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- 3711: Frank Sinatra
- ... a former barmaid who often sang at family gatherings. Their home and their neighborhood rang with the sounds of the Italian bel canto style of singing, which Sinatra said inspired him to sing. In high school, he saw his hero, crooner Bing Crosby, perform live, an event that inspired him to become a solo vocalist. Between working various jobs at The Jersey Observer, Sinatra sang with a neighborhood vocal group, the ...
- 3712: Racism Today
- ... of race has become more complex^Χmore complex because there are now multiple agendas including affirmative action, quotas, and set-asides" (Piazza 34). The main agenda revolves around affirmative action, steps taken by an employer, school, or other institution to expand oppurtunities for blacks, hispanic people, women or other minority groups. "The clear implications of the most recent Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action programs is that such programs will be ...
- 3713: Galileo Gallilei
- ... a monk, but he left the monastery when he was 15 because his father disapproved of his son becoming a monk. In November of 1581, Vincenzio Galilei had Galileo enrolled in the University of Pisa School of Medicine because he wanted his son to become a doctor to carry on the family fortune. Vincenzio thought that Galileo should be able to provide for the family when he died, and his sister ...
- 3714: George Berkley
- ... knowledge comes from the senses. In opposition, the rationalists maintained that knowledge comes purely from deduction, and that this knowledge is processed by certain innate schema in the mind. Those that belonged to the empiricist school of thought developed quite separate and distance ideas concerning the nature of the substratum of sensible things were composed of material substance, the basic framework for the materialist position. The main figure who believed that ...
- 3715: George Brenard Shaw
- ... had no children. In Dublin the theatre was the only thing that actually interested, and had something to offer to Shaw. George also went to many schools while living in Dublin, including the Wesleyan Connexional School, but said he learned little from schools and was self-educated. In 1876, mother, daughters, & son left their father behind and moved to London to seek a more cultured way of life. They lived at ...
- 3716: The Effects of Race on Sentencing in Capital Punishment Cases
- ... because it is built into the system that those in the predominant race will be more concerned about crime victims of their own race, as stated by Welsh White of the University of Pittsburgh Law School (As cited in Gest, 1986, 25). Because of the immense possibility of discrimination in sentencing in capital punishment cases, each stage of prosecution must be controlled as much as possible. Although these offenders are the ...
- 3717: Is There A Population Problem?
- ... of an ever increasing population of people on Earth can be seen everywhere. Take the creation of the Ninth Grade Center for example. A growing number of ninth graders caused the need for a new school. It's nothing new and probably won't go away for quite a while. Our home, the planet Earth is also suffering. Every environmental problem can be traced to an abundant amount of humans on ...
- 3718: Personal Values In Today's Society
- ... to get it. But the women..... And is this car the only way I can pick up the babes or is my charming personality enough? Oh well at least my car can get me to school. And how would I pay for this vehicle? It would be a huge drain on my finances, but that is not something they stated in the ad. Do I really need this car anyway? Will ...
- 3719: George Washington
- ... son of the late Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. Augustine was a tobacco farmer and a stock raiser. Washington spent most of his early childhood on the Ferry Farm in Fredricksburg, Virginia. He attended school up until his fifteenth year. Washington married Martha Dandridge on January 6,1759. Washington spent his early adult years as a farmer and as a surveyor until he was appointed adjutant for the southern district ...
- 3720: A Separate Peace: Truth, Lies, and Violence
- ... it will sound the best. He likes to be put in difficult situations to see if he can get out of it. He doesnt think of the consequences of his actions. He breaks the school record but it is only important to him. He would not do it again for a timekeeper. Just as I said earlier he gets a sudden urge and goes for it. Finny has no trouble ...
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