BIOGRAPHY OF EUGENE O’ NEILL Eugene Gladstone O’Neill was born in a New York City hotel room on 16th October‚ 1888‚he son of famous actor James O’Neill and Ella O’Neill‚ spent the first seven years of his life touring with his father’s theater company. These years introduced O’Neill to the world of theater and the difficulties of maintaining artistic integrity. His father‚ once a well-known Shakespearean‚ had taken a role in a lesser play for its sizable salary. Family life was unstable. O ’Neill
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Dec 24‚ 2012 Philo 300A Postmodernism Michel Foucault (1926– 1984)‚ A Biography & Examination of His Theories “Anyway‚ my personal life is not at all interesting. If somebody thinks that my work cannot be understood without reference to such and such a part of my life‚ I accept to consider the question. I am ready to answer if I agree. As far as my personal life is uninteresting‚ it is not worthwhile making a secret of it. By the same token‚ it may not be worthwhile publicizing
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bring an end to the Cold War and stop any further expansion of Communism which Reagan despised. Reagan also fought on the issue concerning school prayer. Within 69 days of his presidency an assassination attempt was made on his life by crazy gunman John Hinckley Jr. Four people were injured in this attack including Reagan. But none of the four men died except for Reagan’s press secretary James Brady‚ who was paralyzed from the attack and later died of causes from the attack years later. In 1984‚ Reagan
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John Towner Williams born February 8 1932 is an American composer‚ pianist and conductor. Born to Jazz percussionist Johnny Williams‚ who also played with Raymond Scott Quintet‚ John Williams was exposed to music from a very early age. Having moved to Los Angeles in the late 1940s‚ he attended the University of Los Angeles and went on to study privately with Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Williams also spent a number of years conducting and arranging music for the US Air force band
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Many people don’t know a person with autism. This happened to one family. Natalie has an older brother that has autism. Her brother‚ Patrick‚ has autism‚ but she doesn’t see him as that. He can retell you word for word what happened in the ten pages that he just read. Natalie likes to n go out in public with her brother‚ but everyone doesn’t see him as society’s “norm.” He has a brilliant mind that no one else but him will have that power to tell you something word for word. Sometimes when people
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Out of all the famous food and nutrition professionals‚ I chose to do my historical biography research paper over a woman by the name of Jean Nidetch. Jean Nidetch was an overweight homemaker who became a slim‚ successful business woman by being the founder of one of the biggest weight loss programs‚ called “Weight Watchers.” With her personal experience and struggles of being overweight‚ she developed a program to help and teach other people how to do it themselves. I chose to research her because
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Ty Cobb "Baseball‚" Ty Cobb liked to say‚ "is something like a war...Baseball is a red- blooded sport for red-blooded men. It’s not pink tea‚ and mollycoddles had better stay out of it. It’s...a struggle for supremacy‚ a survival of the fittest" (Ward and Burns 64). Although Ty Cobb was possibly the greatest player in baseball history‚ many people would consider him its worst person. Tyrus Raymond Cobb was born December 18‚ 1886 in The Narrows‚ Georgia. His parents named him after the ancient
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known then‚ was sold at an auction with a flock of sheep for $100. Her new owner was named John Neely‚ who was harsh and abusive
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Brilliant‚ hidden‚ and mathematician are three words that describe Katherine Johnson. Many people believe that Katherine Johnson was just a smart woman at NASA‚ but she was so much more. As a well known mathematician for NASA‚ Katherine Johnson showed Americans that African American women are just as useful as white women. She left a lasting legacy as an extremely intelligent hidden figure. Katherine Johnson’s childhood was one of many contributing factors that helped her get to where she is
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Derrick Wallace Mrs. Campbell 4th Period Biography 9/23/13 Beyonce Knowles Derrick Wallace Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born on September 4‚ 1981‚ in Houston‚ Texas‚ Knowles started singing at an early age. As a child‚ she competed in local talent shows‚ and won many of these events by impressing audiences with her natural singing and dancing abilities. Beyonce knows how to stay at the top of her game. She keeps her fans surprised and up to date. Beyonce is a Singer‚ Dancer‚ Actress‚ and
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