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- 121: Harrison Bergeron
- ... With the handicaps imposed there would not the breakthroughs that are needed to improve the population's way of life. Suppose someone did not have the ability to invent the automobile. It would be difficult to commute to school or work. Imagine if you had to walk to work every day no matter how bad the weather is. Now-a-days ...
- 122: Gatsby's Dream
- ... hatboxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes...Sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort of leather conservatory we started towards town” (68). The use of the symbolic automobile can be seen as a demonstration of how an ideal based on materialism alone can be destructive. This was the fatal car which kills Myrtle Wilson and indirectly leads to ...
- 123: A Case of Needing: Serious Revisions
- ... might help to bring the truth about her death to light, but it also would soil Peter's pristine reputation. Peter will go so far as to torch an incriminating automobile rather than let the truth be known. From the evils of the all-powerful hospital to the darker recesses of one physician's heart, the cruelest and most self- serving ...
- 124: Abbey, and His Fear of Progress
- ... Cars, litter, and vandalism can all be attributed to "progress." In this frame of thinking "progress" kind of contradicts it's self. The most detrimental aspect of progress is the automobile. "'Parks are for people' is the public-relations slogan, which decoded means that the parks are for people-in -automobiles." People come streaming in, driving their cars. They are in ...
- 125: Lyndon Johnson
- ... his Appalachia bill which improved the living standards in the Appalachian Mountain region. It also passed his proposals for increased federal aid to education, a cut in excise taxes, stronger automobile safety measures, and the establishment of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation. Lyndon Johnson also succeeded in passing his Medicare plan.(Peter Lisagor, 150 ...
- 126: Albert Camus
- ... and in some measure against his will, he became the leading moral voice of his generation during the 1950's. Camus died at the height of his fame, in an automobile accident near Sens, France on January 4, 1960. Camus's deepest philosophical interests were in Western philosophy, among them Socrates, Pascal, Spinoza, and Nietsche. His interest in philosophy was almost ...
- 127: Charles Lindbergh
- ... as a child, served in the U.S. Congress from 1907 to 1917. Lindbergh's love of machinery was evident by the age of 14; "He could take apart a automobile engine and repair it". Attending the University of Wisconsin, Lindbergh studied engineering for two years. Although he was an excellent student, his real interest was in flying. As a result ...
- 128: Harry Shippe Truman
- ... Harry was out of work. Harry had a daughter named Margaret after Harry's sister and Bess's mother. Harry joined a cub as sales director of the Kansas City Automobile Club. Many people were buying cars but there were few paved roads, gas tanks, and barely any road signs. The club helped people would wanted to travel by car. He ...
- 129: Woman of the Year: 1953-Queen Elizabeth II
- ... go to safety at the fortress of Windsor Castle. She returned to London on October 13, 1940. She then joined the woman's branch army and took training as an automobile driver and mechanic. Prince Philip was an officer in the Royal Navy during World War II. He met Elizabeth in the war. Later he dropped the title of prince to ...
- 130: Ferdinand Prosche: Life And Achievements of A Pioneer
- ... Prosche: Life And Achievements of A Pioneer German engineer Ferdinand Porsche is certainly one of the most important figures - if not the most imporant and influent-in the history of automobile making. This outstanding Teuton was born on September 3rd, 1875 in Mafferdorf, Germany. One of the most remarkable accomplishments of his carrer was that his work was not limited to ...
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