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- 3141: Henry Carey
- ... in his native city and state through his voice and pen. Which were very active in all matters of public interest, he exerted considerable influence on public opinion and some on the economists of his day. Through his life, in the years of 1825, 1857, and 1859 he traveled to Europe where he met with John Stuart Mill, Covour, Humbolt Liebig, Chevalier, Ferrarra, and Bergfall. With some of them Carey had ... the benefit of one. Protection, in the eyes of Carey, would assist to free agriculture from the burdens of the costs of transportation from the producers to the consumers. Unfortunately, Carey did not see the day when countries would adopt this policy, but no longer then three decades after his death Great Britian and other leading countries of the world would have implemented it. So looking back Carey had two main ... really the same, although their apparent and temporary interests differ. It is explained best by this mutual cooperation existing between workers and capitalists. Assume that a worker, using an axe, cuts more wood in a day than he can in a month without it. Suppose the capitalist who lends the workers the axe charges him three-fourths of his product for its use; the worker will still be better off ...
- 3142: Franz Joseph Haydn
- ... was played. The genre of the string quartet occupies a special place in Haydn’s oeuvre. He was central to its establishment as a major genre-a status that it has maintained to the present day-and he composed quartets from the beginning to the end of his lengthy career. He was probably attracted to the medium of two violins, viola, and cello because of its inherent musicality. The instruments blend ... these sonatas developed the sonata form, a type of structure and rhythm that is used and expected of all classical music even until today. A great example of this is his Sonata No.37 in D minor, one of his first sonatas where the sonata form was gradually developed. He wrote a total of 49 in his life time. In the second quarter of the eighteenth century, well before Haydn and ...
- 3143: Francois Viete
- ... law at the University of Poitiers. He earned his degree in 1560. He practiced it for four years, then abandoned it for a legal profession in 1564. He wanted to enter the employment of Antionette d'Aubeterre, as private tutor to her daughter, Catherine of Parthenay. He became a friend and was confidant of Catherine during the years he spent as her tutor. He remained her loyal and trusted adviser for ... by the case of Francoise de Rohan, who was the cousin of Henry III. She had been engaged to Duke J de Nemours, and had a son with him. Then he married another person, Anne d'Este (O’Connor 2). He wanted to be declared Anne’s legal spouse. The children, by Anne, were declared bastards. He found a solution in that parliament declared her legal spouse of Nemours. He gave her property as her dukedom. They declared the marriage as dissolved. In 1564, he took the position the service of Antoinette d'Aubeterre. There he was employed to supervise the education of Antoinette's daughter Catherine, who then later became Catherine of Parthenay? That is about half-way between Fontenay-le-Comte and Poitiers. Catherine’s ...
- 3144: FDR
- ... Not only did he barely win the election, he also had trouble winning the nomination for his own party. He was up against John Nance Garner (who would be his Vice Presidential running mate), Newton D. Baker, Alfred E. Smith. For three ballots, Roosevelt held a large lead, but lacked the two-thirds margin necessary for victory. He was desperately going to need some help to win this one. His campaign ... Many believe that he was simply trying to home in on the problems that the American public saw most prominent at the time, which would obviously win him votes. But when it came to election day, Roosevelt seemed like the only viable alternative to Herbert Hoover, who many blamed for the Great Depression. Given this fact Roosevelt could have said just about anything and won the presidency that year. Experts on ...
- 3145: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... the newly organized Women’s division of the New York State Democratic party and moved swiftly into positions of leadership. Not only was she responsible among organizations and people, she later became her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s eyes and ears, dedicating her life to his purposes, and being a trusted and tireless reporter. One of the reasons she did become so helpful towards her husbands career was besides the fact that she was the first lady; Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with a disease called polio and caused him to be permanently crippled in August of 1921. She then became even more loyal to him and our country having to deal with people ... buried at Hyde Park beside her husband. She was so memorable that if you ever travel to the New York area, go to Hyde Park. People remodeled their house, the house of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt and made it a Historical place to see. Whenever you perceive the name Eleanor Roosevelt, you can remember how she showed great compassion to her work and life. How loyal she was to ...
- 3146: Dizzy Gelespie
- ... Hal Leonard Publishing, 1975. Powis, Tim. Bebop's Joyful Pop. Macleans. March 1989: 57-8. Span, Paula. Into the Company of Giants: Dizzy Last Jam-an All Star Farewell. Washington Post 13 January 1993: Sec D, 1. Watrous, Peter. Dizzy Gillespie, Who Sounded Some of Modern Jazz's Earliest Notes, Dies at 75. New York Times. 7 January 1993: Sec D, 12. Watrous, Peter. Thousands Gather to Hear Praise For Dizzy Gillespie. New York Times 13 January 1993: Sec A, 18. Watrous, Peter. More Than the Man With the Bent Horn. New York Times 17 January 1993: Sec B, 26. Yardely, Johnathan. The Happy Life and Breadth of the Devine Creator. Washington Post 13 January 1993: Sec D, 1. "John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie." Editorial. Washington Post 8 January 1993: Sec A, 18. "ANATA Concerts Listed In 5 Countries Tonight." New York Times 9 May 1956: p. 36. "Music: 'Cool' Jazz Fete." New ...
- 3147: Davy Crockett
- ... been since 1806. His rifle "Betsy", presented by the Whigs of Philadelphia in 1834, is at Nashville, Tennessee. The tomahawk, or hatchet, presented in 1834 with a rifle, is in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. In March, 1836, Davy Crockett, with 139 others, was massacred at the Alamo. Usually, in battles, someone is left to tell the story, but the Alamo had no one. One hundred and eighty-seven ... seven brave Americans, including Davy Crockett, lay dead on the ground; but with them also lay over two thousand Mexicans, who had died at their hands. Yes, Davy Crockett of Tennessee, went far in his day by his own effort and achievement, and rose high in the esteem of his fellow men - from the humblest of beginnings, as is attested by the rough-hewn native limestone slab, still to be seen ...
- 3148: Boris Yeltsin
- ... people of the USSR. On June 12, 1990, Congress of the People's Deputies of the RSFSR adopted The Declaration of Sovereignty of the RSFSR. June 12 is now celebrated as the Russian's Independence Day. In July, Boris resigned from the Communist party. In August, Boris meet with Gorbachev to sign a document that called for an overhaul of the Russian economic system and harmonized relations between the Kremlin and ... tapes stroke fear into many members of the Communist Party and these members plotted a coup. On August 18, 1991, President Gorbachev was detained at his summerhouse in Crimes, by the coup plotters. The next day, they announced the takeover of Gorbachev's power, by the vice president. After hearing this Boris rushed to "The White House" of Russia and condemned the coup and called for resistance. On the orders of ... group formed by coup leaders ordered the military to protect the coup. A tank division latter switched sides and Boris delivered a speech on top of one of the tanks. The coup collapsed latter that day, because of the swift action of Boris and the resistance of the people. Gorbachev was let free, but found it hard to regain his power. On December 8, 1991, Boris teamed up with the ...
- 3149: Bill Cosby
- ... comedy skills. He landed a job at the Gaslight, it was a popular comedy club. They paid him 60 dollars a week (which was a very lot for Bill). He went to school during the day and went to New York to work at night. Cosby dropped out of collage and went on to be a professional entertainer. He was now making 175 dollars a week at the Gaslight and was ... signed a contract with Warner Brothers to make a comedy album called, ABill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow . . . Right!@ This album was a very big success. He was in Washington for comedy, and one day he was in a bowling alley and met a girl named Camille Hanks. She was a psychology student at the university of Maryland. They fell in love. They got married fast in only a couple ... Cosby. Some of these things are Bill Cosby=s sense of humor the which I admire the most of all hsi good qualities. He is very funny and I want to be like him some day. I also admire that Bill Cosby kept on trying at school and never gave up. Even though he didn=t finish school the first time, he still went back until he was done. Finally ...
- 3150: Benito Mussolini
- ... was published in Milan. When Benito wrote some ignorant and cruel suggestions and ideas in the newspaper. So the he was fired. He then decided to created his own newspaper. He called it, "Li Popolo d’ Italia" (The People of Italy). He hoped the war between Italy and Turkey might lead to collapse of society that might bring him to power. He wrote violent news articles trying to get an Italian ... fascist attacked a socialist rally in Milan. Mussolini and over a hundred of his own men were thrown in prison for possession of illegal arms. All the men and including Mussolini were released the next day. Soon afterwards the police didn’t even bother to interfere with fascist violence. Mussolini entered parliament in 1921 as a right wing member. Mussolini told some of his members of the Fascists to terrorize some ...
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