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- 13931: A Tale Of Two Cities
- ... leave the law to take care of itself." (68). The fact is, that the blackened hearts of the aristocracy saw capital punishment as a convenience, rather than justice. The guillotine "cleared off (as to this world) the trouble of each particular case, and left nothing else with it to be looked after" (62). This negative light that the ruthless use of capital punishment casts upon the rulers of France is exactly ...
- 13932: A Shropshire Lad
- ... and the achievement, in words, of fulfillment by other means" (Bayley 32). In both the conversation with the dead man and the chance encounter with the soldier, who in context seems to be marching to war, Housman personifies Shropshire as a place in which he "is constantly reminded of the limitations of mortality" (Scott-Kilvert 27). The fact that Housman "knew that obtaining what one longed for was not in fact ...
- 13933: A Separate Peace: Character Sketch Of Leper Lepellier
- ... didn’t want to take the risk of trying to be friends with them! That could mean being let down, and Leper wouldn’t be able to handle that. He couldn’t handle when the war let him down. After seeing the provocative slide on the ski troops, Leper was convinced that was the life for him. Certain he would find happiness there, he packed his bags and left. Unfortunately, the ...
- 13934: How Television Works
- How Television Works. There have been countless inventions that have forever changed the world just by their existence. Many of these have been related to communications, such as a radio, phone, and more specifically the television. Soon after it's release, millions of families across the nation had their ...
- 13935: Heroes-A Definitive Essay
- ... when his cruiser was struck broadside by another police car, driven by a Michigan State Trooper. At that point in time, Officer Keely became an instant hero. He lost the most important thing in the world, his life, doing what he was paid to do, serve and protect the public. In the most tragic way possible a hero was borne out of death and tragedy, in Officer Leslie Keely. Another local ...
- 13936: History Of The Hot Dog
- ... city of Frankfurt celebrated the 500th birthday of the hot dog in that city. It's said that the frankfurter was developed there in 1484, five years before Christopher Columbus set sail for the new world. However, the people of Vienna, Austria, point to the term "wiener" to prove their claim as the birthplace of the hot dog. As it turns out, it is likely that the North American hot dog ...
- 13937: A Separate Peace - Phineas And Gene
- ... to convince himself that he is, of course, very much like Phineas. "He wasn't so unlike me, so peacefully himself, unconscious of conflict and rivalry."(105) This quotation shows how Phineas overlooks the outside world. It seems that he just sits and hums to himself. He does not notice people fighting or competing. He just has fun. This shows how he is unconcerned. Phineas also shows us he is self ...
- 13938: How We Got The King James Vers
- ... total process was completed in less than six years. In the year 1611, the final copy of the King James translation of the Bible was available to citizens. “…the King James Version is known the world over and is more widely read than any other translation of the holy Scriptures.” (Bible Believers’ Resource Page) This reason for the King James translation was so that the people could read the Bible and ...
- 13939: How GPS Works
- ... at any time. Control Segment As shown in Figure 6, the GPS control segment includes monitor stations, ground antenna stations, and a master control station. Monitor stations are located at five different places around the world. They are Hawaii and Kwajalein in the Pacific Ocean, Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean, and Colorado Springs in Colorado. The monitor stations receive signals from all satellites and ...
- 13940: A Room With A View
- ... as a means of transforming her from a petty young woman to a subtle heroine. Lucy Honeychurch is introduced to the reader as a somewhat petty young woman, obviously ignorant to the "ways of the world," who is being chaperoned by her cousin, Charlotte Barlett, while vacationing in Italy. Numerous conversations over matters of dress, the acceptability of various pieces of furniture, and other’s vacations, suggest the snobbish nature of ...
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