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- 1741: National TV Turn-Off Week: A Dumb Idea
- National TV Turn-Off Week: A Dumb Idea In a time when millions of people are starving each year and thousands are killed in war zones, worrying about how much television we watch sounds like a stupid idea. Right? Well, that's what people all across North America are doing every day. In fact, there ... sweater, maybe? Sure, you might just knit a sweater that you could wear on the odd occasion, but is that worth the price of not being in touch with the world? Not to the average person in this world and time. In this age of beepers, cell- phones, and the Internet, being out of touch for just a minute could change your life drastically. And, besides, why can' ...
- 1742: The Biography of Husband E. Kimmel
- The Biography of Husband E. Kimmel I have chosen to review a biography about Husband E. Kimmel, USN, Ret. VA. In 1941, Adm. Kimmel was the fleet admiral to the Pacific forces at Pearl Harbour. Admiral Kimmel ... The book The Accused, follows the events of his courts-martial and subsequent appeals. The book gives a brief history of his naval career from the time he enlisted before World War I and the present. He served with honors aboard several ships and sustained some combat injuries during his time. Husband Kimmel graduated in the midst of his Annapolis class ...
- 1743: Poul Voulkos Ceramist
- ... important person in clay of the 20th century, not for what he did himself, but for the ground that he broke." In his interview with US art critics Voulkos said: “I never intended on being revolutionary, there was a certain energy around L.A. at that time, and I liked the whole milieu.” “Wielding clay is magic,” he says. “The minute you touch it, it moves, so you've got to move with it. It's like a ritual. I always work standing up, so I can move my body around. I don't sit and make dainty little things.” As a child, Voulkos did not imagine a future ...
- 1744: The Development Of Dance And Theatre In The East Asian Nations
- ... born of an amalgamation of elements from several sources: rhythmic beating of clappers to mark time for movements (from Shansi and Kansu), singing in the two modes of hsi-p’i and erh-huang (from Anhwei), and increased use of acrobatics in fighting scenes. Undoubtedly. court support for Peking opera from Tz’u-hsi (1835-1908). the Empress Dowager, contributed to ... elegant. Some Peking operas are Yuan plays or kan-ch'u operas adapted to the new northern musical system. Many plays first staged as Peking opera are dramatizations of the war novel San-kuo chih yen-i (Romance of the three kingdoms), written in the 14th century by Lo Kuan-chung. Mei Lanfang, the most famous performer of ching-hsi female roles in the 20th century, ...
- 1745: Isadora Duncan
- Isadora Duncan Isadora Duncan was a famous dancer who brought a new kind of dance to the world. She danced out the feelings from deep in her heart. Unlike other dancers in the late nineteenth century, Isadora Duncan danced with flowing motion. She was not a ballerina, and ... dancers, with their stiff bodies and unnatural pointe shoes. At first she was not liked, but as time went on, Isadora Duncan became a dance revolutionist people all over the world will never forget. Angela Isadora Duncan was born, one of four, on May 26,1877 in San Francisco, California. Her mother, Dora Duncan, was a piano teacher, and her father ... The modern dancer expresses his or her feelings in their movements. Isadora Duncan was the first to ever show that kind of grace in dancing. She said in her autobiography, "I am not a dancer. I am here to make you listen to the music." And indeed, that is what she did. Not only did she show her own emotions, ...
- 1746: Hedda Gabler, By Henrik Ibsen
- ... displays no emotion or affection towards her husband Jorgen. This appearance of indifference is a trait that is usually common to men: Tesman - "My old morning shoes. My slippers look! I missed them dreadfully. Now you should see them, Hedda." Hedda - "No thanks, it really doesn't interest me'. In another gender role reversal, Hedda displays a financial awareness, which her ... belongs" to the Tesman family - a situation that would not occur were she a man: Tesman - "Only it seems to me now that you belong to the family " Hedda- " Well, I really don't know " Although these traits displayed by Hedda are masculine, they are not those, which her society cannot tolerate. To entertain herself in her "boring" marriage she plays with her father's, General Gabler's, pistols: Hedda - "Sometimes I think I only have a talent for one thing boring myself to death!" "I still have one thing to kill time with. My pistols, Jorgen. General Gabler's pistols" ...
- 1747: Web Advertising
- ... THE INTERNET: AN INTRODUCTION 2.1) Original development of the Internet What was originally created by the US military to provide a secure means of communication in case of nuclear war, which has now become known as the Internet, has metamorphosed into the strategic global communications tool of our era. The end of the cold w ar left this massive installed ... the global framework, extending its reach and commercialising it. Known as the N et to aficionados, the Availability of cheap, accessible and easy-to-use Net access points throughout the world has seen the number of global Internet users increase dramatically each month. While the convenience of electronic mail was initial catalyst for Internet growth world wide, it's the emergence of the World Wide Web (WWW) multimedia interface that has captured the attention of prospective users across the globe. The resources available on the ...
- 1748: A Look At Lsd And The Counter Culture Movement
- ... of the mind and help in achieving a higher level of conscience thinking. Little was known of the effects to these primitive spiritual tools too much of the modern Western world, until Leary and his colleagues entered the scene in the 1960 s. Timothy Leary was a young, prestigious Harvard professor of psychology during the 1960 s. He was very interested ... try the so-called hallucinogen. Two out the five abstained and would record the others experience on paper. Leary wrote of what would be come his spiritual experience with psilocyin: I began to feel strange. Like going under dental gas. Mildy nauseous. Detached. Moving away, away from the group on a terrace under the bright Mexican sky. Everything was quivering with life, even inanimate objects. I gave way to the delight, as mystics have for centuries when they peeked through the curtains and discovered that this world -- so manifestly real -- was actually a tiny stage ...
- 1749: American Foreign Policy Towards Cuba
- ... the 1800’s, the population of Cuba began to desire its freedom from European rule. In 1868 El Grito de Yara declared a revolt against Spain beginning the “Ten Years War.” The Pact of Zanjon ended the war in 1878 with the promise of reforms for the country. On September 5, 1879. Antonio Maceo distributed "The Kingston Proclamation," arguing the Spain had not kept its promises. "instead of ... its quarrelsome, weak and unworthy population." He warns Cubans that "to change masters is not to be free." In 1892 José Martí founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party, and by 1895 war broke out. Just one day before he died on his first appearance on the battle field, José Martí wrote that it was his duty "to prevent, by the independence ...
- 1750: An Indian Woman In Guatemala: Without A Trace Of Bitterness In Her Voice
- ... the country of Rigoberta Menchu, an illeterite farm worker, turned voice of oppressed people everywhere. Guatemala also has the sad distinction of being home to Latin America's oldest civil war. "For more than three decades, left-wing guerrillas have fought a series of rightist governments in Guatemala. The war has killed an estimated 140,000 in the country, which has 11 million people." (N.Y. Times June 14, 1996 pA4 col 2) This is a story of a people ... minority, the Ladinos, many of which are descended from the Spanish colonists. Beginning in 1954, when Guatemala's elected government was overthrown by the army, the military began a brutal war against the Indian people. This type of torture and oppression continued, and during the 1970's the repression was especially harsh; during this time more and more Indians began ...
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