bondage." (Kershaw) According to Chidley, "In 1994, more than 450,000 pornographic images and text files were available to the Internet users around the world; that information had been accessed more than 6 million times." (58) This shocking figure is further agitated by the fact that pornography would be very harmful to the young unsuspecting child who happens to stumble ... the Internet; our children remains our highest priority. Let's attack this problem at its source by censoring the Internet as that is to only rational solution up to today. We do not want our world to be ravaged by the present situation of Internet! Works Cited Beahm, George. War of Words-The Censorship Debate. Kansas City : Andrew and McMeel, 1993. Chidley, Joe. "Red-Light District." Maclean's 22 May ...
- 3355: Welfare
- ... resembled the English system. Social governments were responsible for helping the poor. But the colonies and later the states, sometimes helped the local government provide aid. The first federal welfare program, began after the Revolutionary War, they provided pensions to war veterans. During the Civil War these pensions were expanded to cover soldiers' widows and orphans. In the early 1900's, primary responsibility for providing welfare benefits shifted from local to state governments. During these years, states enacted programs to ...
- 3356: Welfare In The U.s.
- ... resembled the English system. Social governments were responsible for helping the poor. But the colonies and later the states, sometimes helped the local government provide aid. The first federal welfare program, began after the Revolutionary War, they provided pensions to war veterans. During the Civil War these pensions were expanded to cover soldiers' widows and orphans. In the early 1900's, primary responsibility for providing welfare benefits shifted from local to state governments. During these years, states enacted programs to ...
- 3357: The Demon Lover
- ... title of the story and imagine that there is a supernatural aspect in the story. In the short story, Kathleen has returned to her home in London that has been abandoned during the bombing of World War II. She is not expected, yet she finds a letter addressed to her on a table in the hallway. Twenty-five years has past since the leaving of her former lover during World War I. Kathleen s lover is had been presumed dead after months of being missing in action and she has moved on. She is now married to a William Dover and living the countryside ...
- 3358: Germany 2
- ... is located in Central Europe. It borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. It is between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. It is slightly smaller than Montana. Germany’s economy was the world’s third most powerful in 1997. The German economy benefited from robust exports, particularly to other members of the EU and the US, as well as strengthening equipment investments. But anemic private consumption and contraction in the construction industry limited the expansion. Unemployment continued to set post-war monthly records through the end of 1997 and averaged 4.3 million for the year. In preparation for the first of January 1999, the start of the European Monetary Union, the government has made major ... markets, and to avoid Germany’s high tax rates, high wage cost, rigid labor structures, and extensive regulations. For similar reasons foreign investment in Germany has been lagging for years. Germany is one of the world’s leading industrial nations. Western Germany is among the world’s largest and technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, and electronics. Eastern Germany’s industries are metal ...
- 3359: The Ineffable Aphrodite
- ... derived from "aphros," an ancient greek word for foam. She soon washed up on the shore of the island of Cyprus. Her beauty was unsurpassed, and every god wanted to marry her. Zeus, fearing a war among his pantheon, gave her to his trustworthy son Haphaistos. Hephaistos was the god of fire and blacksmiths. He kept his wife happy by making exquisite jewelry for her to wear. Unfortunately, his craftsmanship wasn ... companion was the young god Eros, a mischievous scamp who indiscriminately shot his arrows of love at unsuspecting humans. One of the most famous stories involving Aphrodite led to the greatest conflict of the ancient world. Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena called upon the young shepherd Paris to judge a beauty contest. A golden apple with an inscription of "for the fairest" had been presented at a divine wedding. All three woman claimed the apple, but they decided to let Paris hand it out. All three woman promised the youth a handsome reward if they were chosen. Athena promised the glory of war, Hera promised riches and power, and Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman in the world. The offers were enticing to the boy, but the notion of having the fairest goddess procuring the fairest ...
- 3360: Gun Control
- ... played in it. The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States makes firearm ownership legal in this country. There were good reasons for this freedom, reasons, which persist today. Firearms in the new world were used initially for hunting, and occasionally for self-defense. However, when the colonists felt that the burden of British oppression was too much for them to bear, they picked up their personal firearms and went to war. Standing against the British armies, these rebels found themselves opposed by the greatest military force in the world at that time. The 18th century witnessed the height of the British Empire, but the rough band of colonial freedom fighters discovered the power of the Minuteman, the average American gun owner. These Minutemen, ...
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