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Laura Bush was born on November 4, 1946 (70) in Midland, Texas. Following her marriage to George W. Bush in 1977, Laura spent her time to volunteer work and homemaking. After George her husband was elected governor of Texas in 1994, Laura upgraded her profile, working to better boost her literacy. As first lady, she spoke on the radio in backing up the Afghan people, and announced before the Senate Committee on Education. As first lady, Laura traveled alone to Europe, spoke on radio in support…

Math IA Internal Assessment Men’s Height and High Jump Introduction: The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. High Jump is an event which used to be famous in early years and now it has reached some great heights in Commonwealth Games. In Today’s world High Jump has been introduced in a-lot of schools and there is a-lot of competitions which are held every year. I personally chose…

The atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are responsible for the deaths of approximately 210,000 people that occurred in a matter of minutes. There is no doubt that its people might still have some kind of grudge towards the American public. War is war regardless of how it is conducted but the use of a weapon that is capable of wiping out an entire population is a little too extreme – especially used on innocent people and especially when its damage is still casually appearing. Japan was…

Background Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was born on May 12, 1910 in Cairo, Egypt to her parents, John and Grace Crowfoot. Her father was a school inspector who later gained an interest in archeology and became the Director of Jerusalem’s British School of Archaeology. Dorothy’s fascination with chemistry and crystals started when she was ten on a visit to Sudan to visit her father. While she was there, her parents’ friend let her study and analyze chemicals. When she was fifteen, she received a…

the Confederate and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 took place between Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Both played important roles in countries’ history, the American Civil War and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 have some similarity such as the effects and consequences of the war, but the purpose of the war and the treatment toward citizens during the war time are different. In fact, both the American Civil War and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 are important to the unity and…

Edwin Hubble was an famous American astronomer who contributed many discoveries and new ideas to the field of extragalactic astronomy during his lifetime. He is regarded as one of the most valuable astronomers from the 20th century. Edwin Powell Hubble was born to Virginia Lee Hubble and John Powell Hubble in Marshfield, Missouri on 20 November 1889. In 1900, his family moved to Wheaton, Illinois. As a child, Hubble was gifted both intellectually and athletically, excelling in baseball,…

The initial films were rooted in crime fiction published during The Depression. The term “film noir” wasn’t actually coined until 1946 - until then, they were simply referred to as “melodramas.” That didn’t seem to encompass all that film noir can be, however - these films are far more than just…

In 1942 Harry Callahan meet Alfred Stieglitz, however it was not until 1946 that Callahan showed his work to Stieglitz. Callahan was so impressed after seeing pictures of Stieglitz wife that he started to photograph his wife, Eleanor and his Daughter Barbara. The pictures were very intimate. “Callahan’s most admired portrait…

First, there were many goals and purposes of the Nuremberg trials. After the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, many world leaders discussed an important topic. For all the suffering the Nazis had caused, they were debating what to do with them. The USSR leader, Joseph Stalin, proposed a mass execution of up to 100,000 Nazi officers. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, suggested the Nazis to suffer a summary execution, or an execution without a trial. But, the American…

from 1946 to 1965. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.…