Dr. S Harry Robertson was born in Phoenix‚ Arizona on October 2nd 1934. He is the Founder of Robertson Fuel Systems‚ an engineer‚ the inventor of crashworthy aircraft fuel systems and a pioneer of crash investigation and aerospace safety education. Oh he is also my grandpa. Harry built his first airplane model when he was just 4 years old. As he got older and his model airplanes got better he started entering them in competitions. By doing so he earned 5 national model aircraft flying records by
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More than 2‚000‚000 Federal soldiers were twenty-one or under (of a total of some 2‚700‚000)- More than 1‚000‚000 were eighteen or under. About 800‚000 were seventeen or under. About 200‚000 were sixteen or under. About 100‚000 were fifteen or under. Three hundred were thirteen or under-most of these fifers or drummers‚ but regularly enrolled‚ and sometimes fighters. Twenty-five were ten or under. A study of a million Federal enlistments turned up only 16‚000 as old as forty-four‚ and
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Bronx. He started his musical life with the accordion until his father and family friend‚ Benjamin Borges‚ gave him his first guitar in a brown paper bag. He played every chance he had by himself in his room for up to 14 hours a day listening to 1950’s rock’n’roll records‚ classical guitarist such as Andres Segovia and jazz players as West Montgomery. Later in his life he had classical lessons with Harold Morris‚ who earlier had been a student of Segovia. In 1963‚ after some live performances
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Biography of Yuan Shi Kai Yuan Shi Kai‚ a military leader‚ world leader‚ and a government official of China was born in 1859‚ Henan Province‚ China. He was a Chinese general and politician famous for his influence during the late Qing Dynasty‚ his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor of China‚ his autocratic rule as the second President of the Republic of China (following Sun Yatsen)‚ and his short-lived attempt to revive the Chinese monarchy‚ with himself as
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Mary Wollestonecraft Godwin Shelley was born on August 30‚ 1797 in London‚ England. Her father‚ William Godwin was a philosopher while her mother‚ Mary Wollestonecraft‚ was a strong feminist of her generation. They got married in 1797 to protect the rights of their upcoming child. (Frankenstein) However‚ a few weeks after on the 10th of September‚ her mother died from Placental Infection due to the complication in Mary’s labor from before. (Romantic Circles) Since Mary’s mother died early in her
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Midori Gotō Midori Gotō is a Japanese American violinist born on October 25‚ 1971 in Osaka‚ Japan. Her mother‚ Setsu Gotō found out about Midori’s love for music at the age of two when Midori was singing a piece by Bach that she had heard few days ago. She had started taking piano lessons first but quit within three months. Then on her third birthday‚ her grandmother gave her a 1/16 size violin‚ then her mother decided to teach her the violin. Midori gave her first public performance at the age
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WHere history meets legend: Medieval English Royal Families Edward II The Linchpin of England Zain Mobeen Edward II: The Linchpin of England Between the strong reigns of his father Edward I and son Edward III‚ the reign of Edward II was considered by some to be disastrous for England. With military defeats and incompetence‚ his reign is known as being unsuccessful. His choices were problematic amongst his peers and colleagues. This was due to his playing of bias and favoritism towards Gascon
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autobiography of Bo Schembechler (co-written with Schembechler and also a New York Times bestseller)‚ and "Fab Five" the story of the University of Michigan’s famed men’s basketball recruits who all became starters as freshmen during the early 1990’s. NEWSPAPER For more than a decade‚ MITCH ALBOM has been named #1 Sports Columnist in the Nation by the sports editors of America (APSE)‚ the highest honor in his field. He has also received seven first place APSE honors for feature
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first coordinator of a black studies program in the United States‚ to write a proposal for the first department of black studies. Then two semesters later he was fired in the face of his refusal to help the notoriously hard- line college president S. I. Hayakawa break a five-months strike by a campus-wide multiracial coalition of thousands of students and faculty members. Months after his firing for his role in the largely successful black student led strike for an autonomous department of
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Brian Neal Professor Belen English Composition 1 November 14‚ 2010 The 1970s Compared to the 1960s The advancement of civil rights and “government for the people” in the twentieth century has been most prominent during the 60’s and 70’s. When you hear about how the women and minorities fought for their right to change the United States into a better nation from one decade to the next‚ it is amazing. During these two decades‚ Americans fought hard to break down the barriers of civil rights
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