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- 2531: Martin Luther King, Jr.
- ... to the mountaintop…I may not get to the promised land with you, but I want you, to know that we as people will. Martin Luther King was a great man whose life was cut short. Even with his short time on earth he was able open our eyes to the injustice that Surrounds us. His presence has left a positive impact and we must still follow his word to battle racial discrimination, because it ...
- 2532: King Mohammed the VI of Morocco
- King Mohammed the VI of Morocco King Mohammed the VI of Morocco has experienced many hardships during his short reign as king, but has overcome most of them. He is expected to send Morocco in a new direction, because of his new political reforms. His relations with other countries can be sometimes rough, but ... several years. He must come up with a way for them to get the territory without causing conflict. A challenge that any ruler must have trouble overcoming. The things that he has done during his short reign are impressing. The things he must do and will probably do later, will be more impressing. It will be interesting to see how he handles things in the future.
- 2533: Life of John F Kennedy
- ... at Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut where he graduated in 1935. John spent the summer of 1935 studying at the London school of Economics before entering Princeton in the fall. His time at Princeton was short, he had to leave at Christmas vacation because he was suffering from jaundice and could not continue his studies. He then enrolled at Harvard where he was an average student during his first two years ... Kennedy was crawling out of the car onto the trunk reaching for help. It only took seconds to send a nation into shock. The car sped away taking everyone to the nearest hospital. In a short time, the world knew the grim truth. President Kennedy was dead. Governor Connally was wounded, but would recover. Everyone wanted to know who did this. The answer would not be easy. As the facts were ...
- 2534: Harper Lee
- ... any of her literary works published, until her successful novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. She came into contact with a literary agent, whom she showed some of her manuscripts. One of these manuscripts was a short story, which her agent encouraged her to expand on. She then quit her job with the airlines to turn all of her energy to her writing. This short story expanded into perhaps one of the most popular novels, and screenplays, in the world. The surprise is, she submitted the work for publication in 1957, and it was rejected. She spent the next 2 ...
- 2535: The Beliefs of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes
- ... created. He set fourth his political philosophy in a book called Leviathan, published in 1651. His Leviathan presents a bleak picture of human beings in the state of nature, where life is nasty, brutish, and short. Fear of violent death is the principal motive that causes people to create a state. In order to maintain a stable society, people made an unwritten “social contract”. So people chose a leader to rule ... state is to protect the natural rights of its citizens, primarily to protect the right to property. Though he challenged Thomas Hobbes on the nature of primitive society --for Hobbes it was "nasty, brutish, and short," while for Locke it was more rational, tolerant, and cooperative he agreed with him on the origin of the social contract, an implicit agreement between everyone in a society to respect a legal authority, so ...
- 2536: Walt Disney
- ... career in the commercial arts fields, so he got a job at a local studio. At the age of 18 Disney already had basic training in animation. He started making Laugh-O-Grams, which were short commercials and illustrated jokes. Walt then started his own company called Laugh-O-Grams. This is were Walt produced a series of updated fairy tales some of these included: Cinderella, Goldie Locks And The Three ... 41). Walt decided to move out to California and stay with his uncle. The only job he could find was a small part as a movie extra. He was soon fired, and this ended his short career as an actor (Greene Pg.42). Walt had first given up on the idea of a career in animation, because he did not think he had a chance. His Uncle was worried that he ...
- 2537: Ernest Miller Hemingway
- ... was questioned, though it appeared in the Bible. Ernest loved to fish, canoe and explore the woods. When he couldn't get outside, he escaped to his room and read books. He loved to tell stories to his classmates, often insisting that a friend listen to one of his stories. In spite of his mother's desire, he played on the football team at Oak Park High School. As a student, Ernest was a perfectionist about his grammar and studied English with a fervor. He ...
- 2538: Madonna
- ... career. She always had two career objectives in mind and believed she would definitely achieve one or both of them. She joined Alvin Alley Theater's third company group. She danced with them for a short time period, however, she felt she could do better by focusing her main efforts and ideas in the popular music and film industry. Her first debut album was called Borderline. In addition to the album she also produced a short musical video to accompany the album. Her music and video were featured on MTV, a music television channel found on cable television. After heavy airplay of her music video on the MTV cable channel, her ...
- 2539: Geoffery Chaucer
- ... Without these experiences we might not have any of his works. When Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, he had a great deal of work ahead of him. At first, he intended to tell two stories for each of thirty pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, and then two more for each pilgrim on their way back, but he only finished twenty-four. In these tales Chaucer shows the pilgrims and their stories with great realism. In "The Friar's Tale," "The Reeve's Tale," and "The Cleric's Tale," Chaucer shows his remarkable knowledge of human nature. One trait shown in these tales is greed. Chaucer shows ...
- 2540: Abraham Lincoln
- ... living in Indiana, Lincoln’s mother died of a devastating outbreak of what was called “milk sickness”, along with several other relatives. The hardest years of Lincoln’s life were yet to follow. After a short time it became apparent that Thomas Lincoln could not cope with his family by himself. Thomas went back to Kentucky to seek a wife. He married Sarah Bush Johnson. They made a businesslike arrangement for ... felt that it was important for the children to be educated. Lincoln became adept at writing and reading. And almost from the beginning he a became a leader. These years of Lincoln’s childhood were short. He grew up in tough economic times. Out of necessity Abraham was worked very hard on the family farm. He was even hired out to work for other farmers and by law Thomas Lincoln was ...
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