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- 5861: Walt Disney
- ... to another and gather pollen and sort of stimulate everybody." Replied Disney when a little boy asked him about his job. "I guess that is what I do." At the age of sixteen, Disney left school and briefly started studying at art schools in Chicago, Illinois and Kansas City, Missouri. By that time he really knew what he wanted to do after he was done with school. In 1923, at the age of twenty two, Walter began to produce animated motion pictures in Hollywood, in partnership with his brother Roy. Did you ever wonder who was behind the creation of some of ...
- 5862: The Life Of Stalin
- ... various upper-class Georgian families. Stalin was rather sickly as a child; he was badly scarred by smallpox, and septicemia crippled his left arm. Stalin reportedly had an exceptional singing voice and sung in his school choir. Nevertheless, he is described as having been in excellent physical shape as a teenager; throughout much of his life he was muscular and well-built. Stalin was enrolled in a local Orthodox parochial school in Gori in 1888 at the age of 9. When he was 14, his father died in 1890 from wounds he received in a brawl. Stalin won a free scholarship in 1894 to the Orthodox ...
- 5863: Bless Me Ultima
- ... Red, Father Byrnes, Cico, Florence, Gabriel, Lupito, Narcisco, Ms Maestas, Samuel. The vitamin kid is one of Antonios friends and is the fastest runner in Guadalupe and constantly races Antonio across the bridge to school every morning. Red is a friend of Antonio and receives criticism from the other boys because he is a protestant. Father Byrnes is a priest and gives catechism lessons to Antonio and his friends. He ... a pagan god it opens up a window as to what the history of the people was and leads him into questioning ideology. The bridge is symbolic because Antonio always crossed it to go to school it represents him growing up and crossing different paths and phases in his life. 9) The protagonist character Antonio tells the point of view. He is telling the story as it happened to him. The ...
- 5864: Pride and Prejudice
- Pride and Prejudice "On pride and prejudice, which in your opinion comes in for sharper criticism from Austen. Support your answer by referring to specific incidents and episodes." pride n., v., 1. high (or too high) opinion of one's own dignity, importance, worth, etc. 2. the condition or feeling of being proud. 3. a noble sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or character; self respect ...
- 5865: Stonehenge
- ... direction. Stonehenge is one of over fifty thousand prehistoric "megalithics" in Europe. As Stonehenge is approached, the forty giant stones seem to touch the sky. Most of the stones stand twenty-four or more feet high. Some stones weigh as much as forty tons. Others are smaller, weighing only five tons. At first glance, the stones may seem to be a natural formation. But a closer look shows that only human ... three phases of construction known as I, II, and III. Stonehenge I (3100 to 2300 B.C.) Stonehenge I was a large open-air circle almost one hundred yards across. A dirt bank six feet high and a ditch seven feet deep and ten to twenty feet wide made the circle. The first stage of Stonehenge was quite simple. It had two circular embankments separated by a ditch. The Aubrey Holes ...
- 5866: Donatello
- ... same kind of statue for him. In the early 1450's, Donatello started to work on some important works for the Paduan church of S. Antonio. These works included a bronze crucifix and a new high altar. His richly decorated architectural works of marble and limestone includes seven life-size bronze statues, twenty-one bronze reliefs of various sizes, and a large limestone relief, "Entombment of Christ." The housing for these ... the finest of the reliefs are the four miracles of St. Anthony. Donatello was great in handling large numbers of figures (one relief has more than one hundred), which predicts the construction standards of the High Renaissance. Donatello was not doing much work the last three years at Padua, the work for the S. Antonio altar was unpaid for and the Gattamelata monument not placed until 1453. Offers of other places ...
- 5867: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony Number Five
- ... pentatonic melodies, which, with no leading note, often help to 'fudge' the tonality. Apart from the horn call, the brass is seldom used, and the texture is light and airy. The first violins then enter, high on the E string, doubled at the octave below by the seconds in an introduction, before their main theme at (1), doubled by flutes. The triplets add rhythmic variety, as well as providing a distinctly ... is near. Various themes from the first movement float make special guest appearances, which leads to a quiet extended fantasia on the counter-melody, fanfare, and passacaglia. The movement ends with the violins playing extremely high minims - a very serene ending.
- 5868: Trudeau: The Politics of My Way
- ... his stations. As a boy, living in Montreal, he favoured the English instead of the French and when his friends were unhappy of the French losing, Pierre was celebrating. Many of his teachers in primary school said that Pierre was a headstrong individualist who involved himself frequently in fights and practical jokes. In 1924 or 1925 Charles-Emily, Pierre father died, and Pierre was only fourteen years old at the time. Since his parents were so rich he got driven to school by a chauffeur and ran with a crowd called LES SNOBS. As a student Pierre joined the COTC, Canadian Officers Training Corps. Pierre lack of self discipline got him into trouble a lot and he ...
- 5869: Rene Descartes
- ... La Haye, Touraine. Descartes was the son of a minor nobleman and belonged to a family that had produced a number of learned men. At the age of eight, he was enrolled in the Jesuit school of La Fleche in Anjou, where he remained for eight years. Besides the usual classical studies, he received instruction in math and in Scholastic philosophy. Roman Catholicism exerted a strong influence on Descartes throughout his life. Upon graduation from school, he studied law at the University of Poitiers, graduating in 1616. He never practiced law, however--in 1618 he entered the service of Prince Maurice of Nassau at Breda, Netherlands, with the intention of following ...
- 5870: Auditor Liability
- ... trial lawyers' associations, and state public interest groups to name a few. (Bolinger p. 53) The key to success for the AICPA, according to Gary M. Bolinger is creating an image as a, "profession performing high-quality services but faced with excessive liability burdens that harm the public interest." (Bolinger p.56) One should not be concerned, however, in the pending political outcome, but in weighing the evidence argued by both ... retaining quality professionals. The basis for this argument is that well educated intelligent persons, ones which public accounting seeks to attract into the profession, are less likely to pursue a career in public accounting if high levels of liability risk exist. Furthermore, those who do enter public accounting are more likely to leave the profession due to liability risk. This argument has merit inasmuch as pointing out the professions dedication to ...
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