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- 4041: Robert Schumann
- ... words "cold and serious, yet so beautiful", Robert protested she remained "the dearest in the world". His feelings were echoed by his beloved. On August 14 they became sacredly engaged. On Clara's eighteenth birth day, Robert Wrote to Wieck asking for his consent to their marriage. He argued that his prospects were greatly improved, and his stability enchanced; "You owe it to my position, my talent and my character". The wedding finally took place on 12 September, the day before Clara's twenty-first birthday. After that she would in any case free of her father's will. Possibly Robert chose the day as a final signal of defiance to his new father-in-law. Very later in their marriage Robert started to have a mental illness. He heard a solitary note beating in Robert's ears, ...
- 4042: Kurt Cobain: Collection of Personal Accounts From Family Relatives
- ... Thank you, Kurt, for thickening your vocal chords!" Kurt didn't fit the general mold of society in a logging town, and so he was beaten upon by people who didn't understand him. One day I heard that he was in a fight a few blocks away. When I ran to the scene, the fight was over. However, I heard from a friend that Kurt was assaulted by a burly ... gave up. To top it all off, Kurt just had that usual grin on his face! A final footnote to this small remembrance of Kurt: A wonderful picture comes to mind of a rare, sunny day when I peeked out the window into the yard. There was Kurt with some kind of contraption on his head. It resembled a tinfoil hat. He was sneaking around the yard, followed by about half ... rock, liked he had carefully placed it there so he could just sort of stare at it! I am not sure, but I think that Kurt never did get his lure in the water that day. Whenever I saw him, he was just screwing off, looking at log jams, skipping rocks, and turning boulders over to look at the various creatures. I do remember thinking, "what a weirdo -- came to ...
- 4043: Jules Verne
- ... or military life . He acquired the Honor only days before the Franco-Prussian War. In Amiens, he was elected to different positions in the town legislature. In 1872, he was voted into the Acad¾mie d'Amiens, a local learned society. He was also elected to the Town Council of Amiens when he was 60. He said "My sole aim is to make myself useful…." He was very active in his ... At the turn of the century, Verne stayed as an active person and continued to write, even with age and illness. March 24, 1905, his family were all with him as he lived his last day of his life. 4 days later, he was buried at La Madeleine in Amiens. With the burial, the world lost the "Father of Science Fiction", a great writer and a prophet.
- 4044: John Lennon
- ... apartment of a suicidal overdose. This caused many problems for the group. John later admitted that "The Beatles were finished when Eppy died. I knew, deep inside me, that that was it, without him, we'd had it." John met a Japanese artist name Yoko Ono in 1967. In just a few weeks, the two were inseparable. This new relationship destroyed John's marriage with Cynthia and eventually destroyed his relationship ... Signature" solo album: Imagine in 1971. One song on the record, entitled "How do you Sleep?" includes the lines: The only thing you done was Yesterday And since you've gone you're just Another Day How do you sleep? These lines were directed to Paul McCartney. John Lennon recorded seven albums during 1970-1975 which included Imagine--1971 and Rock and Roll--1975. John semi-retired from music in 1975 ...
- 4045: Winston Churchill
- ... invaded the Low Countries on May 10, 1940. The prime minister Winston Churchill was largely responsible for many aspects of war policy. He established personal relations of the highest value with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt who began to supply arms and weapons to Britain immediately after the British army lost most of its equipment at Dunkerque (June 1940). In the late summer of 1940, as the Battle of Britain ... greatest leader (and biggest sigar-smoker) ever, and as Britain's leader through most of World War II, he personified resistance to tyranny. Sir Winston Churchill died on Jan. 24, 1965, 70 years to the day after his father, at the age of 90 Sources: The new Grolier Multimedia Enclycopedia Aschehoug og Gyldendals mini-ettbinds leksikon
- 4046: Napoleon
- ... Russia, and the lesser powers allied with Britain. Bonaparte, being no modest soul, decided to leave his army and return to save France. In Paris, he joined a conspiracy against the government. In the coup d'etat of November 9th -10th , 1799, he and his colleagues seized power and established a new regime-the Consulate. Under its construction, Bonaparte, as his first consul, had almost dictatorial powers. The constitution was revised ... War cost France 300,000 casualties and incredible sums of money and contributed to the eventual weakening of the Napoleonic empire. In 1809, Napoleon defeated the Austrians again at Wagram, annexed the Illyrian Provinces (modern day Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia, and Montenegro), and abolished the Papel States. He also divorced Josephine (who was his current wife) and in 1810 he married Habsburg archduchess, Marie Louise, who was the ...
- 4047: Edgar Allen Poe: Writing Style
- ... attracted the most attention. Poe has a way of writing in which he does not have to reveal too much, or paint a pretty picture for the reader in order to attract his attention. In D.H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature, the author states, "Poe's narrowness is like that of a sword, not that of a bottleneck: it is effective rather than constricting. Nothing adventitious is in ... the same genre." Bibliography 1. Bloom, Harold, Ed. Modern Critical Views on Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. 2.Buranelli, Vincent. Edgar Allan Poe. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1977. 3. Lawrence, D.H. Studies in Classic American Literature New York: The Viking Press, 1961. 4.Lawrence D.H. Modern Critical Views on Edgar Allan Poe. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. 5. Wilbur, R. Modern Critical Views on Edgar Allan Poe. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House ...
- 4048: Cyrano De Bergerac
- ... he lives life to the hilt, and because he is a victim of his surroundings. If there was ever a figure who would not be denied his sensibilities, it is Cyrano. When lovers admit, "I'd die for you," it is usually only a figure of speech. Cyrano actually crossed over enemy lines every day simply to mail love letters. He also confessed to her, "My mother made it clear that she didn't find me pleasant to look at. I had no sister. Later, I dreaded the thought of ...
- 4049: Jomo Kenyatta
- ... 1947 and helped lead the defense of Jerusalem in the War of Independence (1947-1949). Rabin then rose through the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces, becoming chief of staff in 1964. After the Six-Day War (1967) he retired from the military and served as ambassador to the United States from 1968 to 1973. He entered the Knesset (parliament) as a Labor member in January 1974; by May he had ... his international standing, especially with most Arab governments in the Gulf. In a startling development, after secret negotiations, Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin agreed to the signing of a peace accord in Washington, D.C., on September 13, 1993, calling for Israel and the PLO to recognize each other and for Palestinian self-rule to begin in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho.
- 4050: The Life of Walt Disney
- ... the project he shrugged and continued to look for financing. Finally ABC said it would pay for the park if Disney would make cartoons to air on television.16 Disneyland opened July 17, 1955. Opening day was a total disaster. The park was over crowded because conterfeit tickets had been sold weeks beforehand. Rides broke, concession stands ran out of food, and drinking fountains ran out of water. Some people called ... was not perfect Walt Disney's wife, Lilly and Roy agree that the would have approved it.26 FOOTNOTES 1. Barbra Ford, Walt Disney ( NewYork: Walker and Co. Inc., 1989), pp. 9-10. 2. Robert D. Feild, The Art of Walt Disney ( NewYork: The Macmillion Company, 1968), pp. 13-22. 3. Ford, pp. 21-22. 4. Feild, pp. 13-22. 5. Bob Thomas, Dianey's Art of Animation From Mickey Mouse ...
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