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- 3951: Henry Ford
- ... the Edisons were down. The two families enjoyed their time away from it all in the tropical serenity of Fort Myers, Florida. Camping expeditions into the Everglades, with Harvey Firestone and his family, plus naturalist John Burroughs, became a special treat. Henry Ford died April 7, 1947. Editorial tributes were favorable to Henry Ford. He was praised as a patriot, philanthropist, philosopher, reformer, economist, and teacher and depicted as a symbol ...
- 3952: Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet
- ... He was in constant conflict with Seward, and in general opposition to Lincoln, particularly over the issue of slavery. Chase has been described as "jealous of the President," and "overly ambitious." Lincoln's personal secretary, John Nicolay, wrote, "There is enough in Chase's letters abusing Lincoln behind his back for quite a scorcher." He grew so furious with the President's capable rule that he finally resigned his position (Williams ...
- 3953: The Springfield Armory
- ... 250,000 rifles for the troops in Europe. Soon after the war, testing was done on a new advance in small weaponry, the semi-automatic rifle. The pioneer of this new aspect of rifles was John Garand. Once testing was complete on the newest innovation to come out of the Springfield Armory, the new M1 rifle went into full production. As machinery continued to improve to make production easier, over 4 ...
- 3954: Henry Ford 2
- ... as well. Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863 in Dearborn, Michigan. His father, William Ford, and his mother, Mary Litogot Ford, lived and worked on their family farm. Henry also had three brothers, John, William, and Robert, as well as two sisters, Margaret, and Jane. Henry was the oldest of all the kids. As Henry grew up he was assigned chores to do around the farm just like all ...
- 3955: Gideon vs Wainwright
- ... The Rights of the People. Toronto: Doubleday, 1971. Asch, Sindey H. Civil Rights and Responsibilites under the Constitution. New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1968. Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963). Wilson, James, and John J. DiIulio, Jr. American Government, institutions and Policies. Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Company, 1995. Justice Under Law: the Gideon Case. Videocassette. Encyclopedia Britanica Educational Corporation, 1967. Barker, Lucius, and Twiley Barker, Jr. Civil ...
- 3956: Down Syndrome 4
- ... of Down syndrome. About ninety-five percent of individuals with Down syndrome have Trisomy 21. There is also Translocation and Mosaicism. Down syndrome can also be referred to as Mongolism, the condition is named for John Langdon Down. Down was the superintendent of an asylum for children with mental retardation in Surrey, England when he made the first distinction between children who were cretins and what he referred to as "Mongoloids ...
- 3957: Political Parties During the Civil War
- ... with Northern Democrats who were dissatisfied with their party's conciliatory attitude on the slavery issue. The early Republicans were united in their opposition to extending slavery into the Western territories. In 1856 they nominated John Charles Frιmont for the presidency. He won about a third of the popular vote, but alienated many potential supporters by his failure to oppose immigration. The Republicans joined the Democrats as one of the nation ...
- 3958: Dyslexia
- ... Simon and Schuster, 1998. Irlen, Helen. Reading By the Colors. New York: Avery Publishing Group, 1991. Nosek, Kathleen. The Dyslexic Scholar, Helping Your Child Succeed in the School System. Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1995. Savage, John. Understanding Reading Problems. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. Wilkins, Angela. What is Dyslexia? http://www.interdys.org/about_dy.stm. May 15, 1999.
- 3959: Tinker vs. Des Moines
- ... punishment which is still thought of today as appropriate response to direct refusal to obey school rules. Parents of one of the students, MaryBeth. The Tinker's disputed the suspension of MaryBeth and her brother, John, and took their case all the way to the Supreme Court. 2. The Tinker's accused the school district of violating MaryBeth's rights as stated in the first and fourteenth amendments. These abrupt accusations ...
- 3960: Affirmative Action
- ... decide upon and now that you have the necessary information, it is up to you to decide. Bibliography California Votes NO on 209 (1996). Available: http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/press.html (1996, October 4). Edwards, John. When Race Counts: The Morality of racial Preference in Britain and America. New York: Routledge, 1995. Fall, Ted (1996). The Affirmative Action debate exposed. Available: http://www.tooluser.com/comics/rall (1996, October 4). Faundez ...
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