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- 3931: Franz Joseph Haydn
- ... dynamics to keep his audience occupied. One of the most important, maybe the most, characteristics of the Classical Period was that it was secular music. Unlike Baroque style which focused on religious themes and having big concerts in churches, Classical music grasped the interest of the aristocrats/nobles and many demanded private performances. Haydn spent much of his life under the employment of such a noble who demanded music of all ...
- 3932: Frank Lloyd Wright 3
- ... in which he spoke of the important role new technology should play in any architecture for America. His Prairie home ideas were unlike any typical American house, which was seen by Wright as essentially one big box with little boxes inside. Before World War I, Wright set new directions with the development of his Prairie homes, suburban dwellings mainly in the area of Chicago. He experimented freely with the organization of ...
- 3933: Frank Lloyd Wright 2
- Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright, in my mind, is the greatest architect I ve ever seen. He had a big fetish with building his houses encompassed with nature and that really interested me. Frank Lloyd Wright is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in modern Western architecture. His radically innovative designs, utilizing ...
- 3934: Florence Nightingale 2
- ... and what she must do. Late that same year Florence was made the superintendent of The Institution for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen. It was just a small women s hospital in London, but a big step for Florence. Florence always made certain that the hospitals were clean, and she allowed anybody to come to the hospital that needed care, not just the members of the Church of England. England joined ...
- 3935: Fidel Castro 2
- ... head of the National Bank,and known anti-American, seized all three major oil company refineries and began producing all the Soviet crude,not just the 50% they had earlier bargained for. This was a big victory and a stepping stone towards increasing the soon to be controversial alliance with Russia. On July 6, a week after the intervention of the refineries, President Eisenhower announced that the balance of Cuba's ...
- 3936: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- ... been the cause of his unhappiness. The book gained success and gave Fitzgerald entrιe to literary magazines, such as Scribner's and The Saturday Evening Post, which published his stories, among them 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.' The rebellious flaming youth of the new era brought to life in the popular This Side of Paradise, were soon imitated nationwide, with Fitzgerald and his wife serving as models. Zelda signifigantly ...
- 3937: Ernest Hemingway 3
- ... of copies were sold in the United States. This novel and A Farewell to Arms were both made into movies. In 1953 he went on a safari with Mary, and he was in heaven hunting big game. Though Ernest had a serious accident, and later became ill, he could never admit that he had any weaknesses; nothing would stop him, certainly not pain. In 1954 he won the Nobel Prize for ...
- 3938: Eisenhower 2
- ... federal spending, especially in defense. He looked forward to his final year in office "full of drive, enthusiasm, and a desire to attack on all fronts." Yet only months later, his hopes had collapsed. The Big Four summit in Paris, where the president had looked forward to signing an arms control agreement, ended in disarray after the Soviets shot down an American U-2 spy plane over their territory. Eisenhower's ...
- 3939: Dwight Eisenhower
- ... in a creamery. During that time, the sons raised and sold vegetables and found a variety of other jobs to contribute to household expenses (2, Ambrose). Dwight, often nicknamed Little Ike to distinguish him from Big Ike , his brother Edgar, impressed his fellow students. Predictions that appeared in their high school yearbook saw Dwight becoming a history professor and Edgar, interestingly, President of the United States (146, Richardson). After high school ...
- 3940: Diaghilev
- ... life. He then decided, that he would try doing more than producing with the art of Ballet. It s from this time on that we talk of the "Diaghilev Period". In 1909, Diaghilev hit it big with the famous Russian dancer and choreographer in Michel Fokine and a group of russian dancers that included Vaslav Nijinsky and Anna Pavlova. It was now that Diaghilev established "Les Ballets Russes". This company made ...
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