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- 1011: Poul Voulkos Ceramist
- ... that Voulkos, who at that time was painting in an Abstract Expressionist style as well as building massive abstract clay sculptures, seemed the very embodiment of the advanced New York art world. Baldessari, who was studying painting, remembers, “I soon discovered that he was more of an inspiration and a goad than any of my painting instructors, who were relatively academic. He psychically gave me permission, because the teachers I had ...
- 1012: Farai Chideya
- ... Sheena Harrison E-mail: harri188@msu.edu Farai Chideya has accomplished many things at 28 years old that many journalists can only hope to achieve. She began her career as an intern at Newsweek while studying at Harvard. After her graduation, she was hired at Newsweek as a reporter and stayed on from 1990-1994. Chideya covered news in Newsweek's New York and Chicago bureaus, as well as in the ...
- 1013: Ernest Hemmingway
- ... from something important for the good of mankind. Ernest's father, a man of high ideals, was very strict and censored the books he allowed his children to read. He forbad Ernest's sister from studying ballet for it was coeducational, and dancing together led to "hell and damnation". Grace Hall Hemingway, Ernest's mother, considered herself pure and proper. She was a dreamer who was upset at anything which disturbed ...
- 1014: The Invention of the Airplane
- ... not? Unlike mystery novels, there is no simple answer to the mystery, but the answer is fascinating and instructive nonetheless. Starting at the top The Wrights began their efforts to invent the airplane by carefully studying what others had done before. They read everything they could get their hands on, including Octave Chanute's Progress in Flying Machines, the 1895, 1896, and 1897 volumes of the Aeronautical Annual, and popular articles ...
- 1015: Why the North Won the Civil War
- ... did: more specifically, New England Americans. It was people like Samuel Slater who can be credited with beginning the revolution of the textile industry in America. A skilled mechanic in England, Slater spent long hours studying the schematics for the spinning jenny until finally he no longer needed them. He emigrated to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and there, together with a Quaker merchant by the name of Moses Brown, he built a ...
- 1016: United States and Imperialism
- ... American flag on as much of the globe as possible. During this exciting and innovative era , there were two main underlying motivations for the United State's aspirations of expansion: self-interest and idealism. When studying the United State's imperialist stage, historians usually argue that the motivations for expansion beyond U.S. borders were influenced more heavily by idealism, or more heavily by self-interest. Those who argue that the ...
- 1017: The 1960's
- ... radical force against society.(Ascher 43) The disorders made it more difficult for most Americans to keep events in perspective. They tended to forget that most of the nation's 6,700,000 collegians were studying hard at school and not causing trouble. An underlying pattern emerged in the American university. The university suddenly became a political arena (Frank 57). The students wanted to address the national problems of war, race ...
- 1018: The 1960's
- ... force against society. the deluge of disorders made it harder and harder for most americans to keep events in perspective. they tended to forget that most of the nation's 6,700,000 collegians were studying hard at school and not causing trouble. an underlying pattern emerged in the american university. the university suddenly became a political arena. the students wanted to address the national problems of war, race, and poverty ...
- 1019: The Manhattan Project
- ... War 2, but begin serious controversies concerning its sheer power and destruction. I became interested in this topic because of my interest in science and history. It seemed an appropriate topic because I am presently studying World War 2 in my Social Studies Class. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings were always taught to me with some opinion, and I always wanted to know the bomb itself and the unbiased effects that ...
- 1020: The 1960s: Happenings, Causes, and Effects
- ... force against society. the deluge of disorders made it harder and harder for most americans to keep events in perspective. they tended to forget that most of the nation's 6,700,000 collegians were studying hard at school and not causing trouble. an underlying pattern emerged in the american university. the university suddenly became a political arena. the students wanted to address the national problems of war, race, and poverty ...
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