1983

Martha Grimes was born on May 2, 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA. When her father passed away when she was young, her mother moved her and her brother to Maryland, where her mom owned a hotel. Martha Grimes can recall a few memories from her summers at the hotel. Her brother would put on small shows in the garage behind the hotel, however she was rarely invited to the shows. She also distinctly remembers her mother's cooking. Martha Grimes now lives in Washington, D.C. and goes to England all of…

Joan Miró was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. He was born on April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain. He grew up in Barrie Gótic. He focused his art on Surrealism and Automatism. Surrealism is the sandbox for the subconscious mind; Automatism is the”random” drawing that attempted to express the inner workings of the human psyche. While he was working in the business world he had a nervous breakdown and left the business completely for art. In 1924, Miró joined a Surrealist group. Miró…

at an institution for higher learning. The primary entry into higher education was not easy for African American women. However, despite the opposition African American women pushed and pressed forward toward higher learning. According to Perkins (1983), by only thirty African American women in the United States had earned baccalaureate degrees compared to three hundred African Americans males and twenty-five hundred females. These statistics display that the progression was slow but African…

Superman is considered a cultural icon and and the first comic book superhero. his stories were re-told numerous times in different ways, his character played by many actors, but most unforgettably by Christopher Reeve in the first movies (1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987). Although Superman is the first and oldest superhero in comics culture, his character never stopped being popular, and new movies about his edventures are still in the making to this day (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, 2016,…

conducted research on why the implementation of the DARE program will be beneficial and deter the youth from participating in the use of illegal substances that has the potential to lead them to a dangerous lifestyle. The DARE program was founded in 1983,…

and got a degree in physics. In 1977 NASA was looking for women astronauts. During that time Sally was still a student still she applied for the job and she was picked. Sally was one of the girls picked out of a thousand other appliers. On June 18, 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly to space. Her job was to work on the robotic arm. The arm helped put satellites into space. In 1984 Sally went to space again. By 1987 Sally stopped working for NASA. She started teaching at the…

The book and movie both had a great way to tell it. It is very old book and movie. The book was made April 24, 1967. The movie came out March 25, 1983. The book is very good and long and had detail and makes readers watch the movie. The movie is also long but has more detail and shows what happened. While the book and movie have many similarities and differences, the movie was more effective in telling the story. First of all, the first comparable scene is when the socs are running from the…

These deleterious neighborhood effects have been studied mostly with respect to blacks, but, as the United States has experienced renewed immigration, evidence has also begun to point to similar problems among other groups of immigrants from Asia, Europe, and Latin America. This evidence, for the most part, comes from studies of youthful gang members and drug dealers (Bourgois, 1995; Chin, 1996; Moore, 1978, 1991; Padilla, 1992; Pinderhughes, 1997; Sullivan, 1989; Vigil, 1988; Vigil and Yun,…

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a rock/funk band that was formed in 1983 with Anthony Kiedis, Hillel Slovak, Flea, Jack Irons which all met in highschool. The song chosen is named “Under The Bridge” on the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik which is about lead singer Anthony Kiedis and his loneliness and hardships during his addiction to heroin. The bridge in the song is a bridge somewhere in LA where he would get all the drugs. When Anthony was 12 years old he moved in with his father who was a…

generation gap between employees. In order to fully understand it, one must understand the mindset of the eras. For instance, it has been stated that Baby Boomers, those born between 1946-1962, live to work; whereas Generation Xers, born between 1963-1983, work to live. This has led some to believe that Generation Xers are slackers and are quick to bail at the first sign of difficulty. (Beutell & Wittig-Berman, 2008, p. 509). According to the Wall Street…