1962

As an early realist, Machiavelli utilized historical examples as empirical evidence to present his view almost as a science (Meinecke (1962), 29). Historical necessity is the concept that the choices made surrounding the ruling of a state are made out of necessity and history demonstrates the necessity for these decisions. A recurring example used by Machiavelli is the Roman Republic and…

article claims, "the decision came amid their general dissatisfaction with the candidates for the prize that year, according to documents recently released by the academy." Besides Steinbeck, the other writers that the Swedish Academy considered in 1962 were Robert Graves, Lawrence Durrell, Karen Blixen, and Jean Anouilh. While the documents reveal that the committee was not excited about Steinbeck as a choice, they did not give this impression in their public statements about Steinbeck. After…

Small town mystery During the year 1692, a major historical event took place in the town known as Salem, Massachusetts. In this period of time, many men and women were convicted of practicing witchcraft and using there given powers to cause distress and fear amongst the Puritan village. Witchcraft is the Belief in the supernatural–and specifically in the devil’s practice of giving certain humans (witches) the power to harm others in return for their loyalty (Douglas). The hysteria began to…

In the early 1900’s, many immigrants moved to America with hopes that they could live freely and work to have a better life. The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, is about a Lithuanian family who worked in the Chicago Stockyards and discovered the true horrors of working in the meatpacking plants. The theme in Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, reveals how much damage capitalism caused and the effect that capitalism had on people. As the main character goes throughout life, he is constantly…

called Wal-Mart. Walton cared about his employees and his customers. He believed that this was the base of a successful retail store. Sam was born March 29 1918 in Oklahoma. After years in the retail business Walton then opened the first Wal-Mart in 1962. By the year 2010 Wal-Mart had grown into the world’s largest corporation. Sam was the first son of Nancy Lee and Thomas Walton. While Walton was still young his family moved to Missouri, where Walton then graduated from Hickman High School.…

economic and political reforms during the 1960s. The unprecedented spike in steel prices resulted in President Kennedy taking initiative, in regards to the “public interest.” As a result, Kennedy called upon the nation in a news conference on April 11, 1962. The purpose of the conference was to reach out to the people to come together during a time of economic recession and convey support for a reform on the increase in steel prices. President Kennedy’s message is able to successfully appeal to…

Austin and John Searle as leading philosophers of language. They both have works on speech acts. Austin (1962) categorizes speech acts in three groups: locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary. A locutionary act is the first category that is based on the speech (producing a basic utterance), An illocutionary act is the second category that is based…

Monica Bonvicini, born in 1965 in Venice, a sculptor, video and installation artist, is arguably one of the leading Italian artists today. Bonvicini, educated at the University of Arts in Berlin (1986-93) and the California Institute of Arts in Valencia (1991-2), became seriously recognized by the international art scene in the late-90s. In her vast artistic repertoire, Bonvicini work through a wide range of media and thematics, primarily maintaining the critical, post-conceptual attitude. In…

Jack Roosevelt Robinson played baseball, basketball, football, broad jump, and track at UCLA. In 1942, jackie robinson was drafted into the military. Jackie Robinson had to deal with racism his whole life at school, and at sports practice.On July 23, 1962, Jackie Robinson is inducted into the National Baseball hall of fame. Some of Jackie Robinson’s…

provides an assortment of evidence that proves his thesis. The original plan for Morris and the Anglin brothers was to steal a car. However, there were no reports of a stolen car in Marin County within the twelve day period after the escape. On July 17, 1962, one month after the escape, a Norwegian Freighter claimed in seeing a body floating by the Golden Gate Bridge. However, the ship failed to report the sighting until October because it was en route to Canada. The description of the body was…