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- 2471: African American Bell Curve
- ... a social war into the eyes of the public. Uncle Tom s Cabin was responsible for the increase in the abolitionist movement. Supporters of the abolitionist rallied through the country. One man, a man named John Brown seized this opportunity and believed that he would start a slave uprising. His raid on Harpers Ferry, a federal arsenal, was a failure because his belief that slaves would up rise after the attack ... had risen and fell similarly to that of the curve of a bell. The height of the curve reached its peak during the war, and fell after. The Compromise of 1850, Uncle Toms Cabin, and John Brown s rebellion all marked the rise in the bell curve. The Civil War, and the Emancipation Proclamtion marked the peak in the bell curve. The 13th and 14th amendments, along with the Jim Crow ...
- 2472: The Presidential Contenders In
- For the presidential election of 1856, the Democrats nominated James Buchanan and John Breckenridge, the newly formed Republican party nominated John Fremont and William Drayton, the American [or Know-Nothing] party nominated former president Millard Fillmore and Andrew Donelson, and the Abolition Party nominated Gerrit Smith and Samuel McFarland. Buchanan started his political career as a ...
- 2473: Drug Testing
- ... most efficient computerized operations and that produce the cheapest, most reliable products. The Japanese have this edge and the American machine tool manufacturers are reluctant to change their ideologies of buying only American made products. John Garner and Tom Avery created precision Machine Tool. John Garner is the president of Precision Machine Tool, and is a financial conservative. He prefers to invest in the company using only its profits. Tom Avery is an expert tool design engineer. He is in ...
- 2474: The Rms Titanic
- ... by social classes. Each class, first, second, and third, had two decks for themselves that were separated from the other classes. The first and second class passengers also shared an extra deck. Among them were John Jacob Astor, the richest man on the ship, Isador Strauss, founder of Macy's department store, and Benjamin Guggenheim, whose family had made their fortunes in the mining and smelting industries (RMS Titanic). When the ... ocean liner will have been in vain. -------------------------- Bibliography -------------------------- BIBLIOGRAPHY Ballard, Robert D. Exploring the Titanic. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1988. Ballard, Robert D. The Discovery of the Titanic. New York: Warner Books Inc., 1987. Eaton, John P. and Charles A. Haas. Titanic: triumph and tragedy. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1986. Gary's Titanic Page. http://www.ilap.com/~garnold/titanic.htm Tribute to the RMS Titanic. http://www ...
- 2475: Saint Francis of Assissi
- ... writings of Leo Battista Alberti, a century and a half later, or in the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas. Bernardone was not in Assisi when his son was born. At first the child was called John but upon his father's return he was christened Francis, in memory of France, whence Pietro di Bernardone had just returned. More than any other character in history, St. Francis in after life retained the ... wits of Assisi, is uncertain. Whoever gave it to him, it was the obvious name for a boy wearing French cloth, talking with French visitors, and singing French tunes, the songs of troubadours and jongleurs. John Bernardone became ‘ Francis' early in life, and has remained Francis throughout the years since. Which dialect of French he spoke is unknown. Because he was called ‘the Frenchman' and called his language ‘French', it is ...
- 2476: The Behavior Of Presidents
- ... the media. The president must react to international events which may effect American interests. Presidents who want to take a proactive approach to problems are often bogged down with problems which derail their plans. President Kennedy was forced to devote most of his time to Cold War issues during his presidency than domestic affairs because he found himself in power during two of the biggest events of the Cold War. The failed Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis forced Kennedy away from domestic issues which he promised to tackle. Hoover's presidency was completely derailed because of the depression. Lincoln focused himself completely at the task of keeping the Union, even if this meant blatant ...
- 2477: Banned And Censored Music
- ... on national television because, of course, it had sexual content. The song was called "Let's Spend The Night Together" and they were forced to say "Let's Spend Some Time Together." Later that decade John Lennon and Yoko Ono's album "Two Virgin's" featured a naked picture of the two. These albums were confiscated before they even had a chance to hit the record stores. There was one Chicago ... wonderful children songs. If somebody wanted they could depict violating thoughts or images out of many different forms of art. The censorship of music only increased as the years passed by. In 1981 Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was banned because it was believed to have strong sexual content and this was considered to be more than inappropriate for the Mormon religion. 1985 brought about one of the most prominent ...
- 2478: The vast cyber-frontier is being threatend with censorship from the government
- ... guarantee that no pornography will stray down from someone. Footnotes 1. "Background Information," Editorial On File, June 16-30, 1995, p.728 2. "Background Information," Editorial On File, February 1-15, 1996, p.148 3. John Barlow, "Thinking locally, acting globally," Time, January 15, 1996, EBSCO-CD 4. E.O.F., June 16-30, 1995. 5. Philip Elmer-Dwitt, "On a screen near you: Cyberporn," Time, July 3, 1995, EBSCO-CD ... December 18, 1995, EBSCO-CD. Levy, Steven, and others. "No Place for Kids?" Newsweek, July 3, 1995, EBSCO-CD. "Background Information." Editorial On File, Vol. 27, Number 11, June 1-15, 1996, p. 700. Barlow, John, "Thinking Locally, Acting Glabally." Time, January 15, 1996, EBSCO-CD. Sirico, Robert A. "Don't censor the Internet." Forbes, July 29, 1996, EBSCO-CD. Olson, Renee, and others. "Critics say Time Exaggerated Cyberporn Threat." School ...
- 2479: Art History Entombment And Adoration Of The Shepperds Painti
- ... help commemorate the event. In both paintings, the artists use people to help create the mood of the scene. In Moretto’s Entombment, Moretto depicted each figure with his or her own unique emotion. Saint John the Evangelist (lower left) looks towards Christ with a gaping mouth as if he still can’t believe this is happening. He also holds Christ’s arm like he wants to help in some way ... rather thick. Moretto did care more about to detail than Cigoli though. His love of detail is evident in the lavish garments that Joseph and Nicodemus wear. Patterns can even be seen faintly in Saint John as well and Mary Magdeline’s outfit looks so realistic with all the folds in the drapery. The cave and the hill are also depicted clearly and to the point. Cigoli seems to suggest rather ...
- 2480: The Computer Underground.
- ... CU as criminals. Similarly, some reject the notion that there are different roles and motivations among the computer underground participants and thereby refuse to define just what it is that a "hacker" or "phreaker" does. John Maxfield, a "hacker expert," suggests that differentiating between "hackers" and "phone phreaks" is a moot point, preferring instead that they all just be called "criminals." The reluctance or inability to differentiate between roles and activities ... of the hacking element. (Bill Landreth, Outside the Inner Circle) Another role in the computer underground is that of the "phone phreak." Phone phreaking, usually called just "phreaking," was widely publicized when the exploits of John "Cap'n Crunch" Draper, the "father of phreaking," were publicized in a 1971 Esquire magazine article. The term "phreaking" encompasses several different means of getting around the billing mechanisms of telephone companies. By using these ...
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