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- 12631: Deng Xiaopeng
- ... technology as on his list of expansion goals but he also listed three other important goals agriculture, economy, and military. Deng had great need to expand Agriculture because China has the highest population in the world. If Deng could not put food on the table then chances are the people are not going to really like him or trust him. So he increased farming technology and with the increase in technology ... to break the silence of political dealings with most countries through out the west Deng had a meeting with Margaret Thatcher of England. At the time Margaret was probably the most successful woman in the world. Deng had heated debates with her at first but he received an agreement after a many arguments that stated Hong Kong a city taken away form China long ago in the Opium wars would be returned China in 1997. With this agreement Deng restored Chinas political relations with England and possibly the entire world. In Conclusion Deng was a strong and loving leader. Deng did some things wrong but all leaders make some mistakes. He came is saw what needed to be done and he did it. China ...
- 12632: Frederick Banting
- ... the University of Toronto with the aim of entering the ministry, but instead he switched to medicine, receiving his MD in 1916. After graduating, he joined the army and served as a medical officer during World War I. He was awarded the Canadian military cross for bravery. After the war, he practiced medicine in London, Ontario, until 1921, when he and Charles Best began their research into the hormone insulin. Banting ... had been vital to the project and that he should be included in the honor. Ultimately Banting accepted, and shared his portion of the prize with Best. Later Banting was named he ad of a new department of medical research at the University of Toronto, named after him and Charles Best. He became Sir Frederick Banting when he was knighted in 1934. On February 21, 1941, Banting was killed in a ...
- 12633: Biography: Jefferson, Thomas
- ... of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and the father of the University of Virginia. Bibligraphy Noble E. Cunningham, Jr., In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson (1987); Merrill D. Peterson, Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography (1970). Jefferson Memorial Monument in Washington, D.C., honoring Thomas Jefferson. Dedicated in 1943, the domed white marble structure was designed by the American neoclassical architect John Russell Pope; it houses a ... that the rituals of the presidency resembled too closely the monarchical models of Europe, which he detested. By 1800 Jefferson was convinced that the government must be put on a more republican tack if the new Republic were to succeed, and he directed his efforts in the election of 1800 toward that end. In a nation of farmers, Jefferson's belief in the virtues of an agrarian republic of independent farmers ... whatever state or persuasion, religious or political," and pledged a vigilant protection of civil liberties. He also vowed to protect the rights of states while preserving the general government in its whole constitutional vigor. The new president declared that he favored reliance on a well-disciplined militia for defense, the supremacy of civil over military authority, economy in public expenditures, the payment of debts, and the encouragement of agriculture and ...
- 12634: Nathan McCall
- ... as part of the prison programming and was influenced by authors that wrote about being Black. In February '94 he landed a contract with Random House; the hard-back edition of his book made The New York Times best-seller list. "I'm one of those brothers who slipped through the cracks," he said. But being successful meant he had to learn everything about the White world, from "how to hold a fork" to "how to behave." He told the Whites in the audience, "If you don't know anything about me it won't reflect negatively on your career at all ...
- 12635: Biography: St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
- ... own station, and at thirty-one found himself a widower with one surviving child, the other two having died previously. From that time he began a life of prayer and mortification, although separated from the world around him. On the death of his third child his thoughts turned to a life in some religious order. Previous associations had brought him into contact with the first Jesuits who had come to Spain, Bl. Peter Faber among others, but it was apparently impossible to carry out his purpose of entering the Society , as he was without education, having only had an incomplete year at a new college begun at Alcala by Francis Villanueva. At the age of thirty-nine he attempted to make up this deficiency by following the course at the College of Barcelona, but without success. His austerities had ...
- 12636: Leakey, Richard
- ... 1967-77 he and his co-workers dug up around 400 fossils, that accounted for 230 individuals. The most important discovery was an almost complete skull found in 1977, which Richard believe to be a new species called Homo habilis. Richard Leakeys accomplishments are discovering the crania of Australopithecus boisei in 1969 with the archaeologist Glynn Isaac on the East shores of Lake Turkana, Homo habilis in 1972, and Homo ... larger than the Australopithecus). The "apelike" body structure with long arms and a small body was a characteristic of the Homo habilis. Recent discoveries, such as from Lake Turkana, of better-preserved fossils have revealed new insights on early Homo in the Plio-Pleistocene. Of this new habilis material, the most amazing is a nearly complete cranium discovered in 1972 at East Lake Turakana. This individual, with a cranial capacity if 775 cm3, is clearly outside the known range for Australopithecines ...
- 12637: Kenichi Ohmae
- ... books and articles on corporate strategy,and in particular, as a guru of globalization. He has written books on reforming Japan, and has sold close to 2 million hardback copies. In his book The Borderless World, Ohmae discusses that centralized governments are loosing their ability, and their need to direct national economies. He is the founder of "Reform of Heisei", a citizen's political movement estavlished on November 25, 1992, to ... the central bureaucracy, would be destroyed. The ban on imported rice would be lifted, and the rice farms that now consume large chunks of land on the edges of Tokyo, would be paved over for new housing.
- 12638: Nevil Shute
- ... England (Locker 396). Nevil Norway spent his early years during the early parts of the Sinn Fein Rebellion, where he helped served with the Red Cross. He later served as a soldier in France during World War I. After the war's end in 1918, he returned home and went to Oxford to finish his studies (Kunitz 1034). He had gained an interest in engineering and aeronautics after being influenced through ... this time he began to write under the Christian name Nevil Shute, because he feared that his reputation as a fiction writer would hinder his engineering career (Internet). Through the next many years, up until World War II, Nevil Shute published many more books. Shute then moved to Australia in 1949, to concentrate on his writings. During his years through both world Wars, his experiences greatly influenced his writings. His statement,
to write something which could make me forget that there was such a thing as war, demonstrates how much the wars' actions and aftermath reflected ...
- 12639: Biography of William Shakespeare
- ... to Stratford in 1613 where he wrote many of his excellent plays. There are many reasons as to why William Shakespeare is so famous. He is generally considered to be both the greatest dramatist the world has ever known as well as the finest poet who has written in the English language. Many reasons can be given for Shakespeare's enormous appeal. His fame basically is from his great understanding of ... nature, Shakespeare had a vast knowledge of a variety of subjects. These subjects include music, law, Bible, stage, art, politics, history, hunting, and sports. Shakespeare had a tremendous influence on culture and literature throughout the world. He contributed greatly to the development of the English language. Many words and phrases from Shakespeare's plays and poems have become part of our speech. Shakespeare's plays and poems have become a required ... love, heroism, comedy, and tragedy have helped shape the attitudes of millions of people. His portrayal of historical figures and events have influenced our thinking more than what has been written in history books. The world has admired and respected many great writers, but only Shakespeare has generated such enormous continuing interest. My source states explanations rather than opinions on why Shakespeare's contributions to literature are so vast. My ...
- 12640: Lorenz's Work in the Chaos Field and Basic Chaos
- ... start the program over again at the previous sequence's mid-point. He entered the information and supposedly went for coffee. When he returned, he was confused to find results of the beginning of the new sequence not matching up with the results of the middle of the last run. The numbers were not very close and growing farther apart as the sequence progressed. Lorenz then thought there was a bug ... to a completely different outcome. Third, there exists an orderly sense within all chaotic systems. In fact, truly random systems are not chaotic because they do not have even a slight pattern. With the rapid new discoveries in the field of Chaos, many old ideas had to be cast out. These new chaotic ideas teach us that Newton and almost all pre-chaos scientists were incorrect in their conclusions of the Universe. Many believe there was a predictable cause and effect system incorporating everything. They also ...
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