Mortimer Zuckerman

The law is something many people would associate as serious and unamusing. Mortimer Zuckerman would fall into that category. In fact, Zuckerman felt so strongly about this matter that he “decided law was the exact opposite of sex; even when it was good, it was lousy.” Zuckerman remains the Chief Executive Officer of Boston Properties, worth over two and a half billion U.S. dollars. A gentleman of such high status could not make such an assertion without some sort of education regarding the matter

this excavation, being both industrious and reliable, her duties would expand beyond taking pictures to overseeing the workers assisting at the site. After she returned to England, at the completion of the Zimbabwe expedition, Kathleen joined Sir Mortimer Wheeler’s staff at his excavation at Roman Verulamiun (St. Albans), north of London. While there she would study Wheeler’s method of stratigraphic excavation. Wheeler’s findings were based on the concept developed by geologist William Smith where

Name Instructor Course Date Historical Accuracy in Henry IV Plays by Shakespeare Research shows that Shakespeare’s historical plays do not offer good sources for accurate rendering of historical events. The details of place of issues such as place, time, and personality are all subject to a great deal of artistic license just as most of modern Hollywood movies about the past. However, to some extent, Shakespeare did research his materials. Close analysis of his famous works and plays indicate that

It was 1307 and Edward I who was sixty eight at the time of his death would now pass the throne to his son Edward II. Edward II who was “Lord of Caernarfon, prince of Wales, duke of Aquitaine, earl of Chester and count of Pontheiu” would now inherit a war with Scotland from his father. Edward II was rather a particular fellow with unusual hobbies that he showed throughout his reign. Evidence points that Edward II may have had a relationship with Piers Gaveston, but also he had been banished from

INTRODUCTION Kathleen M. Kenyon is an archeologist of the twentieth century that is well known and highly looked upon in her field. She came from a family with influence and and connections to many different institutes and colleges. It is because of her family’s influence and connections that she was able to become well known and one of the best excavators in Great Britain. Kathleen Kenyon was born in London, England, on January 5, in 1906 to her parents Fredric and Amy Kenyon after losing two

In “How to Mark a Book,” Mortimer Adler argues that it is necessary to annotate books. That way, one is actively reading whereby he/she can articulate the hierarchy of information given. The content of the article features what it means to truly own a book, provides many strategies for marking up a book, and states that there are no excuses for marking up a book. Adler articulates that the reader needs to truly own a book so that he/she can fully understand what he/she is reading. He states that

How to Use the Ancient Art of Persuasion to Sell Anything Let me introduce you to a man you may or may not have heard of, Mortimer J. Adler. This man, in 1952, sold a million dollars worth of books simply because he had to. He had been working on a 54 volume set of Great Books of the Western World essential for those acquiring a liberal education. With the set about ready to be released he ran into the problem of his publisher not having the funds for the first edition print! With nothing to do

In Mortimer J. Adler’s article “How to Mark a Book,” he argues that you should mark up your book to note significant information. Adler argues, through rhetorical appeals and fallacies, that as you write in a book it becomes “absorbed in your bloodstream,” and allows you to fully own the book. As readers searching for these techniques we can become immune to the fallacies by recognizing them and thereby acknowledging the argument for what it truly is. "How to Mark A Book," uses an abundance of logos

“How to Mark a Book” by Mortimer J. Adler Speaker: Throughout his essay, “How to Mark a Book”, Mortimer J. Adler makes it especially clear that to understand a book and make it a part of yourself, you would have to destroy it with love. His passion for reading is extraordinary. He includes examples of how he expresses himself in the book from “making a personal index on the back end-papers” to “outlining the book [as an integrated structure]”. He encourages everyone to write in between the lines

In his article “The Neglect of the Intellect: Sloth,” Mortimer J. Adler asserts that the disuse of a person’s intellect is a moral injustice. Adler coins the term “sloth” to describe the people committing this moral crime. He believes that people should use their intellectual abilities for their own personal pleasure rather than for economic or political gain. Adler employs an aggressive tone when describing the abuse of the intellect, and appeals to the reader’s emotion when portraying intellect