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- 12621: Jonathan Larson
- ... composer Jonathan Larson was sitting in the very last few rows listening as cast he had chosen for his "about to be" Broadway musical, "Rent" went through one of the final dress rehearsals in The New York Theater Workshop. He and the Director of "Rent" Michael Grief began to sing one of the songs form the show when Larson began to feel a pain in his chest. The pain worsened. Larson ... worrier and hypochondriac close friends and relatives knew him as) turned to an actor and said,"You better call 911. Think I'm having a heart attack." Lagon was rushed to the Emergency Room of New York's Cabrini Medical Center. There, doctors gave him an ECG which showed evidence of no heart problems or anything else for that matter. Symptoms included pale and clammy skin shortness of breath. Larson's ... of the two. Like a virus introduced to him through food poisoning. The answer is no. An undeniable no at that. The actual cause of death, aortic aneurysm (a foot long tear in his aorta). New York State Health Commissioner stated that it could have been treated with` a surgery which had a survival rate of 80%. Ironies like these plagued and enchanted Larson's life, almost as if they ...
- 12622: Andrew Jackson
- ... had defended his “Honor” in 2 or 3 duels and 1 shoot-out. He took two bullets. One lodged beside his heart and the other shattered his arm. At about this time, the “Hero of New Orleans” was perhaps the most popular man in the country. He received a “Favorite Son” endorsement for the presidency from his state of Tennessee. Believing that Washington had become a “Sink or corruption”, he felt ... bitterly disappointed in 1824 by a 4-way race in which he won a substantial plurality, but lost to John Quincy Adams in the House of Representatives. In 1828, Jackson won a “landslide” victory. The new Democratic party, which he helped forge, brought a temporary end to all the fighting and arguing of the parties in American politics. This time was sometimes called the “Era of Good Feelings” On December 22 ... Mostly though the federal government benefited by the massive migration to the west, and consequently profited from the sale of public lands. Because of the strong opposition he created in Congress and elsewhere, a cohesive new party of opposition (the Whigs) was created. In 1832, campaign for Jackson’s reelection was fought in the midst of two crises. One was triggered by Jackson’s veto to renew the Bank’s ...
- 12623: Steven Spielberg
- ... and the classic cult movie Duel. His first feature, The Sugarland Express, was released in 1974, and he was soon offered the chance to direct a thriller about a great white shark terrorizing a small New England beach town. Jaws cost $8.5 million and grossed $260 million. Spielberg followed it up two years later with Close Encounters of the Third Kind, earning a Best Director Oscar nomination and proved to the world that he was one of the best directors of the time. However, he followed Close Encounters with the disastrous Movie, 1941, which was his first attempt at comedy and his first true failure. He didn ...
- 12624: Apollonius of Perga
- Apollonius of Perga Apollonius was a great mathematician, known by his contempories as " The Great Geometer, " whose treatise Conics is one of the greatest scientific works from the ancient world. Most of his other treatise were lost, although their titles and a general indication of their contents were passed on by later writers, especially Pappus of Alexandria. As a youth Apollonius studied in Alexandria ( under ... the essential principles of conics, which for the most part had been previously set forth by Euclid, Aristaeus and Menaechmus. A number of theorems in Book 3 and the greater part of Book 4 are new, however, and he introduced the terms parabola, eelipse, and hyperbola. Books 5-7 are clearly original. His genius takes its highest flight in Book 5, in which he considers normals as minimum and maximum straight ...
- 12625: Susan Smith
- ... enriched my understanding of law as a legal concept, law as a legal system and law as a set of rules. It has shown me first hand the use of these three concepts in our world today. Bibliography Adler, Jerry. "Sins of the Mother" Newsweek, 14 November 1994. Brooke, Heathe. http://www.shij.com/hj/smith/ninedays/1smith.html Brurn, Alex. "Susan Smith Review" Law and Society Review, 28 November 1994. Gibbs, Nancy. "Death and Deceit" Time, 14 November 1994. Grenm, Roy. The Disgust of a Nation (New York: HEADLINE PUBLISHING 1995) Henderson, Gary, The Susan Smith Trial: Nine Days in Union (South Carolina: Herald Publishing 1996), p.193 Reuter, A.P. "Abducted kids, mom accused of murder" Toronto Star, 9 November 1994 ...
- 12626: Booker T. Washington
- ... but knowledge of agricultural and industrial trades. He felt that the Negro would rise to be an equal in American society through hard work. Washington founded a school on these principles, and it became the world's leader in agricultural and industrial education for the Negro. As the world watched him put his heart and soul into his school, Tuskegee Institute, he gained great respect from both the white and black communities. Many of the country's white leaders agreed with his principals, and ... of Washington's death, 34 years after its founding, the school property included 2,345 acres and 107 buildings, with nearly 200 faculty members and more than 1,500 students. Tuskegee Institute had become the world's leader in agricultural and industrial education for the Negro. Booker's spirit and name live on long after his death. He is remembered and admired for his struggle for the black man. Tuskegee ...
- 12627: Charles Darwin
- ... surgery. He did eventually get a degree in Theology from Cambridge University, Although Theology was a minor intrest to him. What Darwin really liked to do was climb over hills, observe plants and animals, collecting new specimens, studying their structures, and categorizing his findings. In 1831, when Darwin was 22 years old, the British government sent her Majesty's ship The Beagle on a 5 year expedition that would take them along the coastline of South America and then onward around the world. During the trip the Beagle would carry along a naturalist to observe and collect Geological and Biological specimens. Thanks to a recomendation from one of Darwins old college professors, he was offered the position aboard ...
- 12628: Neil Simon, the Most Successful Playwright in The History of Theatre
- ... Park to showcase and emphasize his themes of compatibility and need for compromise. The plot itself starts out fairly simple. In the first act, Paul and Corie Bratter, wed but six days, move into their new apartment on the top floor of a brownstone in New York City. From the very first, the audience can see that these are two very different characters that have very different values, and yet Paul and Corie are very much in love. The plot progresses ... Mrs. Banks. The suspense doesn't last long, though, as Paul soon enters carrying his near- unconscious mother-in-law. As the evening winds to a close, Velasco offers to escort Mrs. Banks home to New Jersey, with presumably more licentious motives in mind. Meanwhile Corie and Paul begin the first major argument of their wedded life. Though Simon handles the fight with a light touch, the disagreement nevertheless shows ...
- 12629: DOROTHY
- ... Lashea2001 Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born on November 9,1922, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her parents (Cyril and Ruby Dandridge) had a troubled marriage, which eventually lead to them going their separate ways. Ruby met the new "love" of her life, a woman, later was much despised by Dottie. She was very domineering and abusive toward Ruby's two children, especially Dottie. Early in their youth Ruby and her friend trained them ... Tofranil, theantidepressant that she was taking. Whether the overdose was accidental or intentional remains a mystery to this day. Dorothy was cremated and buried at the Little Church of the Flowers at Forest Lawn. Bibliography WORLD BOOK GROILERS ENCYCLOPEDIA Word Count: 595
- 12630: Yasir Arafat
- ... Peres shared the 1994 Nobel peace prize for their peace efforts in the middle east. On December 10, 1994, the Palestinian and Israeli leaders met again this time in Oslo, Norway. And once again the world looked on as the unlikely pair jointly accepted the recognition for their effort. the talk about Yasir's “deteriorating Health” has been rife lately in media political circles. Reports to that effect are varied in ... with Israel. But if the Jordanian pushed for what they wanted too aggressively, it could push Rajoub to play the “Israeli factor” with mixed prospective ramifications. The Egyptian would also see to it that the new Palestinian leadership did not drift away from Egypt. The Egyptian leadership has succeeded to forge an almost paternal relationship with the PA. Since the establishment of the PA Arafat has paid as many as 100 ...
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