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- 12191: Thomas Jefferson'S Life: Tell It The Way It Is!
- ... generally favorable. Although many writers such as Levy and Brodie seek to tarnish the image of the great liberal leader, he still remains as one if the most idolized leaders in the history of the world. Gordon S Wood writes of Jefferson's life much like a reporter explaining his life and listing the motives that brought him to do all the things that he did. These range from the promotion ... people. Thomas Jefferson is the beginning of a concept that many people in the United States call "the quickening". The quickening is the speeding up of society. The more intelligent we get the faster the world goes and the faster it goes the harder it is to control. Much like a car, it can only go so fast before it gets out of control. Jefferson began this in the United States ...
- 12192: The Beginning of a Journey
- ... of Louisiana Territory to the United States. President Jefferson sent ministers to France, offering to buy New Orleans, the vital port at the mouth of the Mississippi River. But instead, Napoleon Bonaparte, preparing for another war with England, made a surprising counteroffer. He would sell the entire Louisiana Territory, all 820,000 square miles, to the United States for $15 million. It was a sum twice the federal budget, but just ... At the age of 14, he moved with his family to Kentucky where they were among the earliest settlers. William Clark was the youngest brother of General George Rogers Clark, a hero of the Revolutionary War. William served under General "Mad Anthony" Wayne during the Indian wars in the Northwest Territory. In preparing for the expedition, Lewis visited the president's scientific friends in Philadelphia for instruction in natural sciences, astronomical ...
- 12193: Leonardo Da Vinci
- ... takes out a large chunk of the center. The painting was done in an experimental fresco medium. This accounts for the rest of the damage. Even after all this it is still regarded as a world masterpiece. Located in the Louvre is the world’s most prized painting. Mona Lisa was painted from 1503 to 1506. The painting is nothing more than a woman from the abdomen up, yet is regarded as the worlds best. She brings millions of ...
- 12194: Othello - The Tragic Hero
- ... of a single villain, but is rather a consequence of a wide range of feelings, judgments and misjudgments, and attempts for personal justification exhibited by the characters. Othello is first shown as a hero of war and a man of great pride and courage. As the play continues, his character begins to deteriorate and become less noble. Chronologically through the play, Othello’s character changes from a flawless military leader, to ... been involved in, this man is still naive of the corruptness of other individuals. Othello has a trusting nature in which he gives it all. He put all his trust in Iago during times of war and during Othello's marriage to Desdemona. Everyone considered Iago as honest, and it would be out of character for Othello to believe any different. For example, Othello had told Duke: "So please your grace ...
- 12195: Reproductive Medicine
- ... pregnant at all, just as equal as the possibility of having a multiple birth and both results may also come with a cloud of ethical arguments. The entire field of reproductive medicine is in a world of moral controversy. Paul Ramsey of the Journal of Human Medicine concludes, “Human parenthood…is a basic form of humanity. To violate this is already dehumanizing, even if spiritualistic or personalistic or mentalistic categories are ... pregnant at all, just as equal as the possibility of having a multiple birth and both results may also come with a cloud of ethical arguments. The entire field of reproductive medicine is in a world of moral controversy. Paul Ramsey of the Journal of Human Medicine concludes, “Human parenthood…is a basic form of humanity. To violate this is already dehumanizing, even if spiritualistic or personalistic or mentalistic categories are ...
- 12196: King William I
- ... by far, the most powerful man in the universe. Let us just analyze the things that made a king and the things that make Bill Clinton. First of all, a king was able to wage war with whomever he wanted, without the approval of a legislative body. Is that not what Clinton did earlier this year? We waged a war with a country tens of thousands of miles away under the flag of NATO, which Clinton practically controls anyway. He used the United Nations as an excuse to intervene in something that didn't concern ...
- 12197: Malcolm X
- Malcolm X When Malcolm X was murdered in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem on February 21, 1965, he was world-famous as "the angriest black man in America." By that time he had completed his autobiography, so we have now the opportunity to get information of this both hated and loved Afro-American leader’s ... and in progressive intellectual circles. He travelled widely in Europe and Africa and established his Organisation of Afro-American Unity. He saw the black American struggle partly as a segment of the efforts of third world nations for human rights. In 1964, Malcolm X went on his pilgrimage to Mecca, which is obligatory for orthodox Muslims, and there he began to consider changing his views towards integration. In Mecca, he saw ...
- 12198: Al Gore
- ... high honors in government in 1969 after writing a senior thesis titled "The Impact of Television on the Conduct of the Presidency, 1947-1969." After struggling with his conscience about his opposition to the Vietnam War, Gore, who was drafted for service that year, decided to enter the military. Though his father lost his next bid for the Senate, Al Gore, Jr.’s decision to join the military helped allay the concerns of his father’s constituency about Al Gore, Sr.’s opposition to the war. Gore served his time in Vietnam as an army reporter. When he returned to the States in 1971, he worked as a reporter at the Tennessean . When he was later moved to the city politics ...
- 12199: Great Gatsby
- ... directly tries to associate his name with, and in turn earn a level of respect specifically from Tom. Gatsby includes anyone famous, even those who are morally bad. "Meyer Wolfsheim, the man who fixed the world series in 1919" (Mizner 23), is a very famous person with whom Gatsby is (or seems to be) good friends with. However, "fixing" any game, let alone the world series, is something believably wrong. Gatsby actually goes to the extent of putting his name to someone who wears teeth for cufflinks. Even though his money and his associations are important, perhaps the most important ...
- 12200: Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts & The 60s: Years of Hope - Comparison
- ... if to create a whirlwind of excitement and confusion to express the spirit of the sixties. The authors all feel, however, that the generation of the sixties was out to build or create a new world. They all wanted to improve what existed. While one author describes the generation as having the "modest ambition of shaking America to its roots" (Gitlin 2), the other authors described the generation as a "scouting party for a new world" (Collier and Horowitz 14). Another thing the authors appear to agree upon is their reason for writing their books. They all view the sixties as an important part of the past and want to teach ...
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