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- 5151: Lee Iacocca
- ... during an uncertain time. Interest rates were very high and the customer base was low. He had an extensive amount of fore thought by staying with the firm. His guidance was able to save and American corporation. With the successful turn around of the Chrysler Corporation there was a lot of gossip and allegations that Lee would be seeking a political career. In 1983 he signed a three year contract with ...
- 5152: John Bates Clark
- John Bates Clark John Bates Clark was an American economist who lived from 1847-1938. He played an important role in the development of marginal productivity, and had a great influence on the development of economic thought in the United States. Clark was educated ...
- 5153: The Purpose Of Minor Character
- ... in the play's outcome and help develop the main character, Willy. Ben is a figment of Willy's imagination that represents his idealistic view of prosperity. Ben is symbolic of the success of the American Dream. He expresses these feelings when he says, "When I was seventeen I walked into the jungle and when I was twenty-one I walked out. And by God I was rich"(48). Ben earned ...
- 5154: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is known as the father of the American short story and father of the detective story. To understand the literary contributions of Edgar Allan Poe, one must look at his early life, his literary life, and a summary of two of his famous ...
- 5155: The Life of Walt Disney
- ... at McKinley High School, he took the money he earned to pay for art classes at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.3 When he was sixteen he lied about his age to join the American Red Cross during World War I. Walt Disney had difficulty holding a steady job. His father advised him to take a job at the Chicago jelly factory. But, he determinedly replied," I want to be ...
- 5156: Winston Churchill: A Biography
- ... Blenheim Palace on Nosvember 30, 1874. His father was Lord Randolph Churchill, who descended directly from the 1st duke of Marlborough, of whom Winston was to write a biography. His mother was Jennie Jerosme, an American. His inspirational life brings hope and guidance, he was a martyr for democracy in a time when Europe was in shambles, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill is the person of the century. Churchill's childhood was ...
- 5157: Jane Austen: Her Life and Work
- ... involvements, feelings and characters of ordinary life..." (Magill, pg. 25) People have different opinions of Jane Austen's work. Some people "were upset because she never wrote about events surrounding her life, like the French Revolution and the Nepoleonic Wars. (Tucker, pg 69) Thomas Hardy said about Austen, "a rather heartless little cynic...penning satirettes about her neighbors whilst the Dynasts were tearing the world to pieces and consigning millions to ...
- 5158: The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
- ... great scholar dies at the age of sixty-seven. An artistic and scientific genius, Leonardo had a deep effect on the world of then and now, he helped usher in the Renaissance and the scientific revolution. Leonardo will always be remembered by all generations and I think his paintings, inventions, sculptures, and great words of intelligence will never die, but give hope, encouragement and motivation to the kids of the future ...
- 5159: William Henry Gates III
- ... in sneakers, T-shirts, and jeans, and spend each day, from morn till night, tapping away at personal-computer keyboards. As I myself have often experienced of late, when you exchange business cards with an American you nearly always see, imprinted on the card along with the phone and fax numbers, an e-mail number, as well. When the person inquires, "What is your e-mail number?"and you reply, "I ...
- 5160: Martin Luther King Jr.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a fine and strong man and should be viewed as such, along with other American heroes, such as Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington. He truly believed in his philosophy till his death. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 19, 1929, to Albert and Martin Luther King Sr. He ...
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