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- 321: Derek
- ... terrifying of all. But Derek was a little older now, and he had some faith in his own reality. He was suddenly aware of the muffled warbling sound of the TV of the people who lived below him, and he realized that the record he had been playing was over, had been for a while. A relieved chuckle escaped him. He was glad that the silence he had felt had not ... his legs, but it was not the same as before when he had been clear headed to begin with. It was muddier, less intense and paralyzing, and he knew that the euphoria would be short-lived. The joint was finished and Derek popped the tar-blackened end into an old film canister--his "rainy day toke dump". They began an animated conversation, now and then bursting into hysterical laughter, sometimes for ... the dreaded "Panel 9". "Panel 9" was more than the sum of all the screens before; "Panel 9" had cunning beyond a mere machine, and it showed a true mastery of psychological manipulation; "Panel 9" lived! And to get high score you had to defeat "Panel 9". Several times they came close, fighting furiously down to the last man the "Beasts of Panel 9". But each time they were repulsed. ...
- 322: Anne Hutchinson
- ... as the fate of the Indians who had no knowledge of Jesus Christ or salvation. Her childhood was a definite factor in the development of the strong, self-assured woman she grew up to be. lived in Alford, England as a housewife and mother after she was married at the age of twenty-one to a man named Will Hutchinson. Anne was drawn to a certain minister named John Cotton who ... twelve years before 1642, 21,000 Puritans moved to New England (B. Bailyn, The Peopling of British North America, pps. 25-26.) for the purpose of establishing a haven for them to practice Puritanism together. lived in this violent and changing time when the established religion was often questioned, and groups of people came to their own conclusions on points of doctrine. For the first time, people like Anne learned to ... her." (D.F. Hawke, Everyday Life in Early America, pps. 62-63.) In light of this mindset, it is hardly surprising that Anne's ideas and intelligence were met with hostility and rejection. Anne actually lived a relatively submissive life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She never publicly gave her own opinions on religious issues, but only in the privacy of a home among other women. She started another women' ...
- 323: The War Between The States
- ... his family's plantation in Christ Church Parish to join the forces under Brigadier General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion fighting the British. At the time of Charles' birth, the family of Joseph and Elizabeth Whilden lived comfortably in their home on Magazine Street, attended by their devoted slave, Juno Waller Seymour, a diminutive, energetic black woman known as "Maumer Juno" to four generations of the Whilden family. Raised by Maumer Juno ... the territory soon quashed. In a letter to William written seven months after his arrival in Santa Fe, Charles could count only six unmarried American ladies in all of New Mexico, none of whom, however, lived in Santa Fe. However boring it may have been, life in Santa Fe also afforded Whilden time for puffing his meerschaum pipe, reading his subscriptions to the peppery Charleston Mercury newspaper and thehighbrow Russells Magazine ... on New Year's Day, 1880, McCrady pled his best case, pointing out that his regiment had carried the battleflag "in every battle until May 1864" and that, for years during the war, he had "lived with the flag in [his] tent, and slept with it by [his] side in the bivouac." After consulting his three surviving brothers, two of whom were Baptist ministers, William Whilden declined McCrady's request, ...
- 324: Heroic Elements In Beowulf
- Between the 450`s and 1100`s, the Anglo-Saxons lived in the Island of Briton, what is today Great Britain. These people were basically farmers and hunters, who lived in tribes that were considered tightly knit and fiercely loyal. These land was a constant prey for the Vikings, Romans and Celts (Britons), who in taking away their territory, also wished to swipe away their ... monster, Grendel, is an enormous creature, which battles with Beowulf, a young adventurer wanting fame. Throughout this epic poem , various heroic elements can be appreciated, which reflect the values by which the Anglo-Saxon society lived as strength, loyalty, and bravery. Beowulf has outstanding characteristics that convert him into a real hero. In this epic, Beowulf use strength in all fights to get out victoriously. He and some minor characters ...
- 325: Emily Dickinson
- ... eighteen hundred forty-eight. Emily didn't marry, but she did have several significant relationships. Emily began to dress in all white, resembling a bride. Around the age of thirty, she rarely saw anyone. She lived in her room and garden. She would communicate with people through letters. She only wrote to a select few. Nearly every letter she wrote would have a poem included. Her family and a few close ... smoothed the rhymes and meter. When Dickinson's niece, Martha Dickinson Bianchi, started to publish the poems, she didn't edit the poems as much. [ 12. Notable Poets, volume one, page 288] Emily Elizabeth Dickinson lived fifty-six years and half those years she lived in seclusion. She saw the world in a different view, and she showed it in her poetry. Emily has been ranked with the America's finest. Word Count: 1329
- 326: Paul Revere
- ... going no mater what obstacles appeared in his way. Revere attended school in Boston where he got a sufficient education as well as in the shop with his father and the wharves of where he lived. As Revere grows in age he upholds many different jobs, including being a bell ringer for Christ’s Church, an Episcopal parish. Around the time of Reveres newly found job the first indications of the ... great honor. But with honor comes sadness and on May 26th his mother passed at aged 73. Revere had suffered many losses including his wife and father but this one hurt the most. He had lived with his mother his whole life and really respected the idea of family. Revere worked more with the government and Castle Island. He soon packed up and head home once again. Hard times strike once ... to be court marshal, re-establishes his character, and writes endless letters to his cousins in France and Guernsey. Paul sets up a foundry and casts the first bell ever cast in Boston. now has lived over half his life and relaxes a bit. He gets involved in civic projects and the welfare of children, grandchildren and friends. He discovers the secret of rolling copper and establishes a great industry. ...
- 327: Creation Story Of The Iroquios
- ... the beginning there were two worlds. The lower world, and the upper world. Everything existed in total darkness. The upper world was to hold mankind, and the lower world was where all of the monsters lived. A woman gave birth too twins. One twin was the good mind and the other was the evil mind. The good mind wanted to continue with creation, while the evil mind wanted the world to ... in order to survive. One of the most important Native American groups in North American history is the Iroquois. The Iroquois Indians have been estimated to have been around as early as 900 ad. They lived in what are called long houses. The long houses were built in rows of one or two. They could be up to 200 feet long and 20 feet wide. These homes accommodated 5 to 20 ... only moved villages when they needed to. A reason for moving the village would have been if they had used up all of the fertile land. The Iroquois moved about every 20 years. The Iroquois lived in what is today upstate New York and parts of Canada along the ST. Lawrence River Valley. The Iroquois were once one strong nation. In the mid 1500’s the Europeans started moving into ...
- 328: Emily Dickinson
- ... eighteen hundred forty-eight. Emily didn't marry, but she did have several significant relationships. Emily began to dress in all white, resembling a bride. Around the age of thirty, she rarely saw anyone. She lived in her room and garden. She would communicate with people through letters. She only wrote to a select few. Nearly every letter she wrote would have a poem included. Her family and a few close ... smoothed the rhymes and meter. When Dickinson's niece, Martha Dickinson Bianchi, started to publish the poems, she didn't edit the poems as much. [ 12. Notable Poets, volume one, page 288] Emily Elizabeth Dickinson lived fifty-six years and half those years she lived in seclusion. She saw the world in a different view, and she showed it in her poetry. Emily has been ranked with the America's finest. Word Count: 1324
- 329: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
- changed the way people lived and reacted to each other. The American civil rights movement began a long time ago, as early as the seventeenth century, with blacks and whites all protesting slavery together. The peak of the civil rights ... segregated public institutions, Negroes have been denied equal share of tax supported service and facilities ” stated President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights in 1947. In Topeka, Kansas the Brown's, a Negro family, lived only four blacks from the white Sumner Elementary School. Linda Carol Brown, an eight year old girl had to attend a segregated school twenty-one blocks from her home because Kansas's state segregation laws ... came when Rev. King bravely noted that “If you protest courageously and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations the historians will pause and say 'There lived a great people-a black people-who injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization'...We will not retreat one inch in our fight to secure and hold our American citizenship. “ ...
- 330: Emily Dickenson
- ... was seen by Emily as a poor mother. Her father was lawyer, Congressman, and the Treasurer for Amherst College. Unlike her mother, Emily loved and admired her father. Since the family was not emotional, they lived a quiet secure life. They rarely shared their problems with one another so Emily had plenty of privacy for writing. During her childhood, Emily and her family attended The First Congregational Church on a regular ... who had her own way of thinking, a way of thinking shaped neither by the church or society. By the time she was twelve, her family moved to a house on Pleasant Street where they lived from 1840 to 1855. Emily was already writing letters, but composed most of her poetry in this home. Emily only left home to attend Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for two semesters. Though her stay there ... Street. This move proved to be very difficult for Emily. This was difficult for Emily because she became very attached to her old house, which shaped her writing and personality for fifteen years. They now lived next door to her brother Austin and his wife Susan and their daughter Martha. Emily and Susan became so close that many people believe they may have been lovers. A rumor perpetuated by the ...
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