... 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," was a very good basketball player, and Jesus from "He Got Game," was streetwise and a good player also. They each caught an opportunity to rise abo ...

... gained popularity throughout Europe towards the end of Puritan reign and the growth of the Mystery Play throughout the 14th and 15th centuries. The Mystery Plays were dramatic pieces celebrating the birth of Christ. The basic plainsong and antiphon of the time were lacking the drama required by these performances, and soon religious songs for these performances were being written in the vernacular for these plays. The still popular English "Coventry Carol" dates back to this period. By the end of the 15th century, carols had begun to stand on their own as anonymous pieces of music, and were dung on almost all religious feast days, including Christmas, Easter, a ...

... surplus crops, and establishing fair prices. Largely a response to the farmer’s strike of 1932 led by Milo Reno because of the dramatic reduction in farm prices, the AAA was a primary example of government intervention in order to improve the economy and better the nation. It established principles whereby the government would by up excess crops to reduce the market and increase the prices and would most often simply burn or destroy the food. Also, the government paid those who voluntarily decreased acreage in production. Furthermore, it provided funds for loans to farmers to meet their mortgage payments. Unfortunately, the AAA was struck down by the U ...

... TKO punches. “VICTORY!!!” America had defeated the world. After the war finished, the Axis powers were penalized. Russia felt deprived of suitable compensation. She felt the world was out to destroy her and the Communist Party. She began to make advances towards the surrounding countries. The Truman Doctrine was written to deter the Red spread from Greece. This Doctrine “committed the United States to permanent European presence (Lecture 28, D4).” This meant the U.S. would need to keep a strong military at hand. The Government sought to maintain its’ military dominance, and further the development of the atom bomb. Thus a nuclear age began. Before the wa ...

... and Edie McClurg). The film revolves around these two "mass murderers" as they go through many changes and many killings. We don't see them all, but we get the idea that they have killed many people. However, the second part of the movie collides with the first segment as soon as the media shows up. The media is represented in one main figure, and some other smaller parts. The main representation is Wayne Gale (Robert Downey Jr.), a talk show host who is obsessed with serial killers, especially Mickey and Mallory. This talk show host along with other forms of the media has made Mickey and Mallory stars. It shows that serial killers can become as famo ...

... sought to rebel against their parental authorities. They created everything from new styles of clothing to new styles of music to promote their newfound individuality. The new style of music evolving at the time was called Rock and Roll. “Rock has been influenced by country music, by the blues, by classical music, by calypso, by traditional folk styles, and by a variety of other music conventions” (Belz vii). This variety reflects the varied backgrounds of young people at the time. Early successes in this new music genre included Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, and Chuck Berry. This music only succeeded because the conditions in society and the opin ...

... died there at 7:22 the next morning. Booth got away on a waiting horse outside. He was chased by the calvary and was found in a barn. He was captured by setting the barn on fire and flushing him out. 2. “Assassination Of Lincoln” Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. Computer software. Buffalo, New York: Encarta 97 Encyclopedia, 1993-1996. CD-ROM. This article is a summary of the events leading up to, the assassination, and the events after Abraham Lincoln's death. He was killed April 15, 1865. His assassin was a man by the name of John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was planing to attend a play at Ford's Theatre that night. Booth shot him that night. Booth shot L ...

... of anti-war protests that began on campus and spilled into the city of Kent's downtown. Broken windows and other damage to a number of downtown businesses prompted fear, rumors, and eventually a call by the city's mayor to the governor for assistance. The National Guard arrived Saturday night. That day some students assisted with the downtown cleanup. That night some other students set fire to the campus headquarters of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Sunday morning the governor came to Kent and in the city's firehouse held a press conference saying the University would remain open. After a Sunday of relative calm, an anti-war rally at noon on Mon ...

... Ku Klux Klan became a part of everyday life for many Southerners. In the beginning the Ku Klux Klan was started to be a way for people who had the same views to spend time together. The original members meant of the Ku Klux Klan to be a "hilarious social club" that would be full of aimless fun (Invisible Empire, p.9), though in later years the Ku Klux Klan became known for their violence against people outside the white race and people who associated with them. Contrary to what most people believe, the Ku Klux Klan was started because of a few people wanted to have some innocent fun, not because they were intending to start a chain of violence on anyone outside th ...

... than the cottage industry, initially led to a regressive state. After the Reform Act of 1832, lifestyles improved. The use of woman and child labour under atrocious conditions, and the implementation of the Reform Act of 1832, ultimately led to the improvement of working conditions. In the eighteenth century a series of inventions transformed the manufacture of cotton in England and gave rise to a new mode of production - the factory system. During these years, other branches of industry effected comparable advances, and all these together, mutually reinforcing one another, made possible further gains on an ever-widening front. Economies prior to were based ...