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- 1261: Harry S. Truman
- ... his death on April 30, 1956. 9. Role of the President s First Lady Harry Truman s first lady was Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman who was born in 1885 and died in 1982. While she lived in the White House, it s lack of privacy was distasteful to her. As her husband put it later, she was not especially interested in the formalities and pomp or the artificiality which, as we had learned..., inevitably surround the family of the President. While the White House was being rebuilt the Trumans lived at Blair House and she kept there social life to a minimum. 10. Post-Presidency Truman retired to his home in Independence, Missouri, at the age of 67. He remained active in politics but found ...
- 1262: Vegetarians
- ... in the West. A quick review of this history helps put present-day vegetarianism in perspective. The history of Vegetarianism may surprise some people. It may surprise many people to hear that our early ancestors lived on a semi-vegetarian diet for several million years. Some anthropologists have fostered the stereotype of "man the hunter," but studies of contemporary "hunter-gatherers" suggest that early humans lived primarily on a diet of plant foods, with supplementation from animal flesh. Studies of tribal Australian aborigines and the Kung-San of South Africa-groups that live under conditions similar to those of our ancestors ...
- 1263: The Scarlet Letter: The False Qualities Of Life
- ... a fit receptacle for God's grace before his "A" can be purged" (338). Dimmesdale himself gave us a glimpse into his personal sufferings, by asking the Lord to ease the hell in which he lived daily. He begged God for his help and forgiveness by staring skyward at the heavens and saying, "O Thou to whom I dare not lift mine eyes, wilt Thou yet pardon me!" (137). Dimmesdale asked ... one man can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true" (146). In other words, a life of secrecy can not be lived with equanimity. Dimmesdale tried this rather unsuccessfully, and it slowly but surely caused his public, as well as his personal, downfall. Critic Ernest Sandeen supported this statement by stating, "Before he can achieve this personal ...
- 1264: The Scarlet Letter: The Symbol Of The Scarlet Letter
- ... roots in New England; the scarlet emblem had made Puritan Boston her home, and gave her a sense of belonging. Hester had made herself in Boston, it is the only place where she had really lived, and the only place where she should die. Most importantly, the scarlet letter "is too deeply branded" upon Hester, it has become a permanent part of her, that one cannot exist without the other. The letter was born upon Hester's sin, lived in Hester's shame, and died in Hester's death; it cannot be taken away from her no matter how hard she tries. To take it away would be to deny Hester's own identity ...
- 1265: Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls": War's Affect On Man And Importance Of Time
- ... to truly live. Or to love, as I do thee" (P160). This shows how being in the war allowed him to understand what it really meant to be a man. Before the war he never lived as full a life as he does during the war. It is the essence of war which causes these changes in him. The simple character Anselmo is also changed by the war. But instead of ... of the novel Jordan states that "The war has taught me one thing. That time is what is important. More so than I thought before. If I die it will be OK, because I have lived the life I wanted in these last three days" (P434). Jordan has come to realise that time is a very limited thing, and that opportunities only come once. To waste them is foolish, you must ...
- 1266: P.G. Wodehouse
- ... end of his life, PG Wodehouse turned out more than ninety stories and fifty other miscellaneous pieces of works such as film scripts, etc. (Jasen 1). During his childhood was abandoned by his parents and lived with various relatives. Although, as David Damrosch notes, Wodehouse "always insisted that he had a happy childhood, including a relationship with a father who was 'normal as rice pudding'"(Damrosch 453). He moved from England ... war, Wodehouse moved to the United States, which he calls "the romance capital of the world" where he met his wife, Ethel Rowley (Babuser 1248). and settled, becoming a citizen in 1955. (Jasen 2). He lived out the rest of his life in Southampton, New York, where he wrote farces, short stories, and many other works of literature until his death on February 14, 1975. Wodehouse would later use his vast ...
- 1267: Black Plague
- ... of wondering whether you or someone you loved was going to catch this deadly disease. No explanation would make a person feel safe from catching it or dying with it. The people of Europe just lived their lives as best they could realizing that nothing they do could ever stop this. They did not have the power to stop this it was far too beyond them. This unknown disease is known ... word black with the plague. There are two reasons that made Europe ripe for the spread of the plague. The negative reason was the living conditions of majority of the people. Most peasants and serfs lived in small villages of windowless thatched wooden huts. It would not be too bad if the people knew of sanitation. They dumped their wastes into rivers from which they drank. They also dumped them into ...
- 1268: Out Of This Furnace
- ... rising above the mill workers. However, his affair with Zuska brings Kracha and his business down. For a while, Kracha is able to experience independence, being off on his own. That financial freedom is short lived and Kracha soon becomes like the other workers, dreaming of having something of their own. However, this shows that Slovak immigrants could rise from the seemingly abysmal depths of anti-immigrant sentiment. It is Kracha ... or suppression by the mill. As a businessman, Kracha achieves some success and freedom by having his own butcher shop. He is able to gain independence from the steel mills, but finds this independence short-lived by his affair with Zuska. Mary and Mike may not have been successful by monetary standards, but they are able to achieve success by having a strong family that does not allow the anti-immigrant ...
- 1269: Wright's "Native Son": Capitalist Or Communism?
- ... huge rat .The house must have been very dirty and disgusting by today's standards . The author wanted to show how some families live under these severe conditions. He made us see vividly how they lived with this quote . "A huge black rat squealed and leaped at Bigger's trouser-leg and snagged it in his teeth, hanging on." This showed how broke they were by showing that there were giant ... For instance, Richard Wright purposely placed the Daltons in a spectacular house and made them very rich and famous . Another trademark of Capitalism, the upper class. The author showed how some of the Capitalist folks lived . The upper class is very wealthy and basically gets what they want . Mr. and Mrs. Dalton had it made. They had chauffeurs, a huge house, and cars . They had too much money . They were giving ...
- 1270: The Development Of The Prison
- ... It was thought that if they had time to reflect in solitary confinement, prisoners would see the error of their ways and become reformed. Prisons were built consisting of many tiny cells where the prisoners lived and worked alone. Each cell had its own exercise yard. Prisoners were separated even in church by tall screens to prevent them from seeing other inmates. By the 1850s, however, the separate system had been ... funds, and ill defined goals. By the 1960s, many people felt that criminals could be helped better outside prison. As a result, many countries began to set up community correctional centres and halfway houses. Offenders lived in these facilities just before the release and received counselling to help them adjust to life outside prison. The number of prison inmates declined, but community correction programmes also failed to meet expectations, and prisons ...
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