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- 3471: Albert Einstein
- ... war, many aspects of Einstein's life changed. He divorced his wife, who had been living in Zurich with the children throughout the war, and married his cousin Elsa Lowenthal. This led to a renewed interest in his Jewish roots, and he became an active supporter of Zionism. Since anti-Semitism was growing in Germany, he quickly became the target of prejudice. There were many rumors about groups who were trying ...
- 3472: Adolf Hitler
- ... and his mother died in 1907 of breast cancer. Hitler spent six years in Vienna, Austria, the center of anti-Semitism. He was virtually penniless. These years helped him develop prejudices about Jews, and an interest in politics. At the time, two of his closest friends were Jewish and he admired many Jewish art dealers and operatic performers and producers. Hitler later was arrested for avoiding military service for World War ...
- 3473: Unfair
- ... am a very reasonable, and compassionate person. They might have also found out that getting through college has been a major hardship for me. Neither of my parents went to college, and they had no interest in paying for my education. So, for the last six years of my life, I've been working full or part time to struggle through school. In my last year of school, those teachers were ...
- 3474: Thomas_Jefferson
- ... in Ambermale County, Virginia . His father was a plantation owner, and his mother belonged to the Randolph family, which was prominent in colonial Virginia. From his father and from his environment he acquired an intense interest in botany, geology, cartography, and North American exploration, and from his childhood teacher love of Greek and Latin. As a student at the College of William and Mary in the early 1760s, he studied under ...
- 3475: The Life And Times Of Ghandi
- ... 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 ...
- 3476: The Son Of Sam And Terror Of N
- ... once wrote his father a letter, which described being hated by all and being cold and gloomy. David had lived signs of an identity crisis. As an adult and as a child, David constantly lost interest in every activity that he tried. His crisis started as a baby though, when his mother gave him away. Even after he was adopted and stable, he never had any real friends. He had many ...
- 3477: The Quest For Moral Perfection
- ... for that is the stuff life is made of. Franklin did not sway from that philosophy, and spent little time at leisure, as it was not productive. Franklins work ethic, moral outlook, and constant interest in self-improvement throughout his life are his biggest claims to fame. Franklins strict adherence to his thirteen virtues-which he created in his pursuit of moral perfection-is responsible for many of his ...
- 3478: The Life And Times Of The Man
- ... following year, Bell opened his own school in Boston for training teachers of the deaf; in 1873 he became a professor of vocal physiology at Boston University, and he also tutored private pupils. Bell's interest in speech and communication led him to investigate the transmission of sound over wires. In particular, he experimented with development of the harmonic telegraph --a device that could send multiple messages at the same time ...
- 3479: Sojourner Truth
- ... exertions to please, and the praises consequent upon them, brought upon her head envy of her fellow slaves, and they taunted her with being the white folks nigger. 4 As Sojourner grew older, men took interest in her despite scorning from the other slaves. Robert a slave from another family fell in love with her. Forbidden to see Sojourner he followed his heart instead of his masters orders. Sojourner's illness ...
- 3480: Princess Diana
- ... Pimlico, London. Her romance with the Prince of Wales began in 1980. He was twelve years older than Diana, and had previously dated her sister Sarah. Almost from the start, the press took a special interest in "Lady Di." They staked out her apartment and followed her everwhere. Diana later said that she found the constant attention unbearable. Diana and Charles were married July 29, 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral ...
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