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- 341: Mother Teresa
- ... to be born into the family. Between ages five and fourteen she attended catechism classes at the parish, joined the parish choir, and belonged to a Catholic youth organization called the Daughters of Mary. She lived right next to the parish church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Her brother, Lazar, stated that, “My mother and sisters seemed to live as much in the church as they did at home ... 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 ... vows as a Sister of Our Lady of Loreto where she changed her baptism name to Teresa. She chose the name Teresa of the Little Flower, Therese of Lisieux. After professing her temporary vows, Teresa lived in Calcutta and served as a geography and history teacher at St. Mary’s school, run by the Sisters of Our Lady Loreto. She eventually became the director of studies at the school. summed ...
- 342: Vikings In Control
- ... a group, but an activity. The base word vik was simply another name for a pirate. Therefore, to go a-viking meant to fight as a warrior. The Northmen, which is another name for Vikings, lived in small communities that were ruled by either a king or a chief. People were divided into three classes being noble, freeman or slaves. The nobles were usually considered Kings, Chiefs of just people who ... The last factor was that there was a warming trend. Because of this there were more farmers and fewer warriors. The Vikings were on top of the world for over 400 years having anyone who lived in Europe and anyone who lived on islands close to Europe live in fear. They would do what ever they had to in order to get what they wanted. Together as one, they killed a good one million people just ...
- 343: Chief Seattle
- ... line of descent passed matrilineally. This was sometimes the case when fathers died while their son's were was still young and the mother would return to her tribe to raise the children. The Duwamish lived on the Duwamish River and various islands across the Puget Sound. Seattle was married twice, his first wife Ladaila, died after bearing one daughter, Kiksomlo, known as "Angeline". His second wife, Oiahl, had three daughters ... and continued the friendly relations with the local whites that had been established by his father. Seattle learned early in his life that peace was preferable to war. Seattle moved to Port Madison Reservation and lived in Old Man House, just across from Bainbridge Island; "This was a community house measuring some 60' x 900' feet easily the largest Indian made wooden structure in the region". (4) When settlers first came ... never really stopped and noticed the number of cities, rivers, landmarks and waterways in Washington State that have been named after Indians and Explorer's to the Pacific Northwest. Especially that the Skagit tribe that lived in Penn Cove on Whidbey Island. Penn Cove is less than five minutes away from my mother's house. I remember riding my bike there as a child. This paper has brought new insight ...
- 344: Jimmy Carter: The 39th President Of The United States
- ... was a very simple and typical "American style" start. Jimmy was born James Earl Carter, Jr., on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. His parents were James Earl Carter and Lillina Gordy Carter. His family lived there for the first three years of Jimmy's life, and then moved to Archery, Georgia, just outside of Plains. He lived there until he was seventeen years old, participating in the family's peanut farm. In the year of 1941, Jimmy graduated from high school, which wasn't common for a farm boy at the time ... Jimmy went into Submarine School until 1952. His father died, so Jimmy went to take over the family's business (Hudson). II. Jimmy Carter's political career began started very quickly in 1962. He had lived a normal life as a civilian from 1953 until 1962. He was then elected to the Georgia state senate in 1962. He was also re-elected to this position in 1964. He lost running ...
- 345: Madame Bovary 2
- ... fourth child of a well-known and respected doctor who was the head of the hospital in that city. Flaubert gained much knowledge of scientific techniques and ideas early on, while he and his family lived in a house on hospital grounds. He attended a secondary school in Rouen, and in 1841 he was l sent to Paris to study law in France, against his will. While in Paris, Flaubert made ... father's farm and later in the convent school. Due to the lack of any real influences and the isolation of her life, Emma initiates a thriving passion for romance novels. From the time Emma lived in the convent school, she longed for her life to be as dramatic and exciting as in the novels. Critic Mrs. Harold Sandwith describes her as a girl, who prayed with such fervour around the ... Soon after their grand wedding, Emma found that married life wasn't as exciting and fulfilling as she had read in her books. She was stuck in the same mediocrity as she was when she lived with her father. Though her actions were in strive, she desperately tried to instill some kind of poetic influence in her husband. She quickly grew bored with Charles and saw him as an unimaginative, ...
- 346: Disease In Africa
- ... After hunter and gatherers, Africans settled in villages, which became heavens for diseases. These villages were more often than not crowded and lacked proper sanitation practices to keep infectious diseases out. In these villages, people lived within close contact to each other. Human waste was usually discarded into large lakes, rivers or ponds. Because of eliminating human waste into these water reserves, which often did not have a current and therefore ... Africa during the twentieth century were put at great risk for disease infection. The troops brought new diseases into Africa, which were not present there before they came. The troops who were stationed in Africa lived off the land, because military stations had not previously been setup. This meant that troops were eating wild vegetation, hunting animals and drinking water from bacterial infested water. This was a common practice that often ... the structure of society. Europeans fixed many problems of disease through government controlled cleanups. The cleanups would take place in disease infected areas. The Europeans would make places more sanitary, by disinfecting places where people lived, separating the sick, administering drugs, boiling water and establishing proper sanitation. The Europeans instilled basic forms of sanitation and proper disinfecting techniques to prevent the spread of disease. These are measures, which were taken ...
- 347: Miss Massey
- ... but my guess would be that they did it on purpose, maybe by order of the father who was very much against Jaz moving in with Tony. As we know that Jaz and Tony have lived together for almost three years, this must be the first year Jaz does not hear from his family. If it was not, I do not think he would be as upset as he is. The ... to be very satisfied with her life as it is. Her only problem is that she is sick. That is not unusual at her age, but in her case it is probably because she has lived in the streets for such a long time. The rough weather taxes any person's health, especially if one is getting on in years. The picture of society as presented in the text gives us ... and beg for money to live for. This is one of the things that characterizes London: The destitute people. You see them on every corner and in every back alley in London. Miss Massey has lived in the street for many years. This is another thing which characterizes many larger cities. Once you are without a roof over your head, you stay that way forever. We see the same thing ...
- 348: Death And Bereavement
- ... grandfather and my family history and it made me feel part of the things. I felt somehow connected and part of this large and previously unknown crowd. The general consensus was that my grandfather had lived to be a good age, had lived a good life and would now be joining his wife in heaven. He was, they all agreed, lucky to be able to able to die surrounded by family and friends and in familiar surroundings. It is obvious to me now that my grandfathers death was accepted as a normal part of family life. He had lived amongst family and friends all his life and those same people were there with him at the end. Although I did not appreciate it at the time, it was a good way to die. ...
- 349: The Battle Of Little Big Horn
- ... led his father to give Curly the name Crazy Horse. This was the name of his father and of many fathers before him (Guttmacher 47). In the 1850's, the country where the Sioux Nation lived, was being invaded by the white settlers. This was upsetting for many of the tribes. They did not understand the ways of the whites. When the whites tore into the land with plows and hunted ... lifestyles much different from the lifestyles of the Sioux. In 1865, U.S. officials wanted to obtain land from the Indians. They offered many different bribes, such as gifts and liquor, to the Indians who lived around the forts. They were very good at making the sell of land seem temporary and they convinced many that what the right thing to do was sell. The land they wanted was access land ... was a place where spirits dwelled, a holy place called Pa Sapa by the Sioux. The whites had only the crudest concept of what the hills meant to the Indians. By 1876 ten thousand whites lived in Custer City, the frontier town of the southern Black Hills. Agency Indians were not living very well on the reservations. Government agents were corrupt. They would accept diseased cattle, rotten flour and wormy ...
- 350: Harlem Slums As A Result Of Th
- ... giant that left few of her political, economic, and social institutions untouched, be they the farm, the factory, or the family. In 1790, for example, only a little over 4 percent of the American population lived in cities; today 70 percent of Americans live in urban areas. Richard Hofstadter summed it up well: "The United States was born in the country and has moved to the city (Handlin 3)." The rough ... Negroes. The creation of a Negro community within one large and solid geographic area was unique in city history. New York had never been what realtors call an "open city", a city in which Negroes lived wherever they chose, but the former Negro sections were traditionally only a few blocks in length, often spread across the island and generally interspersed with residences of white working-class families. Harlem, however, was a ... the center of the retail dope traffic of New York"; nor that local violence and hatred for the police were continually reported in the press (LaGaurdia 93). The majority of Harlemites even during normal times lived "close to the subsistence level" (Boyer 123). Many were "under fire" of charitable agencies in the period of relatively full employment. Those who needed money quickly and had not other recourse were forced to ...
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