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- 581: The Life of Sid Vicious
- ... life was that he changed his name to Sid Vicious, which was helped created by John Lydon. John and Sid complemented each other perfectly. John brought out the humor in Sid. Neither were seriously into drinking but Sid developed an early addiction for speed. John and Sid one day found a store called "Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die" which absolutely fascinated them. Later it was changed to the ...
- 582: Alfred Tennyson and His Work
- ... of mental illness, because several men in his family had a mild form of epilepsy, which then was thought of as a shameful disease. His father and brother Arthur made their epilepsy worse by excessive drinking. His brother Edward had to be put in a mental institution after 1833, and he spent a few weeks himself under doctor's care in 1843. In the late twenties his father's physical and ...
- 583: John Wilkes Booth
- ... Herold then left Booth at the Garrett farm with the three soldiers and headed for Bowling Green, Virginia. The men stopped at a tavern, described by some as "...house of entertainment," and continued chatting and drinking for several hours. Herold spent the night of April 23 at a nearby family farm. The next morning two ex- Confederate soldiers brought Herold back to the Garrett farm. Meanwhile, twenty- five members of the ...
- 584: John DeLorean and His Acomplishments
- ... jobs, Kathryn as a tool assembler, and Zachary as a millwright in a Detroit Ford factory. The family lived in a small house, and for most of Johns childhood they were relatively happy. Zachary's drinking problem eventually led to a divorce when John was 17. Even as a young child, he was exposed to the underbelly of the automotive industry. When young John was 6 or 7 the family was ...
- 585: The Life and Works of 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 ...
- 586: The Life of Walt Disney
- ... television.16 Disneyland opened July 17, 1955. Opening day was a total disaster. The park was over crowded because conterfeit tickets had been sold weeks beforehand. Rides broke, concession stands ran out of food, and drinking fountains ran out of water. Some people called it " Black Sunday".17 After repairs were made Disneyland became and still is the one of the world's most famous amusement parks. Walt Disney then wanted ...
- 587: Biography of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... 729). It is said that Poe used these drugs and drank so much because his nervous system was becoming extremely sensitive and it would rid him of the pain (Black). Poe did try to quit drinking many times but he was never successful. In a letter on July 22,1848 Poe wrote, "It has bean a long while since any artificial stimulus has passed my lips" (Letters 239). Poe also to ...
- 588: Rosa Parks
- ... Parks went to pick up Rosa from jail. When they got home, Rosa spoke about her time in jail. She had stood up to get a drink of water and the guard told her the drinking fountain was only for white people. This made her furious. On December 5, 1955 Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and JoAnn Robinson looked out of their windows, and stood on street corners watching all ...
- 589: Eudora Welty: Her Life and Her Works
- ... fact but allow the reader to use his or her imagination. In the story "The Wide Net," once again Welty uses the theme love. William Wallace loves his wife greatly but he decides to go drinking with the boys and stay out one whole night. To get even with her insensitive husband, Hazel Wallace writes a suicide note and hides. When William Wallace reads the note he and his buddies set ...
- 590: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... returning to the United States in 1820, he continued to study in private schools. He attended the University of Virginia for a year, but in 1827 his foster father, displeased by the young man's drinking and gambling, refused to pay his debts and forced him to work as a clerk. Poe, disliking his new duties intensely, quit the job, thus estranging Allan, and went to Boston. There his first book ...
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