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- 3841: George W. Bush
- ... him the Presidency, it is the values and policies he stands for. Right now the Republican Party s worst nightmare is that if it is the name and if the name wares off their school house built of straw will weaken and blow down. With the aide of family, Texas governor s office veterans, and his fathers old aides, he hopes to prove them wrong before February.
- 3842: Geoffery Chaucer
- ... that works which show a close acquaintance iwth Italian authors must have been written after this visit. During this period, the Italian period , he wrote famous works such as the Legend of Good Women, the House of Fame, the Parlement of Foules and the Troilus and Criseyde. Even though Chaucer s reputations today depends mainly upon the Canterbury Tales. But in bulk they form rather less than half of those owrks ...
- 3843: Galileo 3
- ... time period of his discovery was ruled by the heiarchy of the church. Galileo had no choice but to take back his theories; otherwise he probably would have been sentenced to death. Staying alive under house arrest Galileo wrote a book and continued his research and lived his rest of life with his daughter Virginia holding the truth inside that later on became the fact.
- 3844: Gailileo 3
- ... concerning the two greatest world systems, published in Florence in 1632. Galileo, who was not in the best of health, was summoned to Rome, found to be vehemently suspected of heresy, and eventually condemned to house arrest, for life, at his villa at Arcetri. He was also forbidden to publish books. By the standards of the time he had got off rather lightly. Galileo's sight was failing, but he had ...
- 3845: George Wallace
- ... jail time for defying the federal courts backed off. He then made another speech denouncing "Big-government." His views drew much criticism from northern politicians and officials. Another tense moment was the nationally publicized fire house and police dog incidents in Birmingham. The Civil Rights movement intensified while Wallace tried to block the integration of the University of Alabama, stating that it was states rights. The demonstrations in Birmingham of 1963 ...
- 3846: General George S. Patton
- ... both texts long before he could even lift a sword. These classic images were filled out by recent war stories of living soldiers, particularly those of John Singleton ''Ranger'' Mosby. John often visited the Patton house and would entertain Georgie for hours with tales of his Civil War adventures. With this steady diet of combat regalia, Georgie was convinced that the profession of arms was his calling. GENERAL PATTON`S PERSONAL ...
- 3847: Galileo Galilei
- ... would be torture and executed by burning at the stake for the crime of heresy. On May 10 he admitted in heresy in writing and on June 22 he publicly confessed. He was sentenced to house arrest in his home near Florence for an indefinite length of time. A few months later, Galileo s beloved daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, died. By 1638, Galileo was blind and crippled with arthritis. He continued ...
- 3848: Galileo 2
- ... to any Roman Catholic under the 1616 edict. No signed document contradicting this was ever found, but Galileo was nevertheless compelled in 1633 to abjure and was sentenced to life imprisonment (swiftly commuted to permanent house arrest). The Dialogue was ordered to be burned, and the sentence against him was to be read publicly in every university. Galileo's final book, Discourses Concerning Two New Sciences (trans. 1662-65), which was ...
- 3849: Freud
- ... successfully. She did identify with her mother, according to her sister however. By identifying with her mom, she may have taken on masculine role. After all, by 18 she was the main breadwinner in the house. Perhaps she wished to possess her mother, since she had taken on the male role. When she married, this psychosexual confusion was not resolved. In fact, it may have been worsened by her husband's ...
- 3850: Fredrick Douglass 3
- ... from a slave on the plantation. A slave from the cityreceives more food and clothing. A city slaveholder will have it known that they provideplenty of food to their slaves. After leaving Master Thomas s house and living with Mr. Covey, Frederick, for the first time, discovered what it was like to be a field hand. He feltvery awkward in his new environment and came to prove it soon enough. A ...
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