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- 6411: Ernesto Guevara De Serna
- ... of return. Che's unwillingness to compromise towards both capitalist and communist establishment forced Castro to drop him in 1965, not officially, but in practice. For some months his whereabouts were a secret and his death was widely rumored. He was in various African countries, notably the Congo surveying the possibilities of turning the Kinshasa rebellion into a Communist revolution, by Cuban-style guerrilla tactics. He returned to Cuba to train ...
- 6412: Ernest Hemingway
- ... he was only 19 and still immature in many ways but he had drastically changed. He wrote home to his parents from Milan in 1918, "Dying is a very simple thing. I have looked at death and really I know." It was from the time of his injury that started his morbid side. This also gave Hemingway the belief that there might be no tomorrow, so should enjoy life as it ...
- 6413: Emily Dickinsons Private World
- ... her. This is supported by the fact that no one would publish her poems during her lifetime0- the publishers all thought them too rough and irregular in form and style. It was only after her death that her genius with language and her ability to capture universal truths in descriptions of every day things were discovered. Dickinson observed much in the society of her small town of Amherst that contributed to ...
- 6414: Ella Baker
- ... to organize and mobilize people of all generations. Although her name was not publicized as much as other male leaders, the civil rights movement would not have been the same without her. Shortly before her death in 1986, a documentary titled "Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker" was aired on public television. Fundi is the Swahili word for a person who passes on skill to a younger generation. It is a ...
- 6415: Eli Whitney
- ... in the last two years. In 1811, Whitney took another order, this time for fifteen thousand. These were all produced in only two years. Whitney continued on with his development of the factory until his death on January 8, 1825. Unfortunately, Whitney has been all but forgotten. He is mostly remembered as "the cotton man," and nothing else. However, without the ingenuity and dedication of this individual, who knows where the ...
- 6416: Duke Ellington 2
- ... before (Holmes). It seems the orchestra regained it s furious pace of touring was once again. At the turn of the seventies, though, Ellington s orchestra began to wane a bit, and with the sudden death of Jonny Hodge s, the orchestra began to undergo a sharp decline. In the last recordings of this period, the band no longer sparkles as brilliantly as it once did, and occasionally Duke's fatigue ...
- 6417: Don Quixote
- ... a slave and a prisoner, eventually being ransomed at a price that left him and his family penniless. After serving as a government purchasing agent until 1597, he began writing novels and poems until his death in 1616. Don Quixote is an intriguing book that provides a firsthand look at 16th Century Spain and its downfalls. The novel serves as constructive criticism in the way that it condones some parts of ...
- 6418: Domitian
- ... the child died at a very young age. In 83 AD Domitian wanted nothing to do with his wife and dismissed her. Later, she was recalled to the palace where she lived until Domitian s death. (http://www.ga.k.12.pa.us/academics/MS/8th/romanhis/Forum/Stephm/early.htm) Domitian inherited the empire when his brother suddenly died after ruling for only two years. He became Roman Emperor in ...
- 6419: D.h. Lawrence
- ... wise, and sympathetic to tortured, sick, and filled with hatred. D.H. Lawrence had consumption from early in his life. He would not admit to it. He continued to write until the time of his death on March 2, 1930.
- 6420: Dwight D. Eisenhower
- ... will always be a better nation-stronger, safer,more conscious of its heritage, more certain of its destiny-because Ike waswith us when America needed him," this is what President Lyndon Johnsonsaid after Eisenhower's death (Hargrove 89).
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