.... His father, Christian, was a professor at the University of Copenhagen and his brother, Harold, was a great mathematician. He entered the university in 1903. In 1907, he earned his PhD went to England to study with J.J. Thomson and Ernest Rutherfurd. He returned to Copenhagen in 1916 as a professor at the university. He became the director of the university's Institute for Theoretical Physics in 1920, to which he attracted many world-renowned physicist. In 1922, he won the Nobel Prize for his work on the atomic structure. When he visited the United States in 1939, he brought the knowle .....

.... him to take a job at the Chicago jelly factory. But, he determinedly replied," I want to be an artist."4 His first endeavor was the Iwerks-Disney firm. He and his friend , Ub Iwerks, rented a small studio and designed ads for local businesses. They payed the rent of the studio in artwork.5 In April of 1920, Disney took a better paying job at the Kansas City Film Ad company. Ub also took a position at the company.6 Later Walt Disney left the company and moved to Hollywood. He wanted to make longer animated cartoons in stead of short animated ads. Disney's first charact .....

.... Complete Reference Library CD stated that 1931 was the greatest year of Nash's life. In June, he married Frances Rider Leonard of Baltimore, Maryland. Also in 1931, he published two books of free verse: "Hard Lines" and "Free Wheeling." Contemporary American Poets made an interesting statement on these first two books by Nash: "These two books show poetry of remarkable freedom of scansion (rhythm pattern) and uncoventional feelings of thoughts." Contemporary American Poets showed clearly that Nash "paved" the way for authors of free verse with absolutely no pattern. After working on oth .....

.... his ideals of hard work, achievement, democracy, and equality. He taught her tolerance, generosity, and strong work ethics which were all traits of his Quaker faith. He encouraged her to pursue higher education but not at the cost of losing her femininity and the prospect of marriage and motherhood. John Addams was Cedarville's most respected citizen. A prosperous miller, Jane would sometimes hangout at her father's flourmill where she would romp in the empty bins. The piles of bran and shorts were as good as sand to play in. He was also a local political leader who served for sixteen y .....

.... Depression. By the next decade, he had attained a place in the downtown art scene among his fellow artists. By the late 1940s, de Kooning along with Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman, began to be recognized as a major painter in a movement called "Abstract Expressionism". This new school of thought shifted the center of twentieth century art form Paris to New York. Willem de Kooning was recognized as the only painter who had one foot in Europe and one in America. He combined classical European training in Holland with a love for popular American culture. The res .....

.... and Fritz Pfeffer moved to the “Secret Annex”. The relationships in the annex were tense because everyone had to live in the same place under the threat of being caught. Sometimes the groups of people would have arguments over things Anne thought were petty, like the usage of potatoes. On day Anne asked Mr. Pfeffer if she could use the table they shared for her afternoon studies. There was a big conflict about that and it had it be ended through conflict. Anne often felt it was wrong of them to be in the annex. She thought that Jews shouldn’t have to live under the fear of persecution .....

.... age of 13.” (People 7-24-95 pgs. 166-168) At the age of 16, serving as a disc jockey, Rush got his first taste of radio. From there, Rusty began to work at several different stations, none of which were getting him anywhere. During one of his first radio jobs Rush went by the name Jeff Christie while working for KQV in Pittsburgh. He was fired by a man named Jim Carnegie, who now says that he was instructed to fire him, but as soon as Jim got his next job, he hired Rush again. At the age of 28 Rush took a job organizing community events for the Kansas City Royals. This paid him $18, .....

.... a tick in his psychotic mind that maybe he thought that he could do anything he wanted to do. ( Dort, Aaron) Francis Wilson, who wrote a biography of Booth in 1929, stated that Booth opened his stage career in 1855 at the Charles Street Theatre in Baltimore. He began performing on a regular basis two years later. Once Booth started upon his acting career, he wanted the comparisons between himself and his late father to Cease. It was a common practice of theater companies to retain actors who would complement a touring, star figure. Booth eventually became one the these star figures, wi .....

.... Cleopatra. was born into a wealthy family in about 83 B.C. and died in 30 B.C. at the age of 53. His Latin name is Marcus Antonius. For a short time he went to school in Greece. From 58 B.C. to 56 B.C. he was the leader of the Roman Cavalry. He was commander and chief of the army and from 54 B.C. to 50 B.C. He fought in Gaul serving under Julius Caesar. During the War between Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar in 48 B.C., lead the left wing of Caesar’s army at the Battle of Pharsalus. In 47 B.C. when Caesar was visiting Africa, Antony was left to govern Italy. Then in 44 B. .....

.... Tyler worked as a full-time writer. She won in 1977 an award from the American Academy for Earthly Possessions. Her novel Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982) explores tensions inside a family seen from the perspective from each member in turn. Absentminded Ezra, the youngest son, runs the restaurant of the title, and comes in contact with various characters seeking emotional fulfillment. The Accidental Tourist won in 1986 National Book Critics Circle Award and was made into a film in 1988, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner. It tells a story o .....