Formula One racing has witnessed many dramatic finishes over the years‚ but in terms of sheer shock value‚ few come close to matching the end of the 1970 Monaco Grand Prix. Starting his final lap‚ long-time race leader Jack Brabham knew he merely had to snake his way around the twisting 3.1 kilometres of harbour-side tarmac without incident to be guaranteed victory. Second-placed Jochen Rindt was right on his tail‚ but with overtaking so notoriously difficult at the street track - and Brabham
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known as Giovanni di Bicci. Giovanni di Bicci increases the Medici wealth to unprecedented levels. He also uses it discreetly for political purposes in a manner which will be perfected by his son‚ Cosimo. Cosimo de’ Medici earns for himself the posthumous title pater patriae (’father of the fatherland’). It acknowledges his great contribution to the enhanced status of Florence. But it also contains‚ to modern ears‚ a hint of the method behind his power - with its echo of a mafia godfather. Cosimo
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Philo T. Farnsworth In modern day society‚ of the period following the second millennium‚ television has become the center at which a lot of people have spent their free time. Television has become such an integral part of the technologically inclined world‚ that it has become a major industry that seems on par with the film industry. For television to have become as ubiquitous as it has become‚ it had to go through years of innovation‚ and this innovation was the product of Philo T. Farnsworth’s
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and recover some of his emotional and mental strength. However‚ in February of 1820‚ all his future plans had to be put on hold because Keats stated noticing obvious symptoms of tuberculosis. This marked the start of what Keats referred to as his “posthumous life.” He was a man in love‚ yet because of his illness‚ he could not pursue the relationship which he so yearned for. Keats could not even take pleasure in the encouraging feedback from the publication of his first volume of odes and poems. The
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thought people might go on reading him for seven years. "Why seven?" asked Bunin. "Well‚ seven and a half‚" Chekhov replied. "That’s not bad. I’ve got six years to live."[85] Always modest‚ Chekhov could hardly have imagined the extent of his posthumous reputation. The ovations for The Cherry Orchard in the year of his death showed him how high he had risen in the affection of the Russian public—by then he was second in literary celebrity only to Tolstoy‚[86] who outlived him by six years—but after
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ADVERTISE WITH US FOLLOW SLATE ABOUTUS CONTACTUS WORKWITHUS USERAGREEMENT PRIVACYPOLICY FAQ FEEDBACK CORRECTIONS PHOTOCOVERCREDITS SlateispublishedbyTheSlateGroup‚aDivisionoftheWashington PostCompany.Allcontents©2013TheSlateGroup‚LLC.Allrights reserved. SLATE ON IPAD IPHONE ANDROID KINDLE REPRINTS Advertisement SINGLE PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 NEXT THESPECTATOR SCRUTINIZINGCULTURE. JAN.920095:12PM The Letter of Last Resort The decision about nuclear
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Olayinka S. Akinwunmi in his paper titled ‘Legal Impediments on the Practical Implementation of the Child Right Act 2003’‚ the article is poised to examine the various legal impediments in the practical implementation of the Act since it has been legislated. It included an in depth analysis of its content and other circumstances that could either facilitate or hinder its implementation both nationally and internationally. The Act took cognizance of every person and individual concerned in the
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AMERICAN BELIEFS AND VALUES There are some ideals and values rooted in the country’s history and spread by media (films‚ TV) that many Americans share. 1. Individualism – has strong roots in America. Individualism is understood not only as self reliance but also as economic self-sufficiency. It has been a central theme in American history. Many years ago most Americans were farmers whose success depended not on cooperation with others but on their ability to confront the hardships of land
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cemetery. Original Dickinson family gravestones Photo: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Original Dickinson family gravestones at West Cemetery RELATED TOPICS: Emily Dickinson and Health Thomas Gilbert (Gib) Dickinson The Posthumous Discovery of Dickinson’s Poems Domestic Labor in the Dickinson Family Households The poet’s death on 15 May 1886 came after two and a half years of ill health. From the time her nephew Gib died in October 1883 and she suffered a consequent
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Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21‚ 1818 – December 17‚ 1881) was a pioneering American anthropologist and social theorist who worked as a railroad lawyer. He is best known for his work on kinship and social structure‚ his theories of social evolution‚ and his ethnography of the Iroquois. Interested in what holds societies together‚ he proposed the concept that the earliest human domestic institution was the matrilineal clan‚ not the patriarchal family; the idea was accepted by most pre-historians and
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