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- 9791: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... s writing is shared by the Book Review Digest which stated: "Ms. Munro is a writer of extraordinary richness and texture....Her imagery stuns or wounds. Her sentences stick to the rough surfaces of our world. She has persevered through periods when her writing was unfashionable, and has deepened the channel of realism" (Towers 1285). The title "Differently" reflects Georgia's and Maya's view of the world. Georgia is a traditional woman with basic values. Maya, on the other hand, is a free spirit always looking for adventure and excitement. Georgia envies Maya's wealth and carefree attitude and the fact that ...
- 9792: Ludwig Van Beethoven
- ... a motivating force in that it challenged him to try and conquer the fate that was handed him. He would not surrender to that "jealous demon, my wretched health" before proving to himself and the world the extent of his skill. Thus, faced with such great impending loss, Beethoven, keeping faith in his art and ability, states in his Heiligenstadt Testament a promise of his greatness yet to be proven in ... the Testament a determination, though weak and exhausted, to carry on-"I would have ended my life-it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me. So I endured this wretched existence..." Realizing his own potential which he expressed earlier after the completion of the Second Symphony-"I am ...
- 9793: Woodstock
- ... not hippies in the commonly accepted sense: a good half of them, at least, were high school or college students from middle class homes ("The Big Woodstock, 33"). But at Woodstock they exhibited to the world many of the hippie values and life styles, from psychedelic clothing to spontaneous, unashamed nudity to open and casual sex, and also illicit drugs. Youthful imaginations were captured, most obviously, by the hippie sound: driving ... and chaos. The generous assistance of the Hog Farm help bring everything together. A New Mexico hippie commune took care of kids who were on bad trips from LSD. It was demonstrated to the adult world that young people could create a kind of peace in a situation where none should have existed ("The Big Woodstock, 33). The youth of America got together well beyond the festival itself. Overall the Woodstock ...
- 9794: Magic Johnson
- ... The Fifty Greatest Players in NBA History: Magic Johnson. www.nba.com/. NBA Properties, Inc., 1996 *Reader these next two documents were not used in the product, but are good resources of information. "Johnson, Magic." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia Standard Edition. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1997 "Magic Johnson." www.caphis.usc.edu/~yungkail/magic.html
- 9795: Spelling And Differently - Ana
- ... s writing is shared by the Book Review Digest which stated: "Ms. Munro is a writer of extraordinary richness and texture....Her imagery stuns or wounds. Her sentences stick to the rough surfaces of our world. She has persevered through periods when her writing was unfashionable, and has deepened the channel of realism" (Towers 1285). The title "Differently" reflects Georgia's and Maya's view of the world. Georgia is a traditional woman with basic values. Maya, on the other hand, is a free spirit always looking for adventure and excitement. Georgia envies Maya's wealth and carefree attitude and the fact that ...
- 9796: Bad Luck In Love!
- ... jean outfit that really showed off her figure. The guys are gonna *censored* when they see me walking her into school. I can see their tongues hanging out now. I'm on top of the world. Jenny didn't seem too happy to see me. She just grunted a mornin', and started walking toward school. I was a little disappointed. We seemed to hit it off so well at the end ... s too bad she has to die, she really is one hot looking slut. It's too bad she hasn't the personality to go with the body. It's no great loss to the world though. She is pure slime in my book. My knives are sharp. I slide them in their my canvass bag, blade to handle alternating so they wont bang together and make any noise. I slide ...
- 9797: The Aids Crisis
- ... a whole ostracizes and black lists anyone and anything that is believed to be associated with the disease. Many people think the United States is home of the most modern and developed society in the world. Yet, this society remains flawed in that its reaction to disease mirrors that of medieval times. Although this a society that can build anything and go anywhere, the basic fears of mankind are almost entirely ... the eighties by scaring people in a more positive way. It showed people that normal people like themselves could get the disease as easily as people with alternate life styles. For the most part, the world was shocked. Nobody ever thinks that something bad is going to happen to them. They always think it will happen to the next person or a bad person. Yet, people realized that the accepted life ...
- 9798: The Medieval Period
- ... As with alchemy, many great discoveries were made in the field of optics. These discoveries made by the mathematics and physicians are arguably the most original and important discoveries in the history of the Islamic world (Turner 195). The Islamic scientists access to a plethora of knowledge gathered by the Greek mathematician Euclid and Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy aided their work tremendously. Euclid and Ptolemys research was based on reflection ... human eye (Turner 195). This helped lead Islamic physicians and mathematicians in the right direction. Much of the knowledge gathered from these early scientists is taught in school access the nation, as well as the world. The Islamic physician Ibn alHaytham came up with an idea not far from what is understood today as the process of human vision. Haytham diagrammed how an objects features enters through the pupil of ...
- 9799: The Pigman
- ... donation for a bogus charity and feel guilty about it, since they perceive how lonely the Pigman is. To make up for taking the money, they take Pigman to feed his only friend in the world, Bobo, an incredibly bad-tempered baboon. Mr. Pignati, as he shows them his pig collection that once belonged to his deceased wife, gives John and Lorraine the run of his house. Soon, Lorraine and John ... gourmet food. They play games together. They are like the three monkeys that they see in the pet department at Beekman's, hugging each other to be loved, and all the while the cold, indifferent world goes about its business ignoring them. One day during a game of rollerskate tag in his house, Mr. Pignati has a heart attack while chasing John up the stairs. He is taken to the hospital ...
- 9800: Alfred Nobel
- ... proud of his Swedish Background. In his teens his father sent him to learn chemistry in France. He gained interest in explosive nitroglycerin. And studied until he founded the first ever nitroglycerin factory in the world, but found it was too volatile to work with, and too many miners were dying using it. He began experimenting on how to control the substance. He wanted something that could absorb the nitroglycerin and ... mankind." Physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. His family had many rejections to this but it still went through. It is sure that Alfred Nobel contributed a great deal to chemistry and the world and has a large diversity of achievements. He lived an unhealthy life only to live a healthy afterlife. Many people will benefit from the Nobel prizes including such people as Mother Theresa and Ernest Rutherford ...
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