William Shakespeare
.... Though Shakespeare spent long hours at school, his boyhood was probably fascinating. Stratford was a lively town and during holidays, it was known to put on pageants and many popular shows. It also held several large fairs during the year. Stratford was a exciting place to live. Stratford also had fields and woods surrounding it giving William the opportunity to hunt and trap small game. The River Avon which ran through the town allowed him to fish also. Shakespeare's' poems and plays show his love of nature and rural life which reflects his childhood.
On November 28, 1582, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaw .....
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The Life Of John F. Kennedy
.... him which made it seem as if he might have been hired. It was later learned that the money was from a $1,100 settlement that he had won a few months earlier.
Several people thought that a woman in a polka dotted dress was involved with Sirhan. She had been seen with Sirhan earlier in the evening and one witness said that she saw the woman run out moments after the shooting saying, “We shot him!”. However, when she was questioned she said that she was misunderstood. She said that she had said, “He’s been shot!”. She was released after questioning. To get the real cause, you have to look closely at Sirhan himself.
Sirhan .....
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Diana, Princess Of Wales
.... in need, the public is now more aware and supportive of the causes she faithfully supported.
During her often turbulent 17 years in the world’s spotlight, Diana’s honest and sincere sympathy for those in need remained constant. She traveled thousands of miles a year in support of her causes, even to dangerous locales in Bosnia and Angola. “She did things like this because she wanted to from her heart.” Diana chose issues that touched people directly. In 1987, when many still feared AIDS could be contracted through casual contact, she calmly offered her ungloved hand to a patient at a London hospital. Thus, showing the worl .....
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Walt Disney
.... of stimulate everybody." Replied Disney when a little boy asked him about his job. "I guess that is what I do."
At the age of sixteen, Disney left school and briefly started studying at art schools in Chicago, Illinois and Kansas City, Missouri. By that time he really knew what he wanted to do after he was done with school. In 1923, at the age of twenty two, Walter began to produce animated motion pictures in Hollywood, in partnership with his brother Roy.
Did you ever wonder who was behind the creation of some of the most famous cartoon characters of all time? Disney takes the credit for all of them. In 1928, .....
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Socrates
.... by going on a search to find someone wiser than he was. Socrates went on this search because the Oracle at Delphi said he was the wisest man there was but Socrates believed that to be false (5). This lead to a futile search for a person who did have wisdom so Socrates could prove the oracle wrong. Socrates went to people who had a reputation of wisdom and then he would question and talk to them to find out if they in fact were wise. When he met someone who thought they were wise, Socrates would come "to the assistance of the god" and show him that he is not (6). When he found out that they were not wise he would tell them that t .....
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John Trumbull
.... of his Revolutionary War scenes for the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington D.C. These glorious paintings are but a small part of John Trumbull’s contribution to American Society. John has added to our society as an architect, a painter, a writer, and most importantly as a man who wished to share his talent with the world. To better help you understand John Trumbull, the humble American citizen I will provide you with a brief account his past.
John Trumbull was born on June 6, 1756 in Lebanon Connecticut. Although his father discouraged him at a young age, with the phrase “Connecticut is not Athens”, he continued his in .....
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John Keats
.... and the only daughter Frances in 1803. Not a lot is known about the early years if their family life. One thing was clear though; they had a very loving relationship with each other. You could tell because of his strong devotion for his brothers and sister, and also his deep love for his mother.
Again, in 1802 the Keats family circumstances improved. John’s Grandfather and Grandmother retired and put their son-in-law in charge of the stables and the Inn. This meant that Thomas could finally choose a good school for his boys. He chose a school, North of London, in Enfield, near the grandparents.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
.... she graced the presence of others with her natural social skill. At her second birthday party, Jacqueline played hostess and offered to share her toys and pony rides with all her little guests. At the age of two, she also participated in a dog show in Easthampton with her Scotty dog named Hootchie. Throughout Jacqueline’s life, animals have always played an important role. Her great love for animals enhanced her tender and caring appeal which she passed to her children and also was absorbed by all the people who surrounded her.
Jackie’s childhood was busy, active, and filled with challenges beyond those of an average girl. .....
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Sister Helen Prejean
.... at them (7-8).
As she talks about this she seems surprised that things like this actually occur. She then meets Patrick Sonnier, a death row inmate. Through him she is once again thrown into a world that she is unfamiliar with but she quickly learns all about the legal system and all of its inequities. She would probably agree with the saying, “Capital punishment means them without the capital get the punishment.” Taking what she has learned, she actively gets involved with the rights of the death row inmates.
She has been praised for taking a stand and she has been criticized for her involvement with the inmates an .....
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Sinclair Lewis
.... in 1908. After he got his degree, he worked for publishing houses and various magazines in Iowa, Carmel, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and New York City. During his time in Greenville Village, he associated with some radicals like John Reed and Floyd Dell, and he became, for a while, member of the socialist party. In 1912, Lewis published his first book, Hike and the Aeroplane. This book was published under the pseudonym Tom Graham. This book was about a boy and his adventures. In 1914, Lewis got married to Grace Livingston Hegger, and editor at Vogue. For the next 2 years two years he worked as an editor and advertising manage .....
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The Life Of My Grandfather
.... object. Kids would stick the blades out to form an "L" and would fling the knife to the ground. Depending on which way the knife stuck in the ground, players would receive more or less points. The winner would drive the peg into the ground with the pocketknife either once with their eyes open, or twice with their eyes shut. The loser would get the peg out of the ground with their teeth. "I guess that is where the name 'mumble' came from", my grandfather laughed.
Starting school when he was around seven, Robert attended a school named Bethal Elementary School. This school was heated by coal, and Robert recalls a time that h .....
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The Life Of Jackie Robinson
.... day, several major universities offered him scholarships for his last two years of athletic eligibility.
Jackie chose the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to finish his last two years. Basically because UCLA was the college that was closest to home.
He had a repeat performance and became the first four letter man. No one had ever made four varsity athletic teams. Again just like in high school, he played basketball, baseball, football, and ran track and field. He was the lead man in basketball for scoring two years in a row. He was awarded the label All-American halfback. Jackie traveled to Chicago and Hawaii t .....
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