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- 711: Some Of The Most Important Pre
- ... Mann-Elkins Bill, to regulate the railroads more effectively; and he backed several social reforms, including an employer's liability law for work done on government jobs and a mandatory 8-hour day in federal employment. Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Va., on Dec. 28, 1856. He was profoundly influenced by a devoutly religious household headed by his father, Joseph Ruggles Wilson, a Presbyterian minister, and his mother, Janet ...
- 712: Thomas Jefferson
- ... anonymous newspaper articles, Hamilton sought to drive Jefferson from the government. The alleged justification was the campaign being waged against Hamilton by the editor of the National Gazette, Philip Freneau. Jefferson had given Freneau minor employment as a translator for the State Department, but he claimed that he never brought influence to bear on him, and there is no evidence that he himself wrote anything for the paper. But he had ...
- 713: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ... mother’s house. He Seldemly went out except late at night, or when going to another city. " I had read endlessly all sorts of good and good for nothing books, and in dearth of other employment, had early begun to scribble sketches and stories, most of which I burned." Reflected Hawthorne. (McGraw Hill, pg.68) Hawthorne’s first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously in 1828 at his own expense. Because of ...
- 714: Lewis Latimer
- ... family together, Lewis falsified his age and joined the U.S. Navy in 1864 when he was sixteen years old. When the Civil War ended he was honorably discharged and returned to Boston to seek employment. In 1868 he secured a job as an office boy in the Crosby and Gould patent law firm, a company that specialized in helping inventors protect their patents. By closely observing draftsmen at work and ...
- 715: Johann Sabastian Bach
- ... in this arrangement, Johann Sebastian won a scholarship to study in Luneberg, Northern Germany, and so left his brother's tutelage. A master of several instruments while still in his teens, Johann Sebastian first found employment at the age of 18 as a "lackey and violinist" in a court orchestra in Weimar; soon after, he took the job of organist at a church in Arnstadt. Here, as in later posts, his ...
- 716: Helen Keller
- ... Blind was renamed to Helen Keller Services for the Blind. This agency provides special services for the blind in New York. Because of her attempts and struggles, the blind now have better care, training, and employment. "I am a beneficiary of her work. Because of her example, the world has given way a little," says David Jackson, a blind jazz singer (Shuur 2).
- 717: Harry S. Truman
- ... Family Harry S. Truman’s family included his father John Anderson Truman and his mother Martha Ellen Young Truman. His siblings included his sister Mary Jane Truman and his brother John Vivian Truman. 5. Prior Employment Before the Presidency In 1901 Harry began work as a timekeeper for the Santa Fe Railroad at $35 per month, and in his spare time he read histories and encyclopedias. He later moved to Kansas ...
- 718: Gwendolyn Brooks
- ... image. A careful inspection of each of these poems also reveals that no words are used that do not contribute to the meaning of the poem. "We Real Cool" acquires a powerful meaning through the employment of only thirty-two words. "Corners on the curving sky also is quite brief, but still very powerful, and it only contains fourteen lines. It is important to not that the direction of Brooks’s ...
- 719: Franz Kafka
- ... 139), the family "In the course of the very first day, father laid out their overall financial circumstances and prospects to both the mother and the sister"(148). The family prospers during Gregor’s forced employment and then nearly perishes after Gregor’s Metamorphosis. Instead of worrying about Gregor’s physical status, they talk of financial status after their money machine has broken down. This kind of behavior is eventually seen ...
- 720: Franz Joseph Haydn
- ... Baroque style which focused on religious themes and having big concerts in churches, Classical music grasped the interest of the aristocrats/nobles and many demanded private performances. Haydn spent much of his life under the employment of such a noble who demanded music of all sorts from him ranging from arias to symphonies. In this time, musicians also sought to gain fame not dedicate their music to God like many had ...
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