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Orson Welles
1157 Words - 5 Pages

.... truthful answer is that I don't. Everything about me is a contradiction and so is everything about everybody else. We are made out of oppositions; we live between two poles. There is a philistine and an aesthete in all of us, and a murderer and a saint. You don't reconcile the poles. You just recognize them." [To Kennety Tynan, 1967] is often referred to as a “Renaissance man”, an individual who’s ambitious and concerned with revolutionizing multiple aspects of life. He was a prolific writer and talented actor who often appeared in his own productions. A gifted artist, Welles, coupled his abundant energy with an enthusiasm for life. He tried everything and ....


James Watt
1292 Words - 5 Pages

.... fishing rods and tackle. Watt met his first loss in 1753 when his mother unsuspectedly died. It was at this point that Watt decided to pursue his career and try and qualify himself to become a mathematical instrument maker. After James spoke to Professor Muirhead at the Glasgow University, he was introduced to several scientists who at the time encouraged him later to travel to London to further himself in instrument making. In 1755 he set out on horseback and arrived in London after either twelve days or two weeks. He tried to get a job in the instrumentation field although the shopkeepers could not give him a job as he did not do an apprenticeship and was too old. Finall ....


Jimi Hendrix
306 Words - 2 Pages

.... played, Jimi began to make a name for himself. This led to a visit from Bryan "chas" Chandler (formerly the bass guitarist for "The Animals") After arranging for passports, Chas presented Jimi with a ticket, some money, and a promise to meet Eric Clapton, Jimi was off to London. While in London, Chas got Mitchel and Noel Reddin to join Jimi. They formed "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" Jimi went back to America and toured with the monkeys. But unfortunatley, this was not a good idea because both bands styles were TOTALLY diffrerent. When Jimi returned to England, he joined up with "Band of Gypsies" and recorded one album. On september 18, 1970, James Marshal Hendrix was pronou ....


James "Jimmy" Earl Carter
273 Words - 1 Pages

.... Nurse. He later joined the Navy and accomplished the rank of senior grade lieutenant. When his father died he was "stationed" not too long after that back in Plains. During this time he became extremely interested and involved with his community. He eventually, in 1971 he became the 76th governor of Georgia. While in office, his fellow governors selected him to serve as a chairman of the Southern Regional Education Board, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Coastal Plains Regional Action Planning Commission, and the Southern Growth Policies Board. In 1973 he became the Democratic National Committee campaign chairman for the 1974 congressional el ....


Thomas Edison And His Inventions
1437 Words - 6 Pages

.... relay” using carbon rather than magnets, which was the usual way to vary and balance electrical currents. In February of 1877 Edison began experiments designed to produce a pressure relay that would amplify and improve the audibility of the telephone, a device that Edison and others had studied but which Alexander Graham Bell was the first to patent, in 1876. By the end of 1877 Edison had developed the carbon-button transmitter that is still used today in telephone speakers and microphones. Many of Thomas Edison’s inventions including the carbon transmitter were in response to demands for new products and improvements. In 1877, he achieved his most unique discover ....


Margaret Mead
770 Words - 3 Pages

.... felt out of place because of moving so much and being in many different schools, and often being taught at home by her grandmother. However, it was in high school that she met and later became engaged to a man by the name of Luther Cressman. After attending many high schools because of her family’s travel, she graduated, and was sent to DePauw University at Greencastle Indiana in 1919, where her intention was to major in English. Unfortunately, Margaret was looked down on in DePauw, so she transferred to Barnard College where she studied with Franz Boas and his student Ruth Benedict. It was also at Barnard College that she decided to make anthropology her main f ....


Billy Sunday
1565 Words - 6 Pages

.... R. Clarke. Billy went back to the ball park and shared his conversion with the other players and received a positive response. He was telling everyone about Jesus. He took some classes at the local YMCA and shared his witness with the boys. By 1890, Billy wanted to go into full-time Christian work. He had played for different baseball teams and was sold to play for the Philadelphia Phillies. After being sold to the Phillies for a three year contract he prayed this prayer, "Lord, if I don't get my release by March twenty-fifth, I will take that as assurance you want me to continue to play ball; if I get it before that date I will accept that as evidence you want ....


William Faulkner
659 Words - 3 Pages

.... of a distinguished family in Mississippi. His name was originally spelled Falkner. The "u" was added by mistake when his first novel was published and William Falkner decided to retain the spelling of "Faulkner". The most distinguished member of ’s family was his great-grandfather, Confederate Colonel William Cuthbert Falkner. The Colonel first moved to Mississippi in the early part of the 19th century from his home South Carolina. Faulkner uses Colonel Falkner as a character in his novels named Colonel John Sartoris. Colonel Falkner had a notable career as a soldier in the Civil War and the Mexican War. Colonel Falkner was also a writer like his great- ....



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