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- 3951: Brian Lopes
- ... very important, a skill Brian Lopes has mastered. He has a five-foot vertical bunny hop, which means he can get his tires 5 feet off the ground from standing still. Jumping is also a big part of BMX racing, where you can get an edge over an opponent by being able to jump faster, longer and higher. Another edge Brian Lopes has over any competition is his bike. He now ...
- 3952: Billy Sunday
- ... Iowa, and he had never seen a city larger than Des Moines (Dorsett 18). Within an hour of arrival the small-town Iowan felt the anxiety and self-consciousness of a county bumpkin in the big city. He arrived at Spalding s Sporting Goods Store, Spalding was owner of the team, just as the telegram directed. After waiting a couple of hours team members began to arrive. After a while Cap ...
- 3953: Booker T. Washington
- ... hard. Also they could not sit in front of the bus, the first lady who tried to sit in front of the bus was Rosa Parks and she was arrested. Booker T. Washington made a big step when he got enrolled at Hamilton Institution. The African American community was very delighted and happy to see some one from their race going to college. They all helped him and supported him in ...
- 3954: Australia
- ... 5.2 feet (1.6 meters) but known to reach 8.2 feet (2.5 meters). Fossil monitor lizards, called goannas, at 20 feet (6 meters) and 1,300 pounds (600 kilograms), were twice as big as today's record-holder, the Komodo dragon. Curiosities include the gecko, whose padded, adhesive digits enable it to move and rest on ceilings. Geckoes are able to snap off their still-wriggling tails to ...
- 3955: Ansel Adams
- ... sharp details in his pictures that focused through the smallest aperture in the camera lens, which was f/64. Group f/64 was an informal group that lasted for two years. This group made a big difference for the direction of American photography. In 1928 Ansel was an official photographer for the Sierra Club at the Jasper National Park in Canada. In 1932, Ansel opened the short-lived Ansel Adams Gallery ...
- 3956: Alexander Graham Bell
- ... the machine but bell in the other room on the other end of the receiver heard Watson trying to get it out. They couldn t transmit voice yet but they were on their way. Their big breakthrough was made on March 10, 1876, when in one room Bell spilled acid on his pants and said into the newest receiver Mr. Watson com in there, I need to see you (Alexander Graham ...
- 3957: Al Capone
- ... in legitimate businesses, in the cleaning and dyeing field, and cultivated influence with receptive public officials, labor unions and employees' associations. Torrio soon succeeded to full leadership of the gang with the violent demise of Big Jim Colosimo, and Capone gained experience and expertise as his strong right arm. In 1925, Capone became boss when Torrio, seriously wounded in an assassination attempt, surrendered control and retired to Brooklyn. Capone had built ...
- 3958: Andrew Johnson
- ... no formal education. Yet with determination and hard work, he had risen rapidly through politics, to state government and on to national office. He married Eliza McCardle, who was a school-teacher and was a big part of Johnson s education, she helped him learn how to write and do arithmetic. He had three sons and two daughters. Andrew Johnson was a democratic and had served in the Senate from 1857 ...
- 3959: Abigail Adams
- ... grew a very religious bond between each other and a long lasting friendship. Abigail never went to a real school because of poor health. So, she learned at home. Her father s library was not big, but she still went to it to read books. Abigail s favorite books were novels by Samuel Richardson. Abigail s father knew John Adams by working with him and she grew rather close to him ...
- 3960: A. A. Milne
- ... He preferred writing plays and maintaining his own schedule. (Second Plays) He liked the intricacy of writing plays and seeing them performed. He wrote tons of plays and got much critical acclaim, but his first big hit was Mr. Pim Passes By. (Oxford Companion to English Literature) Milne had now established himself as a recognizable author. In 1924, Milne published his first story that included his son, Christopher Robin, When We ...
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