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- 3911: Margaret Atwood
- ... You are Happy ¨ 1978, Selected Poems ¨ 1978, Two-Headed Poems ¨ 1981, True Stories ¨ 1984, Interlunar ¨ 1987, Selected Poems II: Poems Selected and New, 1976-1986 ¨ 1990, Selected Poems 1966-1975 ¨ 1995, Morning in the Burned House Short Fiction ¨ 1977, "Dancing Girls" ¨ 1983, "Murder in the Dark" ¨ 1983, "Bluebeard's Egg" ¨ 1991, "Wilderness Tips" ¨ 1992, "Good Bones" Novels ¨ 1969, The Edible Woman 1985, The Handmaid's Tale ¨ 1972, Surfacing 1988, Cat's ...
- 3912: Malcolm X
- ... he convinced Malcolm to join him. Malcolm became a scoundrel with an evil demeanor. Malcolm's business partner, was a white woman by the name of Sophia. They were on drugs and even robbed a house. Because of their antics, the law was on their trail. They eventually caught and sent to prison. Malcolm was sentenced to 8 years in prison while Sophia was only sentenced to 2 years because she ...
- 3913: Life Of Shakespear
- ... allowed to perform at that time. By 1592 he was recognized as a successful actor, also as a poet. During his life he wrote at least 36 plays. Between 1611 and 1613 he bought a house in Stratford and retired from the theater. He did at the age of 52 on his birthday. His was buried and remains at the Church of Holy Trinity in Stratford. Word Count: 342
- 3914: Galileo
- ... C. Jupiter 1. Four moons of Jupiter D. Venus and Mercury 1. Not transparent 2. Had phases IV. Later Life A. Tried by the Inquisition 1. For writings 2. Charged with Heresy B. Sentenced to house arrest 1. lived in luxury 2. never in a prison cell C. Writings Prohibited D. Died in 1642 Bibliography 1. Drake, S. ,Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography. Greensborough Press, 1995. 2. Finnochiara, Maurice A ...
- 3915: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- ... on the sea coast, Elizabeth published her translation of Prometheus Bound (1833), by the Greek dramatist Aeschylus. Gaining notoriety for her work in the 1830's, Elizabeth continued to live in her father's London house under his tyrannical rule. He began sending Elizabeth's younger siblings to Jamaica to help with the family's estates. Elizabeth bitterly opposed slavery and did not want her siblings sent away. During this time ...
- 3916: Colin Powell
- ... 11 decorations including the Legion of Merit [source 2 (biography page 1) (interview page 2)]. In 1989 Powell became the Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff. At Powell's Honor Ceremony (outside on the White house lawn) George Bush did a speech and Dick Cheny made a speech about Powell's Chairmanship. Powell spoke about a painting in the pentagon. It showed a family praying in a church because the father ...
- 3917: Booker T. Washington
- ... by whites of both sections, Washington further consolidated his influence by his widely read autobiography Up From Slavery (1901), the founding of the National Negro Business League in 1900, his celebrated dinner at the White House in 1901, and control of patronage politics as chief black advisor to Presidents Theodor Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Washington kept his white following by conservative policies and moderate remarks, but he faced growing black ...
- 3918: Booker T. Washington
- ... had a 'second' name, and the teacher asked him his, he invented the name Washington." A great influence on Washington was Viola Ruffner, the wife of the owner of the salt furnace. Washington became her house boy, where he learned the importance of cleanness and hard work, and pride in a job well done. He would use these principles for the rest of his life. "The lessons I learned in the ...
- 3919: Ben Franklins Religion
- ... His proof-text is Matthew 7:16-27, especially verse 26: [12] "But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand" (NIV). In a letter to his parents, he paraphrases "that at the last Day, we shall not be examin'd [by] what we thought, but what we did; [namely] GOOD to our Fellow ...
- 3920: Ben Franklin
- ... the Pennsylvania Assembly, causing the beginning of nearly 40 years as a puublic official. At home from 1762 to 1764, Franklin travelled throughout the colonies, reorganizing the American postal system. He also built aa new house on Market Street in Philadelphia, now reconstructed and open to visitors, and otherwise provided for his family. From April 1775 to October 1776, Franklin served on the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety and in the Continental ...
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