Otis Williams Essays

  • The Sharks Potential in the Cure for Human Cancer

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    The Sharks Potential in the Cure for Human Cancer Thumbing through the pages of Business Week, the headline read Maybe Jaws Can Put the Bite on Cancer. Interested, I continued to read the short article. According to the reporter, Otis Port, researchers at California State University in Fresno say that they have isolated four substances in shark cartilage that appear to inhibit cancer (93). Curious, I continued to read the rest of the article. The chemicals block a mechanism discovered in the

  • Serial Killers: Nature vs. Nurture

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    goal is to learn how to catch a serial killer before he commits his first crime. In many cases, serial killers began their lives as remotely normal human beings. Most, however, have detectable characteristics of murderers before they hit puberty. Otis O’toole, for example, started a neighbourhood fire when he was six. George Adorno was even younger when he first displayed his pyromaniac tendencies by setting fire to his own sister when he was four. Along with pyromaniac behavior, other often-cited

  • Red Adair

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    Junior High School, he quit Reagan High School to help support the family. He held many different jobs from the time he quit high school until he went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1936. II.     Career A.     In 1938 Red was hired by the Otis Pressure Control Company, his first oil related job. B.     Red continued to work at odd jobs in the oil patch until he was inducted into the United States Army in 1945. 1.     Red served in the 139th Bomb Disposal Squadron through the end of World

  • Dont Care High - Summary

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    because it was a dump and know cares about what happened to it. Paul knew right from wrong but Sheldon did not, so Paul got in trouble when he was around Sheldon. Paul’s nickname was “ambition” because he was the only one with ambition in his life. Mike Otis is a main character that is certainly not popular at Don Carey High. He is an unusual person who is shy and he keeps to himself. He always wears a big raincoat and safety pins in his jeans. Mike is a dweeb who minds his own business. Mike was also

  • Peter Voulkos Ceramist

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    stretching the inflexible definitions of what constitutes painting, sculpture and other media. Among these avant-gardists was Peter Voulkos.” In 1954, Voulkos was hired as chairman of the fledgling ceramics department at the L.A. County Art Institute, now Otis College of Art and Design, and during the five years that followed, he led what came to be known as the "Clay Revolution." Students like John Mason, Paul Soldner, Ken Price and Billy Al Bengston, all of whom went on to become respected artists, were

  • Death Penalty is Another Name for Revenge

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    these reasons, capital punishment should be abolished. Capital punishment is cruel and unusual.  Many would argue this statement false, but how can an execution that requires repeated attempts be humane? On December 12th, 1984 Alpha Otis Stephens was electrocuted.  The first jolt of electricity, which lasted for two minutes, did not kill him. Officials waited for six minutes to allow Stephens' body to cool, so physicians could examine him.  Upon examination, it was declared

  • The Homeless Man

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    Otis sat at his tattered corner booth, the pale pink and teal upholstery ripped and worn by all those who had rested there before him. His charcoal-grey hair was oily and unkept as if he hadn’t known the pleasure of a shower or a comb since his early days in the war. His once green army jacket, faded to a light grey, covered the untucked, torn, and sweat-stained Goodwill T-shirt under it. He wore an old pair of denim blue jeans that were shredded in the knees and rested three inches above his boney

  • Essay on Appearance vs Reality in Everyday Use and The Gilded Six-Bits

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    Appearance versus Reality in Alice Walker's and Zora Neale Hurston's Everyday Use and The Gilded Six-Bits In "The Gilded Six-Bits" it appears that Otis D. Slemmons, the towns newest arrival, is rich, but by closer inspection by Joe Banks and Missie May, is found to be poor.  In "Everyday Use," Maggie doesn't appear to be smart enough to honor and appreciate her heritage, but she and not Dee/Wangero is really preserving the family traditions as well as heritage.  Both "The Gilded Six-Bits" by

  • Memphis, Tennessee and Music

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    Memphis, Tennessee is known for its music. It brought great artists such as Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, and Otis Redman. However, one of that artist that does not get the attention that he deserves is Rufus Thomas. Many people say that he gave Memphis the “Memphis Sound.” In 1953 Rufus Thomas wrote Sun Record’s first hit “Bear Cat,” a song that attracted attention because of its similarities to the prior version “Hound Dog” and its sexual content. Many people try to argue that the song has a deeper

  • A Bend in the Road

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    point in the story, Miles was at a bar and overheard a drunk talking about a guy named Otis and how he ran over Miles wife, and because Miles and Otis are not on each others good side, Miles rushes in and arrests Otis on the spot, pointing his gun at his head, ready to shoot when Otis gave any sign of struggle. Taking Otis in, Miles thought, ‘I don’t care. Otis is going to jail, no matter what happens to me. Otis will rot away in prison like he made me rot for two years.’ Miles has so much anger and

  • Elevator History

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    mines. Unfortunately, these elevators required a safety device to restrain the elevator from dropping if it’s supporting cable broke, and this had not been invented yet. Eventually, this necessity was discerned and acted upon. In 1852, Elisha Graves Otis designed the first safety contrivance for elevators. This device was a system involving spring-operated cams that affianced the guide rails in the elevator shaft when the cable broke. This secured the elevator from subsiding which enabled steam powered

  • Paul Revere

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    returned. On August 4, 1757 Paul Revere married Sara Orne, or a Revere referred to her “Sary”. After some years of marriage Revere thinks it’s time for something new so he joins the masons, where he meets James Otis and Joseph Warren both men whom are of importance to him. In 1761 the year James Otis made his famous speech to Revere it would be know as the year that he fought his cousin Francis husband. The reasons why these two young men fought are not known but are probably logical considering that Revere

  • The New York Crystal Palace

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    The New York Crystal Palace: The Great Exhibition of Art and Industry "The Crystal Palace is a partial picture of the age; an exposition of the comforts and luxuries, the manners and attainments which belong to our civilization." -B. Silliman & C. R. Goodrich (The World of Science, Art and Industry at the Crystal Palace, New York, 1854) On July 14, 1853, the Great Exhibition of Art and Industry began in New York City, New York, with the commemoration of the Crystal Palace, the central exhibition

  • The Temptations Research Paper

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    original five joined together from two groups, The Primes and the Distants. “Otis Williams, Paul Williams, Bryant, Franklin, and Kendricks joined together as the Elgins; after a name change to the Temptations” (Ankeny).

  • Aretha Franklin Respect Meaning

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    In the year 1965, Otis Redding released the song, Respect, which became a smash hit for Aretha Franklin two years later. Aretha Franklin’s version of Respect gained popularity for the catchy, upbeat music as well as the empowering lyrics. She was able to achieve this success by making significant revisions to the music, the delivery, and the lyrics. Franklin’s revisions to the music focused on the melody and the usage of different instruments on the recording in order to have Respect become more

  • Milo and Otis

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    "Milo and Otis" In her book, Dog Love, Marjorie Garber proposes the idea that fictional works that offer representations of canines are often used not to tell us about dogs, but to tell us about ourselves. “The Adventures of Milo and Otis,” directed and based on a story by Masanori Hata, stars a pug-nosed puppy that Garber would believe possesses many of the traits we deem ideal in humans, and also offers several moral truths and social maxims about human society. The ways in which we as humans

  • Stand By You Analysis

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    I’m going to be writing a short essay on respect. My first paragraph will be about respectful quotes from the song “Stand By You”. I will be embracing how the lyrics are respectful. I will name at least 4 quotes from “Stand By You”. In my second paragraph I will be writing about who I can make connections to from this song. Who I think relates to this song with me. Who I think is respectful. About the person who i get reminded of when i here “Stand By You”. In this paragraph i’m writing about

  • Geography and History of Memphis

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    Memphis is considered to be a dangerous city by many around the country with not many attractions besides Martin Luther king, jr. What they do not know is that Memphis is full of rich music and history. Various genres have made an impact on people’s daily lives such as gospel, soul, funk, blues, jazz, R&B, pop, country, and rap. Stax records were found in in 1957 which was known as satellite radio at the time. Stax has made a major impact on helping the lives of people in Memphis. Stax has overlooked

  • An Overview of the Indian Elevator Market

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    foreign tourist and business visitors coming to India. This further leads to the growth of the hotel industry, which is the largest buyer of top line elevators. The key players in the elevator industry are Otis (50%), Kone (8.8%), Bharat Bijlee limited (8.6%) and ECE industries limited (8.4%). Otis dominated the market, both from product and service point of view and it is also considered to be the most profit making firm in the elevator industry. Elevator industry in India today Given the annual growth

  • Mercy Otis Warren

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    Mercy Otis Warren Mercy Otis Warren was a pamphleteer, and a playwright who attacked the British government. She also fit time into be a wife and a mother to five sons, while writing a three volume book published in 1805 called The Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution, based on her first hand knowledge of the subject. As a result of these accomplishments, Mercy Otis Warren was an influential figure during the American Revolution. Mercy Otis Warren was born on September