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- 551: Mark Twain and His Writings
- ... to learn that the Judge has not died yet. He soon becomes tired of waiting and quits. On the night he quits the Judge finally dies. When he is no longer a Cadet, he realizes drinking and cussing are not important to him and refrains from them anyway. In this scene, Mark Twain looks into the psychology of what it is like to be a child and in doing so, he ...
- 552: Prince William
- ... year-old Labrador, who is seen on nearly all of Prince William's hunting trips. He likes pasta, hamburgers, chocolate, venison, fruit salad and poached eggs from hens on his father's estate and when drinking, he prefers Coke or red wine. Prince William's hobbies and sports include shooting, which he likes more than anything, skiing, soccer, hockey, rafting, rowing on the Thames River, and swimming. He also likes to ...
- 553: Hank Williams
- ... was about the time that Hank started having affairs, which would send Audrey in a rampage, and usually cause her a black eye or two (Escott 67). As his stardom rose higher, so did his drinking. He would chase this with handfuls of Benzedrine to give him enough energy to perform. This would eventually cause him to miss many gigs, and when he would perform, he would sometimes forget half of ...
- 554: Babe Ruth
- ... before she replied, yes. After only three months of being aquatinted they had tied the knot. Helen was shy, reserved, and quiet. She was the exact opposite of her husband. George liked to go out drinking almost every night. Their marriage lasted legally for fifteen years but only the first few were happy. From there on, despite his intentions, the more famous Babe became, the farther they drifted apart. Playing with ...
- 555: George Bernard Shaw: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
- ... father, George Carr Shaw, on the other hand, was quite different. He was a heavy drinker who excelled in doing nothing (Kunitz 1268). The fact that his father was an alcoholic led Shaw to despise drinking and also tobacco. He tried his hardest to be the opposite of his father in many ways. During his early childhood, his mother grew tired of her husband's poor qualities so she left him ...
- 556: Raymond Mary Kolbe
- ... D. P51). True martyrdom awaited him at the hands of the German invaders. Both priest knew that trouble lay ahead, but did not deal with the burden of knowledge in the same way. Instead of drinking to the problem, Maximilian would just continue to help people on a regular schedule. In September 1939, Niepokalanow was ransacked, and Father Maximilian along with about 40 others was taken to a holding camp, first ...
- 557: Gregory Efimovich Rasputin
- ... penitent Rasputin, was never again challenged and his behavior remained as sinful as ever. Rumors of Rasputin ranged anywhere from him having orgies in his basement to having sex with prostitutes. Despite the monks drinking bouts, and womanizing ways, Rasputin remained in high circles. Consequently, some of the family members of the Romanovs took matters in to their own hands and plotted to assassinate the monk. The killers were ...
- 558: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... got into difficulties almost at once. Mr. Allan did not provide him with the money to pay for his fees and other necessities. Poe was confused and homesick. He learned to play cards and started drinking. Soon he was in debt in excess of two thousand dollars. Poe discovered that he could not depend upon Allan for financial support. His foster father refused to pay his debts, and Poe had to ...
- 559: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... Anna Roosevelt had left in her will that she wanted her children to be raised by their grandmother, Mary Hall. Upon living with her grandmother, she was reunited with her father. He had stopped his drinking, and wanted to be back in Eleanor's life. He wrote her often, for at this time he was living in Virginia. He would come for visits and send her gifts. His life of sobriety ...
- 560: Marco Polo's Influence
- ... China. Even though it wouldnt have interrupted his path, he had been in China for 24 years, and therefore, should have noticed, considering he was a city dweller. There were a lot of tea-drinking ceremonies then that he didn't tell, or even remark about the cultivation of the Yangste delta area. The Chinese had no trace of Marco Polo or Italians. Frances Wood also mentions that Marco Polo ...
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