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- 5901: An Autobiography: Tom Landry
- ... controversial firing of his job at head coach. Tom Landry was born on September 11th, 1924 in Mission, Texas. He had three other brothers and sisters, two of which were older than him. As a child he was shy, probably because of his speech impediment. His dad was a volunteer fireman, which was a very dangerous job, so he greatly respected his father. He looked up to his dad a lot ...
- 5902: John D. Rockefeller: Obsession Into Success
- ... apparent that young John was not quite like the other children. For instance, he adamantly refused to play with other children unless he could choose the game. In almost every description of him as a child, he is often described as "thinking". He married Laura Celestia Spelman, a girl who was strikingly similar to his mother, which is never a good sign; and when he decided to go into business, he ...
- 5903: Martin Luther King
- ... Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington. He truly believed in his philosophy till his death. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 19, 1929, to Albert and Martin Luther King Sr. He was the second child in the family, with an older sister, and a younger brother coming later. As a boy, Martin was extremely smart, and could read before the age of six. He had already set academic standards for ...
- 5904: Richard Wright
- ... the white society but from with his own society. While Black Boy represents a picture of a personality corrupted by a brutal environment, it also presents natural human responses to its world by a sensitive child. The very fact that Black Boy is an autobiography of Wright's life is in itself exemplifying how his life was reflected in his works. Wright's life, especially his childhood apparently had a great ...
- 5905: Wilson, Woodrow
- ... the working conditions of sailors. The following year he signed the Federal Farm Loan Act, providing low-interest credit to farmers; the Adamson Act, granting an 8-hour day to interstate railroad workers; and the Child Labor Act, which limited children's working hours. In foreign policy, Wilson was faced with greater problems than any president since Abraham Lincoln. He attempted to end U.S. dollar diplomacy and promote the mediation ...
- 5906: John Quincy Adams
- ... the country, as I'm thought of as a person with integrity and honesty. Louisa Catherine Adams, my wife, holds a special place in my heart. She has always been trustworthy and nice. As a child she had to deal with ill health frequently, (which often recurs), and as First Lady she held brilliant parties for my Cabinet and friends. Louisa and I had four children, but sadly they all died ...
- 5907: Muammar al Qaddafi
- ... every Thursday, the beginning of the Muslim weekend. Then he would go back to school. He was the first in his family to be well educated. One of his first goals when he was a child was to join the Libyan army. He slowly moved up in rank. It was surprising they even let him in the army; he had a long police record. He eventually joined the King's police ...
- 5908: Sir Wilfrid Laurier of Canada
- ... back to the time of New France and the early Montreal years. Laurier's father, a government surveyor and a genial, settled down in Canada and got married to Marcelle Martineau. Wildfrid was their first child who was born on November 20, 1841. Seven years later a tragedy struck the Laurier family when Wildfrid's mother died. Since his mother died when Wildfrid was only seven, his father wanted to give ...
- 5909: King Henry VIII
- ... separation from Rome he persecuted with equal severity the Catholics who adhered to the government of Rome and the Protestants who rejected its doctrines. Henry was married six times. Anne Boleyn bore the king one child, who became Elizabeth I. Henry soon tired of Anne and had her put to death. A few days later he married a third wife, Jane Seymour. She died in a little more than a year ...
- 5910: Descartes
- ... theories about the world and its place in the universe were being constructed and many of those who were aware of this work became very optimistic about the influence it could have. Descartes was a child of the scientific revolution, but felt that until sceptical concerns were dealt with, science would always have to contend with Montaigne and his cronies, standing on the sidelines and laughing at science's pretenses to ...
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