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- 10051: Jomo Kenyatta
- ... the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Born in Jerusalem he fled after the establishment of Israel in 1948 later studied engineering in CairoRabin, Yitzhak (1922- ), Israeli political leader. Born in Jerusalem and educated in an agricultural school, Rabin fought with Palmach, a Jewish commando unit, against British authorities in Palestine. Jailed by the British in mid- 1946, he was released in early 1947 and helped lead the defense of Jerusalem in the ...
- 10052: Richard Nixon's Presidency
- ... early life was one of hard work and study. He was a gifted student, finishing second in his class at Whittier College (1934) in Whittier, California, and third in his class at Duke University Law School (1937). Unable to find a position with a Wall Street (New York City) law firm after his graduation, Nixon returned to Whittier to practice. There he met Thelma Catherine (Pat) Ryan (1912-93), whom he ...
- 10053: Jimmy Hoffa, His Life and Disappearance
- ... the ton to button makers. When his mother moved the family to Detroit , six years after her husband's death, Jimmy hauled ashes and passed out leaflets for patent medicines at factory gates. He quit school at fourteen in the middle of his seventh grade year, to work full time."(133) During Hoffa's childhood he was asked to give up his boyish ways and become the man of the house ...
- 10054: Terry Redlin: A Biography
- ... S.D., he was involved in a motorcycle accident which ended his dream of being a forest ranger. He then decided to work toward a degree in graphic arts. He graduated from the St. Paul School of Associated Arts and spent 25 years working in commercial arts as a layout artist, graphic designer, illustrator, and art director. In 1977, at the young age of 40, Redlin jumped into wildlife scenes of ...
- 10055: Biography of Moshe Dayan
- ... think he was a great warrior and nobody can compare to his talent, ability, and smartness. My personal thoughts regarding Moshe Dayan is that Dayan's military education came not from the academies or service school but from the kibbutz and the battlefield. Under the charismatic and talented Dayan, the State of Israel fielded one of the best and most efficient fighting forces in the 20th century. I understand now about ...
- 10056: The Life and Work of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... how Poe obsessed over Virginia's death. In 1848 Poe became so upset that he tried to commit suicide by taking laudanum. Throughout Poe's life he has been through failure: Allan withdrew him from school; Poe lost all chance of becoming Allan's heir, was expelled from West Point, fired from the Messenger early in 1847, fired for drinking May 1840 and had great hopes for the Broadway Journal, of ...
- 10057: Biography of Benjamin Franklin
- ... His father was a salesman of candles and soap. Because the Franklin family was poor, Ben wasn't able to get much education. When he was ten years old, his father took him out of school and taught him the soap and candle business. However, Benjamin disliked the trade. Two years later, Ben was apprenticed to his brother who was a printer and publisher of The New England Courant. He became ...
- 10058: Richelieu and Olivares: The Quest for European Domination
- ... to justify his own career in the Nicandro Olivares argued that, while he had not always been successful, at least- unlike his rival- he had not adopted measures that offended against God, religion and the high traditions of the House of Austria (126). Cardinal Richelieu explained his reasons for allying with Protestants in order to defeat the Habsburgs: [they were] absolutely necessary for the salvation of the Duke of Mantua, who ...
- 10059: Biography of Robert Cormier
- ... a haven from the outer world. Cormier didn't fare well in the streets of his neighborhood, where ballplaying ability counted for more than his love of books. He attended St. Celia's Parochial Grammar School, where some of the nuns gave him a terrible time. When he was in eighth grade, he watched in horror from his classroom window as his own house caught fire and burned. His teacher refused ...
- 10060: Charles Wang
- Charles Wang "In a world burning with Internet fever, Charles Wang stands out as a high-tech chief who respects but is not thunderstruck by the network of networks' business implications" (Kerber 1). Charles Wang has a theory of zero-based thinking. He runs Computer Associates International Inc. A business applications ...
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