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- 5521: Greek Olympics
- ... of their victories. Mythological references were often made to heroes coming from the winner's country of origin, serving to glorify the winning towns in addition to their athletes. They often ended with a short prayer for the victor's continued prosperity.
- 5522: Greek Daily Living
- ... third birthday. At a spring festival the toddlers were given miniature wine jugs to symbolize the end of their babyhood (Schofield 24). Education was very important to each of the Greek city-states. Boys attended school from age seven to age fifteen, and the rich employed slaves as private tutors. The Greeks taught the Illiad and the Oddysey to the children along with reading, writing, music, and physical education (Poulton 58 ...
- 5523: Grant Hill
- ... interested in the sport of basketball. He played at the playground with his friends and soon was able to be on a team. 3. After playing on the AAU team, Grant entered South Lakes High School. He was looking forward to playing on the freshmen team with his boyhood friends. 4. Grant soon decided to try out for the varsity team. As a freshman he played power forward and was averaging ...
- 5524: Galileo
- ... they werenΉt rich. His father was a merchant and musician, as well as a champion of advanced musical theories of the day. His family moved from Pisa to Florence, Italy in 1574. He started school that year at the local monastery of Vallombrosa. Only seven years later, in 1581, Galileo moved back to Pisa to start studies at the University of Pisa. His original field of study was in medicine ...
- 5525: Fredric Remington
- ... 1875 he enrolls at Vermont Episcopal Institute, Burlington. He attends this institute for 3 years and this is where he discovered his talent and love for art. On September 1878 he enrolls in Yale's School of Art, he attends 3 semesters. On febuary1880 his father Seth dies. In the summer of 1881 he vacations in the Montana territory it is his first trip to the west he falls in love ...
- 5526: The Lottery: Theme and Irony
- ... story giving no specific details except that the box, in which the names are drawn from, is black. It is a great, clear and sunny, summer day for a gathering. The children are out of school and relaxing. Everything is appears to be positive in the village. The village gathers together for the drawing of the lottery from the black box, giving the reader the impression that these people must want ...
- 5527: Franklin Roosevelt 3
- ... asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Born in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York--now a national historic site--he attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt. Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through politics, but as a ...
- 5528: Franklin Roosevelt 2
- ... asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Born in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York--now a national historic site--he attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt. Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through politics, but as a ...
- 5529: Franklin Roosevelt
- ... asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Born in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York--now a national historic site--he attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt. Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through politics, but as a ...
- 5530: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Li
- ... legendary president was born on Jan 30, 1882, at the family estate in Hyde Park (White House Webpage). Young Franklin had a secure and idyllic childhood. Franklins most lasting educational experience was at Groton School in Massachusetts (Electric Library). At Groton, Franklin revealed that he could adapt himself readily to different circumstances. Even when he went to Harvard, the experience was only relatively impressive (White House Webpage). While at Harvard ...
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