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- 861: John Cabot
- ... Earth was not flat, but a sphere, ans that Asia could be easily reached by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. Cabot tried to get Spain and Portugal to back an ocean voyage to Cathay, China. But Spain had already sent Columbus, and Portugal had plans for a voyage to Asia around the southern tip of Africa. Joh Cabot then went to England where he recieved the financing from a group ...
- 862: Bill Gates: Biography
- ... Published in the U.S. by Viking, the book was on the NYT list for a total of 18 weeks. Published in more than 20 countries, the book sold more than 400,000 copies in China alone. In 1996, while redeploying Microsoft around the Internet, Gates thoroughly revised The Road Ahead to reflect his view that interactive networks are a major milestone in human history. The paperback second edition has also ...
- 863: Bruce Lee
- ... is all combined. My brain becomes magnetized with this dominating force, which I hold in my hand." Bruce had learned this from Master Sifu Yip Man. Influences Shortly after Bruce entered La Salle College of China (middle school to us), he came home one day and told his mother he was being bullied around after school. He wanted to be trained in the martial arts. His father practiced Tai Chi Chuan ...
- 864: Wilson, Woodrow
- ... 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 of disputes. He rejected a loan to China on the grounds that it impaired Chinese sovereignty, and he helped thwart Japanese designs on the Chinese mainland. He approved Secretary of State William Jennings BRYAN's efforts to minimize the danger of war through ...
- 865: Wilson, Woodrow
- ... 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 of disputes. He rejected a loan to China on the grounds that it impaired Chinese sovereignty, and he helped thwart Japanese designs on the Chinese mainland. He approved Secretary of State William Jennings BRYAN's efforts to minimize the danger of war through ...
- 866: Richard Nixon
- ... delegate. A breakthrough was achieved when a peace plan was agreed on, but abruptly collapsed when Nixon ordered further massive bombing. Nixon was more successful in other foreign policy areas, such as improving relations with China and USSR. Both countries signed trade agreements and treaties. He adopted conservative domestic policies by appointing appeals judge Burger to the Supreme Court in 1969, federal judge Blackmun, Virginia lawyer Powell, and Assistant Attorney General ...
- 867: Thornton Wilder
- ... distinguished novelist in her own right. Wilder's early education began in Hong Kong, where his father was serving as American consul general in Shanghai (Goldstone 11). He was then schooled at Berkeley, California; Chefoo, China; and Ojai, California before completing high school back at Berkeley in 1915. He studied the classics at Oberlin College and Yale University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1919 (Unger 356). Wilder ...
- 868: Herbert George Wells
- ... and Sarah Neal Wells (Borrello, Alfred: 2). He had two older brothers, Frank and Fred. His family was poor but "shabby-genteel" (H. G. Wells: A Collection of Critical Essays: 3). Wells's father sold china and played professional cricket, and his mother was a housekeeper to the gentry, Sir Harry Featherstonhaugh. Though devoted to his parents, he viewed them as "willing victims of society" (Borrello, Alfred: 2). He was angry ...
- 869: Rebellion Of Company Rule In 1857 In India
- ... a sense of collaboration and unity for the revolt. However, it also proved to be it's biggest flaw. The British had been scattered throughout India, and were able to used forces from troops in China. The were able to keep the rebels confined to their areas and attack with speed from Punjab. Another flaw in the rebels was their inablility to establish an administration in the land that they had ...
- 870: How the Decision to Declare War was Influenced
- ... were in support of the country where they originally lived. Socialists were critical of the war because they felt it was English and German business mens way of controlling raw materials and commerce in China, the Middle East, and Africa. They wanted America to be the peacemakers. There was also much sympathy for Great Britain and France due to the aggressive and cruel war they were fighting. Following the Zimmerman ...
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