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- 151: Biograhy of Arnold Schwarzenegger
- ... children, politics, bodybuilding/fitness enthusiasts, hollywood, and most importantly, an inseparable bond with the American Dream make a superstar of the man who is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Born in the tiny village of Thal-By-Graz , Austria, young Arnold Schwarzenegger did not seem destined for grandeur. "In the beginning Arnold seemed an unlikely figure to become a cultural icon" (Flynn 10). Living in poor, medieval-like conditions, Schwarzenegger was raised alongside his ...
- 152: Alfred Nobel
- ... Literature. Nobel's award for peace workers was just as personally motivated. His special recommendation of “organizers and promoters of peace congresses” shows that he had in mind his friend Baroness Bertha von Suttner of Austria, whose peace congresses in Rome and Berne he had supported financially. While he had been concerned about the peace problem long before he met her, she undoubtedly stimulated his interest in it still further. In ...
- 153: Alfred Nobel
- ... in languages, as secretary and supervisor of household." The most qualified applicant turned out to be an Austrian woman, Countess Bertha Kinsky. After working for Nobel for about two months she decided to return to Austria to marry Count Arthur on Suture. In spite of this Alfred Nobel and Bertha von Suttner remained friends and kept writing letters to each other for decades. Over the years Bertha von Suttner became increasingly ...
- 154: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- ... 20 billion for the first ten years. The Alliance for Progress and President Kennedy’s particular concern for democratic institutions brought the United States renewed popularity in Latin America. On June 3, 1961, in Vienna, Austria, Kennedy and Khrushchev met and reviewed relationships between the United States and the USSR, as well as other questions of interest to the two states. Two incidents contributed to hostility at the meeting. The first ...
- 155: Ferdinand Prosche: Life And Achievements of A Pioneer
- ... Hans Nibel. But his last development in the factory was probably one of the most important: The curious, exotic and fast SSKL. After Porsche left Mercedes, he was soon hired to design the now extint Austria cars, and later joined another very important German auto maker, Auto Union. In this factory he designed the famous and complex 16-cylinder race cars. While working in Auto Union, he formed with his son ...
- 156: Napolean
- ... In 1813 almost every nation in Europe joined in the final coalition against France. Napoleon raised a new army but couldn’t replace the equipment lost in Russia. In October 1813 allied forces from Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Sweden defeated Napoleon at Leipzig. By April 1814 the coalition occupied Paris, Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba. The coalition made peace with France. They restores Bourbon monarchy to throne in ...
- 157: Louis XIV Had A Greater Impact On European History Than Peter The Great
- ... against her was possible. But Louis knew better. He believed that battles are won before they begin; consequently, his campaign had been thoroughly thought out before it was launched. Secret treaties had been made with Austria and Portugal, and German princes were bribed to stay out of the conflict. The campaign set the Sun King’s pattern for the future—far from being a bombastic or passionate warrior, he ran the ...
- 158: Life in 18th Century Europe
- ... such deadly diseases, but they did. Disease was a major influence on the aristocracy. During the eighty years between 1695 and 1775 disease killed a tsar of Russia, a king of France, a king of Austria, a queen of England, and a queen of Sweden. Disease many times ended dynasties by killing heirs. In 1700 the Duke of Gloucester died of disease and thus ended England’s Stuart dynasty. (6) One ...
- 159: To What Extent was Britain on the Verge of a Civil War in 1914?
- ... Rule for Ireland, but by this time many Irish, particularly Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Brotherhood (I.R.B.) wanted more than Home Rule, they wanted a similar solution to the dual monarchy of Austria and Hungary in 1867. As these ideas were ignored, they moved to demand a complete break with Britain- an independent republic for Ireland. By 1912, the situation in Ireland had changed greatly from that of ...
- 160: World War 2
- ... That is my focus for this essay. The leader of Germany at the time of WW2 and the person who most think started WW2 was a man named Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria. By the time that World War 1 started in 1914, he was living in Germany. He served well in the German Army and for that he earned a medal for bravery. At the end of ...
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