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- 711: Daniel Webster
- ... his son was more suited for scholastics than for farm life, ensured that Daniel received an education. Webster studied at the Phillips Exeter Academy before enrolling at Dartmouth in 1797. Webster eventually graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801. Webster opened a legal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in1807. Rising quickly as a lawyer and Federalist party leader, Webster was elected in 1812 to the U.S. House of Representatives because of ... shipping trade. After two more terms in the House, Webster left Congress in 1816 and moved to Boston. Over the next six years, he won major constitutional cases before the Supreme Court most notably, Dartmouth College Vs. Woodward, Gibbons Vs Ogden, and McCulloch Vs. Maryland, establishing himself as the nation's leading lawyer and an outstand outstanding orator. In 1823, Webster was returned to Congress from Boston, and in 1827 he ...
- 712: Habits That Hinder Thinking
- ... someone doesnt want to change, they are afraid of the risk of ending up in a less comfortable situation than their current one. Julie had lived in Washington since she was born. When a college in California accepted her, she turned it down and decided to go to a local college. She was apprehensive of the risks of not liking a new environment, and not fitting in. Julie resisted to change. Another habit that can interfere with someones thinking is rationalizing. Honest reasoning can be ...
- 713: Ernest Hemingway
- ... flair" for writing, but other than the fact that he was taller and larger than most of his classmates, he was an average student. After graduation he enlisted in the army, rather than go to college like his father wanted him to. But while boxing in high school, he damaged his eye and was barred from serving in the First World War. Disappointed by the rejection, he was still not going to attend college. In 1917 he went to Kansas and became a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. During his time at the newspaper he was exposed for the firs time to life and death, on his ...
- 714: John Grisham
- ... was not the best student, but Grisham found his passion in high school sports, especially baseball (Hubbard 44). After high school Grisham found himself in the situation of choosing where he wanted to go to college and what to major in. He chose to attend Mississippi State University and found he wanted to become a tax lawyer. After earning his B.S. degree in accounting, Grisham enrolled at the University Law ... and into criminal defense law. In 1981 he graduated from law school with a J.D. degree (Current 221). John Grisham wasted no time going right into his new business of a lawyer. After finishing college Grisham set up a private practice in Southaven (Ferranti 42). Almost as soon as he opened his practice, Grisham disliked his chosen field. After accepting, and winning, his first case he decided to switch to ...
- 715: Internet
- Internet MEMORANDUM Mrs. -----, I understand that some students that have already graduated from College are having a bit of trouble getting their new businesses started. I know of a tool that will be extremely helpful and is already available to them; the Internet. Up until a few years ago ... a student graduated they were basically thrown out into the real world with just their education and their wits. Most of the time this wasn't good enough because after three or four years of college, the perspective entrepreneur either forgot too much of what they were supposed to learn, or they just didn't have the finances. Then by the time they save sufficient money, they again had forgotten too ...
- 716: Heroin A Long Dark Path
- ... infection, the drug will tear apart almost any family that it encounters. A long dark path to addiction- Heroin is a drug that can reach anyone. From a middle school honor roll student, to a college grad that made the deans list, to a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles. The path to heroin starts out very innocently. A rebellious teenager gives into a lot of peer pressure, and ... these people, heroin and other hard drugs just seem like the natural thing to do. The disturbing thing is that even a kid from a upper middle class family on his or her way to college, can also be engulfed by the clothes of heroin. These users are usually the same people that 5 years ago, told themselves that they would never do such a thing. Users of heroin are often ...
- 717: Analysis of Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
- ... are pathetic characters. There is nothing heroic, and certainly nothing divine about them. All of their regret and unfulfilment come to the fore on this drunken night. George is bitter about not progressing within the college and Martha is unfulfilled with the life and status she has. Why, then, are they important characters when they are not, as in an epic, figures "of great national or even cosmic importance." (54) In ... else their struggles are common to all. Unlike the sweeping grandeur on the epic, the setting of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is modest. It is ironic that in a quiet, conservative "New England college town" the uncontainable and relentless attacks between George and Martha occur. This juxtaposition removes outside influences which might be considered as a reason for their actions. Albee further reduces the scope of the play by ...
- 718: Prohibiting Speech That Offends
- Prohibiting Speech That Offends Racism, sexism and homophobia is growing on college campuses around the country. In response, many universities have adopted policies that address bigotry by placing restrictions on speech. The alternative to such restrictions, many administrators argue, is to allow bigots to run rampant and ... First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment. We're talking about choosing between regulating speech and regulating action. Murder is illegal. Talking about it isn't. Freedom of thought and expression is particularly important on the college campuses. The educational forum is where individuals come together to participate in a process of shared inquiry and where the success of that endeavor depends on an atmosphere of openness, intellectual honesty and tolerance for ...
- 719: Antoine Lavoisier
- ... of chemistry. He is quoted for saying, "Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed." Lavoisier was born in Paris, France on Aug. 26, 1743. When he was eleven years old he attended a college called Mazain. For Lavoisier's last two years in college he found a great deal of interest in science. He received an excellent education and developed an interest in all branches of science, especially chemistry. Abbe Nicolas Louis de Lacaill taught Lavoisier about meteorological observation ...
- 720: Marie Curie: A Pioneering Physicist
- ... school to act as the family's housekeeper, she desperately wanted to go on studying to become a doctor. This was almost impossible in Poland, however. In Poland, women were not allowed to go to college. Many Poles took the option to flee from Russian rule and live in France; this is exactly what Bronya did. She had set her heart on going to Paris to study at the famous Sorbonne ... late evenings, and even mornings devouring books on mathmatics and science. Bronya finished her studies and married a Polish doctor, Casimir Dluski. They invited Manya to live with them in Paris while she went to college. Manya didn't want to leave her country and most importantly, her family. Her eagerness for the quest of knowledge overcame her fear of the unknown, nonetheless. She travelled to Paris in an open railroad ...
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