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- 7081: Michael Jackson
- ... a 1996 Grammy Awards nominee, and "Childhood," which is the theme to "Free Willy 2." Some of his past songs include "Black And White," "Billie Jean," "Thriller," "Beat It," "Remember The Time," and "Heal The World." Michael Jackson has been famous for so long that he has won many awards, especially Grammys. Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. His Mother's name is Katherine and ... by polio since she was a child. (Jackson: 12) When she was a child, she partially recovered from polio when many died from the disease at that time. (Jackson: 12) Michael has been on his "World Tour" for a few years. Lately, he has to wear something over his face during concerts because of his skin condition called vitiligo. (Carlson: 6) In 1984, Michael and his brothers from the Jackson 5 ... Timetables Of History 3rd Revised Edition, Simon & Schuster, New York, Copyright 1991, pp. 611, 613 10. Jackson, Michael, Moonwalk, Doubleday, New York, Copyright 1988, pp. 8, 12, 42 11. Mc Leese, Don, "Jackson, Michael," The World Book Encyclopedia 1995 Volume 11, World Book, Inc., Chicago, Copyright 1994, p. 15
- 7082: Derek
- ... and too easy an excuse for not doing anything yourself. Derek thought that "The Glass Teat" was a perfect name for it. Still, there was a good side to it: it helped tie together the world in a network of communication, which was valuable, provided the communicators were trustworthy. But Derek felt that most of them weren't. Most of T.V. was blatant propaganda, and people like Karen just lapped ... small width of the old steel bridge. It was jammed, as usual, with a variety of traffic: executives on their way home in their air conditioned self-contained personal transport units, isolated from the very world they controlled, and looking as though their thoughts were unfathomable; toughs in hotrods playing the latest Heavy Metal bands, or classic Led Zeppelin; prim librarians with nouveau- hornrimmed glasses (faint strands of Bach and Mozart ... else was near. "Look, I'm starting to realize some things and it isn't pleasant. I'm not going anywhere, I'm just drifting. I'm just floating along in this not-so- pleasant world. I want to go somewhere else, do something different! I'm tired of this crapping lifestyle..." he trailed off, groping for words. "So do something, then." Derek's whole body slumped. "I guess I ...
- 7083: The Snow Walker
- ... that meeting white people was the worste thing that had happend to them, maybe thier right. The After reading the book i found myself totaly shocked. I could not believe that some people in this world are still living the same way they have lived for hundreds of years withought changing much. The book was absultly fantastic. The author describes the lives of these people with great detail. Every story grabs you and steels your heart. It was one of the most powerful books I've read in a long time. The book made me relize that the world is different depending on where you are. Living in this town we are totaly blinded by the rest of the world. This book made me open my eyes and relize that there are other life styles in this world. I would recomend this book to anyone, its the best.
- 7084: Baby Boomers are Jealous
- ... are today. We have grown to realize that the future's undiscovered country is awaiting our arrival, and is there for the taking. It isn't at all ironic that during our short lives the world has seen so many changes. Through the work of our generation and the reactions of the Baby Boomers generation, we have helped turn this world into a new age of wisdom; a cut-the-crap, truth seeking generation, both richer and poorer because of it. Do not feel threatened, however, our future, our generations future, and the future of the human race, is in the hands of the most informed generation to date. Growing up in an ever shrinking world. X'ers mostly share an impatience with racism, greed, and ignorance (Lauren, p. 70). The common use of the computer opened the ever expanding horizons to the highways of the world throughout cyberspace. Fact ...
- 7085: Act One Of Othello
- ... the ramblings of a madman. The third scene begins with the duke and two senators talking of the approaching Turkish fleet, and its undetermined destination. The second major theme of the play is now introduced war. Once the depleted war council has decided that the fleet is making for Cyprus, they are interupted by the arrival of Othello and his entourage. We immediately notice a difference in the way the Duke addresses Othello and Brabantio ... of the basis of their love, and their love itself, will be extrapolated throughout the remainder of the play. Once the business of Othello and his love is passed, the Duke resumes the talk of war and battle against the Turks, and heeds Othello to prepare to depart for Cyprus. Brabantio, before his depature, turns to Othello and warns him against trusting Desdemona, for she has deceived her father and ...
- 7086: WarCauses
- By: Leo Dorfman Causes of the Civil War Although some historians feel that the Civil War was a result of political blunders and that the issue of slavery did not cause the conflict, they ignore the two main causes. The expansion of slavery, and its entrance into the political scene. The ... was voted into office. The Republican party threatened the South's expansion and so Southerners felt that they had no other choice. The United States was divided into three groups by the time the Civil War began: those who believed in the complete abolition of slavery, those who were against the expansion of slavery, and those who were pro slavery. The Republican party was formed in opposition to southern expansion. ...
- 7087: Bill Gates
- ... verge of saying, 'But that's obvious.'" Gates once said to a teacher that some day he would be a millionaire. A grossly underestimated statement. Today Gates is one of the richest men in the world. In the fall of 1968, Bill Gates was entering the 8th grade at lakeside School, and his best friend Paul Allen, entered the 10th grade. Lakeside invested $3,000 into a Teletype machine which could ... for him we wouldn't have Windows 95, Winword, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or countless others. In August, 24, 1995, Microsoft announces the availability of Microsoft Windows 95, worldwide. This new operating system would change the world's view of computers drastically. The computer would become a toy and using it would be much easier than before. Four days after the release, Microsoft announces that it estimates that more than 1 million ... as tried to eliminate Netscape, the leading developer of Internet exploration tools. I do not believe in this move that Microsoft is trying to implement because smaller companies might have a fresh outlook on the world than the weathered Microsoft. I consider Bill Gates a genius. I don't believe in his companies practices like eating small software companies for lunch, but I do believe that it has effected society ...
- 7088: Home Shopping
- ... security, a new technology was introduced which is Secure Electronics Transaction(SET). SET is the emerging open standard for secure credit card payments over the Internet, adopted by major banks and financial processors around the world. So, SET is easily supported by any industry and also widely recognised around the world. Besides, SET is the only Internet electronic commerce standard that is designed to deliver multi-vendor interoperability. With so many benefits of using SET, we should go ahead to implement it in order to improve ... electronic arena for lack of a payment method compatible with such low amounts. Credit cards or checks are simply too expensive to use for micro-payments, and the e-cash currently being experimented on the World Wide Web does not seem to have the characteristics to appeal to shoppers. For this reason, smart cards could be a fundamental building block of widespread use of electronic commerce, since they are an ...
- 7089: The Concept And Antilogy Of Ne
- ... short stories tied together by a common theme, examines the many facets of necessity and poses a question of just how valuable the things we hold to be necessities really are. During the confusion of war, the definition of necessity becomes rather slippery in the minds of the soldiers and in such desperate situations, a soldier may find himself holding on to all he can. Despite the fact that these objects ... s soldiers necessities, comic books and drugs are placed in the same paragraph. They are masked as necessities and placed on almost the same level as food and weapons. This defines the intense pressures of war on men. Perhaps the men feel emptiness which drives them to think that they need the extra accessories, which have nothing to do with survival, in order to fill the emotional void caused by the atrocities of war. The entire first chapter consists of the objects and emotions that these men would carry on a daily basis; things that they would bear, no matter how ironic they may be, in order to ...
- 7090: The Story
- ... mind. It could possibly be all of these. Most people cannot appreciate the true essence of a story. They merely watch it from afar, admire in dull silence without even attempting to travel into the world of the story and feel the emotions, enjoy the happiness, share the sorrow, and partake in the action. The few that do appreciate it well. One such person was Ned Devine. He truly adored all stories. Whether they were children s or adult s from all around the world, he truly worshiped nothing else. He knew many of them by heart and could recite them word for word after having read the books and seen the movies at least twenty times each. Now however ... to. They shrugged it off and returned to their distant homes. They waited through the six months impatiently awaiting that fabled holiday that had something a little more special this year, a present to the world, a present for peace, and most of all for literature and entertainment. The six months passed, slowly, day after day, week after week, month after month. The day came. Mann, Lester, and Povey arrived ...
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