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- 731: A. A. Milne
- ... stopped working as hard as he used to. This is when he began focusing all his efforts on writing for the school newspaper. (Collier, Nakamura 1686) In 1900 he graduated from Westminster and began Trinity College of Cambridge University. After graduating from Trinity College he moved back to London and worked as a free lance journalist. He had articles published in Varity Fair and Punch magazines. (Collier, Nakamura 1686) In 1905 he completed his first book Lovers in London ...
- 732: Lewis Carroll In Wonderland
- ... Carroll, Lewis"). Carroll's inspiration to write Alice in Wonderland came from his entertaining of the Liddell children. Under the supervision of the governess, Carroll read stories to entertain them on their visits to his college room, where he taught mathematics. The children's father was dean of Christ Church College where Carroll taught (Hudson 264). Alice Liddell the oldest of the children was the one who begged Carroll to write the Alice Adventure's out, he did so and gave it to her. When handing ...
- 733: An Analysis of Why Jimmy Doyle Will Never Succeed in Life Due to His Father
- ... work and sacrifice as butcher, and he wanted nothing but the best for his son. He did not want his son to work as hard as he did growing up. When Jimmy went away to college, he spent more time socializing than he did studying. "Jimmy did not study very earnestly and took to bad courses for awhile. He had money and he was popular; ..."(p.25). Jimmy liked better to ... reliant upon him. Although Jimmy's father only wants the best for his son, he is actually doing a disservice to his son by paying up all of his bills, not pushing him to finish college, only wanting him to make friends in high places and generally show people that he can do all that because he has money. Essentially Jimmy's dad is spoiling him and because of it Jimmy ...
- 734: The Conflicts of the Black Race: Delayed Economic and Educational Progress
- ... Housing and Urban Development found that anti-black discrimination was widespread in the housing industry in 1992 (Smith 105). This practice can be found in the workplace. Ed Smith, Ph.D. found that "blacks with college degrees had a 13 percent unemployment rate in 1987 compared to five percent for whites" (Smith 112). Many studies exist that prove that college-educated blacks are not much better off than high-school graduates. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights admitted that "'lack of education is not the reason for high minority unemployment' " (Smith 112). The only ...
- 735: Lord Of The Flies
- ... twelve-volume work on trade unions which he planned out and started. However, this undertaking turned out to be an enormous task and Golding never did complete it. After finishing secondary school, Golding went to college. He studied reading and literature. When World War II started in 1939, Golding enlisted in the British Royal Navy. He was first involved in antisubmarine and antiaircraft operations. In 1944 he was involved in the ... the Flies was, and still is, a very controversial novel. At first, it was not considered a success. The brilliancy of it was not discovered until the 1960s, when it captured the imaginations of college students. Today, still a lot of people consider Goldings writing to be not a very good piece of work because they believe it is one-sided and that it does not allow the reader ...
- 736: Ben Franklin
- ... Junto. They aspired to build their own businesses, insure the growth of Philadelphia, and improve the quality of its life. Franklin led the Junto in founding a library (1731), fire company (1736), learned society (1743), college (later the University of Pennsylvania, 1749), and an insurance company and a hospital (1751). The group also carried out plans for paving, cleaning, and lighting the streets and for making them safe by organizing an ... Junto. They aspired to build their own businesses, insure the growth of Philadelphia, and improve the quality of its life. Franklin led the Junto in founding a library (1731), fire company (1736), learned society (1743), college (later the University of Pennsylvania, 1749), and an insurance company and a hospital (1751). The group also carried out plans for paving, cleaning, and lighting the streets and for making them safe by organizing an ...
- 737: E. M. Forster
- ... line, and his prolific knowledge of writing to make his books readable and enjoyable. E. M. Forster was born on January 1, 1879, in London, England. After an education at Tonbridge School and King's College, Cambridge, he spent a year traveling in Europe. On his return, he taught at the Working Men's College and established the Independent Review, a journal that supported the progressive wing of the Liberal Party. Forster later became a member of the Bloomsbury Group that discussed literary and artistic issues. He published his first ...
- 738: Michael Jordan
- ... Wilmington, North Carolina. He accepted a basketball scholarship from the University of North Carolina and as a freshman scored the winning basket in the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship game. Jordan was selected college player of the year for the 1983-1984 season, and in 1984 he led the United States basketball team to a gold medal in the Olympic Games. Jordan left college in 1984 to play with the Chicago Bulls team in the NBA. He finished his first season (1984-1985) as one of the top scorers in the league, with an average of 28.2 points ...
- 739: The Lesson: Expression of Anger At An Early Age
- ... that will aid them later in life, is the leader of this journey. Miss Moore feels that it is her responsibility to teach the children about the world around them because she has had a college education. Not many people in Sylvias neighborhood has been to college or plans on going. Miss Moore refuses to let her education go to waste and therefore takes it upon herself to teach the children about the value systems in America. Miss Moore decides to take ...
- 740: Boris Yeltsin
- ... it). Boris graduated from Pushkin High School in Berezniki where his parents lived from the late 1930's to the early 1970's. After graduation, Boris went to Ural Polytechnic Institute in Sverdlovsk. While in college, Boris played pro volleyball for Sverdlovsk in the USSR first division. In 1955 he graduated with a major in construction. In 1955 he got his first job, he worked for Uraltiazhtrubstroy. Boris mastered twelve construction skills (stonemason, carpenter, etc.) and became foreman. In 1956 Boris married Naina Ioifovna Grina, a student he knew in college. They have two daughter, Yelena and Tatiana, Born in 1957 and 1959. Yeltsin's engineering career advanced rapidly, he held jobs as chief engineer. In 1961, Boris joined the Communist party, by 1963 he became ...
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