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…General Ulysses S. Grant, a United States War Hero during and after the Civil war. But Grant started the Civil War at his house, as a retired Captain who was in the audience of John Rawlins, as Rawlins said “I have favored every honorable compromise…

….... On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation. No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe…

…early in the morning or at their own homes. Some of the baths for the higher classes were filled with wine for the men and milk for the women. The baths were very elegant. A normal bath house would have mirror-covered walls, ceilings made of glass…

…is called a hero. What about the person who, rather than running into the house, runs to a telephone and calls the fire department who, in turn, rescues everybody? Is this person not a hero? If this person had not had the common sense to call the fire…

…eight years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years. After all those rough years, he got into politics. Lincoln ran unsuccessfully for the Illinois legislature in 1832. Two years later, he was elected to the lower house…

…, Elvelda, by firing a bullet at her chest. Evelda held a Mac 10 in her hand as well as her baby strapped around her chest. After firing the first shots, she left Clarice with the choice of killing a mother holding her child or to lose her own life…

…are lost each year because of people who got hit by lightning. There has been forest fires caused by lightning because it hit a tree and no one was there to put out the fire quick enough. Lightning has caused several hundred million dollars in damage…

…disappointed when they find out that Lennie killed Curley's wife, because it means they won't be able to buy the ranch anymore. Candy was relying on the ranch they were planning on buying and will now probably get fired and have nowhere to go. Although the death…

…Senate's approval. Johnson fired his Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. By doing this the republicans felt they had a case and could impeach the president because of his willingness to go against Congress. On February 24, 1868, the House of Representatives…

…with the title. These colors symbolize such items as fire, flames, and blazing, "...he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black." Montag is a fireman and his profession can be conceived…