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- 4711: Samuel Colt
- ... He was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Samuel's parents were Christopher and Sarah Caldwell Colt. Samuel was the fifth of six children in the Colt Family. Samuel's brothers and sisters were Margaret, Sarah Ann, John, Christopher Jr., and James. Samuel's father moved to Hartford to trade. That is when he met Sarah. School Samuel Colt went to the local school in Hartford but did not go for long. At ...
- 4712: Oskar Schindler - A Saint in Disguise?
- ... members.aol.com/rockycd/why.htm. 3. Gleick et al. "Requiem for a Hero." People. MAR 1994. pp. 40-44 4. Keneally, Thomas. "Schindler's List " New York: Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 1982 5. Ottenhoff, John. "Naming the Dead. " Christian Century. 16 FEB 1994, pp. 172-175. 6. Schickel, Richard. "Heart of Darkness." Time, 13 DEC 1993, pp. 75-77 7. Silver, Eric. "A crook, a Womanizer and a Hero." Entertainment ...
- 4713: From The Floutings Of The Cooperative Principle To Communica
- ... intrude the hearer's independence and personal business. In fact, "Take care of yourself. I hope you will get better soon." is enough to express B's concern. Still one more Example: EXAMPLR 19 A: John, have you finished your homework? B: Yes, I have finished my homework. B's answering the question in a complete sentence might appear in second language textbooks. However, if it appears in native speakers' daily ...
- 4714: Eleanor Holmes Norton
- ... District of Columbia delegate to the United States House of Representatives. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is currently serving her fourth term in the House of Representatives. She is divorced and the mother of two children, John Holmes Norton and Katherine Felicia Norton.
- 4715: Galileo 2
- ... conceals the role of the philosophy professors who first persuaded theologians to link Galileo's science with heresy. An investigation into the astronomer's condemnation, calling for its reversal, was opened in 1979 by Pope John Paul II. In October 1992 a papal commission acknowledged the Vatican's error.
- 4716: Biomechanics
- ... and rotation points in the body. Finally, they must create animated models or structural diagrams with labeled motions, stresses, and moment in the arm and rest of the body. The diagram below, obtained from a John Hopkins University Study, illustrates his action. Another use of biomechanics is in the subject of crash simulation, human stress testing, and collision testing. In the attempt to develop safer cars, cars with special sensors were ...
- 4717: Mother Teresa
- ... 1946 she was sent to the mountain town of Darjeeling to recuperate from suspected tuberculosis. She did recuperate from this, but not fully. In 1983 she suffered a heart attack while in Rome visiting Pope John Paul II. She recovered from this only to suffer a second heart attack in 1989. This time doctors implant a pacemaker. A little after this in 1990, Mother Teresa announces her intention to resign, and ...
- 4718: Twain
- Twain In 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born to John Marshall Clemens and Jane Lampton in the small town of Florida, Missouri. The ClemensΉ family wasnΉt at all rich, but four years after Samuel was born, they moved to the even smaller Missouri town ...
- 4719: Terry Fox
- ... in hearts worldwide, forever. Two years following his operation, Terry began extensive training for his "Marathon of Hope." Happily on Saturday, April 12, 1980 Terry dipped his leg in the Atlantic Ocean at the St. John's waterfront, which officially marked the begging of his marathon, and the hope at rasing money for further research. Throughout the coarse of his journey from Nova Scotia to Thunder Bay, Terry was rewarded with ...
- 4720: George Lucas
- ... he could in order to have a future for himself. During junior college, Lucas formed other interests. Instead of racing, he filmed them on a 8-millimeter camera his father gave him. A old friend, John Plummer, told George that he should apply to the University of Southern California. His friend remarked that it was not that hard to get into as reputation indicated. Lucas applied, and was accepted, for his ...
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