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- 101: In Cold Blood
- ... words spoken by Perry Smith, one of the men who on November the 15th, 1959 killed the four members of the Clutter household. In Cold Blood, a nonfiction novel by Truman Capote tells just what happened on the days before and after the murder of the Clutters. Right up until the time the two murderers, Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, are ... also used a lot of descriptive details to make the people more real to us, the readers. It helps you to picture and understand each person in a different light. Truman Capote also uses what one might call a teaser. He switches from one character to the next making you wait to find out what happens with the last character. I ...
- 102: What Role Should the U.S. Play in World Defense?
- ... ideas. The United States was again faced with a new threat. The United States felt that it needed to stop communism wherever it rose up. The U.S. adopted the Truman Doctrine as well as the Marshall Plan. Both of these plans were to contain communism and not to let it spread. The Truman plan was to contain communism wherever it was threatening democratic ideas. This meant with military force. Once again, the U.S. was starting to play a new role in the ...
- 103: "In Cold Blood" Review
- ... story of two men, Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward, who murder an entire family in search of money and then find themselves running from the law. While writing the book, Truman Capote used only facts to create a novel out of an actual event. He had thousands of notes on the subject, but his problem was making his book read like ... the crime. After this crime, people become suspicious of even the closest of their friends, and they begin to lock their doors at night to prevent more crimes like this. Truman Capote became extremely successful as a result of this novel. I think that it is very similar to novels written today, and if it was published in the 1990's ...
- 104: Mediation
- ... board is to mediate disputes in the railroad and airline industry which arise over requests by either party for changes in wages, benefits, or rules (Maggiolo 69). In 1947, President Truman instated a new agency called the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service operated on the theory that the main work and heart of the Service ... Industry is an extremely important aspect of the United States’ economy. If members of industry are not happy for any reason, the nation’s economy can suffer great losses. President Truman recognized industry’s need for a type of mediation program . The F.M.C.S. was extremely successful. Over a seven year period, the program saw 4936 cases and of ...
- 105: New Years 2000
- ... have been able to predict the rare phenomenon for quite a while and have very little to say about the effects. These are the effects according to an astrological analyst, Truman Collins. I had heard rumors of a conjunction of the planets, also called The Grand Alignment, that is supposed to happen on May 5th of the year 2000, and that ... end of the world at December 22, 2012. Works Cited Chase, T. The May 5th Planetary Alignment. January 1 1999. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/2360/polar.html Collins, Truman. The May 5th Planetary Alignment. February 11, 1998. http://www.teleport.com/~tcollins/conjunct.shtml Earth: Magnetic Poles Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia. 1997. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation. Mosley, Griffith. Planetary ...
- 106: Billy Graham
- ... the American people. Eisenhower was a very religious man."(Graham 99) On the other hand, not all presidents considered Graham as high as others have in the past. President Harry Truman called Graham a "counterfeit". Some people have said that one statement may have lost him his re-election attempt the following year, because the people thought so very highly of Graham.(Harold Bloom, 1999) One anonymous reporter even stated after Truman lost the election "You don't run for office among us by proclaiming your skepticism or by deprecating Billy Graham." Graham has never been accused of intellectualism, profound spirituality or ...
- 107: John F. Kennedy
- ... nine other candidates. He won the primary with 42 percent of the votes. He served three terms in the House of Representatives, during the Democratic Administrations of President harry S. Truman. He supported legislation that would serve the interests of his constituents. He also joined with Republicans in criticizing the Truman administration's handling of China. Kennedy easily won reelection to Congress in 1948 and 1950. "In 1952 he decided to run against incumbent Republican Senator henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Because ...
- 108: The First Atomic Test
- ... possibility of a failure of the test, a verse by an unknown author circulated around Los Alamos. It read: From this crude lab that spawned a dud. their necks to Truman's axe uncurled Lo, the embattled savants stood, and fired the flop heard round the world.(4) A betting pool was also started by scientists at Los Alamos on the ... The Nagasaki weapon was a plutonium bomb, similar to the Trinity device, and it was nicknamed Fat Man. On Tuesday August 14, at 7 p.m. Eastern War Time, President Truman made a brief formal announcement that Japan had finally surrendered and World War II was over. On Sunday, September 9, 1945, Trinity Site was opened to the press for the ...
- 109: America: One Nation
- ... penalized. Russia felt deprived of suitable compensation. She felt the world was out to destroy her and the Communist Party. She began to make advances towards the surrounding countries. The Truman Doctrine was written to deter the Red spread from Greece. This Doctrine “committed the United States to permanent European presence (Lecture 28, D4).” This meant the U.S. would need ... influence and was looking to unite Southern Vietnam. The Southern Vietnamese did not want it, and were invaded. America was required to supply resistance to the Red tide under the Truman Doctrine. Fearing Russian and Chinese intervention, the United States went into battle with an arm and a leg tied. Vietnam was the first war involving media footage. When Americans saw ...
- 110: Conformity In The 1950s
- Conformity in the 1950s During the post WWII period in America, the face of the nation changed greatly under the presidency of Truman and Eisenhower. America underwent another era of good feelings as they thought themselves undefeatable and superior over the rest of the world. Communism was the American enemy and American sought ... large extent. It became evident through the medium of culture, society and politics throughout the era of the 50s. When WWII ended, Americans were left in the hands of Harry Truman. Known as an aggressive Cold War fighter, he led Americans against the rise of Communism. Spurred by McCarthyism, he initially began to discharge suspected Communists within the government. Due to ...
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