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- 6381: Jackson, Andrew
- ... one of Jackson's greatest enemies. The Whig party was founded on the basis of going against Jackson. They believed that Jackson was trying to gain all the power into his own hands. Since his death, historians have looked at Jackson as very controversial. He was an aggressive, charismatic, and intimidating person. He is either disliked or liked, but almost all historians will agree that he was great president. Jackson took ...
- 6382: Jackie Robinson 3
- ... Brooklyn organization. Rickey singed Robinson to a Minor League deal in 1945. Jackie s biggest challenge would be to overcome racial issues sought toward him without acting out with everybody looking at him. Jackie had death threats, racial slur s, and people wanting to seriously take him out of the game of baseball. (Rampersad Arnold p. 176) In 1947 Rickey called up Jackie to compete on a Major League level and ...
- 6383: Jack The Ripper
- ... when under the influence of alcohol. As in the deaths of Polly Nichols and Annie Chapman, Kate s throat had been deeply slashed from left to right and the resulting wound was the cause of death. Her abdomen had been entirely laid open with the intestines detached. The next victim was Mary Jane Kelly. She was about 25 years old, five feet two inches tall, stout, with blond hair and blues ...
- 6384: Jack Robinson
- ... separation of people on the basis of race. Branch Rickey warned Jackie not to retaliate or acknowledge taunts; Robinson endured malicious catcalls and racial slurs shouted from the stands. He also received unsigned notes threatening death if he continued to play baseball. Some rival players went beyond verbal abuse in an effort to intimidate him. They threw pitches at Jackie's head, spat on him when he slid into a base ...
- 6385: Jack London 2
- ... that the fire started by spontaneous combustion of oily rags which had been left in the building on that hot August night. London planned to rebuild Wolf House eventually, but at the time of his death in 1916 the house remained as it stands today, the stark but eloquent vestige of a unique and fascinating but shattered dream. The destruction of the Wolf House left London terribly depressed, but after a ...
- 6386: Jack London
- ... a short life, dying at age 40. He was known to be strikingly handsome and was a celebrity. His passionate writings were famous for his ideas on the struggle of survival and the questions of death. London s novels were usually based on nature and adventure, coming from real life experiences, which appealed to millions of readers. Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco, California. The relationship ...
- 6387: Isadora Duncan
- ... the car company. She was wearing a long, elegant, red scarf, and as Mary Desti looked on in horror, that scarf got caught in the axis of the spinning wheel and strangled Isadora Duncan to death. More than ten thousand people gathered at the cemetery to watch Isadora Duncan's ashes be place next to her children's in their memorial. Even people who had watched her dance decades before came ...
- 6388: Immanuel Kant
- ... classics. he then entered the University of Konigsburg in 1740 to study philosophy, mathematics, and physics. In 1756, he received a degree and was made a lecturer, and in 1770 he became a professor. The death of his father halted his university career so he became a private tutor. In 1755, he returned to Konigsburg where he spent the remainder of his life. Kant was a very habitual man. He never ...
- 6389: Hume
- ... fashioner) bias by the one(s) who fashion them. What Cleanthes says about Nature and God says more about Cleanthes than Nature and God. By postulating predictive impotence, Hume has set up an impasse. The death knell of Hume's refutation of natural theology has left undaunted some critics of his writings. It has proven to be a tarbaby to all who are bound by the same questions as Hume about ...
- 6390: Hitler And World War I
- ... party in order to strengthen his own distinctive position. As part of his plan, Hitler knew any competition between agencies would lead them to ask him for advice and support. Hitler, after President Hindenburg's death in 1934, hated to intervene where decisions might make him unpopular with the general public. Hitler was the only person who made the decisions. Although he made the decisions, he was rarely involved in day ...
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