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- 881: Michael Jordan: King Of The Court
- ... is often referred to as The Shot . Later on in his years at UNC Michael captured both the Dr. James Naismith Award and the John Wooden Award in 1984. He was also named the NCAA College Player of the Year in 1983 and 1984. With Michael too anxious about turning professional, he decided to skip his senior year at the University of North Carolina and enter the NBA draft. Michael was ... began. Now I can see why Michael Jordan was so popular after my search. He had a superfluous amount of talent and had a great career in basketball. It was interesting to learn about his college and high school years. I was flabbergasted when I found out that he was cut from his high school s varsity team, but I was impressed when I heard about all of his accomplishments and ...
- 882: 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 ...
- 883: David Livingstone
- ... to cotton-spinner and the pay was such that he could put himself through medical school in Glasgow, entering in 1830. By the time he was 22 he had studied Greek, theology and medicine in college courses at Anderson's College and Glasgow University. During this time he was soundly converted at age 20 (1833) while reading the book Dick's Philosophy of the Future State. He continued his studies in London, where he received a ...
- 884: The Apathy Of Generation X
- ... time. One of the larger reasons is that most candidates are much older then those 18-25. This would put the generation gap in between candidates and the youthful voters. A 19 year old Trinity College student remarks about Bob Dole, I think he is making himself look older by speaking about certain issues we (young people) can not relate to. When asked to give an example the student stated, "he ... a older generation. Thomas Banks, a 19 year old student, when asked why he was not watching the 1992 Presidential Debates responded, "I guess because I don't really see what's going on at college. I feel pretty isolated. It doesn't seem as important to me as studying. I guess". Although not in a career yet, the life of a student is proving to be just as busy as ...
- 885: Brave New World Summary
- ... about. He also wants to satirize a world that makes such a know-it-all important and powerful. Sometimes the real world gives such people power, too. You may meet scientists like the Director in college or businesspeople like him at work. The Director talks about incubators and fertilizing, about surgically removing the ovary from the female and keeping it alive artificially. He talks about bringing together ova (the unfertilized eggs ... Some of them surely thought promiscuity meant happiness, as Huxley's characters do, but they had grown up with the idea that it was wicked. Today, many teachers and clergymen claim that high school and college students are promiscuous, but Time magazine says that Americans in general are becoming less so. "Promiscuous" is a word that can make you feel a connection between the real world and Brave New World, and ...
- 886: Woodrow Wilson and His Ability To be an Effective President
- ... education. His father and him would read out loud to each other and discuss the books. If they were not reading often the two would sit and talk about recent events. He later moved onto college and studied American and British political history, public speaking, and law. After college he set up a law practice with Edward Renick. Because he had not learned the field of law thorough while in school, he showed a poor ability to be a lawyer. During this time he ...
- 887: The Changing World Of Women
- ... have changed but I have a major dilemma. Am I going to marry or continue my education? The problem is I like working with medicine and I want to further my education by going to college. But that requires a minimum of six years university attendance and if I want more degrees that another five years. Most of my medical friends that are females married and had children while they were studying in college. I dont want that to be me. I want to actually finish something I start. My father isnt exactly helping me with the situation. He hates the fact that I want to work ...
- 888: J.D. Salinger
- ... Poland with his father while learning the ham importing business. Salinger never took over his father's business, but did manage to learn perfect his German speaking skills. Autumn of 1938, Salinger enrolled in Ursinus College. For the following nine weeks he wrote a column in the local weekly newspaper. Salinger's first publication was "The Young Folks," which was printed in Story in March of 1940. This evidentially got some ... another Glass family story. While everyone knows about The Catcher in the Rye, not many have read this other classic by J. D. Salinger. Franny and Zooey is a story about Franny Glass, a young college girl and her brother Zooey, an actor in his middle 20's. Like The Catcher in the Rye, a theme in this book is questioning people and the World Franny finds a new religious idea ...
- 889: Power is Money; Money is Power
- ... been a poor man with a criminal record, he would have probably been found guilty because of representation by an over-worked public defender. Power and Money also affects the average person with expenses of college. An average B student is going to have a much harder time getting into a good school than a wealthy kid. With money, all the rich student needs to do is maintain an average grade ... life, usually because he/she is given a higher position to start thanks to references from his university's alumnae or from aquaintances of his wealthy relatives. Money and power do not just apply to college. A child who has a wealthy family is going to have an easier job getting good grades. One of the main reasons is that the parents probably got a good education and know how important ...
- 890: Mark Twain's Speeches
- ... feel that here in England- as in America- when I stand under the English flag, I am not a stranger. I am not an alien, but at home. DEDICATION SPEECH. AT THE DEDICATION OF THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, MAY 14, 1908. Mr. Clemens wore his gown as Doctor of Laws, Oxford University. Ambassador Bryce and Mr. Choate had made the formal addresses. HOW difficult indeed, is the ... of the Minneapolis would let me navigate his ship to London. Still, if I think that he is not on the job I may go up on the bridge and offer him a few suggestions. COLLEGE GIRLS. Five hundred undergraduates, under the auspices of the Woman's University Club, New York, welcomed Mr. Clemens as their guest, April 3, 1906, and gave him the freedom of the club, which the chairman ...
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