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- 3491: Adolf Hitler
- ... he wandered Vienna as a transient, sleeping in bars, flophouses, and shelters for the homeless, including, ironically, those financed by Jewish philanthropists. It was during this period that he developed his prejudices about Jews, his interest in politics, and debating skills. According to John Toland's biography, Adolf Hitler, two of his closest friends at this time were Jewish, and he admired Jewish art dealers and Jewish operatic performers and producers ...
- 3492: Adolf HItler
- ... an office made me ill
not to be master of my own time." Defying his father, the self-willed boy filled most of his school hours with daydreams of becoming a painter. His one school interest was history, especially that of the Germans. When his teacher glorified Germany's role, "we would sit there enraptured and often on the verge of tears." From boyhood he was devoted to Wagner's operas ...
- 3493: Henry VIII
- ... he had her be headed In February 1542. He finally married his last wife Katherine parr. She was married to an older man named Lord Latimer. They would visit the court and Henry took and interest. After Latimer died Henry Married Katherine on July 12, 1543. Later years By this time Henry was old and weary. Katherine was more like a nurse to him than a wife. She was good to ...
- 3494: Shel Silverstein
- ... In his earliest days he wrote as an editorialist for a local press. Those stories consisted mostly of community gossip and leisure activities. Later he moved on to write unique poetry that better held his interest. People could learn so much from a man like Shel Silverstein. Everybody takes up a hobby or career for different reasons and all pursue them differently. Many do the things they do for money. Shel ...
- 3495: Shakespeare
- ... of historical figures and events has influenced our thinking more than what has been written in history books. The world has admired and respected many great writers, but only Shakespeare has generated such enormous continuing interest.
- 3496: Sir William Lawrence Bragg
- ... work by sponsoring and conducting crystallographic research. He also devoted his energy and talents to popularizing and teaching science and its history. Bragg was knighted in 1941. He retired in 1966, but maintained an active interest in both crystallography and scientific popularization.
- 3497: Steve Jobs
- ... They were both very good marketers and public relation men on Apples board of directors. In the first seven years of Apples existence, Steve Jobs had created a strong productive company with growth rates of over 150% a year. Then IBM muscled its way into the PC market. In two years, IBM PCs had taken over as the top selling computer in the PC industry. Steven countered the ...
- 3498: Sophocles
- ... Sophocles also effected a modification in the spirit and significance of a tragedy. Although problems of religion and morality still provided the themes, the nature of humans and their problems and struggles became the fundamental interest of Greek tragedy.
- 3499: Stalin
- ... in over there head. 3-To strengthen in every way the military might of the Red Army and Navy. 4-To strengthen the international bonds of friendship with the workers of all countries, workers whose interest it was to maintain peace and friendship among people. After the new foreign policy was created, Stalin set about to create protective alliances, which proved to be quite difficult to achieve. The first thing Stalin ...
- 3500: Satyagraha, A Weapon Of Non-vi
- ... thirty and the Spectacle of this sixty-year old man, staff in hand, striding vigorously along the dusty roads of India with his Kadi-clad followers, to challenge peacefully the mighty British empire aroused the interest and sympathy of millions all over the world, (Chada, 1998). He proclaimed, 'I shall return with what I want or my dead body will float in the ocean, ' (Chada, 1998). On April fifth, after a ...
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