… Two notorious explorers from the 1800’s are Sir John Ross and Sir James Clark Ross. These two explorers are known for their expeditions in the Arctic. Sir John Ross, a Scottish explorer, was born on June 24, 1777. He is recognized as the first…

… about the way they write there: novels, poems, essays, etc. Even some of the skilled writers are criticized, William Faulkner was a great writer that wrote several novels but was not criticized that much about the way he wrote. Although Faulkner was…

… famous labor leader. He helped out the agricultural workers in problems they faced in the work force. Chavez led several strikes to help the migrant workers get a higher pay and started a Labor Movement. Chavez also urged Mexican-Americans to register…

… November 18, 1794. Educated by Benedictine nuns and monks, Polding joined the Benedictine community in 1811. He spend more than 20 years at Downside Abbey and was consecrated as Australia’s first bishop in 1834. Polding arrived in Sydney in September…

… rest of the world as Raphael, was born in the great city of Urbino, Italy, on April 6, 1483. His father Giovanni de' Santi, a painter of no great merit, but of good intelligence, had in his mind from the beginning that his only son would study the…

… Agate Nesaule. Agate was the author of the freshman connectoins novel, A Woman In Amber. The lecture was about two hours long. During the lecture Agate spoke of her childhood during the war. The lecture was supposed to include discussion on her…

… to start a new year. As you walk into the next period, you see new faces, but you find yourself to have no place to sit. All the seats were filled in every part of the classroom. On top of that, the teacher had assigned all the books with none to…

… in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century. It is accurate to say that John Locke is the theoretical architect of democracy as it exists in the western world today. His ideas, as expressed in his famous Second Treatise on Civil Government,…

… New Jersey, USA, d. 15 May 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA. After working for a time in the office of a local newspaper, The Jersey Observer, Frank Sinatra decided to pursue a career as a singer. Already an admirer of Bing Crosby, he was impelled…

… heart. Whenever she comes near, I can smell the perfume that lifts me off of my feet, smelling her makes my whole day slip away. It's like the first rays of sunlight right after a terrible storm. When I see them, I don't ever want the moment to go. I…