.... He possessed extraordinary intelligence and ambition, but his ambitious nature received a serious setback that year. He graduated first in his class and won his high school’s Harvard Club award as "best all-around student." The award was a scholarship to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition, he seemed likely to win a scholarship to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Nixon had dreamed for years of going to a famous college in the East, but his dreams were shattered when he had to turn down both opportunities. Because his older brother Harold’s long battle with tuberculous had drained the familyâ .....

.... only thing left to bomb are the innocent Japanese civilians. While Japan was being bombarded from the sky, a Naval blockade was strangling Japan's ability to import oil and other vital materials and its ability to produce war materials. Admiral William Leahy, the Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt and then to President Truman, wrote, that "by the beginning of September, 1944, Japan was almost completely defeated through a practically complete sea and air blockade. In May of 1945, the surrender of Germany freed the Allies to focus their troops and resources on their final enemy, the Japanese. And on August, the sixth, 1945, after m .....

.... movies, unlike the movie Star Wars: Episode One: The Phantom Menace, are filled with things to keep the audiences attention other than the special effects. They have such things like a plot, good actors, and something else that makes the movie different from the others. Take as an example the movie directed by M. Night Shyamalan, . involves an intricate plot, great acting, and a truly surprising ending. The plot of a movie in today's movie market is normally broadcast to the world through an immense amount of advertising. Whether it is through television commercials, radio commercials, or newspaper articles before the movie comes o .....

.... Alexander's death the empire was divided into three large portions each general taking a portion. Egypt under the general Ptolemy, who established the Ptolemies dynasty this was ruled with all the pomp and authority of the pharaohs. Second was the general Seleucus, who founded Seleucid dynasty consisting of Northern Syria and most of the remaining provinces of the old Persian Empire. This empire was ruled very loosely and its subject began to rebel against the policies of Seleucid. Third we have general Antigonid who ruled the Macedonia area. His empire was known as the Antigonid dynasty. His power was usually not very strong over th .....

.... when it was transferred to the Spanish. In 1800, Spain ceded it back to France; in 1803, New Orleans, along with the entire Louisiana Purchase, was sold by Napoleon I to the United States. It was the site of the Battle of New Orleans (1815) in the War of 1812. During the Civil War the city was besieged by Union ships under Adm. David Farragut; it fell on Apr. 25, 1862. And that's what it say's in the books, a bit more, but nothing else of interest. This is too bad, New Orleans , as a city, has a wide and diverse history that reads as if it were a utopian society built to survive the troubles of the future. New Orleans is a place where Afric .....

.... the first Japanese immigrants to Canada. Over years, there are more Japanese immigrates to BC coast. They have a new life and loyal to the Canada. In the first days after Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, Ottawa worried about protecting loyal residents of Japanese racial origin from the mod violence and demonstrations they had long feared. The RCMP and provincial police immediately followed prearranged plans and began interning approximately forty Japanese nationals whom they suspected of having subversive intentions. All the Japanese Canadians had special identification that is different then general Canadians. The Royal Canadian Navy .....

.... that if he were to leave jail, he would be breaking the law. Even though he had been wrongly accused and sentenced to death for no reason, he couldn’t go against his own teachings, or else his whole life would have been in vain. He knew that if he didn’t escape, he would die and would orphan his two children, however no matter how much he loved them, he wouldn’t contradict his teaching by doing wrong. Even though Socrates wasn’t perfect, he would always make a conscious effort to do right. Breaking out of jail would be blatantly wrong, and he couldn’t bring himself to do it. Adolf Hitler is directly and .....

.... created after nuclear war had destroyed much of our world around 2000. The world of Star Trek is the Phoenix myth, out of the ashes of nuclear war comes the elite socialist paradise of the Federation… Captain Kirk and the Star Ship Enterprise, along with all the spinoffs, Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyageur and new film adventures have kept these ideas going. Gene Rodenberry was the official historian to the Los Angeles police department before he wrote Star Trek. The L.A. police of the time and even today are feared for their police state style tactics. Star Trek was always on the verge of being laughable, long underwear style c .....

.... France and take his seat in the throne. At age 17 in 1429 she gained access to the King through the military commander in Vaucoulaurs. Charles was desperate because the English had captured almost half of France including Paris. When Joan told him of her visions of the Saints he was doubtful so he set up two tests for her. In the first he disguised himself as a courtier, but she pointed him out immediately. For the second test he asked her what he prayed to God for the night before she arrived; she told him exactly. Some of the clergy believed her to be Satanic, but Joan was approved. Charles fitted her with armor and .....

.... James Meridith who was simply trying to encourage other Negroes to vote. Meridith was the first African American to attend the previously all white University of Mississippi. In another incident a gentleman named Robert F. Williams had, in his words, "organized a Negro community [meeting] in the South to take up arms in self defense against racist violence and use them!" When night riders of the KKK and police cars approached his house where the meeting was held, Williams and others fired their guns until their oppressors left. Williams went on later to write (concerning the incident),"I accept this responsibility and am proud of it. .....