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- 6731: Martin Luther King Jr. And Malcolm X
- ... suffered through the ravages of integrated schooling. Although an intelligent student who shared the dream of being a lawyer with Martin Luther King, Malcolm X s anger and disillusionment caused him to drop out of school. He started to use cocaine and set up a burglary ring to support his expensive habit. Malcolm X s hostility and promotion of violence as a way of getting change was well established in his ...
- 6732: Marie Curie
- ... famous for their work in radioactivity. Marie Curie, originally named Marja Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw, Poland on Nov.7, 1867. Her first learning of physics came from her father who taught it in high school. Marie's father must have taught his daughter well because in 1891, she went to Paris(where she changed her original name) and enrolled in the Sorbonne. Then two years later she passed the Examination ...
- 6733: Albert Einstein 1879-1955
- ... Communists and the States reached monumental highs. The whole United States suddenly went into a panic mode that would stay resident until the 1980's. Children on the first day of a new year of school were taught where the fallout shelter was. Instead of swimming pools, people would purchase subterranean bunkers to protect them from the radiation and chaos that was expected to follow the attack. Both sides of this ...
- 6734: Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
- ... Eugene's mother Ellen Quinlan O'Neill was a romantic and idealistic women who was affected most of her life by an addiction to morphine. During his childhood Eugene attended the Mount Vincent Catholic Boarding School between the years 1895 and 1900. After leaving Mount Vincent Eugene attended Bett's Academy in Stanford Connecticut from 1900 to 1906. In 1906 Eugene was accepted to Princeton University but before completing one year ...
- 6735: Literary Approach Paper on The Death of a Salesman
- ... home last week..."(50). As one can see, Willy is almost encouraging Biff to steal in order to make a new stoop. However, when Willy finds out Biff has been stealing other things, like the school's football, he seems shocked. "Willy: What is he stealing?...Why is he stealing? What did I tell him? I never in my life told him anything but decent things."(40). Because of the lack ...
- 6736: Martin Luther Reformation
- ... home environment. His parents were very pious people and brought him up to be one too. His parents also gave him a strong sense of superstition. At the age of 14 Luther went to grammar school at Magdeburg. There he got attracted to the Church and particularly the Lollards. Then in 1498 he moved to Eisenach and came in contact with a warmer church life than he was use too. He ...
- 6737: The Crucible and Death of a Salesman: Search For Happiness
- ... have success in his life, but he has his standards all wrong. The main thingsis life, to him are being well liked and attractive. Biff, who had a tremendous athletic ability and popularity in high school had Willy living vicariously through him. Due to the standards Willy has set, success will never come to him because he does not do well at what he does. So, Willy never meets his happiness ...
- 6738: The Life of Sally Ride
- ... 26, 1051. Science has always been present in Sally's life. Her father, Dale, was a Political Science professor at the nearby University. Her mother, Joyce, stayed home to raise Sally. She attended Westlake High school and was a very aggressive athlete. Her original intentions were to become a professional tennis player. She even ranked on the junior tennis circuit. However, her plans changed. Her mom said, She could not make ...
- 6739: Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams Contributing to "Selling the Revolution"
- ... of the society during the Revolutionary Era. Englishman Thomas Paine is said to be the most persuasive writer of the revolution. After 37 years of drifting from various jobs such as corset maker to a school teacher he decided to come to the United States to make a new start. He moved to Philadelphia where he worked as a journalist. The controversy between England and the colonies prompted him to write ...
- 6740: The Life of Ulysses S. Grant
- ... was born at Point Pleasant, OH on April 27, 1822 (World Book CD-ROM, 1995). He was the son of Hannah Simpson and Jesse Grant (World Book CD-ROM, 1995). After he got out of school he went to West Point Military Academy and graduated 21st in his class of 39 in 1843 (Encarta, 1995). After graduating West Point he then was promoted to the Army. Grant was assigned to Jefferson ...
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