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- 5951: Biography of William Hearst
- ... Chief." He contributed many editorial guidelines to the publishing industry. Not only did William have an exciting life as an entrepreneur, he also was heavily involved in politics. From 1903 to 1907, he was a House representative for New York. In 1904, he actually ran for the mayor, governor, and nomination for president. All efforts were unsuccessful. In 1903, William married Millicent Willson. William had a family of five sons who ...
- 5952: Bill Clinton's Affair With Monica Lewinsky
- ... young kids can look up to, because when they get out of college, they will not have to worry about paying back a huge amount of money. They can save that money and get a house or an apartment. They will benefit from it very well. Secondly, he actually cares about the people and his family. Every time you see him with his family the Clinton's are always happy, and ...
- 5953: Thornton Wilder
- ... Scribner's Sons, 1974. Goldstone, Richard H. Thornton Wilder: An Intimate Portrait. New York: E.P Dutton & Co., Inc., 1975. Masters of Modern Drama. Ed. Haskell M. Block and Robert G. Shedd. New York: Random House, 1962. Papajewski, Helmut. Thornton Wilder. New York: Frederick Ungar Pub. Co., 1965. Wilder, Thornton. "The Skin of Our Teeth." Three Plays. New York: Harper & Row, 1957.
- 5954: The Life of Kurt Vonnegut
- ... In 1951, he resigned from his job at G.E to pursue a full time writing career. He wrote many short stories, which in 1969 were assembled into a collection called Welcome to the Monkey House. The next novel was Cat's Cradle in 1963, then The Sirens of the Titans and God Bless you, Mr. Rosewater in 1965 (Litz, 758). In Sluaghterhouse-Five, Vonnegut conveys the message that World War ...
- 5955: The Work of Stephen King
- ... There are also other examples of the utilization of small towns. In the Dark Half King manages to make Pittsburgh look like a small town located in Maine. In Gerald's Game a remote lakeside house in Maine is used. Sleepwalkers takes place in a small town in Indiana. There are many reasons Mr. King uses small towns in his novels. The whole small town culture makes it easier to intertwine ...
- 5956: Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Greatest Anti-Transcendentalist Writer
- ... in the Salem witchcraft trials. Hawthorne's attitude was molded by a sense of guilt, which he traced to his ancestor's actions. After college, Hawthorne lived, secluded, for 12 years in his mother's house. He then published Twice Told Tales which didn't sell very well, yet at the same time, established him as a well known and respected author. He became good friends of two Transcendentalist writers of ...
- 5957: John Gotti: The Man Behind the Mob
- ... hit him (Dorigo 104-105). John had the driver of the car, Frank Favara brutally murdered(Gross 76). On December 16, 1985 Gotti had Castellano murdered. This was done by four men outside sparks steak house. John sat across the street to watch it done(Gross 73). The murder was very public. It was done at 5:25 p.m. while the streets were covered with shoppers. Though Gotti watched it ...
- 5958: Herbert George Wells
- ... age of 8 in 1874, he couldn't do too much. During his period of convalescence he turned to books for the first time. When Herbert's mother went to work at the gentry's house, she took Herbert with her (his older brothers were apprenticed into the drapery trade). Sir Harry Featherstonhaugh had a large variety and number of books. With this large availability of new books, Wells's reading ...
- 5959: Marco Polo
- ... Kin. Marco Polo in China. Hong Kong: Kingsway International Publications, 1981. Rugoff, Milton. Marco Polo's Adventures In China. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1964. Stefoff, Rebecca. Marco Polo and the Medieval Explorers. Chelsea House Publishers, 1992.
- 5960: The Life & Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
- ... he was. In some poems he wrote after his prospective wife left him, he wrote this lonely line: "I could sing a song, and I will sing it, although I am alone in an empty house and must sing it to mine own ears." So, he added appropriately to his beliefs the following: "How absurd it is, after all, to let higher individuals marry for love -- heroes with servant girls and ...
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