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- 6491: A Thousand Acres: The Monopoly Game
- ... off of the farm for the first time. It is through these conversations that Smiley explores this notion. Pete told of his adventure hitchhiking across the country in 1967. He was just out of high school and on his way to San Francisco when a family who offered him a place to stay shaved his head and beard (82). This story has no significance to the novel itself, but is interesting ...
- 6492: William Butler Yeats
- ... than satisfactory. The conflict between Art and Nature, Youth and Old Age, and Body and Soul, remain unresolved. Art is itself but a reflection of human existence. It is not an end in itself. Among School Children. This poem is about man s existence, and the various methods used by man to give meaning to life. Man uses various roles to define himself - lover, philosopher, worshipper, parent. Yeats questions the purpose ...
- 6493: Rupert Mccall
- ... to express his emotions though his poetry with a warm and compelling simplicity. He has the ability to combine passion with humor in his poetry which captures the hearts of all true Australian s, from school kids to sports fans and blue-collar workers to businessmen. When reading Rupert s poetry it s easy to get caught up in the emotion, patriotism and true aussie pride that he has of this ...
- 6494: John Marshall: The Great Chief Justice
- ... important one. As a boy, Marshall was educated by his father. He learned to read and write, along with some lessons in history and poetry. At the age of fourteen, he was sent away to school, and a year later he returned home to be tutored by a Scottish pastor who lived with the Marshall family. As a young college student, John Marshall was particularly impressed by the lectures of professor ...
- 6495: James A. Garfield
- ... working the family farm by herself. With the death of his father, the family feel into poverty. Even though they had very little money, his mother made sure that her children went to the neighborhood school to get a good education. He belonged to the Desciples of Christ Church. While growing up, James drove canal boat teams, and earned enough money to further his education at college. He attended Western Reserve ...
- 6496: Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine
- ... the approximately 70 works ascribed to him in the Hippocratic Collection, Hippocrates may actually have written about six of them. The Hippocratic Collection probably is the remnant of the medical library of the famous Kos school of medicine. His teachings, sense of detachment, and ability to make direct, clinical observations probably influenced the other authors of these works and had much to do with freeing ancient medicine from superstition. Among the ...
- 6497: To Kill a Mockingbird
- ... a narrowly confined amount of expected abilities. If Miss Caroline had recognized that Scout had advanced abilities, she could have allowed Scout to advance to a higher grade and save Scout from going through a school year that teaches her stuff that she has already learned. Public education is not the only element that Harper Lee uses irony to criticize, however. American political attitudes are also criticized using irony. Harper Lee ...
- 6498: Hank Williams Jr.
- ... signed the biggest recording contract in the history of MGM Records. As proud as he was of being the son of Hank Williams, Hank got tired of being in his father's shadow. In high school, known as "Rockin' Randall," Hank played contemporary rock, however, that had to be kept secret from all his traditional country fans. He also liked to listen to rhythm and blues, however, these types of music ...
- 6499: Grover Cleveland
- ... After Grover Cleveland's father died, he had to help support the family of nine on his wages as a clerk. He earned only $4.00 a week! He was unable to go to law school like he wanted to do, so he studied by himself and became an attorney in l859. Grover Cleveland became interested in politics and held several small offices, including sheriff. He became Mayor of Buffalo, New ...
- 6500: Golda Meir
- ... time studying Golda Meir in my life. The author of the book Golda Meir, Karen McAuley, is a graduate of Bennington College. She has written several textbooks and she has devised educational programs for High School students. She currently lives in New York City. 5/6/96 World History Honors Mrs. Moffitt Period 0 McAuley, Karen. Bibliography Golda Meir New York. Chelsea House Publishers, 1985.
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