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- 6201: Rush Limbaugh
- ... was working as a talk-show host for a station in Sacramento California. This is were he was encouraged to speak his mind, and form the style he has today. Rush Limbaugh has had many great accomplishments through his life as well. “Rush is viewed as having single-handedly saved AM radio, and I don't think that is an unfair characterization,” says Dave Rimmer, former WWDB-FM program director, who ... you can see Rush Limbaugh has impacted the world as we know it like few others have ever done, and he does this simply by speaking his mind. This is what makes him such a great leader and spokesman for many Americans that don't feel as free to speak their mind. Rush's early life, his major accomplishments, and personal life have help form the leader that so many “ditto ...
- 6202: Friedrich Nietzsche
- ... and firing them against his own hand.”(Bentley, p.84) At the age of twenty, Nietzsche left to attend Bonn University. By this time Nietzsche had come to think of himself as an “aristocrat whose great virtues are fearlessness and willingness to assume leadership.”(Bentley, p.85) Ironically, Nietzsche planned to study theology(to please his mother). At this time Nietzsche no longer believed in Christianity, because “with maturity he lost ... horses”(Bentley, p.85) When Nietzsche was twenty, he had acquired a diverse set of opinions and attitudes. He had been taught to “admire strong politicians and to think of himself as an aristocrat whose great virtues are fearlessness and willingness to assume leadership.”(Bentley, p. 85) Despite his own personal efforts to be bad and mean, Nietzsche remained innocent and caring. The first major school of thought that Nietzche adhered ...
- 6203: Aristotle (384 -322 BC)
- ... city in Asia Minor. Aristotle married Hermias' adopted daughter, Pythias. In 343 or 342 BC, Philip II, king of Macedonia, told Aristotle to supervise the education of his son, Alexander (later known as "Alexander the Great"). He taught him until 336 BC, when Alexander became the ruler of Macedonia. Alexander the Great later became the ruler of all Greece, and over threw the Persian Empire. In 334 BC, Aristotle returned to Athens and started his own school, the Lyceum. Because he taught while walking around, his students ...
- 6204: Leonard Bernstein
- ... Nixon; and the George Foster Peabody Awards for his television programs. Bernstein provided the music for four famous Broadway musicals with a superior amount of sophistication and technique. Often times, he would produce music with great humour and sentiment. Bernstein's great talents led him to author a few books in the 1960's. One of his most recent, famous collections of his music is used in the ever popular film West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein was ...
- 6205: Jules Verne
- ... by various movie companies. March, 1886 marked the beginning when Verne's life began to fall apart. He was shot in the foot by his nephew and had a permanent limp as a result. His great friend and publisher, Jules Hetzel passed away on March 17, 1886. His mother died next, in February of 1887. He was very sad over the death of mother as that marked the fact that both ... all with him as he lived his last day of his life. 4 days later, he was buried at La Madeleine in Amiens. With the burial, the world lost the "Father of Science Fiction", a great writer and a prophet.
- 6206: Lucas: King of Film
- ... turn push him to make the greatest contributions to the film industry which leave an ever increasing impact on film today and the world. Throughout history, it is apparent that those who are recognized as "great ones" were influenced in some way or another to become the leader who they are. In George Lucas' case, he was greatly influenced in his late teens and early twenties. Lucas claims to have chased ... On the other hand, George Lucas is best identified with the fantastic list of movies he has had a part in, whether it be a big part, or an even bigger one, Lucas has a great deal of influence on movies listing his name in the credits. It is for sure that at one time or another, everyone has heard of Star Wars, the first part of a three movie trilogy ...
- 6207: Leonhard Euler
- ... 72). In 1755 he was elected a foreign member of the Paris Academy of Science; during his career he received 12 of its prestigious biennial prizes. In 1766, Euler returned to Russia, after Catherine the Great had made him a generous offer. At the time, Euler had been having differences with Frederick the Great over academic freedom and other matters. Frederick was greatly angered at his departure and invited Lagrange to replace him. In Russia, Euler became almost entirely blind after a cataract operation, but was able to continue ...
- 6208: Apollonius of Perga
- Apollonius of Perga Apollonius was a great mathematician, known by his contempories as " The Great Geometer, " whose treatise Conics is one of the greatest scientific works from the ancient world. Most of his other treatise were lost, although their titles and a general indication of their contents were passed on ...
- 6209: Winston Churchill
- ... minister the performance of his wartime days, his energy in the first year or two remained astonishing. Churchill gave authority to the administration, only his presence as prime minister helped to stop criticism. People had great respect for Winston. In July 1953, soon after his knighthood, when he could add "Sir" to his name, he suffered a stroke. Sir Anthony Eden, whom Churchill had long wanted as his follower as prime ... s motive in remaining in office was doubtless to ensure that Eden was not cheated of his succession. Churchill finally left office in April 1955, and Churchhill's favourite follower Eden became prime minister of Great Britain. Sir Winston's last ten years, marked by a worse and worse health, were occupied by occasional travel, a little painting, and the publication of his "History of the English Speaking People" (1956-58 ...
- 6210: The Life of Aristotle
- ... daughter, Pythias. After Hermias was captured and executed by the Persians, Aristotle went to Pella, the Macedonian capital, where he became the tutor of the king's young son Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335, when Alexander became king, Aristotle returned to Athens and established his own school, the Lyceum. Because much of the discussion in his school took place while teachers and students were walking about the ... and other states. Aristotle himself wrote the Constitution of Athens as part of the collection, and after being lost, this description was rediscovered in a papyrus copy in 1890. Historians have found the work of great value in reconstructing many phases of the history of Athens. Logic In logic, Aristotle developed rules for chains of reasoning that would, if followed, never lead from true premises to false conclusions (validity rules). In ...
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