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- 1301: Benito Mussolini's Rise and Fall to Power
- Benito Mussolini's Rise and Fall to Power Benito Mussolini had a large impact on World War II. He wasn't always a powerful dictator though. At first he was a school teacher and a socialist journalist. He later married Rachele Guide and had 5 children. He ... even the bribe of France and North Africa would keep him neutral."2 The British ambassador was appalled and dismayed. On May 28, 1937, Mussolini strongly gave thought to declaring war. He then attacked the Riviera across the Maritime. "On September 13, 1937 he opened an offensive into British-garrisoned Egypt from Libya."3 On October 4, 1937, while the ...
- 1302: Ozzy Osbourne
- ... feels his life is going at the time that he wrote the song. “Over the mountain take me across the sky, Something in my vision, something deep inside, where did I wander, where d’ya think I wandered to, I’ve seen life’s magic astral plane I travel through. I heard them tell me that this land of dreams was now; I told them I had ridden shooting ...
- 1303: Dorothy Parker
- *** "Inventory" 'Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.' *** Dorothy Parker ...
- 1304: Jews in America and Their History
- ... people from many different backgrounds to allow for a diverse population; this act of opening our borders probably is the origin of the descriptive phrase "the melting pot of the world." These German Jews rapidly assimilated themselves and their faith. Reform Judaism arrived here after the Civil War due to the advent of European Reform rabbis. Jewish seminaries, associations, and institutions, such as Cincinnati's Hebrew Union College, New York's Jewish Theological Seminary, the Union of American ... history combined with the American Industrial Age produced an extremely diverse and distinct American Jewry by the end of the intercontinental migration, which coincided with the start of the Great World War (World War I). Almost two out of every three new immigrants called the big northeast municipalities (such as the Lower East Side of New York) their new home. ...
- 1305: Cutting the National Debt
- ... 1840. That was the lowest point ever reached by the public debt of the U.S. After 1840 it rose to a peak, in the last year of the Civil War, of almost $2.68 billion and a per capita figure of $75.01. The only justification for debt of any significant amount was a war. By 1900 this had been reduced to under $1 Billion. By 1919, the end of World War I, the debt had climbed to $25.5 Billion. In each of the following years the debt was reduced, and by 1930 stood at $18.1 Billion. With ...
- 1306: Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy
- Book Talk On: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six The year is 1999. The cold war has been over for more than a decade and for the first time in a half-century the world is free from the specter of nuclear apocalypse. It should be a time for peace and prosperity but all over the globe the embers of old animosity have been fanned ... century is an international industry. Money and expertise flow freely through the global computer net, and every type of weapon imaginable is available on the black market of the 3rd world. It has become harder and harder for the security forces of individual nations to combat this threat to the safety of their people. What s needed is an organization ...
- 1307: George Washington Carver
- ... Sundays, he was forbidden on weekdays. This rejection taught him about racial prejudice, but also frustrated him with his attempt to get a better education. He was later recalled saying: "I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life-but there was no one to tell me. I do not know how I learned to read and write, but I did in some way, thanks to the Carvers. My only book was an old Webster’s Elementary ...
- 1308: Genocide
- ... race or religion? Scary yes, but definitely possible. The word genocide, which is also known as ethnic cleansing, is certainly not uncommon to anyone living in this not so perfect world, full of violence, hatred and discrimination. Throughout the decades, genocide has taken place in more than one occasion, causing wars, slaughters and mass destruction of cities and towns. I think that genocide is by far the worst crime in humanity. Hatred, superiority and personal memories are all behind genocide. Everyday, I get more surprised on how some very powerful leaders can act so cruelly and kill thousands of innocent people just because of their ethnicity, race or religion. The political ...
- 1309: Anthony Burgesss View That A L
- In all of my reading, I have come to the conclusion that Anthony Burgess is one of the greatest literary genius’s of the twentieth century. His masterpiece, A Clockwork Orange, is unrivaled in obvious depth ... view that no matter how "good" one's actions are, unless one has free moral choice, he is spiritually damned. The novel revolves around one criminally minded teen, Alex, whose world consists of rape, murder, and ruthless violence. Alex is eventually setup by his "droogs" (friends) and is arrested and jailed. After some time in jail, Alex is placed in a ... for some time after the book is read. This book demands, and commands, one's full attention and thought. Burgess seems to be inspired on a somewhat holy mission. His war is against moral oppression and the governments causing it. His weapon, a powerful one, is his incredible satiric writing ability. The Topic of Free Will versus Predestination Burgess, a ...
- 1310: Henry David Thoreau
- ... returned to college in the fall of 1836 and graduated on August 16, 1837 (12). Thoreau's years at Harvard University gave him one great gift, an introduction to the world of books. Upon his return from college, Thoreau's family found him to be less likely to accept opinions as facts, more argumentative, and inordinately prone to shock people with ... the pond, and from July 4, 1845 to September 6, 1847 Thoreau lived at Walden Pond ("Thoreau" 697). When asked why he went to live at Walden Pond Thoreau replied: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came ...
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