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- 3941: Twain
- ... Squatter," published in The Carpet Bag (Boston) in 1852, was his first published story of life on the Mississippi River, (Wister xx). Between 1853 and 1857 Clemens worked as a journeyman printer in St. Louis, New York, Philadelphia, Muscatine and Keokuk, Iowa, and in Cincinnati. While there, he continued to publish a series of sketches in newspapers. These showed that Clemens was fond of using misspellings, puns, and weirdly fashioned sentences for humorous effects, ( Wister xxii). Clemens continued to write his letters and draw his sketches while at the same time traveling around the south. The letters would stop when he took a trip to New Orleans, where he rediscovered his love of the river. In New Oreleans, Clemens arranged to become a steam boat pilot's apprentice under Horace Bixby. When writing about his apprenticeship later, Clemens stated, ³Even Noah got no salary for the first six months-partly on ...
- 3942: Mother Teresa
- ... the Israeli army and Palestinian guerillas to stop shooting long enough for her to rescue thirty-seven children trapped in a front line hospital. Children were always delighted to be around Mother Teresa, but many World leaders quailed at her approach. They knew that she would not flatter them and that she might ask some embarrassing questions. Her requests for their help with her charitable projects were invariably polite and respectful ... like any person that people look up too, the media will do whatever they can to bring controversy to their lives. Even a person like Mother Teresa, who all she did was give to the world, had a little controversy. In a 1994 television documentary called "Hells Angel: Mother Teresa of Calcutta," she was accused of taking her donations without questioning the sources. She also received some criticism for her strong ... for she said " The reason I was given the Nobel Prize was because of the poor. However, the prize went beyond appearances. In fact, it awakened consciences in favor of the poor all over the world. It became a sort of reminder that the poor are our brothers and sisters and that we have the duty to treat them with love." (Balado 135) Also in 1985, Mother Teresa was awarded ...
- 3943: Benito Mussolini's Rise and Fall to Power
- Benito Mussolini's Rise and Fall to Power Benito Mussolini had a large impact on World War II. He wasn't always a powerful dictator though. At first he was a school teacher and a socialist journalist. He later married Rachele Guide and had 5 children. He was the editor of ... his command train, Amerika, to meet Petan and Franco. The meeting with Franco took place on October 23 at Hendaye on the Franco-Spanish frontier."5 It had become quite famous in the history of World War Two for Hitlers furious parting shot that he would "rather have three or four teeth extracted from than go through that again." Franco, who was greatly supported by his Prime Minister, Serrano Suner, stonewalled ... s Ploesti oil fields, his main source of supply, in danger of bombing attack."8 The Panzer units Mussolini wanted would instead be used for communicating in Greece from positions inside Bulgaria, Germany's First World War aly, which Hitler was now trying to coax into the tripartie Pact, while Mussolini's army was left to manage its desert campaign against British as best it could. On June 24, 1938 ...
- 3944: Martha Graham
- ... 1920's. As time went on, she became more experienced and wiser in the modern dance field. Martha Graham, whose style was considered controversial, became one of the finest choreographers and dancers in the dance world. In 1894 Martha was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (Pratt 8). She was the daughter of Jane Beers and George Graham. Her father was a well-known physician who treated mental disorders. After living in Pennsylvania ... School of Dance (182). She was recognized at the school for her talent and determination, not her potential as a dancer. When Shawn, who was the owner of the school, went off to serve in World War I, Graham started teaching for him. After his return from the war, she continued teaching and danced small roles in Shawn's productions. This is where her career as a dancer began (183). Graham ... one of the major and most influential dancers in America. Graham's craving for dance gave her the strength and determination she needed to become one of the best. Her incredible emotions changed the dancing world, not only in her style as a dancer, but in her innovative style of choreography (182). Graham's style of modern dance was never seen in America before. Therefore, the audience had to get ...
- 3945: Shoeless Joe
- ... time. Yet, surprisingly, you will not find him among the familiar faces at the Hall of Fame. He was permanently banned from baseball, as well as seven others, for allegedly helping to throw the 1919 World Series. Joe Jackson was born on July 16, 1888 in Pickins County, South Carolina. He was the oldest of eight children and grew up the son of a cotton mill worker. He began working in ... age of eighteen. He first entered professional baseball in 1908 with Greenville in the Carolina Association. It was during this same year that he received the nickname “Shoeless” Joe after he had just bought a new pair of spikes. They wore blisters on his feet and they hurt so badly that he just played in his stocking feet. Although he played only one game without the spikes, he was known as ... by their manager, “Kid” Gleason. They remained desperate until first baseman Chick Gandil met with a notorious gambler named “Sport” Sullivan. The White Sox were far ahead in the standings and were headed to the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Gandil told Sullivan that he knew the Series could be fixed, especially due to the present conditions. He wanted $80,000, which Sullivan agreed to. Gandil had difficulties at ...
- 3946: Benito Mussolini
- Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini had a large impact on World War II. He wasn’t always a powerful dictator though. At first he was a school teacher and a socialist journalist. He later married Rachele Guide and had 5 children. He was the editor of ... his command train, Amerika, to meet Petan and Franco. The meeting with Franco took place on October 23 at Hendaye on the Franco-Spanish frontier.”5 It had become quite famous in the history of World War Two for Hitlers furious parting shot that he would “rather have three or four teeth extracted from than go through that again.” Franco, who was greatly supported by his Prime Minister, Serrano Suner, stonewalled ... s Ploesti oil fields, his main source of supply, in danger of bombing attack.”8 The Panzer units Mussolini wanted would instead be used for communicating in Greece from positions inside Bulgaria, Germany’s First World War aly, which Hitler was now trying to coax into the tripartie Pact, while Mussolini’s army was left to manage its desert campaign against British as best it could. On June 24, 1938 ...
- 3947: John F.Kennedy: Biography
- ... Brookline, but then when they moved to Riverdale he went to school there. In 1930 J.F.K finished elementary school at the age of 13. Kennedy went to high school at Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut. In 1931 he transferred from Canterbury to Choate Academy in Wallingford, Connecticut. In 1935 Kennedy graduated from Choate Academy when he was 18 years old. When he graduated he was voted "Most likely ... Kennedy's major was in government and international affairs. In 1939, John went to Europe. He visited many different countries and interviewed politicians and statesman. Kennedy sent his father their views of the upcoming war, World War II. During World War II Kennedy enlisted in the U.S. Navy. After the Pearl Harbor attack Kennedy applied for sea duty. He got it and was assigned to Patrol just off the Solomon Islands. On August ...
- 3948: Robert Frost And His Life
- ... Francisco, Mar. 26, 1874, d. Boston, Jan. 29, 1963, was one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An essentially pastoral poet often associated with rural New England, Frost wrote poems whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. Although his verse forms are traditional--he often said, in a dig at archrival Carl Sandburg, that he would as soon play tennis without a ... Dartmouth College, but remained less than one semester. Returning to Massachusetts, he taughtschool and worked in a mill and as a newspaper reporter. In 1894 he sold "My Butterfly: An Elegy" to The Independent, a New York literary journal. A year later he married Elinor White, with whom he had shared valedictorian honors at Lawrence (Mass.) High School. From 1897 to 1899 he attended Harvard College as a special student but left without a degree. Over the next ten years he wrote (but rarely published) poems, operated a farm in Derry, New Hampshire (purchased for him by his paternal grandfather), and supplemented his income by teaching at Derry's Pinkerton Academy. In 1912, at the age of 38, he sold the farm and used the proceeds ...
- 3949: Joan of Arc Was A Saint
- ... me if you want peace in Orléans; if not, remember that great trouble will be upon you soon. (Beevers 55) She was always kind and merciful, always cheerful and loyal to her friends. A kind, brave, loyal, and cheerful person is someone well worth knowing. When such a person gladly and unflinchingly obeys the will of God, you have a saint. Which is what Joan is. It is not her voices ... she never wavered. She overcame the handicaps of her youth, her sex, her lowly station, her ignorance, and advanced without fear or hesitation toward her goal. She left home and parents, entered the rough, harsh world of war and politics, imposed her will on a vacillating, uncertain king, won victories in the field, suffered capture, rigorous imprisonment, trial and death – all in cheerful, willing obedience to the words of God. (189 ... many people, both English and French, closer to God. That was her calling, that was her life; it was the life of Joan La Pucelle – a saint. Works Cited Beevers, John. Saint Joan of Arc. New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1959. Brooks, Pauly S. Beyond the Myth: the Story of Joan of Arc. New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1990. Matterer, James L. “The Divine Joan of Arc.” Jeanne La Pucelle ...
- 3950: Ralph Ellison’s Life
- ... to go through hard times without a provider. In Ellison’s early years, he and his family lived among middle class whites. Ellison was endowed with learning and intellectual curiosity. Ellison was introduced to a new world, one that he would make his own. His history, folktales, and music were already important to him. He often wrote about his Afro-American heritage: “There is no point in complaining over the past or ... 1937, through Langston Hughes, Ellison met Richard Wright, who was then seeking a publisher for his first book, the short story collection, Uncle Tom’s Children. Wright was also co-editor of a magazine called New Challenge, to which he invited Ellison to contribute a book review and a short story. In that same year Ellison’s mother died. He had to go home to Dayton to help his brother. ...
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