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- 10041: Comparison of John F Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln's Lives
- ... premonition of tragic consequences and replied, If anyone really wanted to shoot the President of the United States, its not a very hard job. All that one has to do is get to a high building someday, with a telescope rifle, and there is nothing anybody can do (Britto 1). Two and a half hours later, on November 22, 1968, he was murdered when Lee Harvey Oswald fired a bolt ...
- 10042: Robert Schumann
- ... youngest of five children, Robert Schumann was brought up in comfortable, middle-class respectability. As a child, he apparently exhibited no remarkable abilities. At the age of six, Robert was sent to the local preparatory school, run by Archdeacon Dohner. He had in fact already begun his education, with the young tutor who gave lessons in exchange for board and lodging at the Schumann home. At the age of seven Robert ...
- 10043: Eric Clapton
- ... was the most blues oriented since he was back with John Mayall. It contained the top 40 hit "Tears in Heaven" that he wrote for his son who died falling out of a New York high rise. Eric's most recent album, "From The Cradle", is his first totally blues album since his Bluesbreaker days. It turns out he hasn't lost his touch: he's as good at blues as ...
- 10044: Shirley Temple: Black Hollywood's Youngest Star
- ... Shirley Temple, she became Hollywood's youngest star. On April 23, 1928 Shirley Temple was born. One day, when Shirley was three and a half years old, about two hundred children gathered at her dance school to audition for a movie. Shirley raced out onto the brightly lit stage and got the part in the movie series Baby Burlesks. For the next two years, Shirley sang her songs and danced in ...
- 10045: Blaise Pascal
- ... both of whom played key roles in Pascal's life. When Blaise was seven he moved from Clermont with his father and sisters to Paris. It was at this time that his father began to school his son. Though being strong intellectually, Blaise had a pathetic physique. Things went quite well at first for Blaise concerning his schooling. His father was amazed at the ease his son was able to absorb ...
- 10046: Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm Germany. He lived there with his parents, Herman and Pauline. Einstein attended a Catholic School near his home. But, at age 10, Einstein was transferred to the "Luitpold Gymnasium", where he learned Latin, Greek, History, and Geography. Einstein's father wanted him to attend a university but he could not ...
- 10047: Woodrow Wilson and His Ability To be an Effective President
- ... college and studied American and British political history, public speaking, and law. After college he set up a law practice with Edward Renick. Because he had not learned the field of law thorough while in school, he showed a poor ability to be a lawyer. During this time he was in and out of sickness. Wilson did not really want to be a lawyer. His main area of interest was in ...
- 10048: Bob Dole: A Race to the Top
- ... Dole says he can cut taxes by 548 billion dollars and still balance the budget, his plan proposes billions of dollars in new government spending programs. Some of these programs include a 12 billion-dollar school choice scholarship, an anti-drug offensive and a missile defense system which has the possibility of costing up to 60 billion dollars. Jack Kemp jumps on the Dole bandwagon by promising Montana ranchers that he ...
- 10049: Al Capone
- ... Al Capone became involved in bootlegging, his excitement in life was the economic opportunity of being a gangster on the streets. As soon as Capone reached the legal age of fourteen, he dropped out of school to live this economic dream of making money as a gangster on the streets. 1.Al Capone was convinced that the opportunities for personal advancement and material success were not available through legitimate means, and ...
- 10050: Napoleon
- ... before the law and freedom of religion. Considering Napoleon, being the greatest general of his time, with the intentions of France in mind it is clear how the French people respected him, held him in high regard, and even praised him. With that same clarity that we can see how those "enemies of the state", and others not living in France feared Napoleon, and saw him as a power hungry mad ...
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