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- 1151: James Watt
- ... life he easily reached his eighties. When James reach eighty-one years in 1816, he was confronted with a disheartening truth. All of his friends had already died many years before him and so he lived partly lonesome life. On August 19, 1819, James Watt who was aged 83 died at his own home in Healthfield. Mrs. Watt lived much longer dying in 1832. James Watt was able to live through his life knowing that even though he only improved an existing invention, he powered much of the industrial revolution in doing so. His ...
- 1152: Bless Me, Ultima: Conflicting Lifestyles
- ... and Spanish words to give the reader a true sense of the Latin culture. The story is based around young Antonio who was coming of age at the conclusion of World War II. His family lived in a quiet and isolated New Mexico valley that was in a state of transition. Tony, the last child was protected and raised mostly by his mother with the help of Ultima, a sickly friend ... and healing. Gabriel Marez, Tony's father was raised in a very nontraditional lifestyle. His family lineage came from the plains. His family was restless and nomadic, and inclined to be rootless and adventurous. They lived off the land. The family led a simple life, and believed that by worshipping the land it would provide for them. To be happy and prosperous one did not need the comfort of towns or ...
- 1153: Gandhi
- ... any human being could be, he set about mastering all his senses and desires. From 1901 onward he embarked on daring experiments in sexual self-control. Rejecting the “cowardly” celibacy of traditional religions, he lived among and later slept naked with some of his women associates, both to probe the outermost limits of sexuality and to show that it was possible to attain “absolute” and child-like innocence. His ...
- 1154: Jack The Ripper
- ... open with the intestines detached. The next victim was Mary Jane Kelly. She was about 25 years old, five feet two inches tall, stout, with blond hair and blues eyes, and a fair complexion. She lived with her cousin in Cardiff and worked as a prostitute. On of her acquaintances said she was abusive when drunk, but one of the most decent and nice girls you could meet when sober . On ... was apprenticed to a surgeon and later went on to complete his studies at a hospital in Warsaw. He first showed his violent streak when he attacked his wife. She later left him and George lived in common law arrangements with other women that he also treated badly. Three of these women had been poisoned and died. While Chapman was charged with three murders, he was convicted only of the last ...
- 1155: The Politics Of Homelessness
- ... a person shares a dwelling with another person, one of them is considered to be homeless. By one standard, I have been homeless every so often in my life. There was that time when I lived with my mother and father for a month while I was looking for a job. Then, there are those times when I lived in a different shelter every night for up to 2 weeks at a time; Embassy Suites, I think it was called. To add to the problem, the homeless are hard to count; they are mobile ...
- 1156: Another 1984
- ... lives causes him to take on the problems of the society along with his own. Things like flying just to see the scenery and look at the moon. For Bernard it was not where he lived, but how he lived. One of the biggest similarity between Bernard and Winston is their jobs. The positions they hold allow them to hold links to the past and reality the way it was. Winston would constant! ly review ...
- 1157: Charles Manson
- ... secluded but not completely insecure. About one-hundred feet away from the house was a locked gate, and a guesthouse occupied by the caretaker. That night at the Kott's, Sharon's nearest neighbors who lived about 100 yards away, thought they heard gunshots coming from the direction of Sharon's property sometime between 12:30 and 1:00 a.m. Since they heard nothing else they went to bed. Around ... LaBlianca crimes. The investigation lead to the Spahn Ranch, which was the home of the hippie group that called itself the Manson "family". Bobby Beausoleil, the man charged with the murder of Gary Hinman, had lived at the Spahn Ranch with the Manson "family." The police found out that Manson sent Bobby and a girl named Susan Atkins to Hinman's house to get money. When Hinman would not give them ...
- 1158: To Kill A Mockingbird: Class Stucture Of Maycomb County
- ... workers, primarily farmers who struggled to make ends meet. The Cunninghams, Dolphus Raymond, and the mysterious Radley family represented this group. The third class of Ma ycomb County were the " white trash". The Ewells, who lived at the dump, and relied on welfare for survival, were members of this group. It is important to note that the difference between the second and third class was not a financial one. Both w ... it. All blacks were included in this group. Prejudice ran deep in Maycomb County. Although many classes existed within the blac k community, one of color must always be in the lowest class. The blacks lived apart from the whites in their own section of town and seemed to have a society separate from the whites. The strong prejudice of Maycomb County and the negative effects of its social strata were ...
- 1159: Isadora Duncan
- ... start yet another Isadora Duncan school of dance. Isadora and her girls were happy there. They had everything they wanted; a beautiful place to dance, a family, and just enough money to support themselves. They lived in this spot for five years, until once again Isadora Duncan was penniless. She and her girls went to Paris, knowing for sure they would get the same, if not better response as they did in New York. They got what they had been looking for when they arrived, and immediately began giving concerts to overflowing theaters. Isadora Duncan never lived beyond that trip to Paris, for she died on September 14, 1927 after having dinner with her life-long friend, Mary Desti. After dinner, she hopped into a Bugatti sports car with the agent from ...
- 1160: The "Invisible" Problems Of Racism
- ... in the world. They walk down the streets, through the stores and working at their job, completely oblivious. They're so blind! Why can't they see what is happening around them? Have they really lived such sheltered lives? Or do they just not want to believe it is happening? If you take someone and put them in the heart of a racist area, they still won't notice the problems ... Now, don't take that comment in the wrong way, but as long as they are unaware, racism won't stop. I am aware of racism. I am also not a racist myself. I have lived in a racist community for most of my life, thank god I haven't turned out like the rest of them. There is hope for everybody.
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