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- 12541: Harper Lee
- ... in Montgomery, Alabama. She became a Fulbright Scholar and spent a year at Oxford University. She also attended University of Alabama for four years studying law. In 1950, she quit the school and moved to New York City where she worked for Eastern Airlines and British Overseas Air Corporation. She began writing at a young age, but she was never successful at getting any of her literary works published, until her ... expand on. She then quit her job with the airlines to turn all of her energy to her writing. This short story expanded into perhaps one of the most popular novels, and screenplays, in the world. The surprise is, she submitted the work for publication in 1957, and it was rejected. She spent the next 2 years in the rewriting and revising the book, which was eventually published in July, 1960 ...
- 12542: Classical Economist - Adam Smi
- ... a commercial society, Smith thought, would only be desirable when coupled with supporting institutions, including the law, family, and religion, which fostered the virtues of self-control and altruism that people need to manage their new liberty. He also explained how human passions could be harnessed to that goal. In doing so, he laid the ground for much of modern social science, as he explored the unanticipated consequences of social action ... remains one of the most lucid thinkers on capitalism, despite that fact that he is permanently underestimated in the faces of many of his fellow economists. LIST OF REFERENCES McConnell, Campbell and Brue, Stanley. Microeconomics. New York: Irwin McGraw-Hill, 1999 BIBLIOGRAPHY Griswold, Charles L. Jr. Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment. London: Cambridge University Press, 1998 Muller, Jerry Z. Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1995 Rashid, Salim. The Myth of Adam Smith. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishers, 1998 Ross, Ian Simpson. The Life of Adam Smith. United Kingdom: Clarendon Press, 1996 Smith, Adam. Wealth ...
- 12543: Durga Puja
- ... with their children. It is this sentiment that has made Durga puja most popular festival throughout the year. Durga puja is not only a religious festival but transcending the religious limitations it has derived a new form - that is of greatest social festival. This is the time when people socialize in a great way. The gorgeous decoration of goddess idols and pandals, lighting of streets bring gala festive mood to Bengal, the kind of which is difficult to find anywhere in the world. People in thousands visit the famous puja throughout the night. This is also the time when people go crazy for puja shopping and gift garments to their near and dear ones. In fact long before ...
- 12544: Clara Barton
- ... where she was born. Eventually teaching began to loose its zest and she wanted more from life. She decided to further her education and attend the Liberal Institute. The Liberal Institute was located in Clinton, New York; it was an advanced school for female teachers. Clara Barton yearned to teach once again and accepted a job in New Jersey. Following this she opened a free school in Bordentown. The schools attendance topped six hundred students. Retiring from teaching for good Barton headed for Washington DC. A new chapter in her life opened and she worked as a clerk in the U.S Patent Office. At age forty and at the outbreak of the Civil War Clara decided to dedicate her life ...
- 12545: Orson Welles
- ... Welles characters reflected his own personality and inspired others to write about human struggles, both good and bad. An innovative, dynamic individual, Welles spent his entire life experimenting with different mediums and bringing to the world his vision of mans never ending struggle to conquer his own inner demons. Welles was a man whose life was one of paradox. His films reflected his inner conflicts and his attempt to assuage ... there is a famous hall-of-mirrors shoot-out where the villain and the hero exchange gun fire and the audience is unsure of what is going on. The scene is famous because Welles utilizes new camera techniques that bewilder the viewer with extravagant movements. Throughout his career, Welles employs clever editing that shifts from one character to another and uses light and darkness to extenuate the action. His movies, like ...
- 12546: Octavian Augustus
- ... crumbling republican government to a great and mighty empire. Octavian's government was strong enough to withstand weak emperors who mishandled the Empire. His changes proved to be the cornerstone of the greatest empire the world has ever seen. During the Conflict of Orders, the lower class Romans, or plebeian, forced the upper class Romans, known as patricians, to give them more rights and liberties (Hadas 1969). The Republican government in ... and the comedies performed at the many theaters (Hadas 1969). The Romans are attributed with the development of concrete which enabled them to build large structures such as aqueducts. As Rome grew into the primary world leader, it is Republican government was falling apart. The Senate was ineffective because it had no control of the vast armies that provided power. A strong general who took sole control would immediately be targeted ... next emperor should be. Octavian was so influential that eventually the Romans did not care that they were no longer a Republic. They knew that with Octavian, they could become the greatest empire in the world.
- 12547: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... to London. Just before he started to toddle, he stepped into the glare of footlights. He never stepped out of it until he died. He was a good man, as men go in the bewildering world of ours, brave, transparent, tender-hearted, and honorable. Dickens was always a little too irritable because he was a little too happy. Like the over-wrought child in society, he was splendidly sociable, and in and yet sometimes ...
- 12548: Mahatma Gandhi
- ... scientific talents. He never earned a degree or received any special academic honors. He was never a candidate in an election or a member of government. Yet when he died, in 1948, practically the whole world mourned him. Einstein said in his tribute, Gandhi demonstrated that a powerful human following can be assembled not only through the cunning game of the usual political maneuvers and trickery but through the cogent example ... was an astounding example of someone who was pass and misunderstood, and yet had great determination and beliefs. Throughout his life he brought attention to his beliefs of equality and nonviolence - two main factors of world peace. Hes teachings, thoughts, and beliefs hold great knowledge and will be forever left as his legacy. Hopefully, when his life accomplishments and beliefs are looked at and considered by all masses, Gandhis true intention could result causing a powerful effect on humanity; a rebuilding of government and society and in effect - world peace.
- 12549: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... in 1668. Newton ignored much of the established curriculum of the university to pursue his own interests: mathematics and natural philosophy. Proceeding entirely on his own, he investigated the latest developments in mathematics and the new natural philosophy that treated nature as a complicated machine. Almost immediately, he made fundamental discoveries that were instrumental in his career in science. The Fluxional Method Newton's first achievement was in mathematics. He generalized ... two procedures were inverse operations. By joining them in what he called the fluxional method, Newton developed in the autumn of 1666 a kind of mathematics that is now known as calculus. Calculus was a new and powerful method that carried modern mathematics above the level of Greek geometry. Optics Newton's initial lectures as Lucasian Professor dealt with optics, including his remarkable discoveries made during the plague years. He had ... the day. As a consequence, he was elected a fellow of the society in 1672. Later that year Newton published his first scientific paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the society. It dealt with the new theory of light and color and is one of the earliest examples of the short research paper. Gravitation Newton's greatest achievement was his work in physics and celestial mechanics, which culminated in the ...
- 12550: Mother Teresa
- Mother Teresa Mother Teresa has dedicated her life to helping the poor, the sick, and the dying around the world. She is one of the most well known and respected people of the 20th century. In her speeches she spoke of "blessing the misfortunate" and loving them as well. She also spoke of how easy ... very good job of showing how much Mother Teresa cared for the sick. The main part of the movie that I remember was the part when Mother Teresa and her nuns were starting a whole new center to the sick and dying. When the person that owned the building was telling the nuns and Mother Teresa about all the nice things they has in the building, the nuns almost simultaneously said ...
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