Richard Hickock

Grey’s anatomy is a television show about a group of surgeons and interns who work at Seattle Grace Hospital. The series emphasizes on a group of doctors who fight to save their patient 's lives while contending to become the head surgeon. Aside from the competition, they go through a lot of heartbreak; either relationships problems or family crises throughout each of their lives. The series began with Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) starting her career as a medical intern with other interns,…

The Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics by Shane Hamilton and Sarah Phillips highlights the debates of Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev. Nikita Khrushchev and USSR are the clear victors of the kitchen debate. Khrushchev’s concern about the Soviet population as a whole is a key reason as to why he is the winner of the debate. Instead of being concerned about individualism, his focus was on the people and how he could better the country. To begin, unlike Nixon, Khrushchev sought out…

When Richard Nixon took office as president of the United States of America in 1969, he was forced into a role where a small decision made would affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of men fighting in a country halfway around the globe, and the fate of a divided country. Following anti-war protests on October 14, 1969, and immediately after taking office, the new president Nixon reaffirms his stance as president of the United States, the leader of the people, through his speech titled “The…

President Richard Nixon’s main policy was the “Vietnamization”; this policy was based on decreasing involvement in Vietnam and to force the Vietnamese to bear responsibility for the war, without the dependence on the United States. This strategy was opposite of the initially policy of the Americanization and in 1965, the United States took control of the war in Vietnam. The thought of Vietnamizing the war occurred before President Nixon arrived to office, and the United States Military…

The Elizabethan Era 1. The Elizabethan Era was a period between 1558 and 1603 which was ruled by Queen Elizabeth. Her reign developed in literacy and expansion overseas. The term ‘Elizabethan’ meant someone who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. People such as William Shakespeare were an Elizabethan. 2. During the Elizabethan, England’s greatest rivalries were Spain. The war took place in between the years 1586 and 1603. Since England was a Protestant country which is a…

The only issue is that the black boy goes through more hoops than the average joe. They face racism on a daily basis and because of the systematic oppression going on in the black boy’s everyday life, they don’t have as many opportunities. In Richard Wright’s memoir Black Boy, Wright informs readers of the hardship of being a black boy growing up in the early 20th century and how he has overcome many obstacles in his life such as racism, segregation, prejudice, and…

Although there are many arguments and different interpretations about when the Vietnam War started, most claim that it started on the 1st November 1955 from which the Department of Defence officially list the American deaths in Vietnam and ended in 1975 when South Vietnamese surrendered after Communist troops entered Saigon. America’s involvement in Vietnam started when US presidents promised to help countries who were threatened by Communism after the Cold War, as they wanted to try and avoid…

In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana for a seemingly routine campaign stop. When he landed, he was given the news that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Given a short period of time, Robert F. Kennedy was able to compose one of the greatest speeches in history in five minutes. I believe many people overlook the impact of this speech. Robert F. Kennedy was not given a lot of time to come up with a politically correct speech. Despite this, he was able to connect…

In 1964, Ronald Reagan a B grade movie actor and TV commercial actor found himself involved in Hollywood politics as President of the Screen Actors Guild, but had thought it to be insignificant. Reagan soon realized that his acting career was on a decline and began doing work for GE (General Electric) doing a half-hour television series to promote the company’s products, image and boost the employee’s morale. In doing this he was able to tour the United States and meet with many regular working…

Why do we Crave Horror Films? Why do we crave horror films? Some say it’s to overcome fear, some say to understand fear, others say just for the excitement. Yet, author of the novel Why we Crave Horror Movies, Mr. Stephen King seems to think differently. Mr. King believes that we all love horror movies because of three specific reasons: to prove that we can sit through an entire movie, to reassure ourselves that we are normal, and oddly just because people love seeing others in…