...born on June 1 st, 1926 in Los Angeles (Lefkowitz 21). Norma Jeane's childhood and life was anything but perfect. Shortly after she was born, her mother, Gladys Baker, was admitted into a rehabilitation center. Looking back on it she remembered her mother only as the "woman with red hair", who on occasions, would stop in and visit her (Wilson Biography II). From that point on she went from foster home to foster home. She also spent time in an orphanage in Los Angeles (Wilson Biography1). When her final set of foster parents was to move to California she decided to get married. At the age of sixteen she married 23 year old, Jim Dougherty. (McKittnick 1) The marriage lasted until 1943 when Dougherty joined the Merchant Marines during World War I. (Biography.com article 2) During the war Norma Jeane worked first in a parachute factory then as a paint sprayer in a Los Angeles aircraft factory. While working in the aircraft factory she was induced by a local photographer to take lessons at a charm school. She worked as a photographer's model for a while and by the summer of 1946 she had appeared on the covers of several men's magazines (Wilson Biography 1). As a result...
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...knew George Washington, says that he was very simple person. The house of president was jus a small house, no security guards or servants. This shows George’s simplicity: he was tall, calm, conceited man, however, he was very polite, and guests in his house was always welcomed. Many writers tried to write and describe George Washington’s lifetime, achievements and aims, but many of them do it just for the payment. The first Washington’s biography is written by John Marshall; he inherit the law to use all Washington’s documents, letters. Although Marshall’s Washington was inhuman, but the notes was very helpful for other writers and researchers. The notes about George Washington also was written by romanist James Polding, historian Henry K Lodge, D. Fisher, B. Wilson and etc. Many reminiscences were written by good and famous writers about the first President of the United States, but one historian John B. McMaster said, that Washington is completely unknown person, although his biography facts are well known. Nevertheless, the real biography is not written yet....
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...BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN STUART MILL Born in Pentonville, a suburb of London, in 1806, John Stuart Mill was one of the leading philosophical radicals who aimed to further the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham. At the age of three he began to learn Greek and by the time he was eight he was learning Latin. By the age of fourteen he had done extensive work in logic and mathematics mastering the basics of economic theory. His father James Mill aimed to make John Stuart Mill a leader in views of the philosophical radicals. At fifteen John Stuart Mill undertook the study of Bentham’s research on the theory of legal evidence. This undertaking influenced him making this his life-long goal of reforming the world in the interest of human well-being. At eighteen he spent much time and effort editing manuscripts. Guided by his father he threw himself into the work of the philosophical radicals beginning his career. In 1823 he began working with his father. He rose in the ranks quickly and eventually took his father’s position as Chief Examiner in the East Indian Company. In 1826 John Stuart Mill went through a deep depression. He felt as though his intellect had been educated his feelings had not. He began to read poetry and met Gustave d’Eichtahl in 1828 pulling him out of the depression. He was introduced to the works of Auguste Comte and Jon Sterling who were disciples of Coleridge. (Wilson 2007) Through these great thinkers Mill came to appreciate social and cultural...
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...A book by Gary L. Gregg and Mark David Hall, is a book biographies of important founders who contributed to the signing of the Declaration of Independence but were forgotten in history. James Wilson was born in 1742, Wilson was born to a Presbyterian farming family he received a solid education that allowed him to receive a scholarship to the university of St. Andrews. James Wilson studied at St. Andrews for four years before entering the university's divinity school St. Mary's in 1761. In 1762 he was forced to leave school because the death of his father to support his family financial he served as a tutor. When his siblings were old enough to support their mother, he left to America in search for better opportunities. In 1765 James Wilson...
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...once said, “Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since” (Adams, Abigail. Letter to Elizabeth Shaw). In every American elementary school classroom, children are being told the story of the country, how George Washington crossed the Delaware River, how Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and how America, a colony still in infancy, managed to gain independence from powerful Britain. The Founding Fathers are essential historical personages that every American child is well schooled in, but the women who helped shape the country are rarely discussed. Abigail Adams is mostly known as the wife of the second president John Adams, but she was much more than that, and left an indelible imprint on the political landscape of the time. She is a Founding Mother- full of spark, depth, and intelligence. SUMMARY Abigail Adams was an intelligent woman from the day she was born until the day she died. She was raised to have a strong sense of morals and beliefs, as well as a love for education. Her...
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...Cambridge University Press, 1995. Betty T. Bennett. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: An Introduction. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. Bloom, Harold, ed.Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. Caroline J.S. Picart. The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein: Universal, Hammer and Beyond. Praeger, 2001. Dorothy Nelkin and M. Susan Lindee. The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon. Henry Holt & Company, 1996. Forry, Steven Earl. Hideous Progenies: Dramatizations of Frankenstein from the Nineteenth Century to the Present. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990. Frankenstein: Complete, Authoritative Text with Biographical, Historical, and Cultural Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Contemporary Critics, 2nd ed. Johanna M. Smith, ed. St. Martin's Press, 2000. "Frankenstein." Literature.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2013. "Frankenstein Quotes." By Mary Shelley. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2013. Goldberg, M. A. "Moral and Myth in Mrs. Shelley's Frankenstein. In Keats-Shelley Journal, Vol. 8, 1959, pp. 27-38. John Williams. Mary Shelley: A Literary Life. St. Martin's Press, Inc., 2000. Jon Turney. Frankenstein's Footsteps: Science, Genetics and Popular Culture. Yale University Press, 1998. Kenan Malik. Man, Beast, and Zombie: What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us about Human Nature. Rutgers University Press, 2002. Leon R. Kass and James Q. Wilson. The Ethics of Human Cloning. AEI Press, 1998. Levine, George and U. C....
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...Professor Powell Franklin English Comp II-1020 3 December 2015 Edgar Allan Poe's Sad Life Born on the January 19, 1809, in Boston Massachusetts. His mother, Elizabeth and father, David weren’t the picture perfect parents to their child. Poe never really knew much of his parents. His mother passed away when Poe was only three years old on December 8, 1811, and his father left before that. It is said that Poe’s father deserted them, and his mother fell badly ill. He then lived with a man named John and his wife Frances Allan. John was a very successful tobacco merchant, they lived in Richmond, Virginia. Poe and Frances had a wonderful bond from the start, unfortunately that wasn’t the case with him and John. At the age of six, Poe then attended a trip to London with the Allan’s. There at London Poe endured his first education at the boarding schools in Chelsea and in Stoke Newington. That was a very lonely and unhappy time for Poe. While in London, John`s tobacco market fell, and Poe, John, and Frances returned to America. Poe moved several times before he became a teenager. He loved literature and writing, and he showed that in his education academy that he attended. Not many people know this, but Poe was fairly athletic. He was a boxer, leaper, and even a swimmer. One hot summer, June day her swam six miles in the James River. February 1826, Poe went to the University of Virginia, were he learned Latin and French and of course excelled in both. While in Richmond, Virginia he became...
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...question. Some believe he was overrated while others believe the latter. Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois on February 6, 1911. In 1920, after living in a series of towns as a child, Reagan family settled in Dixon, Illinois. Here his father opened a shoe store (biography, 2014). Reagan graduated high school in 1928 and continued his adult education at Eureka College in Illinois. Here, he was an athlete and scholar. He played football, ran track, and was captain of the swim team. He also acted in school plays and was president of the student council (biography, 2014). Reagan graduated in 1932 and in the latter part of the thirties he signed a seven year contract with Warner Brothers studio. He starred in over 50 movies during his time as a Hollywood actor (biography, 2014). Political Career Reagan started his political ventures in 1964. He gave a televised speech for Barry Goldwater who was a Republican presidential candidate at the time. Two years later he became the governor of California and was re-elected for a second term in 1970 (biography, 2014). After two failed bids for the Republican presidential nomination, Reagan finally made it in 1980 when he beat Democratic incumbent and current president Jimmy Carter. He was inaugurated January 20, 1981 and became the oldest person elected to the United States presidency (biography, 2014). Economics: “Reaganomics” His presidency was from 1981 to 1989. Reagan...
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...Bluebottle is slang term for which profession – Police Officers In the US, Stonewall riots coincided with funeral of who? – Judy Garland John Couch Adams discovered which planet? – Neptune States aim of the BBC is educate, inform and entertain What nuts are used to make the Italian liqueur Nocino? – Walnuts Where would a cowboy wear a rowel? – On his boots Lemon and goblin are species of which aquatic creature? – Shark On what date on 1944 did Anne Frank make her last entry in the diary? – August 1 The 1520 meeting where Henry VIII had a wresting match with the King of France is called the Field of the Cloth of Gold Check up the soaps – Hollyoaks, Coronation Street, Emmerdale Who is the first solo male singer to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest? – Bryan Johnson In a traditional gurning competition, participants pull faces while wearing what item? – Horse collar In a suit of armour, a jambeau protects what part of the body? – Leg Winston Churchill’s parliamentary career spans which period? – 1900 – 1964 What ancient title is given to judicial officers with responsibility for the Royal Forests? – Verderer A demitasse is a small cup used to serve Turkish coffee or espresso In Old Possums Book of Practical Cats, what is Skimbleshanks called – Railways Cat PM when Neil Armstrong went to the Moon – Harold Wilson Chancing your arm = taking a risk Only Beatles to have published an autobiography – George Harrison Right or privilege to pasture pigs in...
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...Wilson 1 Milton Friedman is considered to be one of the most prominent and influential economists of the twentieth century. Friedman’s ideas have changed economic theories as a result of his beliefs in free-market capitalism, competition in education and less government control. He received worldwide recognition for contributing to the balancing and solving of economic issues. He has been recognized by creditable universities and international governments. Friedman developed economic theories that could possibly be studied forever. His theories on economics have contributed excessive cash flow to the world over an extended period of time (Ebenstein). Friedman was born in 1912 and died in 2006. He was an economist, an educator and a leading proponent of monetarism. He received degrees from Rutgers University, University of Chicago and finally a Ph.D. from Columbia University. In 1976 he received the Nobel Prize for economics. Friedman felt that the understandings of economics enabled one to understand how the real world worked (Ebenstein). Friedman studied income and wealth distribution along with distribution of personal finances. His career included working for the National resource Committee on Consumer Budget Studies in 1935, the National Bureau of Economic Research in 1937, the Department of Treasury Division of Tax Research during World War II and he also taught at the University of Chicago. He advised President Nixon and President Reagan on Wilson 2 ...
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...were married on July 1 that year (Darby 24). This day was also the day he was promoted to First Lieutenant (“Dwight D. Eisenhower”2). While things were bliss for the newlyweds World War I had been on going in Europe for two year, and finally on April 2, 1917 President Woodrow Wilson declared war and Ike believed he belonged in it. Instead of going overseas, he was promoted to Captain and sent to train at Fort Oglethorpe (Darby 25). Eisenhower did receive a blessing in 1917 though when Mamie gave him his first son, Doud Dwight Eisenhower (“Dwight D. Eisenhower”2). The baby was born in San Antonio and Ike could not be there (“The New York Times”1). Eisenhower felt he was getting nowhere in his career, but he and his family enjoyed the army social scene (Darby 29). Dwight and Mamie nicknamed their son “Ikky” and absolutely adored him. Tragedy once again struck the Eisenhower family when January 2, 1921 Ikky died of scarlet fever in his father’s arms (“The New York Times”2). Ike had said the greatest disaster in his life was the loss of his son (Darby 30). Although the original wound never healed, Mamie and Dwight had a second son, John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (“Dwight D. Eisenhower”2). Sadly, Dwight and John never could be close; Dwight was against it (“The New York Times”3). In 1922, Eisenhower became the executive officer to General Fox Connor in Panama. In 1924, Eisenhower was accepted to the Command and General Staff School, and graduated top of his class (“Dwight D. Eisenhower”2)...
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...Mifflin Company. d. Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Ed. Margaret Culley. W. W. Norton, 1976. Print. e. Cooke, James E. "Alexander Hamilton." 1996: 31, 32. Print. f. Mcbride, Sarah. "Young Deadbeats Pose Prblens for Credit-Card Issuers." Wall Street Journal 28 Nov. 1997, Midwest ed., sec. B: 1+. Print. g. Dabrowski, Magdalena, and Rudolph Leopold. Egon Schiele. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale UP, 1997. Print. h. Descola, Jean. A History of Spain. Trans. Elaine P. Halperin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. Print. i. Flanagan, John T., and Raymond L. Grimer. "Mexico in American Fiction to 1850." Hispania 1940, Vol 3 ed.: 307-18. Print. j. United States. Government. Government Printing Office. Marine Fisheries Review. N.p.: National Marine Fisheries Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1993. Print. k. Kahn, David. The Codebreakers. 2nd ed. New York: Scribner's, 1996. Print. l. Blotner, Joseph. Faulkner: A Biography. Vol. 1 & 2. New York: Random House, 1974. Print. m. Tompkins, Calvin. "The Importance of Being Elitist." The New Yorker 24 Nov. 1997: 58-69. Print. n. Beer, Thomas. Stephen Crane: A Study in American Letters. New York: Octagon, 1923, 1972. Print. o. Winona, Beth. "Barzun and Culture." Rev. of The Culture We Deserve, by Jacques Barzun. American Issues Magazine Mar. 1989: 46-50. Print. p. "Neil Simon on the New York Theater." Interview by Pearl Barnes. Long Island News n.d.: C4-C5. Print. q. Casablanca. Dir. Michael...
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...Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Biography The English statesman and author Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) led Britain during World War II and is often described as the "savior of his country." Sir Winston Churchill's exact place in the political history of the 20th century is, and will continue to be, a subject of debate and polemical writing. Where he succeeded, and how much he personally had to do with that success, and where he failed, and why, remain to be established. That he was a political figure of enormous influence and importance, belonging in many ways to an age earlier than the 20th century, and that he fitted uneasily into the constraints of British party politics until his moment came in 1940 are not in doubt. Until recently his reputation during the years from 1940 onward was scarcely questioned. But now historians are beginning to reassess his career in just the same way as Churchill himself tried to revise T. B. Macaulay's account of the Duke of Marlborough by writing a multivolumed Life of his distinguished ancestor (completed in 1938). Churchill's record both before 1939 and after 1945 was for the most part undistinguished. But as Anthony Storr writes: "In 1940 Churchill became the hero that he had always dreamed of being. … In that dark time, what England needed was not a shrewd, equable, balanced leader. She needed a prophet, a heroic visionary, a man who could dream dreams of victory when all seemed lost. Winston Churchill...
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...Adam Brown Ivy Tech Community College Dillinger on the Run English 111 Intro John Dillinger was one of the most well known bank robbers of all time. He reeked havic in the middle west during the Great Depression. He was born on June 22, 1903 in the Oak Hill section of Indianapolis and this is also where he grew up. When he was only three years old his mother, Mary Ellen lancaster, died. His father remarried six years later to Lizzie Fields Dillinger who John resented. The Great Escape When John was frequently in trouble during his teenage years. He ended quitting school and got a job in a machine factory in Indianapolis. He was a good worker, but he soon got bored and started staying out too late. His father, John Wilson Dillinger, began to suspect that the city of Indianapolis was corrupting his son. He sold their property in Indianapolis and moved to a farm in Mooresville, Indiana. John’s actions did not change even though they moved to a rural area and he soon began to run wild yet again. Having some time on his hands, John Dillinger decided to pay visit to a lady friend he had met earlier that year. Her name was Mary Longnaker and she lived in Dayton, Ohio. Unknown to Dillinger and Longnaker, the police had been following him while he was gathering funds for the prison break. Once the police received a tip from...
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...On April 15, 1871 he became marshal of Abilene, succeeding in the office to Tom "Bear River" Smith, who was murdered on November 2, 1870. However, Hickok fraternized with the outlaw John Wesley Hardin, who passed through Abilene in 1871. In his 1895 biography, published after his death, 19 years after Hickock, Hardin claimed to have disarmed Hickok using a known trick during a failed attempt to arrest him in a saloon, caused by his refusal to be disarmed. This story is generally considered apocryphal, or at least greatly exaggerated. Hickok's favorite guns were a pair of Colts .36 Navy Model of 1851, which he wear to the day of his death. They were silver with ivory handle, and had engraved the words "JB Hickok 1869." The guns were a gift that made him Senator, and future President of the United States, Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, as a reward for their services as an explorer for a hunt.However, Hickok resorted to larger caliber weapons when expected some duel....
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