.... to fight back at the segregation imposed upon him. He was also beaten by whites to whom he had to turn for jobs and he was resentful of the Jim Crow rules by which he had to live. In Black Boy, Wright's autobiography, he recalls a familiar childhood event: "I would feel hunger nudging my ribs, twisting my empty guts until they ached. I would grow dizzy and my vision would dim." In Black Boy, Wright used his own life to exemplify what qualities of imagination and intellect are necessary of a southern African-American in order to understand the meaning of his life in the United States. Black Boy also reveals it's 'author hero' as a .....

.... and relaxation. Also, he was very close with his younger sister, Maja, they could often be found in the lakes that were scattered about the countryside near Munich. A favorite toy of his was his father’s compass, and he often marveled at his uncle’s explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was intrigued by certain mysteries of science, he was considered a slow learner. His failure to become fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachers to believe he was disabled. ’s elementary education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. Here he first encountered the “German spirit� through the school’s stric .....

.... confidence. Much of his young life has been kept secret. However, he did report being very shy and depressed because he never felt comfortable with his homosexuality. His childhood life may have been full of the torture that children threw at him for being the different person he was. He was able to attend college. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in pictorial design from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1949, he went to New York City with Philip Pearlstein, who was a fellow student that later became a well-known realist painter. In 1960, Warhol finally began to paint in earnest and to view art seriously as a career .....

.... about missionaries and the lives of the saints. In 1919 her father, Nikolle Bojahiu, died of poisoning after attending a political meeting. said, “ We were all very united, especially after the death of my father. We lived for each other and made every effort to make one another happy.� On September 26, 1928, set out on her trip to Dublin by train. She arrived at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Our Lady of Loreto. Here she went through two months of intensive English language studies. Then December 1, she set sail on a thirty-seven day trip to India. She stayed in Calcutta for one week and then went to Darjeeling where she be .....

.... "With near perfect timing, and a genius for sightgags, red-haired Ball careened through nineteen episodes of the original sitcom as a ditzy housewife" (Biography 1). Her show was so successful and popular that, "the 1953 episode on which she gave birth to 'Little Ricky'. . . was said to attract more viewers than the concurrent inauguration of President Dwight D Eisenhower" (Biography 1). Her impact was so great that even today, everyone knows that "Lucy Ricardo, of course, achieved eternal life" (Brady 342). Prior to her television success, she also had much success on her radio show My Favorite Husband. The show was a comedy based o .....

.... his cohorts, and the general public as a hole for that matter. He constantly pushes the limits, and is a nuisance to the air waves. His words are offending and detrimental to our society. In the past people have viewed Howard Stern as a vulgar pig who degrades every one that he encounters. After constantly ducking from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC), and many activist groups, Stern still manages to stay on the air. However, that air time has come with a hefty price. Stern has gone down in the history books for receiving the largest fine that the FCC has issued to any on .....

.... of nineteen she married Marquis du Chatelet. During the first two years of their marriage, Emilie gave birth to a boy and a girl, and later at the age of 27 the birth of another son followed. Neither the children or her husband deterred her from fully grasping and indulging in the social life of the court. Some of Emilie's most significant work came from the period she spent with Voltaire, one of the most intriguing and brilliant scholars of this time, at Cirey-sur-Blaise. For the two scholars this was a safe and quiet place distant from the turbulence of Paris and court life. She started studying the works of Leibniz but she then start .....

.... to use the gun on someone. Annie was well known in Cincinnati for her cleanly shot birds. People who ate the birds did not have to worry about chipping a tooth on scattered bird shot. A restaraunt owner set up a shooting match with the well known sharpshooter, Frank Butler. Annie shot all 25 birds while Frank shot only 24. Later, Frank would say that he lost two things to Annie that day: the match and his heart. Annie and Frank went on the road as a team. Annie wanted a fancy name, so she settled on Oakley, a suburb outside of Cincinnati.Annie loved showbiz. She liked to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. When the Butler and O .....

.... Bill Clinton. First of all, a king was able to wage war with whomever he wanted, without the approval of a legislative body. Is that not what Clinton did earlier this year? We waged a war with a country tens of thousands of miles away under the flag of NATO, which Clinton practically controls anyway. He used the United Nations as an excuse to intervene in something that didn't concern us because "it was in the best interests of mankind as a whole." That was not unlike the Treaty of Vienna in the 19th century. The treaty basically gave the most powerful nations in Europe the right to intervene and interfere in any conflict or uprising that .....

.... of subjects, but read mostly scientific works and explorer’s journals. As a boy, David made few friends. Others described him as quiet, sulky, and unremarkable. Yet despite this, David was a tireless worker, and extremely motivated toward his goals. By age 17, Livingstone had decided he wanted to leave the mill and become a doctor. Livingstone’s father, a deeply religious man, wanted him to go into a religious field, and would not allow him to go. Livingstone eventually convinced his father to let him go to school and become a missionary in China. After finishing school, Livingstone had planned to go to China t .....