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- 7531: Ozzy Osbourne
- ... Lillian Osbourne) worked in a plant building electronic circuits. Ozzy was the fourth of six children (2 brothers, Tony and Paul) and three sisters (Jean, Iris and Gillian). At the age of fifteen Ozzy left school and took a job as a plumbers assistant to try and help out his family money wise. He also took many other different jobs like a toolmaker’s apprentice. He ended up with a job ...
- 7532: Obituary On George Washington
- ... 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. George grew up near Fredericksburg, Virginia. He had a younger sister and three younger brothers. He also had two older half brothers who were sent to England to go to school. Washington worked hard and learned about geography, astronomy, arithmetic and surveying. When George was 11 years old, his father died and George became very close to his older half brother, Lawrence. George liked to visit ...
- 7533: Capone
- ... changed dramatically. People started investing money in home appliances and automobiles, women’s skirts became higher and drinking became very popular. Also, organized crime came to a rise in the 1920’s. And in the high ranks of organized crime was Al Capone. Al Capone ran many illegal businesses including bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, and murders. There were many gangs in the world of organized crime and Al Capone’s was at ...
- 7534: Charlemagne
- ... trade, he attempted to build a Rhine-Danube canal, and gave advice on different farming techniques. Charlemagne preached the most on education and Christianity to his people. He was responsible for the restoration of Palace School at Aachen, his capital. He also set up other schools for noble boys as well as peasants. Charlemagne was very devoted to education and he never stopped studying himself. He brought in scholars of many ...
- 7535: Christopher Columbus
- ... in fourteen-hundred-ninty-two. He came over from Spain in three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria and discovered America, or at least that was what I was taught in elementary school. Since then there has been much controversy going on over the issue of weather or not Christopher Columbus really “discovered” America because when he landed in San Salvador he was not alone. Native Americans already ...
- 7536: Henry Ford Essay
- ... from about $2.50 to $5. He argued that if his employees earned more, the company would sell more cars to them and reduce employee turnover. He said in regards to this ecenomical move “The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot get into pay envelopes. There will never be a system invented which will do away with the necessity for work.” At ...
- 7537: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... Poe Who is Edgar Allen Poe? He was a 19th century American writer born to Elizabeth (“betty”) Arnold Hopkins and David Poe. (Internet source) Poe was an well-educated individual. He would attend a private school in London and then an academy in Richmond. Later being accepted to the University of Virginia, this however would not work out for him. He then would travel to Boston for work in which there ...
- 7538: Nicholas Romanov
- ... Rasputin found that his close proximity to the court opened doors and opportunities for him in church, society and possibly in government . Rasputins name soon became a by-word for intrigue and sinister influences in high places. He hinted he was closer to the tsar and tsarina than he in fact was and used this to win favours for friends and obtain an expensive lifestyle for himself. Alexandra who was 22 ...
- 7539: To Kill A Mockingbird- The Effect Of Environment On Classism
- ... this as if it were wholly logical, evidence that she is indeed susceptible to the onslaught of classism she regularly faces. This point is strengthened as the story progresses to Scout¡¯s first day of school. At noon, Jem invites Walter Cunningham to lunch with the Finches because Walter cannot afford one otherwise. Upon discovering that her guest has different tastes than she, Scout chastises him rather rudely. In the heat ...
- 7540: The Scarlet Letter
- ... short, this book could have been exceptional; it had all the elements of a superb book. Unfortunately, Hawthorne found himself a rather large thesaurus and added a bunch of mindless prattle that mellowed out the high points of the book and expanded on the low points. In many chapters all he manages to accomplish is to update the lives of characters, mostly with irrelevant drivel. Also by expanding on the symbolism ...
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