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- 931: Ben Franklin
- ... arrive at theories, and produce several inventions. Franklin's scientific and analytical mind enabled him to generate many long lasting achievements which contributed to the development and refinement of modern technology. Few national heroes, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, played a more significant role in shaping the American way of life than Franklin. According to Fowler, "He personified the ideal of the self-made man, and his rise from obscurity to ...
- 932: The Life And Works Of Frederic
- ... sorrow". In July 1837, Chopin travelled to London in the company of Camille Pleyel in the hope of forgetting all unpleasant memories. Soon afterwards, he entered into a close liaison with the famous French writer George Sand. This author of daring novels, older by six years, and a divorcee with two children, offered the lonely artist what he missed most from the time when he left Warsaw: extraordinary tenderness, warmth, and ... C minor, the Ballade in F major, and the Scherzo in C sharp minor. On his return from Majorca in the spring of 1839, and following convalescence in Marseilles, Chopin, still greatly weakened, moved to George Sand's manor house in Nohant, in central France. Here, he was to spend long vacations up to 1846, with the exception of 1840, returning to Paris only for the winters. This was the happiest ... In Paris, the composer and writer were treated as a married couple, although they were never married. For years, the couple enjoyed a deep love and friendship, but with time the increasingly hostile attitude of George Sand's son, who exerted a strong influence on the writer, caused ever more serious conflicts. A final parting of ways took place in July 1847. Grievous personal experiences so important for the health ...
- 933: Cannabis
- Cannabis Our first President, George Washington, grew cannabis on his plantation. The cannabis he grew was more fibrous and is better known as hemp. Hemp was used to make rope, twine, paper and canvas and was an important crop in the ...
- 934: Marijuana
- ... also a strategic necessity. Its fibers were used to make sails and riggings, and its by-products were transformed into oakum for the caulking of wooden ships. Although a number of the Founding Fathers, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, later grew hemp on their property, their is no evidence that they were aware of the plants psychoactive properties. In the later half of the nineteenth century marijuana became a popular ingredient ...
- 935: Pancho Villa
- ... victories attracting attention in the United States, Villa escaped to the United States. President Woodrow Wilsons military advisor, General Scott, argued that the U.S. should support Pancho Villa, because he would become "the George Washington of Mexico." In August of 1914, General Pershing met Villa for the first time in El Paso, Texas and was impressed with his cooperative composure; Pancho Villa then came to the conclusion that the U ...
- 936: Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
- ... launched on his career as a teacher. His service in the Union Army from 1861 to 1863 kept them apart; their first child, a daughter, died in 1863. But after his first lonely winter in Washington as a freshman Representative, the family remained together. With a home in the capital as well as one in Ohio they enjoyed a happy domestic life. A two-year-old son died in 1876, but five children grew up healthy and promising; with the passage of time, Lucretia became more and more her husband's companion. In Washington they shared intellectual interests with congenial friends; she went with him to meetings of a locally celebrated literary society. They read together, made social calls together, dined with each other and traveled in company until ... am like the inhabitants of countries visited by earthquakes." She was still a convalescent, at a seaside resort in New Jersey, when he was shot by a demented assassin on July 2. She returned to Washington by special train--"frail, fatigued, desperate," reported an eyewitness at the White House, "but firm and quiet and full of purpose to save." During the three months her husband fought for his life, her ...
- 937: THe Use of Marijuana
- THe Use of Marijuana In America, alcohol use is legal. What is it that causes recreational use of marijuana to be deemed illegal by our government? George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew marijuana for recreational use. Are the harmful effects that marijuana has on your body worse than those of alcohol? Is it the state of mind that marijuana's active ingredient ...
- 938: Bill Gates
- By: Wayne E-mail: lamb1855@student.suu.edu Bill Gates Biographical Research Paper April 28, 1997 William Henry Gates, III was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He was the middle child of three born to William and Mary Gates. ATrey,@ as he was called because of the III, was sent to a private school by his father, a lawyer, and mother ... the MITS. Eighteen months later they were a few hundred thousand dollars richer and were hired by Tandy to develop software for its radio shack computers. Gates and Allen then moved their headquarters to Seattle, Washington. In Seattle, Gates re-wrote an operating system and called it MS-DOS, which stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System. Microsoft would eventually sell the rights of MS-DOS to IBM, making it a major ... decisions on which machines to back and which to ignore helped to make companies and break them. Heads of firms that created computers and microprocessors regularly make pilgrimages to Microsoft=s wooded headquarters in Redmond, Washington, to sit at the feet of the master.@(Manes, 4) In 1986, Microsoft again revolutionized the computer industry and launched its first version of Windows. Microsoft called Windows an Aoperating environment,@ meaning it was ...
- 939: Bill Gates
- ... IS ALREADY ON THE DATABASE, I SIMPLY REVISED AND EDITED IT APPROPRIATELY!) ______________________________________________________ Bill Gates By: Aaron Bill Gates Biographical Research Paper April 28, 1997 William Henry Gates, III was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He was the middle child of three born to William and Mary Gates. ATrey, as he was called because of the III, was sent to a private school by his father, a lawyer, and mother ... the MITS. Eighteen months later they were a few hundred thousand dollars richer and were hired by Tandy to develop software for its radio shack computers. Gates and Allen then moved their headquarters to Seattle, Washington. In Seattle, Gates re-wrote an operating system and called it MS-DOS, which stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System. Microsoft would eventually sell the rights of MS-DOS to IBM, making it a major ... decisions on which machines to back and which to ignore helped to make companies and break them. Heads of firms that created computers and microprocessors regularly make pilgrimages to Microsofts wooded headquarters in Redmond, Washington, to sit at the feet of the Master. (Manes, 4) In 1986, Microsoft again revolutionized the computer industry And launched its first version of Windows. Microsoft called Windows an operating environment, meaning it was ...
- 940: Ben Franklin
- ... peace negotiators sent from London. Franklin had many accomplishments in his life. Franklin's final public pronouncements urged ratification of the Constitution and approved the inauguration of the new federal government under his admired friend George Washington. He helped the outcome of the United States of America and not to mention he helped the world of science. He was one of Americas Greatest Citizens. Word Count: 437
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