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airplane to land in commanders were forced to use the helicopter. 1st Lieutenant Carter Harmon, a pilot of the Sikorsky R-4 helicopter was tasked with the rescue of the downed personnel. Through a series of modifications to carry more fuel and extend the R-4s range Lt. Harmon was able to not only reach, but successfully rescue the stranded personnel.(call sign Dustoff) The R-4 was by no means a solid rescue platform and did have many limitations. Due to its light construction and small…

Chapter 1- Introduction A book writer to be successful tries to limit his (based on a made-up idea) activity to the narrow edges/borders of an area or a limited circumference of his chosen place which, as a matter of fact, becomes his (based on a made-up idea) world. A novel is generally expected to be the presentation not only of men, their manners, mental activities and social matters including customs and traditions but also of the (related to where mountains, rivers, cities, etc., are…

believe they have preserved the future of humanity, however, in an event foreshadowing how robots will one day represent a threat to humanity and perhaps the failure of the spacers’ plan, Robot Daneel Olivaw says the most shocking lines of the story: “[g]o and sin no more!” (Asimov 270). In Asimov’s works, people end up trapped in overly specialized societies with a one-dimensional focus that leave them near collapse. Ideas and innovations that initially were successful are now harmful to…

Rabindranath Tagore, born on May 7th, 1861- died 7th Aug 1941, is one of the foremost literary figures of India. He majorly wrote in Bengali as he came from a feudal Aristocratic family of Bengal, although, most of his works have been translated into English and various languages worldwide. He is the first Non-European to win the Noble Prize for Literature in 1913. Tagore’s prime emphasis was seen revolving around the secluded domestic lives of women. In his short stories and novels he depicts…

"As long as you don’t choose, everything remains possible.” 118 year old Nemo Nobody is the last living mortal in a world where something called telemerization has created a population of semi-immortals . He tells of his life at three critical points: at age nine, age sixteen, and age thirty-four. This is no ordinary story however, as he tells of alternate life paths, often changing course with the flick of a decision or by some seemingly insignificant event. One path leaves Nemo married to…

In the 1950s, with World War II being fought and communistic countries emerging, Americans feared that their government would be taken over by communists. This fear goes down in history as the Red Scare. Americans wanted to know that they would be protected from a communist takeover. One man saw this weakness in the American population as a way to gain personal power. This man 's power trip is now referred to as the McCarthy Era, an era full of witch hunts and lies. Joseph McCarthy allowed…

AIM IMS Application (Annexure – 1) DR. BHIMRAO RAMJI AMBEDKAR – A PEACEFUL WARRIOR OF HUMANITY - Dr. Mithun G Kherde, (BDS, MPH) - Introduction Born on 14th April 1891 at Mhow (MP), to Ramji and Bhimbai in Mahar caste which was considered to be untouchable, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is today well known to the world as an intellectual revolutionary, who became the ultimate ray of hope for the depressed and discriminated human beings in India. He was the greatest son born to India. A True “Bharat Ratna”,…

The psychoanalytic theory “The divided self” by Rd Laing describes how everyone has multiple personalities that changes depending on the environment they are in. McMurphy from the novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is a prime example of someone with a divided self. He is placed in an environment that challenges and tests him as a person. As a result, he has created his own two personas each with their own goals and moral compass. Nurse Ratched, his main antagonist, knows about his personal…

George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) is a huge alert and warning to todays post terrorist attack (of the Twin Towers in 2001) society, in which civil liberties and human rights of each and any person can slip away as an effect of mass hysteria. The core of Clooney’s approach is the idea that sometimes journalists need to go beyond simple and exact reporting and offer some more in-depth interpretations on current affairs. He stresses the tensions caused by post-war paranoia and…

Charles Richard Drew was an african american surgeon who first discovered methods for storing blood plasma and organized the first large scale blood bank in U.S. He was born on June 3, 1904 in washington D.C. and died on April 1, 1950 in North Carolina. Charles got his education from Columbia University, Amherst College and McGill University. He was the first african american to earn a degree from Columbia. Drew was a doctor, surgeon and educator. Drew is very well know as “The father of blood…