… of the United States, was born December 13, 1818, in Lexington, Kentucky to Robert and Eliza Parker Todd. She was raised in a wealthy, yet dysfunctional family. She was well educated as a child, but needed more attention while growing up.Mary had…

… Nation A distant sound is heard. It sounds like a deep drum being hit with a heavy instrument. You hear it again and strain your eyes in the direction of the sound. All around you is dense jungle. Snakes slither between your legs. You hear the sound…

… it's lonely eyes to you. What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson? Joltin' Joe has left and gone away." ( "Mrs. Robinson," Simon and Garfunkel). On March 8, 1999 with the passing of Joe DiMaggio America may have lost one of the great baseball players and…

… have widespread social and emotional costs. Family violence affects all segments of the family. The impact of violence on childrens' lives appears to be far more substantial than the impact on adults lives(Family, Pg. 1). In most cases of…

… his time in history. Escobar was listed as the seventh richest man in the world in 1989. Coming from Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, Escobar started off as a small time gangster and a car thief. His small time crimes would never amount…

… the first African-American poet to garner national critical acclaim. Born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872, Dunbar penned a large body of dialect poems, standard English poems, essays, novels and short stories before he died at the age of 33. His work often…

… a former member of parliament and a prominent critic of the Kenyan government, began on 12 April 1994 and is still continuing. He is being tried with his brother, Charles Kuria Wammere, his cousin, James Maigwa and G.G. Mjuguna Ngengi, a local councillor…

… Most of South America won independence from Spain and Portugal between 1810 and 1824. In 1823, President James Monroe enunciated the first US policy on Latin America. The Monroe Doctrine warned European nations against interfering in the affairs…

… from a quote from the made for TV movie: The House Without a Christmas Tree…” (“Mary Catherine Gallagher Christmas”). Just as Mary Katherine Gallagher, a character from the popular television show Saturday Night Live, has mastered expressing her feeli…

… practice is the best solution to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone regardless of ethnic background, gender or physical abilities. The affirmative action program ensures that an employer will appeal to every individual to apply…