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- 3511: Apathy
- ... make them get involved include birth control, use of tobacco products and A.I.D.S. research to name a few more. In 1991, Montanas state Legislature enacted a unique referendum. It allowed the states high school students to determine whether or not tobacco products should be sold to young people. In the turnout, a whopping 51,233 students (76% of those enrolled), turned out to be heard. Therefore there is no ...
- 3512: Biography of Gordie Howe
- ... thirty years. This is Gordie Howe's life. In his early life he skated on ice patches in his yard. He accomplished many goals and got many awards. In his later life he set many high records in hockey. Gordie was born March 13, 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan. Gordie was the sixth born out of nine children. When he was only nine days old his family moved to Saskatoon, Canada. When ... years. He played four Detroit Stanley Cup championships. He was the league's leading scorer six times. He was also named Mr. Hockey. He is in the Hockey Hall of Fame for all kinds of high records. He had 1,518 assists, 1,071 goals; he scored 2,589 points, and played in 2,421 games. He also received the Hart Trophy as NHL'S most valuable player six times. He ... few games in his career. Last year he played under a minute for Detroit Vipers. Gordie has played hockey for over thirty years. He is in the Hockey Hall of Fame for all kinds of high records. He still plays a little hockey now and again. We still remember him as one of the greatest players in hockey to ever skate on the ice. Bibliography Biography Today Sports Series. Detroit: ...
- 3513: Seeing Through Salvador Dalν's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
- ... by the Tech and Ter rivers. Dalν's photographic memory consumed this scenery for later use in many of his paintings. He was horrifically indifferent towards his education at the Christian Brothers' Immaculate Conception primary school which likely gave him ample time to expand his imagination. Perhaps the only knowledge he acquired while being taught there was the French language. This was the sole language spoken at the school, and he was forced to adapt to the communication. The first flame of creativity was sparked by Siegfrid Burmann, who gave Dalν his first set of oils and pallete. He undoubtedly employed these materials in ... ambition than to conceit, which was a popular comment among Dalν's critics. His artistic purpose was furthermore empowered when Dalν was accepted as a student at the Academy of San Fernando, a famous art school in Madrid, where he stayed until 1922. He developed an infatuation with the theories of Sigmund Freud and studied his ideologies almost as a religion. In February 6, 1921, Dalν's mother died of ...
- 3514: Charles Darwin
- ... British scientist who laid the foundation of modern evolutionary theory with his views on life development through natural selection. He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, on February 12, 1809. After graduating from the elite school at Shrewsbury in 1825, Darwin attended the University of Edinburgh where he studied medicine. In 1827 he dropped out and entered the University of Cambridge in preparation for becoming a clergyman of the Church of ... he was witness to an earthquake that lifted the land several feet. He realized that mountains could be built by the action of an earthquake over millions of years. He found fossils of marine mammals high up on mountains, and realized that rocks must have been lifted from the ocean. Darwin also studied plants and animals. On the Galapagos Islands, he found animals that resembled animals on the South American continent ...
- 3515: Stephen King
- ... Award(1982), and the Hugo Award(1985)(Beacham, 748). Stephen King written many great books throughout his writing career. Carrie, King's first best seller, is about a teenager who is ridiculed and harassed throughout high school(Bleiler, 1031). After she is finally pushed to the limit, her true side is finally exposed. Cujo, involves a ferocious dog that starts out so innocent and kind , and ends up a brutal man killer ...
- 3516: Bill Gates
- ... in distribution as the company has grown, so much that the Federal government is suggesting that Microsoft has violated Sherman and Clayton antitrust acts. Bill Gates' first interest in computers began at Lakeside, a private school in Seattle that Gates attended. There he wrote his "first software program when I was thirteen years old. It was for playing tic-tac-toe"(Gates 1). It was at Lakeside that Gates met Paul ... wants to participate in the PC market"(Schlender 41). After two years of investigation, "commissioners were deadlocked on whether to file an antitrust complaint"(Cook). However, antitrust chief Anne Bingaman continued the process with a high-profile investigation. After collecting information, conducting interviews, and talking to Gates, Microsoft signed an agreement that would require Microsoft to make "minor changes in the way it licenses DOS and Windows to computer manufacturers"(Cook ...
- 3517: Louis Leakey
- ... of ancient Africans, truly links to the past, Leakey knew that the rest of his life would be devoted towards discovering the secrets of the prehistoric ancestors of humankind. Despite not being accustomed to the school structure back in England and the accompanying problems he had in public school, Leakey was accepted into Cambridge in 1922. However, blows to the head sustained during rugby games resulted in epilepsy and headaches for Leakey, and he had to leave school in 1923. This, however, was a blessing in disguise, for Leakey landed a job as an African expert on an archaeological mission to Tendaguru in what is now Tanzania. He was to accompany the ...
- 3518: Albert Einstein: His Life
- ... believe he was disabled. At sixteen he attempted to enroll at the Federal Institute of Technology but failed the entrance exam. This forced him to study locally for one year until he finally passed the school's evaluation. The Institute allowed Einstein to meet many other students that shared his curiosity, and it was here that his studies turned mainly to Physics. He quickly learned that while physicists had generally agreed ... allowed Einstein to access an enormous library. It was here that he extended his theory and discussed it with the leading scientists of Europe. In 1912 he chose to accept a job placing him in high authority at the Federal Institute of Technology, where he had originally studied. It was not until 1914 that Einstein was tempted to return to Germany to become research director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for ...
- 3519: Willem De Kooning
- ... a beer distributor and his mother ran a bar. At the age of twelve he became an apprentice at a commercial design and decorating firm. He studied for eight years at Rotterdam's leading art school. In 1926, de Kooning secured a passage on a streamer to the United States, illegally entering and settling in New Jersey. He quickly moved to Manhattan, painted signs and worked as a carpenter in New ... fellow artists. By the late 1940s, de Kooning along with Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman, began to be recognized as a major painter in a movement called "Abstract Expressionism". This new school of thought shifted the center of twentieth century art form Paris to New York. Willem de Kooning was recognized as the only painter who had one foot in Europe and one in America. He combined ... art. There was not mere criticism by critics, who even hired some neurologists to back up their claim for faulty paintings. A lot was written to acknowledge and criticize the originator of the Abstract Expressionist School. The exhibition at San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art drew paintings from private and public collections. Most of the observers and curators called it the most fluid, sensual and celebratory works created in the ...
- 3520: Adapting New Culture
- Many people go to different countries. Some of them go for school, some others go for business and some others go for living. However, some people adapt well to a new environment and others retain their original culture identity. I think adapting to a new culture or ... to adapt to a new culture whose people act and behave differently. For example, from the first week I've arrived in the United States coming from the United Arab Emirates, I lived in a school dormitory. However, I couldn't stay longer than a month in the dormitory. It was not because of the small room or one kitchen in each floor, but it was because of the bathrooms. Whenever ... to be part of it when I become an old man. Also, it is because I don't stay much with American people even though I tried at the beginning when I lived in the school dormitory. Finally, it is because I've learned many things back home that I don't want to lose because I believe that what I've learned are the right things. Therefore, I think ...
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