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- 6921: Katherine Mansfield
- ... their home. "A Sea Voyage", written by the young Kathleen Beauchamp, won first-place at the Karori Village School, the grammar school she first attended (Nathan 1). This accomplishment encouraged young Beauchamp to continue on writing. After attending grammar school, Kathleen went on to attend Miss Swainson's Secondary School. During this time, she is acquainted with Maata Mahupuka, a native Maori. Her interest in Mahupuka later grew into a brief ...
- 6922: Leonard Bernstein
- ... just in the nick of time. The songs in this production have been described by many as having magic like qualities. It seems that all Americans are able to relate to this in a very personal way. It is just like watching modern society being portrayed through art in the true, raw form in which it exists. West Side Story has been said to set new standards in musical theatre. The ...
- 6923: Louis Riel
- ... native people were starved to death because their buffalo hunting land were destroyed. As a result, the white Indian and Metis then turned to Riels help. Riel quickly returned to Canada and ignored his personal safety. As a patriot who loves and cares about his people, Riel knew that if he did not returned to Canada, the government would destroy his people and their traditional rights. Riel felt that his ...
- 6924: Louis XIV
- ... the past century. Louis' private life was also a wreck: his son, two grandsons, and a great grandson died. Instead of breaking down as was expected, he held himself together. He bore not only his personal losses, but also the losses France had suffered with remarkable grace. The Treaties of Utrecht, Rastatt and Baden in 1713-1714 finally ended the war. The hard-fought victory cost France its status as a ...
- 6925: Mikhail Gorbachev
- ... good example in order to get his point across. However, his plans didn't work out as he had suspected. "Gorbachev saw alcoholism as an offense to the Soviet ideal and a symptom of weak personal morals rather than a failing of the Soviet order" (Galeotti 58). He thought that people should be able to control themselves while drinking, and if they didn't it was their own fault. It is ...
- 6926: Milton Friedman
- ... nearly everything. He particularly supported private schools and thought that the government should subsidise fees for any school chosen by the parents, rather than providing government owned schools. He strongly promotes a flat rate for personal income tax and the abolition of company taxation. He promises that this would create a society in which everyone is given an equal opportunity in the business world. I disagree with him almost completely. What ...
- 6927: Miyamoto Musashi
- ... stopped ever using real swords. He was unstoppable. No one could touch him. He dedicated his life to improve and master his technique. In 1643 Musashi settled down in a cave and spent his time writing his book called Go Rin No Sho or A Book of Five Rings. Musashi also created many ink paintings and sculptures that highly valued in Japan. Musashi was given the title of "Kinsei" or Sword ...
- 6928: Moses
- ... history, there is disagreement as to the accuracy of every action and every word attributed to Moses by the biblical writers. Whether one views the Bible as the revealed word of God or as the writing of inspired people, the figure of Moses towers over the early history of the Jewish people. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions revere Moses for his central role in communicating the Ten Commandments and the Torah ...
- 6929: Mozart
- ... Italian sculptors, stucco workers, and painters. The dominant architect and architectural historian was Italian-trained Johann Fischer von Erlach(1656-1723), whose densely decorated structures still stand out today." He planned to achieve this by writing music for the public: operas, symphonies, and concertos featuring himself as pianist. Although public performances were less frequent than today, they were for that reason on a more lavish scale. Of a set of piano ...
- 6930: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ... them. Within two years Hawthorne would be married to his wife Sophia. Hawthorne soon realized that supporting a wife was not as easy as he anticipated it to be. He could never manage it by writing stories, so he decided to leave Salem and his mothers house for a political appointment as measurer of coal and salt in the Boston customhouse. The contrast between his old ways and this new ...
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