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- 3351: Al Capone
- ... at organization than syndicating and expanding the city's vice industry between 1925 and 1930. Capone controlled speakeasies, bookie joints, gambling houses, brothels, income of $100,000,000 a year. He even acquired a sizable interest in the largest cleaning and dyeing plant chain in Chicago. Although he had been doing business with Capone, the corrupt Chicago mayor William "Big Bill" Hale Thompson, Jr. decided that Capone was bad for his ...
- 3352: Adolf Hitler
- ... Weimar Government. In this, Hitler learned many things and even was given special training at the University of Munich where he attended political philosophy classes. These classes may be where he began to take keen interest in German expanse. In 1919, Hitler was investigating a fifty-four member group which was called the German's Worker's Party. This group had funds adding up to about seven U.S. dollars. This ...
- 3353: Marilyn Monroe
- ... month modeling course, and in 1946, aware of her considerable charm and the potential it had for a career in films, Norma obtained a divorce. "Howard Hughes saw some of her photographs and expressed an interest in giving her a screen test for RKO, but Ben Lyon of 20th Century-Fox beat Hughes to the punch." (MarilynMonroeBiography,wysiwg://main.13/http:www.geocities.com/hollywood/bungalow/9690.bio.html) Ben Lyon ...
- 3354: Margaret Sanger
- ... New York's poor Lower East Side to the head of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Margaret Sanger was unwavering in her dedication to the movement that would eventually result in lower infant mortality rates and better living conditions for the impoverished. But, because of the way that her political strategy changed and evolved, Margaret Sanger is seen by some as a hypocrite; a rags to riches story that involves ...
- 3355: Margaret Laurence
- ... Award for the best first novel by a Canadian. A collection of short stories, "The Tomorrow Tamer," Written a few years later, is also set in West Africa. Out of her African years came an interest in contemporary literature by Africans, which resulted in her study of Nigerian fiction and drama, Long Drums and Cannons. The Laurences son, David, was born in Ghana in 1955. After having Africa, they moved to ...
- 3356: Marco Polo
- ... as the Pamirs, and parching deserts, such as the Gobi. Marco and his party encountered such hazards as wild beasts and brigands; they also met with beautiful women, in whom young Marco took a special interest. The group traveled numerous countries and cultures, noting food, dress, and religion unique to each(Li Man Kin 17). In particular, under the khans's protection the Polos were able to observe a large portion ...
- 3357: Mahatma Gandhi
- ... become an industrial country. From 1893 to 1914 he worked for an Indian firm in South Africa as a lawyer. During these years Gandhis experiences of open, racial discrimination moved him into agitation. His interest soon turned to the problem of Indians who had come to South Africa as laborers. He had seen how they were treated as inferiors in India, in England, and then in South Africa. In 1906 ...
- 3358: Mackenzie King - Canadian Prime Minister
- ... developed by his labor experience and he put them to good use rebuilding the party. The Liberals won the 1921 election. The arguable issue of King's first expression of office was tariffs and freight rates. King reduced them, but not enough to satisfy the prairie farmers, who gave their support to the Progressives, a new political party formed to represent their interests. After the 1925 election, King could continue his ...
- 3359: Joshua Larwence Chamberlin
- ... factors that motivated me in business. After about a decade of trying to make a go of it in the business world, I gave it up. After that I attended meetings and took an active interest in several organizations. Such activity, however, took a toll on my health; in December 1890, I was taken seriously ill, and confined to a room in New York City. During this time of illness, the ...
- 3360: William Shakespeare 2
- ... to be a writer for all time to be highly acclaimed. He deserves applause by all playwrights past and present. Shakespeare s works are timeless. (Kirsch 130) What makes Shakespeare s works vary, is the interest of the reader. Shakespeare conceals nothing and condemns nothing- because he is utterly unlike a schoolmaster or preacher- that the young then and the young now feel safe with him. (Wilson 53) The works of ...
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