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- 6531: Satyagraha, A Weapon Of Non-vi
- ... slavery,” (Gandhi, 1927) though the limit for registration was extended again and again. Consequently, many Indians were imprisoned for their disobedience of the law, and Gandhi in the spirit of Satyagraha, asked for the heaviest penalty provided by the law, which was six months hard labor and a fine of five hundred rupees. The magistrate, however, decided that an appropriate punishment would be two months imprisonment without hard labor. All the ...
- 6532: Simon Bolivar
- ... better education. In Spain, Bolivar met Maria Teresa Rodriquez del Toro y Alaysa, they married in 1802. Right after Bolivar and his new wife returned to Venezuela, she died of malaria or yellow fever. Her death greatly effected Bolivar, he vowed not to marry again, and became a political and military figure. In Europe Napoleon Bonaparte was the Emperor of France, and was crowned as King of Italy. In 1808 Napoleon ...
- 6533: Story Of Anne Moody
- ... Soon after Moody entered high school, Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old boy from Chicago, was killed for whistling at a white woman. “Emmett Till’s murder had proved it was a crime, punishable by death, for a Negro man to even whistle at a white woman in Mississippi.” Although her mother refused to give an explanation of the organization, Moody learned about the NAACP from one of her teachers soon ...
- 6534: Princess Diana
- ... Diana’s help and work she put into the world, she obtained the name “People Princess”. She not only was she a help and mentor, but a role model for everyone (Donnelly 74). A tragic death hit the nation on Sunday August 31 1997. Princess Diana and her new found companion Mr. Dodi Fayed were both killed in a horrible car accident at the Place del Alma underpass in Central Paris ...
- 6535: Poussin And Roman Influences I
- ... patrons and supporters who recognized his talents. One important proponent was the Italian Giovanni Battista Marino and another was the archbishop of Notre-Dame de Paris who commissioned Poussin to paint a version of the Death of the Virgin. (Russel, 1969). This was most likely the last painting Poussin created in Paris before his departure for Italy in late 1623 or early 1634. Poussin in Italy: Upon his arrival in Italy ...
- 6536: Peter The Great
- ... Western model, and his "play regiments" were transformed into regiments of the Guards. This improvement of military force was going to help him in defeating Russia's enemy. In 1696, after his mother and Ivans death he took over the actual governance of his realm. Peter's violations of the customs and his decision to visit western Europe shocked the Muscovites. Opposition groups and the signs of revolt were very quickly ...
- 6537: Greatness Of LBJ
- ... his leadership ability. Next Lyndon Johnson started on his journey through his presidency. Johnson’s first step after becoming president was to help the citizens of the U.S. and the world cope with the death of JFK. “American people actually were 190,000,000 dazed individuals; he had to give them that unity and confidence; he had to represent it to the world” (Wicker, 161). This was a great task ...
- 6538: Grace Kelly
- ... and a mother. She knew that life was not simple." Grace handled her struggles to fit into royalty, her children’s rebellion and her loneliness in Monaco with remarkable emotional strength. Only after her sudden death did her subjects realize how much she meant to them. Grace had filled her role as princess with selfless devotion. She was known for her charity work and the country had benefited with her role ...
- 6539: Galileo Gallilei
- ... not suitable. In 1592, his three-year contract was not renewed. 1n 1592, he landed a job teaching mathematics at the University of Padua with the help of some aristocratic friends. After his father’s death, Galileo supported many relatives (including his brother Michelangelo and his family) and the sum of money he earned as a professor was not nearly enough. He began to tutor on the side to make extra ...
- 6540: Reformation Of Government Thro
- ... the duty of the opposition to break the law, and do what they believe to be right. Once a law is broken, the person must be willing to accept the consequences, which may be the penalty of imprisonment. Although laws may be unjust, but it must be respected regardless. King fears that anarchy will result if laws are not respected; Thoreau describes that rebellion will be the consequence if laws are ...
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