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- 5581: Bill Of Rights 2
- ... case came before the Supreme Court. Black students had been denied admission to all-white schools in Topeka, Kansas; under Kansas law, cities with more than 15.000 residents it was acceptable to operate separate school systems, providing that both schools were substantially equal in educational facilities. But in Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that segregation by race in public schools is unconstitutional. Speaking for ...
- 5582: Princess Diana
- ... t an especially good student, she was excelled at sports, and won trophies for her swimming. She dreamed of being a ballerina, but grew too tall (as an adult she was 5'10"). After leaving school in 1978 she worked as a nanny, waitress, and cleaning woman before becoming a teacher at the Young England kindergarten in Pimlico, London. Her romance with the Prince of Wales began in 1980. He was ...
- 5583: Berlin Wall
- ... more in line with the schools in the West. "For now, the opportunities were less notable than the problems. Thousands of East German emigrants were already sleeping in West German army barracks, nursing homes, high-school gymnasiums, and even converted cargo containers."(Anderson,(1989), p.33) The first cracks came in May, when the Hungarian government opened its border with Austria. East German officials were furious because this meant that East ...
- 5584: Robert E. Lee
- ... of 18, Lee entered the United States Military Academy at West Point where his classmates admired him for his brilliance, leadership, and love for his work. West Point was not his first choice for a school, but there was no money left to send him to Harvard because his older brother, Charles Carter, had used it for his own studies at Harvard. He graduated from the academy with high honors in ...
- 5585: Babe Ruth 2
- ... hand's full with the bar, and had very little time to tend to young George. His trouble making, and lack of time on his parents part eventually landed him in St. Mary's Boys school. It was here that he met the man who Babe claimed to be the greatest man who ever lived, Brother Mathias. Brother Mathias was the one who handed Babe his punishments, and it was Babe ...
- 5586: Selena
- ... and had to be shut down. So Abraham bought a bus and Selena Y Los Dinos began to tour the Texas countryside. At age 13 Selena had to leave 8th grade and start taking high school correspondence courses by mail. Selena sang almost exclusively Spanish. She sang a Tex-Mex pop called Tejano. They made there first recording in 1984, slowly people started to notice and love Selena, but by her ...
- 5587: American Indians 2
- ... As children, we are taught that in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue , and that Peter Minuet bought all of Manhattan Island from the Indians for only twenty-four dollars worth of trinkets. In high school, we were taught that in World War II, the Germans were all heartless savages, and that the best course of action to end the war was to use the atomic bomb on Japan. It is ...
- 5588: American Indian Stories
- ... s intent in ministering to the children is actually in the Indian s best interest. Because of the Quaker s actions, innocent people had to make numerous sacrifices and deal with senseless hardships. Throughout the School Days section of the text, the main character expresses her feelings relative to going east and encountering a new culture. She speaks of a deprivation of freedom, describing her experience as, though my spirit tore ...
- 5589: American Impressionism
- ... at home, but virtually all traveled to France and Germany to study with the masters. Paris, of course, was a major center for the emerging art, as became Giverny, home of Claude Monet. A whole school of Impressionists, many of them Americans, studied with Monet and came to be called Givernois. By the turn of the century, Impressionism could be further classified into French and American schools. A shining example of ...
- 5590: All An Adventurer Must Know Ab
- ... Wat Bowon Nivet where English language instruction is available. Elephant Training The recently opened Thai Elephant Conservation Centre, 28 kilometres outside Lampang on the main highway to Chiang Mai, has replaced the former Elephant Training School at Ngao. Logging training sessions for young elephants are held daily at 9.00 AM in an attractive forest setting, and visitors are welcome. Jungle Treks Most popularly originating from Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai ...
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