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- 5121: Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
- ... of the world. During Cassius’s early boxing career, he declared himself a Black Muslim and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. Because of his religious beliefs, Ali took a controversial stand against the Vietnam War. Consequently, the New York State Athletic Committee suspended Muhammad Ali’s boxing license. Muhammad’s recognition as a champion was withdrawn and he was also suspended from the Nation of Islam because he planned to ... on missions related to child hunger, peace and humanitarian goals. In spite of his diagnosis of Parkinson’s Syndrome, Muhammad Ali traveled to Iraq in 1991 to meet with Saddam Hussein, hoping to prevent a war with the United States. In 1992, Muhammad Ali met with United Nations ambassadors as a part of the National Leadership Committee. In his humanitarian efforts, Muhammad has received several awards including the Potamkin Humanitarian Award ...
- 5122: David Livingstone
- ... convinced his father to let him go to school and become a missionary in China. After finishing school, Livingstone had planned to go to China to perform his missionary duties, but because of the Opium War, Livingstone s plans were altered. He continued his studies, and became a respected member of the medical community. Soon though, he offered his services to the London Missionary Society, and was assigned to a mission ... the second as the days passed. Livingstone s hope lay in a shipment of supplies he had ordered sent to Ujiji. Traveling was difficult though, as the tribes in the surrounding country were constantly at war. On September 22, 1867, Livingstone had a chance meeting with an Arab merchant. Although the Arab slave merchants were distrusted by the majority of the party, Livingstone was greatly helped by him, as he used ...
- 5123: Calamitatum Of The Individual
- ... profession of arms for that of learning. In writing this he shows his clever and distinct way of thinking by referring to dialectic, the art of examining options or ideas logically, as a weapon of war. "I chose the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these I chose the conflicts of disputation instead of the trophies of war." (p. 58, ll. 7-9). This is remarkable for the son of a soldier to make such a choice - even renouncing his inheritance - and pursue only intellectual advancement. Leaving home, he traveled off to school ...
- 5124: Mao Zedong
- ... concluded that Mao’s approach to China’s modernization was revolutionary romanticism (Schram 1994). Mao’s approach to his project of modernization was ever affected by his years in the wilderness. His experience of revolutionary war in the end became part of his heart, his spirit , his flesh and blood, and Mao could not bring himself to put it behind him (Schram 1994). Mao believed the Chinese people could rise as ... them, was obsessed with power and would not stop at anything or for anyone to attain his goals. Mao appeared to have no limitations. He owned the tools that were needed to lead an accomplished war of liberation, to join together and encourage the communist movement, and to establish in 1949 a new China that demanded respect from other nations. Nothing can ever take that away from him (Aird 1995). On ...
- 5125: William Richardson Davie
- ... in 1776 Davie's law studies in Salisbury, NC, were interrupted by military service, but he won his license to practice before county courts in 1779 and in the superior courts in 1780. When the War for Independence broke out, he helped raise a troop of cavalry near Salisbury and eventually achieved the rank of colonel. While attached to Pulaski's division, Davie was wounded leading a charge at Stono, near ... In January 1781 Davie was appointed commissary-general for the Carolina campaign. In this capacity he oversaw the collection of arms and supplies to Gen. Nathanael Greene's army and the state militia. After the war, Davie embarked on his career as a lawyer, traveling the circuit in North Carolina. In 1782 he married Sarah Jones, the daughter of his former commander, Gen. Allen Jones, and settled in Halifax. His legal ...
- 5126: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... her children by herself, so she finally hired a social secretary named Lucy Mercer. Lucy soon became a good friend of the family. On April 6, 1917, the United States was entered in to World War I. Eleanor took this time of war to get back involved with her volunteer work. She would spend three days a week in the canteens at the naval yards, and two days a week visiting the naval hospital. Eventually, Eleanor became one ...
- 5127: Christopher Columbus Was A Villain
- ... explorations as well. This was due to several reasons; one of them being that Spain had become unified through the marriage of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. In addition, Spain had just won the long war against the war with the Moors. However, although Spain had the necessary political powers and resources they still lacked the ultimate financial source of gold to further their endeavors. Therefore this constituted a perfect reason to seek new ...
- 5128: Greek Gods 2
- ... wife was tricked into killing him. She got a gift that had Hines blood on it. Hines blood was a very poisonous blood. It can kill any mortal, even a half-mortal. Haties god of war, he starts wars and kills as many people as he can. He is a ruthless god. All the god s helped mortals in one or another way, but they can also cause a lot of trouble. For example, Aphrodite started a war between two empires over this woman who was supposed to be more beautiful than her. Helena was the beautiful woman who was fought over. All the gods live on Olympus. All the mortals pray to ...
- 5129: Ray Bradbury
- ... attempts of Earth people to conquer and colonize Mars, the constant thwarting of their efforts by the gentle, telepathic Martians, the eventual colonization, and finally the effect on the Martian settlers of a massive nuclear war on Earth. As much a work of social criticism as of science fiction, The Martian Chronicles reflects some of the prevailing anxieties of America in the early atomic age of the 1950's: the fear of nuclear war, the longing for a simpler life, reactions against racism and censorship, and fear of foreign political powers. Another of Bradbury's best-known works, the novel Fahrenheit 451, was released in 1953 and is set ...
- 5130: Why Did Adolf Pick The Jews?
- ... Holocaust even happened. Jews were the targets of Holocaust because Adolf Hitler hated Jews and blamed them for all of the problems in the world. He mainly blamed them for Germany's loss in World War I. Hitler told the German that they could have won the war, if the Germany had not been "stabbed in the back" by the Jews. While Hitler's hate was the main reason for Holocaust, we are not sure why it was allowed to go on to ...
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