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- 3991: John D. Rockefeller
- ... thousand barrels of oil, warehouses for refined oil, and plants for the manufacture of paints and glue. Standard prospered and, in 1882, all its properties were merged in the Standard Oil Trust, which was in effect one great company. It had an initial capital of $70 million. There were originally forty-two certificate holders, or owners, in the trust. After ten years the trust was dissolved by a court decision in ...
- 3992: John Coltrane
- ... mystics could, for until his final album Coltrane seemingly forsook lyricism for an unfettered quest for ecstasy. The results remain virtually indescribable, and they forestall criticism with the furious directness of their energy. Yet, their effect depends more on the abandonment of rationality, which most listeners achieve only intermittently if at all. In fact, it may be the listener himself who is abandoned, for it seems clear that Coltrane is no ...
- 3993: James Watt
- James Watt was born 19th January 1736 at Greenock and at this time no one would have even imagined his effect on the Industrial Revolution that was to occur within that century. When James was fifteen he had read books about and become accustomed to Philosophy (similar to modern physics). He had also completed many of ...
- 3994: Hudson Taylor
- Student Review I have seen that living in luxury is pointless and not only that but it can effect the way one lives for God. When you live with just the necessities, you show yourself that there is more to entertainment and comfort in life, that seeking material wealth all the time, Is a ...
- 3995: Horace Mann
- ... pedagogy in the classroom; and (6) that such education can be provided only by well-trained, professional teachers". Most of the ideas that Mann set long ago are followed today. Mann has had a lasting effect in determining what our schools became. Horace Mann worked throughout his life to improve the quality of education in America. In 1937, Mann accepted a job as the secretary of the state board of education ...
- 3996: Henry Ford
- ... young, giggly theorist (and dismay of his mother), the explosion sent pieces of glass and boiling water crashing around the kitchen! Miraculously the young observer was left untouched! This result is eerily reminiscent of the effect Ford would have on the industrial revolution in times to come. As he grew up his father allowed him to "tinker" with many of the tools on the farm. Fords mother called him a ...
- 3997: Henry Carey
- ... this may be true to some degree, it should be stated that the labour is only one of the three elements of production. The other two elements: land, and capital can also have a detrimental effect on production. In his fourth argument, Carey contradicts the beliefs of how Malthus presumed that the population would increase in a geometric ratio alone. He based his understanding on the examples of a grain of ...
- 3998: Harry S. Truman
- ... social life to a minimum. 10. Post-Presidency Truman retired to his home in Independence, Missouri, at the age of 67. He remained active in politics but found that his opinion no longer had much effect on his partys affairs. One of Trumans proudest moments came in July 1957, when he dedicated the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, where he maintained his office. Truman maintained his habit of ...
- 3999: Hannibal
- ... and used them against Hannibal, the man who had taught them to Rome. The Second Punic War was a turning point in Roman history, with profound implications for the Republic. The most immediate and obvious effect was the acquisition of territory; in the space of fifty years Rome had acquired most of the western Mediterranean. In doing this, the Romans viewed the war with Hannibal, and Hannibal himself, in nearly mythic ...
- 4000: Gwendolyn Brooks
- ... opposites together, much as a person has the most vivid memories of the happiest and saddest times. The poem continues on in this fashion where each word is meaningful and the sound contributes to the effect of the poem. "The Bean Eaters" displays her use of ordinary speech, sound, and effective use of words quite well. But these elements are found in her other poems also. "We Real Cool," possibly her ...
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