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- 181: History of English Language
- History of English Language English is a Germanic Language of the Indo-European Family. It is the second most spoken language in the world. It is estimated that there are 300 ... the unofficial international language of the world. Even though Mandarin (Chinese) may be spoken by more people, English is by far the most widespread of the world's languages. The history of the language can be traced back to the arrival of three Germanic tribes to the British Isles during the 5th Century AD. Angles, Saxons and Jutes crossed the North ...
- 182: Labor Issues
- By: abe E-mail: abe@yahoo.com Labor Unions: Aging Dinosaur or Sleeping Giant? The Labor Movement and Unionism Background and Brief History Higher wages! Shorter workdays! Better working conditions! These famous words echoed throughout the United States beginning in “1790 with the skilled craftsmen” (Dessler, 1997, p. 544). For the last two ... job types but work for the same industry” (Parkin, 1998, p. 344). Unions of this type include the United Steelworkers, United Auto Workers, and the United Transportation Union (Boone, 1996). History from the 1870’s to 1900’s. The first national union founded in Philadelphia in 1869 in the pre-Civil War period was the Knights of Labor, which “intended to ... labor. The defeat is known as the strike at Homestead, Pennsylvania. The “Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers was eliminated from the steel industry” (Robinson, 1985, p. 58). History from 1905 to 1920. In 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) challenged the AFL, prior to the depression of the 1930’s. The IWW invited the unskilled ...
- 183: The History Of Coca-Cola
- ... 1985 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at the Lincoln Center. Some two hundred TV and newspaper reporters attended this very glitzy announcement. It included a question and answer session, a history of Coca-Cola, and many other elements(Oliver 131). The debut was accompanied by an advertising campaign that revived the Coca-Cola theme song of the early 1970s, "I'd ... in Atlanta, never to be used again"(Demott et. al 55). This is what many Coke officials said, "This is the most significant soft drink development in the company's history"(Demott et. al 54). The change back to the old Coke was known as the Second Coming. Roberto Goizueta said, "Today, we have two messages to deliver to the American ...
- 184: Comparing Events In History To
- ... because the person behind the scenes wanted to have more power. Through the use of the Salem witch trials, Miller forces readers to deal with shameful episodes in 20th century history of the United States of America like McCarthyism, the Holocaust, Sacco and Vanzetti, and the Japanese American Interment. Many of these behaviors illustrated can relate to “The Crucible,” most of ... he assumed that they were practicing witchcraft and that each girl should be punished for there doing. Another hysteria that was big and probably one of the key moments in history was the Holocaust. This showed one mans ideas to exterminate an ethnic group and the power that he gained from the people in his country. This man was Adolf Hitler ...
- 185: The History of Stonehenge
- The History of Stonehenge I. Introduction a. Megaliths b. Location of Stonehenge c. Mow long did it take to build Stonehenge? II. Stonehenge I a. The Aubrey Holes b. The Heel Stone ... Thames and Hudson, Inc., 1994. deCamp, Sprague L. and Catherine C. deCamp. ANCIENT RLTINS and ARCHAEOLOGY. Garden City, New York: DoubleDay and Company Inc., 1964. Halliday, F.E. A CONCISE HISTORY OF ENGLAND: FROM STONEHENGE TO THE ATOMIC AGE. New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1965. Readers Digest. THE WORLD'S LAST MYSTERWS. Pleasantyille, New York: Tenth Printing, 1987. Readers Digest ...
- 186: A Brief History of Clocks: From Thales to Ptolemy
- A Brief History of Clocks: From Thales to Ptolemy The clock is one of the most influential discoveries in the history of western science. The division of time into regular, predictable units is fundamental to the operation of society. Even in ancient times, humanity recognized the necessity of an orderly system ...
- 187: A History Of The Beatles
- ... singles have become modern-day folk songs, covered by hundreds of individuals and groups and inspiring countless more, and have sold more copies than those of any other band in history. The roots of the Beatles date back to Liverpool, England in the late 1950s. Inspired by the growing skiffle craze, John Lennon bought a guitar in March 1957 and formed ... a court awarded the rights to all Beatles recordings to EMI/Capitol, and the record went out of print, only to become one of the most counterfeited albums in music history. In January of 1964 Capitol released their first U.S. Beatles LP, Meet the Beatles, containing remixed material from their two British albums. Following a landmark three weekend stint on ...
- 188: The History Of Corvettes
- "The History of the Corvette" It all started in September of 1951, when General Motors chief stylist Harley Earl took a ride to Watkins Glen sports car race. He was impressed with ... to a single-piece instrument panel, and they all came stock with leather seats. 1995 was the last year of the infamous, powerful ZR-1. In it’s 6 year history, 6,939 ZR-1’s were built. The ZR-1 started in 1990 with a 375 horsepower engine, running the quarter-mile in 13.3 seconds at 108 mph, and ...
- 189: The FBI and Its History
- The FBI and Its History The agency now known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation was founded in 1908 when Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte appointed an unnamed force of Special Agents to be the ... Investigation in 1909. Following a series of changes in name, the Federal Bureau of Investigation officially received its present title in 1935. During the early period of the FBI's history, its Agents investigated violations of some of the comparatively few existing federal criminal violations, such as bankruptcy frauds, antitrust crime, and neutrality violations. During World War I, the Bureau was ...
- 190: Albert Einstein
- ... a small electrical equipment plant. He did not talk until the age of three and by the age of nine, was still not fluent in his native language. (Discovering World History) His parents were actually concerned the he might be somewhat mentally retarded. His parent's concerns aside, even as a youth Einstein showed a brilliant curiosity about nature and an ... without a high school diploma. Other biographies, however, state that Einstein was expelled from the gymnasium on the grounds that he was a disruptive influence at the school. (Discovering World History) In 1895, Einstein thought himself ready to take the entrance examination for the Eldgenossiche Technische Hochschule (ETH: Swiss Federal Polytechnic School, or Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), where he planned ... sons and a daughter. There are no records of his daughter due to the fact that she was given up for adoption, they simply did not want her. (Discovering World History) In 1905, during a single year, Einstein produced a series of three consecutive papers. These are among the most important in twentieth-century physics, and perhaps in all of ...
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