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Balance; it is one attribute that almost everyone strives for within the trials and tribulations of everyday life. However, the delicate conditions needed to achieve such a plateau vary from person to person. It is Charles Dickens, in his novel Hard Times, who walks along a great tight rope in hopes of finding a medium…

“The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul. ” George Sand hit the nail right on the head when he said this in 1872. Appearance versus reality has been a central theme in many American creative…

Westmoreland County, Virginia. Here he received little formal education. Historians have speculated that he attended a school in Fredericksburg, or may have been tutored by an indentured servant. Washington lived with his mother until the age of 16. At the age of 15, Washington took a job as an assistant land surveyor. In 1748, he…

Thirty Years Later- Kent StateMay 4, 2000Thirty years later, just after noon, the Victory Bell again rings through the green grass of Kent State University’s Commons. The bell rings twenty-seven times; one toll for each of the four students killed andnine wounded by the Ohio National Guard May 4, 1970, and 14 times in solidarity…

George WashingtonWashington was born in Westmore County, Virginia, on February 22, 1732. He is the son of the late Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. Augustine was a tobacco farmer and a stock raiser. Washington spent most of his early childhood on the Ferry Farm in Fredricksburg, Virginia. He attended school up until his fifteenth…

Is the United States hurting from immigration problems? These issues have been debated on for generation. “According to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, approximately 300,000 illegal immigrants enter the United States annually” (Cozic 12). This large number of immigrants causes many different emotions. For some Americans, immigration is an adversity. Many Americans past and present…

State of Kansas, Appelle, vs. Joe Shoemaker, Appellant The 1980 Kansas State Supreme Court case of State of Kansas, Appelle, v. Joe Shoemake, Appellant, the defendant, Joe Shoemake, was charged with three counts of aggravated robbery of three persons and two counts of felony theft involving two automobiles. In New York State that would be…

Organized crime in the United States keeps the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in a never-ending investigation of criminals suspected of the infiltration of legitimate businesses. A notorious twentieth century organized group was the New England Patriarca Mafia, or N. E. P. M. . Originating in 1915, the N. E. P. M. evolved over…

The playwright, Tennessee Williams, allows the main characters in the plays A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie to live miserable lives which they try to deny and later change. The downfall and denial of the Southern gentlewoman is a common theme in both plays. The characters, Blanche from A. S. N. D. and…

TheRise of the USA as a SuperpowerThe development and use of nuclear powerhas led to the United States assuming a position as the true World MilitarySuperpower. The Unites States was the leader in planning, building,testing and actually using the most powerful nuclear weapon known to man. This country also led the world in relatively safe…