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- 3191: The Good Times of Clark Gable
- ... picture actors, best known for his portrayal of Rhett Butler in the film Gone With the Wind. On February 1, 1901, he was born in Cadiz, Ohio, to a small family. He dropped out of school very early and held a variety of jobs. At the age of 21, he joined a traveling theatrical troupe, and for several years he toured in stock theater productions and worked occasionally in silent films ... He rose to fame due to his variety of character and performances; especially the one’s which included a rough, masterful, romantic, hero type. He faced much adversity throughout his life; having dropped out of school, having three wives total and going through much struggle until he made it big. Decades now after his death, we still look back upon him and recognize him as one of the greats to make ...
- 3192: William James
- ... Sr. was a Swednborgian theologian, and one of his brothers was the great novelist Henry James. Throughout his youth, William attended private schools in the United States and Europe. He later attended the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University and then Harvard Medical School, where he received his degree in 1869 in the field of Physiology. The way that William got into the field of Psychology was that he got his degree in physiology and also enjoyed studying philosophy ...
- 3193: The Drug War in America
- The Drug War in America The drug war in America has many elements to it that ranges from education of the public not to use drug such, a teaching grade school children to “just say no” and the D. A.R.E. program, to intervention and treatment for drug users. Protecting United States borders from incoming drugs and trying to keep other countries from growing the ... use and from regular beer to light beer and from cigarettes without filters to low tar filtered cigarettes. He also used examples from Alaska and the Dutch, when drugs/marijuana was legalized use by high school teens went down. Legalization not decriminalization would bring the economic of drugs above the line and make drugs a controlled substance just like alcohol and tabacco. Drugs could be controlled, taxed, and regulated. If you ...
- 3194: Why the Legal Driving Age Should be Raised
- ... is?" Sandra Tucker thought, checking her watch. It was nearly 6 p.m., time for John to be home for supper. But her son never made it to the table. Driving home from his after-school job in Hartwell, Georgia, 16-year-old John had been having a little fun with a teenager in another car. "I hate to say racing, but that is what they were doing," Sandra says, when ... a tree at 85 mph. "I had no idea he'd ever do anything like that." After all, John was in the National Honor Society and was listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students. "When it happened, I was across the street at my neighbor's," Sandra says. I heard the siren's very clearly but didn't think anything of it until my husband ran to the ...
- 3195: Madam Walker's Life and Her Cosmetic Products
- ... to find independence and self-esteem. In 1906, she married Charles Joseph Walker and changed her name to Madam C.J. Walker. In 1908, the Walkers moved to Pittsburgh where Sarah founded Lelia College, a school of cosmetology (now defunct). She traveled extensively to the Caribbean and Central America and moved to Harlem in 1916 after divorcing C.J. Walker. In 1917, she organized the first Madam C.J. Walker Hair ... 51, Madam Walker's will qualify that the company must always be headed by women, as it is today Madam Walker's business thrived even after her death in 1919. Pictured above are Walker Beauty School gradates and official in St. Louis, MO, in the 1930s Madam Walker took her products door-to-door in a brilliant marketing strategy that made her a millionaire in 7 short years. An ad for ...
- 3196: The Mystery Of Edwin Drood By
- ... all in love or feel a kinship to Rosebud. The power is therefore transferred into her hands as a result of her ability to influence these characters through their love and admiration for her. Attending school at a nunnery, Rosa’s female friends rarely have any contact with men. Through her betrothal to Edwin Drood, Rosa is the only woman within the nunnery that has a man to court her. She ... a man, not God. Rosa capitalizes on this situation by leading the other girls in the nunnery to be her “poor pets”(118). She realizes that the girls as well as the head of the school, Miss Twinkleton, who describes Rosa as her “pet pupil”(14), look at her to be the embodiment of romance because of her prospective marriage. Miss Twinkleton and the girls live their love lives through Rosa ...
- 3197: Marijuana Should Be Legalized
- ... not punishment (Ending Nightmare). Marijuana is very easy to produce. Thousands of dealers have been attracted to the high profits (Marshall 90). Most of these drug dealers are teenagers who cannot afford education after high school, and most even drop out of high school. They are attracted to the high profits of selling marijuana. These youth never learn valuable life skills and usually living off welfare (Ending Nightmare). Police and laws cannot lower the prices because marijuana in on ...
- 3198: A Separate Peace Is A Story Of
- ... goes AWOL from the army after enlisting. Gene dexcribes his relationship with Leper as "always a fight, a hard fight to win when you're seventeen years old and lived in a keyed up, competing school, to avoid making fun of him. But as I had gotten to know him better this fight had been easier to win." (Knowles 87) They sat down to have a nice conversation and ended up ... he never killed anybody and never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because his war ended before he ever put on a uniform; he was on active duty all his time at school; he killed his enemy there." (Knowles 196) This proves "A Spearate Peace" is a story of war because all of the death, hate, jealousy, and ignorance that go into the story are what the story ...
- 3199: Personal Writing: A Devoted Teacher
- ... his hair in a short style. He also possessed a pair of expressive eyes. He graduated from Guangxi University in China with a bachelor’s degree in education. He taught mathematics at No. 12 High School of Nanning Guangxi, where he led a special honors program. He tutored students who had difficulty in passing the proficiency test needed for graduation. Mr. Wang had won the title of being an excellent educator in the city. At school--he instructed students the best methods for solving math problems. That intensity made him both loved and perhaps a little feared. Some students commented on his reputation as a tough teacher and they tried to ...
- 3200: Warren Harding
- Warren Harding Warren went to school at Blooming Groves one room school. He showed early instincts of the declamation. When he was 14, he entered Ohio Central College. He graduated after two years with a bachelor’s degree in science. He and two of his friends acquired ...
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