House of Savoy

In an instant Grandpa’s face turned serious, and he proceeded to explain how, when he and Jay had gotten chosen and sent to Sandia, it had been for specific purposes and training. He told me how Sandia Base, named after the nearby Sandia Mountains, was the principal nuclear weapons installation of the United States, and how—for twenty-five years—this top-secret base and its secondary installation (Man-z-a-no Base) had conducted atomic weapons research, development, design, testing, and training which

people. According to the article “Blacks Set Out in Search of a Better Life in 1920s American Society” published on VOA, “Many whites joined the Ku Klux Klan organization… terrorized blacks. Klan members sometimes burned fiery crosses in front of the houses of black families. And they sometimes beat and murdered blacks… hated blacks most of all” (VOA). Racial hatred was at an all-time high. White people physically attacked people of color and that was perfectly okay. African Americans lost their homes

I am doing research and a lot of study on the Spanish empire. The Spanish empire is a very important empire. The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, following the European discoveries of a sea route around Africa’s southern coast (1488) and of America (1492). With these events sea power shifted from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and to the emerging nation-states of Portugal, Spain, the Dutch Republic, France, and England. By discovery, conquest, and settlement, these nations expanded

The Feudal System in the Middle Ages of England was not the best system of government to go by for everyone since it gave most of its power to the King, and made it impossible for the lower class to improve themselves economically. People of higher rank expected the lower ranks of society to pledge their loyalty to them and in turn, protected them. There came a time where everybody became tired of never progressing, and people started to do something about it. The end to Feudalism did not just happen

Maria Theresa, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, was the last ruler of the House of Habsburg. Prior to Theresa’s birth, in 1700 Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and Archdukes Joseph and Charles of Austria signed the Mutual Pact of Succession, giving the eldest son’s daughters a higher position in the line of succession. After Emperor Leopold I and Joseph I died, Archduke Charles of Austria ascended the throne. As the last male heir of the Habsburg Empire, Charles VI issued the Pragmatic

The Savoy Hotel bandleader, Fred Elizalde, needed a singer for his band and Len remembered Al. It is reported, through a series of communications between the two friends, Al sent his recording of 'Muddy Water' to Elizalde. The bandleader was so greatly impressed

Georges-Auguste Escoffier. (culinaryLore.com, 2017). Born October 28, 1846, Villeneuve-Loubet, France—died February 12, 1935. He is known as “the king of chefs and the chef of kings,” who earned a worldwide reputation as manager of the kitchens at the Savoy Hotel (1890–1899). (Auguste Escoffier, 2017). The kitchen brigade improves or helps to update and simplifies work in the hotel kitchens, removes disorder and repetition of effort and each position has a station and clear tasks. The kitchen brigade

Bebop music was the next evolutionary change of Jazz music that succeeded swing music. This paper’s aim is look at musicians who impacted this era, exploring more in depth Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. In the early 1940’s, the swing bands began to all sound the same as well as work along predictable chord changes.1 The music was now not used for dancing. Some people believed that this would let the music go away from the elite social groups, and now be for everybody. Also just because

services and support to the community, raising money to fund these programs, rather than personal economic gain for the company itself. Human service agencies play an important role of support services for the community, whether it be helping people find houses, jobs, groceries, lawyers, etc. Human service workers are the vital resource for those in need of guidance and support. Human service programs are implemented to give the individual's self-esteem, problem solving skills, confidence to change their

The Roaring Twenties F. Scott Fitzgerald once stated,“The parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser, and the liquor was cheaper” (“30 Famous The Great Gatsby Quotes”). The time after the war known as the Roaring Twenties harbored change for not only the economy but for the people also. Credit materialized, becoming available for citizens to use on new products such as the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine which allotted