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- 3111: Sir Sandford Fleming
- ... of the successor Northern Ry in 1857. In 1863 the Canadian government appointed him chief surveyor of the first portion of a portion of a proposed railway from Queb ec City to Halifax and Saint John. Subsequently built as the Intercoloni al railway. Fleming was its chief engineer. In 1871 he was appoint ed engineer of the proposed new Canadian railway from Montreal to th e Pacific Coast. He was in ...
- 3112: An Overview Of Student Acceleration
- ... L.D. (1983). The effects of acceleration on the social and emotional development of gifted students. In Benbow, C.P. and Stanley, J.C. (Ed.). Academic precocity: Aspects of its development. (pp. 160-177). Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. Rice, J.P. (1970). The gifted: Developing total talent. Illinois: Charles C Thomas. Rimm, S.B. and Lovance, K.J. (1992). How acceleration may prevent underachievement syndrome. Gifted Child Today. March/April ...
- 3113: The Henchmen: German Government Officials in WWII
- ... he swallowed a bottle of poison. Bibliography 1. Bradsher, Keith Fascism and the Jews The New York Times, June 6, 1993, p.58 2. Bullock, Alan Hitler: A Study in Tyranny Harper, 1962 3. Devaney, John Hitler: Mad Dictator of World War II New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978 4. Holborn, Hajo Republic to Reich: The Making of the Nazi Revolution New York: Pantheon Books, 1972 5. Marrin, Albert ...
- 3114: Allen Ginsberg : Howl
- ... of the jazz lines of Charlie Parker and Lester Young. 2. "Short sqwawks or statements, not unlike those played by Miles Davis. 3. "Cool bluesey and lyrical feeling similar to the moody music played by John Coltrane." (Ehrlich 73) This similar cataloguing style is utilized in Part III of the poem, but the focus is more personal. A brief excerpt from David Burner's Making Peace with the Sixties (University Press ...
- 3115: Notes on Emily Murphy
- ... a woman to the senate. Many other women's organizations soon followed suit, including the powerful National Council of Women. - (p. 143) In January 1921 the Montreal Women's Club, under the leadership of Mrs. John Scott, abandoned the vague request for appointment of "a woman" and asked Prime Minister Arthur Meighen point-blank to name Mrs. Emily Murphy to the senate as soon as there should be a vacancy. Mr ...
- 3116: Emily Murphy: A Great Canadian
- ... politician and who influenced Emily's interest in politics. At fifteen Emily moved to Toronto and attended the Bishop Strachan School for Girls. Emily married Reverend Arthur Murphy in 1887 in Anglican church of St. John's in Cookstown and in 1904 she and her husband moved to Winnipeg. Mrs. Murphy "conducted the literary section of the Winnipeg Tribune for a few years before moving to Alberta in 1907." In her ...
- 3117: Charles Darwin
- ... Edenburg, he quit school and went to live with his Uncle Josiah Wedgewood. After he abandoned medicine, his father urged him to attend Cambridge University to study to be a clergyman. At Cambridge he met John Steven Henslow who helped him regain his interest in nature. It was Henslow who was influential in getting Darwin the position of naturalist on the boat The Beagle. In April of 1831, he graduated from ...
- 3118: Balzac's Pessimistic View of Nineteenth Century Society
- ... inequality between individuals so he presents a pessimistic and satirical view of society and the individuals in it. Bibliograpy 1. Balzac, Honor de. Le Colonel Chabert. France: ditions Gallimard, 1974, pp.21-121. 2. Dargan, John. Balzac and the Drama of Perspective. New York: French Forum Publishers, 1985, p.45.
- 3119: Catherine II, Empress of Russia (Catherine the Great)
- ... rule. By the time of Catherine's death (Nov. 17, 1796), modern Russian society was organized and its culture had struck firm roots. Russia was also playing a determining role in world affairs. Bibliography: Alexander, John T., Catherine the Great: Life and Legend (1989); Cronin, Vincent, Catherine, Empress of All the Russians (1978); Grey, Ian, Catherine the Great (1961; repr. 1975); Maroger, Dominique, ed., Memoirs of Catherine the Great, trans. by ...
- 3120: Crazy Horse
- ... pick out the best pony he had to replace the cow, which to the Sioux these ponies were their wealth. This seemed to be a very gracious offer. Fleming would not agree and sent Lieutenant John L. Grattan to bring back the warrior. When Grattan arrived at Conquering Bears camp, he was given another offer. This time they could choose five ponies from five herds among the tribes. Grattan refused and ...
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