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- 141: Robert Boyle
- Robert Boyle Robert Boyle is considered both the founder of modern chemistry and the greatest English scientist to live during the first thirty years of the existence of the Royal Society. He was not only a chemist and ... first earl of Cork, and Katherine Fenton, his second wife, Boyle was the youngest son in a family of fourteen. However he was not shortchanged of anything. After private tutoring at home for eight years, Robert Boyle was sent to Eton College where he studied for four years. At the age of twelve, Boyle traveled to the Continent, as it was referred to at the time. There he found a ...
- 142: Lane Frost A Fallen Champinion
- Lane Frost Lane Frost was a bull rider that had a talent for riding bulls and died doing what he loved. Lane died at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in a battle between a 5'11'', 145-lb. man and ... bull the for eight seconds, then tried to get off of it but as he did the bull turned and hooked him. It broke his ribs which punctured a main artery. Because of this Lane Frost died at 1:30 p.m. July 30, 1989 (Angier 1-76). The Movie "Eight Seconds" was made for Lane about his life. That date will live in every cowboy's mind forever. Lane ...
- 143: Russia and US International Relations
- ... of the Soviet Republics in mind, the new hegemony that the United States was experiencing would be short lived. A new crisis emerged from the Soviet Republics that threatened the security of the United States. Robert J. Art argues that one of the main objectives for the United States is to protect the homeland from destruction, and the prime threat to this objective is the spread of nuclear weapons. Because of ... the United States and the Soviet Union have been notably more restrained than they might otherwise have been, and therefore crises that might have escalated to dangerous levels have been resolved safely at low levels. Robert McNamara states that the "sole purpose" of strategic nuclear force "is to deter the other side's first use of its strategic forces." Robert Jervis brings up the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction, and how it discourages the use of nuclear weapons by showing the inevitability of total destruction on both sides. So what would be the advantage ...
- 144: Lawrence Of Arabia (Movie)
- Lawrence of Arabia Arabia set a new standard for movie epics. David Lean's sweeping, magisterial direction, the gnomic complexity of the screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson, and the awe-inspiring cinematography by Freddie Young combined to make this a thinking person's spectacular. Peter O'Toole's intense, charismatic performance in the title role vaulted him to ... my staff in Cairo." From these statements Bolt has made a thesis and antithesis to the audience. The audience will judge if he is extraordinary or ordinary. Lean has the camera cut to Lawrence working. Robert Bolt's screenplay immediately introduces a character who has not found his rightful spot in life. At the age of 29, Lawrence is discontented with a desk job in Cairo. Lean has Lawrence look up ... from Brighton and begins to add his view. This irritates Brighton to the extent of, "Damn it Lawrence who do you take your orders from". Salim answers with "From lord Feisal, in Feisal's tent." Robert Bolt has placed these lines to interrupt the thought of Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Once Ali entered the scene, the line of vision between Lawrence and Brighton was broken. Lawrence was not under Brighten ...
- 145: Robert Edward Lee
- Robert Edward Lee Robert Edward Lee was born of two distinguished Virginia families. He was a devoted son, an outstanding Westpoint cadet, and an United States army officer for thirty two years. He graduated second in his class. Lee ... commander and chief of all confederate forces. His great battles of the Civil wars include Antietam, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. He won many, many battles in the Civil war. Finally on April 9, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Uylesses S. Grant at the Appomattox courthouse. He had a knack for anticipating the actions of his opponents and for comprehending their weaknesses. Many of Lees tactics were not ...
- 146: The Right to Privacy by Robert Bork.
- The Right to Privacy by Robert Bork. Robert Bork's The Right of Privacy examined the landmark case Griswald v. Conneticut. Bork's "originalist" view proclaimed that Justice Douglas erroneously interpreted the right of privacy from the Constitution. The originalist view is that ... involved a bizarre law that forbade the use of condoms in the hope that it would prevent adulterous affairs. This deduction is as absurd as banning all sales of chocolate in order to prevent obesity. Robert Bork admitted that this law did not make sense, especially in the ability of government officials to enforce the law. Yet, Bork disagreed with the method used by Justice Douglas to overturn the conviction ...
- 147: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
- Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee both embodied the dynamic spirit that developed from the goe political trends of their time. These men were responsible for the end of an old ideological way of life and the creation of a new one. Robert E Lee was from Virginia his background was rich with family, culture, and tradition. He embodied a way of life that had come down through the age of knighthood and the English country squire. ...
- 148: Raymond Carvers Cathedral
- ... narrator of Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" is a man living a life of monotony, continuously feeding the cold and bigoted mind that we witness for the first part of the story. The process of guiding Robert through the drawing of the cathedral,removes the narrator from that dark looking glass and initiates a tranformation in which he is compelled to meet himself face to face; this awakening stirs the narrator's ... narrator's, however, ruptures the protective shield that surrounding steadfast biases, and forces the person to assess their position in the greater schema of humankind. A bias that surfaces early on, is the mention of Robert's wife, "Beulah!" The narrator exclaims, "That's a name for a colored woman." (Carver, "Cathedral," 182) Here, by attaching a stereotype to a simple name, he exhibits the precise indiscretion of a closed-minded bigot, and then eventually reaches humility through his awakening. The narrator possesses several other prejudices that also hinder his humility. Later on, for example, the narrator sees Robert for the first time and the man's appearance startles him: "This blind man, feature this," he says, "he was wearing a full beard! A beard on a blind man!" (183) Later still, the ...
- 149: Story Of J Robert Oppenhiemer
- ... imagine. As the general spoke the words, a part of his spirit left him. The bomb had been dropped at precisely 8:15 A.M., so he said at least. For the first time, J. Robert Oppenheimer wished he had never been such a successful physicist. He wished that he had studied math, or perhaps even literature. Anything except for theoretical physics would not have put him in the position to ... mind until he came back out of his train of thought and heard the stern voice of the obviously militant mannered General. The General spoke words such as "pride" and "courage", yet all that J. Robert felt was pain, sorrow, and guilt. It was if a ton of bricks had fell from the sky and landed dead on top of him. Dead, all those people dead.. Killed by some quantum machine ... those words, those usually uplifting words could not stop that feeling. Nothing could stop it. That was the day the call came for him, the call that would forever remind him. Remind him that J. Robert Oppenhiemer was one of those men, the men that for the rest of their lives would have to live with the knowledge that they had invented the worlds most deadly weapon. The Atom Bomb ...
- 150: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
- Robert Frost is America's most beloved poets. Throughout most of his work, we can see his ongoing battle between good and evil. In his works, we see many people who are forced to face challenges that are essential in the course of ones life. Frost exhibits these themes in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and in "The Road Not Taken" by capturing the essence of an individual that has encountered and persevered through difficult times in life ...
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