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- 1941: Princess Diana
- ... suitable husband. Since she never had a serious boyfriend, she had no way to compare Charles’s behavior. From this point on, Diana was never left alone by the press. She would give them polite, short answers about her relationship to Prince Charles. She began to feel suffocated and relayed this to Charles. He brushed her off, as did Buckingham Palace when Diana phoned the press office there for help (Morton ... try to understand the emotional turmoil Diana was feeling trying to fit into his family. The baby was unharmed and on June 21, 1982 Prince William was born. Diana and Charles were happy for a short time and again when Diana became pregnant again in 1984. Charles was desperate for a girl and Diana already know she was having a boy and didn’t’ tell Charles. When Prince Harry was born ...
- 1942: Neal Cassady
- ... and women and adventuring. The letters are littered with capitalized and underlined words, exclamation points and question marks. His mere style of writing speaks much of his character. He changes subjects rapidly and tells his stories in ways that make them seem almost unbelievable. He speaks of grand plans and tells even grander stories of robberies, hitch hiking, but mostly he tells of women. Cassady was famous for being able to seduce a woman without saying a word. Just like the Beat writers and the Pranksters were uncannily drawn ...
- 1943: Kurt Cobain
- ... friends, and for a time he even lived under a bridge of the Wishkah River in Aberdeen. A few years later, in June of '89, Nirvana's first album was released, entitled Bleach. They did short US tours and European tours to promote their album with bands such as Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 1992 Nirvana kicked off their first world tour. That's when Nirvana started getting ... s responsible for the most creative rock music of the last decade. In his music he didn't communicate in complete sentences or elaborate arguments, his lyrics were a stream of conscieness insights to the short attention span of his audience. Conterary to the plan Kurt had for his life, he became rich and famous and carried the banner for this generation of rebellious teens. To some kurt was a depressed ...
- 1944: King Tut
- ... pharaoh the direction of the state was devolved onto an older official named Ay. ( He succeeded Tut when he died.) When Tut was alive, however the Egyptians had a flair for playing games and telling stories. All Egyptians enjoyed contests and stories, but the wealthy pursued those pastimes with an elegant flourish. Royalty such as Tut, was portrayed on the walls of his tomb playing the game senet, which reenacted the quest for eternal fulfillment after death ...
- 1945: Ellen Foster
- ... in the novel is portrayed through diction and dialogue throughout the novel allows the audience to gain a better understanding and personal compassion for both the character and author. The novel is written in a short, choppy sentence structure using simple word choice, or diction, in a stream of consciousness to enable the reader to perceive the novel in the rational of an eleven-year-old girl. One short, simple sentence is followed by another , relating each in an easy flow of thoughts. Gibbons allows this stream of thoughts to again emphasize the childish perception of life’s greatest tragedies. For example, Gibbons uses ...
- 1946: D.H. Lawrence
- ... literary figures of the Victorian Period. In his more than forty books, Lawrence celebrated his vision of the natural, whole human being, opposing the modern society. This opposition of society was used to write books, stories, poems of the heightened sensation and emotion he felt. D.H. Lawrence believed in organic writing. Most of Lawrence’s writing reflected nature. The nature in his book came from his own experiences he had ... heightened sensation to keep the reader involved. David Herbert Lawrence’s work showed much emotion. Again, much emotion between the characters in his books and poems were used to keep readers interested. He would write stories to evoke the wholeness of man. The Rocking Horse Winner is a great example of the emotion he wrote of. In this story, the boy Paul, becomes filled with emotion as he rode on his ...
- 1947: Calvin Coolidge
- ... Field at Northampton Massachusetts. Though he practiced much law at Northampton, he never prospered as an attorney, yet was still able to earn enough in his practice to eventually become financially independent in such a short time. ("American Presidency"). Coolidge's association with Hammond and Field led him into politics, his second profession. Politics came very easily to Coolidge because his father was a frequent officeholder in Vermont. Hammond and Field ... House of Representative. During his two one-year terms in the House, Coolidge made very little impression to his fellow members, although his record shows he may have been mildly progressive. Coolidge then had a short absence from the national public service life and became mayor of Northampton in 1909 and was reelected in 1910. In 1911 Coolidge was sent to the state Senate, where he became the Republican leader. His ...
- 1948: Bruce Lee
- ... greatest martial artist that ever lived. Known as Lee Jun Fan only to his family, Bruce Lee was an enthusiastic boy who took a special interest in the martial arts. Unfortunately,his life was cut short at the age of only thirty-two. Through this short yet unbelievably incredible life, Bruce Lee still proves to be an excellent role model due to his discipline,determination, and self-improvement. One of Bruce Lee’s best characteristics was his discipline. During Bruce’s ...
- 1949: Ben Franklin
- ... deal with his brother. His brother would pay for half the cost of Ben's dinner and Ben would pay for his own food, and the leftover money would be spent on books. Ben wrote stories for the local newspaper about the problems Boston was having. When he wrote these articles he used a pen name and even his brother did not know that Ben was the author of the articles ... he became an apprentice for whom? 28. What was Ben's brother's occupation? 29. What deal did Ben make with his brother? 30. Why did he make this deal? 31. What did Ben write stories in the newspaper about? 32. Where did Ben move to after he left Boston? 33. What was his occupation there? 34. What famous book is Ben Franklin known for? 35. What were some of his ...
- 1950: Rocky Marciano
- ... him, his exceptionally strong constitution enabled him to survive without impairment. As a pre-teenager, Rocky relished his mother's Italian cooking so much he bordered on being stocky. This was underscored by his relatively short but muscular arms and legs. However, even at this young age, his overall bearing suggested exceptional physical strength. Throughout his teenage years, Rocky took great advantage of living across the street from the James Edgar ... made the crucial decision to inject a little excitement into his life by representing his unit at Ft. Lewis in a series of amateur fights. He did so well "he soon found sparring partners in short supply." In April, Rocky got a two week furlough. As soon as he arrived home in Brockton, he boasted to his uncle, Mike Piccento, about his boxing successes at Fort Lewis. Piccento was so impressed ...
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