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- 1071: Malcolm X 2
- ... of it. As a result, he dropped out of after the eighth grade and moved to Boston, Massachusetts where he worked several different jobs. Soon, Malcolm became associated in a gang and sold and used drugs, and was involved in many other criminal activities. His gang "career" ended when he got into some trouble due to a bet with the gang leader. Since the gang wanted Malcolm killed, Malcolm hid for ...
- 1072: Mark Mcgwire Vs. Sammy Sosa
- ... the result of Androstenedione use. To verify the need for this asterisk, one must examine the significance of this drug, and compare McGwire with the other home run kings. In any issue involving sport and drugs, the primary concern is whether or not use of such a drug is legal, according to the governing body of that sport. Fortunately for Mark McGwire, use of Androstenedione does not violate any rules of ...
- 1073: Kurt Cobain
- ... Around the same time Kurt decided to get married to Courtney Love, lead singer of alternative band, Hole. Their marrage was in Waikiki, Hawaii on February 24, 1992. They shared many common interests such as drugs, love, and great music. Six months after their wedding they had a baby girl, they named her Frances Bean Cobain. Her middle named derived from the shape of her body on the sonogram. In interviews ...
- 1074: Jimi Hendrix
- ... 18). Another Hendrix tune from Are You Experienced? was Purple Haze, that Jas Obrecht described as the band s break-through single in America (Obrecht 29). Beyond the surface interpretation of the song referring to drugs (the lines Purple haze, all in my brain and Got no money, don t know why are brought to mind), Harry Shapiro and Caesar Glebbeek in Electric Gypsy suggest that the inspiration may have come ...
- 1075: Jeffrey Dahmer
- ... has built a high wall around himself from which their influence is progressively shut out. While fortunately, most parents do not have a Jeffrey Dahmer to raise, too many have seen their children succumb to drugs, alcohol, crime despite their very best and, often frantic, efforts to intervene. "It is a portrayal of parental dread... the terrible sense that your child has slipped beyond your grasp, that your little boy is ...
- 1076: George Lucas
- ... work his but off to stay on top. He did not mind the hard work. Lucas actually felt relaxed staying up all night editing film. Even when a lot of college students got high on drugs, Lucas got high on films (1, 45). When assigned to make films in school, everyone wanted to be in George s group. Even though the most coveted job was the writer-director, Lucas most likely ...
- 1077: Five Against The World - Perl Jam
- ... bottle of red wine onstage. When the conversation turns to the late Andrew Wood, though, Vedder becomes reflective. "I wonder about Andy," he says. "I relate sometimes. Not the drug part - I don't need drugs to make my life tragic - but the fact that things were going so well for him. He didn't know." Vedder pauses. "There's one song of his that I'd be proud to sing ...
- 1078: Famous People With Mental Illnesses
- ... age he suffered a nervous break down, and he lived with the constant fear that he would go insane as did his sister Rose. For periods of his life, Williams battled with addictions to prescription drugs and alcohol. He was also tortured by the thoughts that he had abandoned Merlo at the time of his declining health. Most biographers attribute his inner conflicts in part to the social strain placed on ...
- 1079: Florence Nightingale
- ... the most disgusting sight that she had ever seen. The hospital walls and floors looked like they had never been cleaned. There was no supplies, running water, latrines, basins, soap and they lacked most ordinary drugs. There were no utensils and the men ate one meal a day, if food was available, with their hands. Wounded men were placed on the dirty floor, resulting in even higher deaths. Nightingale and her ...
- 1080: Bill Clinton
- Bill Clinton In recent history, one would be hard pressed to find one politician surrounded in more controversy than Bill Clinton. His scandals have included drugs, adultery, treason, and fraud. The latest opprobrium that has plagued his presidency resulted in him becoming only the second president in the history of the United States to be impeached. After a long and drawn ...
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