... of the parish minister at Danvers were first afflicted. Their actions frightened other young people, who soon showed the same symptoms, such as loss of appetite and sickness. A belief quickly spread over Salem and throughout the state that evil spirits are being seen in Salem. Terror took possession of the minds of nearly all the people, and the dread made the affliction spread widely. "The afflicted, under the influence of the witchery, "admitted to see the forms of their tormentors with their inner vision" (Miller 1082). and would immediately accuse some individual seen with the devil. At times the afflicted a ...

... Frank Willis, the watchman, was making his normal checks when he noticed a door to the stairwell was taped. He figured that it was just some movers who used that door to go back and forth earlier that day, so he peeled the tape away and continued his work. He came back to that door about 2:00 a.m. that same shift and noticed that there had been a second taping. Once he found the second one he decided to phone the Washington D.C. police. An undercover officer named Sergeant Paul Leeper and officers John Barret and Carl Shoffler intercepted the call while on patrol. Flashlights were noticed by a former F.B. ...

... and Lonnie is the main character from "Hoops". One thing they both had in common is that they both had a rough time during their childhood. They both had somebody missing from their family growing up. Lonnie's father died when he was a very young boy, and Jesus lost his dad to prison. However, they both had someone to help push them harder to "take it to their limit". Cal is the character who helped Lonnie by coaching him and Jesus relied on memories of his fathers inspiration. I feel it is important that an athlete have someone to inspire them, so they don't quit when they get frustrated. Lonnie, from "Hoops ...

... Republic of Vietnam (DRV) ruled the entire nation. The initial reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam seemed logical and compelling to American leaders. Following its success in World War II, the United States faced the future with a sense of moral rectitude and material confidence. From Washington's perspective, the principal threat to U.S. security and world peace was monolithic, dictatorial communism emanating from he Soviet Union. Any communist anywhere, at home or abroad, was, by definition, and enemy of the United States. Drawing an analogy with the unsuccessful appeasement of fascist dictators before World Wa ...

... included beatings of people and police officers who performed acts of prejudice against them. Sometimes they even raided meetings of the KKK. Despite the death of the organization in 1971, its actions were so controversial that most media erased almost all reference to them (One reason this information was extremely hard to find). The Panthers were formed by Huey P. Newton, an African American who grew up in Oakland. After the 1966 assassination of black leader Malcolm X, Newton gathered some longtime friends, including Bobby Seale and David Hilliard, and drew an outline for the organization. At first, it was na ...

... city and like all statesmen his words had an extremely influential impact on the appetite for progress of the democracy. An example of such an oral masterpiece is the address he made after the first battle with opposing Grecian city Sparta. This civil war in Greece had created chaos and sparked worry in the Athenians. Pericles’ Funeral Oration was a reminder to them. The great speech was a pep-rally to restate the original reason for which they were fighting; to honor the noble soldiers that died while they were free and to boldly request the people honor such fine men by following in their footsteps. It was ...

... mail and delivery trucks, chauffeurs, greasing railway cars, and hosing down ships. They served as waitresses and cooks in railway cars, quarry workers, street sweepers, garden keepers, and coal miners. In these jobs they gained influence in years to come, during World War II as "Rosie the riviter", as well as jobs that were male-oriented and soon grew to be what we consider in today's society as jobs made for women, as nurses, secretaries, bookkeepers, etc. In April of 1917, women gained the most honorable status in society they ever received as Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, was accepted as the first woman in th ...

... Bob Dylan and a rock group called The Band settled there. To promote the idea of the studio the four partners of the music festival (Michael Lang; Artie Kornfield; John Roberts; and Joel Rosenman) decided to stage a concert, which they officially called the Festival and Art Fair. The Monterey Pop Festival held in Monterey, California, in 1967 inspired the festival (Sandow, 1). The partners eventually rented a field from a prominent local dairy farmer, Max Yasgur, who owned land about 48 miles from . Early in the week before the festival, it became clear that the event was going to draw a much larger au ...

... knowledge, and from this knowledge one can reflect back and contemplate on specific issues and ideas portrayed in the film to gain a more well rounded understanding. As for this paper, the film "Braveheart" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" are used as an educational tool for different aspects of leadership. The main character will be analyzed in fair detail as to identify what his main motivating factors were and how he managed to exude this motivation and influence others with it. His personal attributes shall also be closely examined so as to determine how these characteristics contributed to his successful ...

... of Independence was created to proclaim Americas' freedom from Britain. The French and Indian war left the British government in debt. Lord George Grenville came up with a tax program to pay for the war. The Sugar Act, passed in 1764, increased taxes on imported goods. The Currency Act took the right to issue their own money away from the Colonist. This enraged the industrial and agricultural colonists. Britain took it too far when it passed the Quartering Act. The act gave British troops the right to stay at any colonist house. Colonist where not only to house the troops, but provide food as well. British ...