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- 4631: Frank Lloyd Wright Innovator I
- ... promotion (demonstrated by the opening quote), along with his mother's support, pushing him to achieve great things in the field of Architecture for decades to come. Frank was seen as a dreamy and sensitive child, and cases of him running away while working on the farmlands with some uncles are recorded. This pattern of running away appears to continue throughout his lifetime. FIRST BREAK: CHICAGO In 1887, at the age ...
- 4632: Feudal Japan
- ... espionage and assassination by any means possible, but their training also took them to spiritual states. They trained to increase mental abilities and expand their human endurance. In order to train for a ninja, a child started at a young age around 2. The kids played games that taught them unarmed combat, swordsmanship, use of weapons, camouflage, and escape. With ninjas earning a name among the warrior class, the warrior class ...
- 4633: Environmentalism In The Sixtie
- ... book warned of the central problem of our age being the contamination of man's environment. During the next few years, growing numbers of ecologists, biologists, and other scientists showed their concern about the reckless abuse of the environment. In 1970, Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which helped set laws regulating use of pesticides, insecticides, and other potentially dangerous sprays. They protected endangered wildlife, and ordered that car manufacturers ...
- 4634: Effects Of Watergate
- ... Powers Act gave Congress greater control over war making, checking the presidents power. It is fortunate our system of checks and balances as well as congressional oversight improved as a direct result of the abuse of power we experienced with Watergate. As we saw with the Iran Contra Affair the impact on policy formation was significant. Iran Contra was all about illegally using the military and intelligence elements to circumvent ...
- 4635: Euripides! Master! How Well Yo
- ... the men's excuse that women live free from danger while they (the men) go out the battle with the pointed, "Fools, I'd rather stand three times in the front line than bear a child." The adulterous Jason sounds supercilious and hard-hearted adjuring her that she has "talked like a fool" instead of "quietly accepting the decisions of those in power" and banishing her--prancing to his own fate ...
- 4636: Eleanor Aquitaine
- ... boat was blown ashore off Southampton. They were crowned King and Queen of England by the archbishop of Canterbury on December 19, 1154. On Christmas Eve 1167 at Oxford Eleanor gave birth to her last child, the future king John. This is said to be the end of Eleanor and Henrys sexual life, after the birth of John, they never slept together.9Henry had started his affair with Rosamund Clifford before ...
- 4637: Dred Scott
- ... or as we know him today, Dred Scott. Peter Blow decided to move his estate to Alabama and then to the thriving port city of St. Louis. During these years ,Dred married and had a child. After the death of the Blows, Dred was sold to Dr. Emerson, an army surgeon. He and Scott traveled through Illinois and Minnesota. When Dr. Emerson died , Dred Scott was sent back to St. Louis ...
- 4638: Dorothy Day
- ... to treat the poor as one of us, even though they might not deserve what they get. Many people feel that the poor are that way only because they choose it for themselves, through alcohol abuse or drug addiction. However, Day says that we all are children of God and we should all get the same necessities of life no matter where we stand financially. We should welcome the homeless into ...
- 4639: Dolce And Gabbana
- ... seeking fame and fortune. Stefano Gabbana was born in Venice, Italy on November 14, 1962. Gabbana always had an admiration of clothing, but never fantasized becoming involved in the fashion industry, "Since I was a child I really liked fashion. When I was thirteen I was going to Fiorucci to buy the most trendy things; but I didn't think the pleasure of dressing myself would become my job." Although he ...
- 4640: Determinism In Quicksand
- ... reality of her life has become her downfall. This time, she has responsibility towards her children who she wanted not to leave if that were possible (135). Perhaps, when she began to have her fifth child, Helga decides to stay in Alabama, thereby fighting the inner demons that have controlled her life (135). These children are a constant reminder to Helga of her internal struggle of the overwhelming desire to flee ...
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