.... to pay of his tuition. Carver wander to be an artist and he also showed promise as a painter. His art teacher steered him away from art and encouraged him to enroll at State Agricultural College in Ames. There he earned his bachelors degree. He then went to the Ames Experiment Station where he was employed by Louis Pammel. In 1896, Carver went to Tuskegee Institute to lead the newly established department of agriculture. For the rest of his life, Carver put together a laboratory, made useless and over-farmed land farmable, and continued research. Much of the land in the South had been over-farmed. All of the soil's nutrients had been depleted by the co .....

.... is it like?" My companion, however, thought I wanted to know about the plot of the book. Another day, my mother surprised me by asking for a "nice" book to read. "Something not too hard you think I might like." Carefully I chose one, Willa Cather’s My ‘Antonia. But when, several weeks later, I happened to see it next to her bed unread except for the first few pages, I was furious and suddenly wanted to cry. I grabbed up the book and took it back to my room and placed it in its place, alphabetically on my shelf." (p.626-627) As seen in this paragraph of ’s autobiographical essay "Achievement of Desire", he look .....

.... at Edinburgh Academy from 1841 to 1847, when he entered the University of Edinburgh. He then went on to study at the University of Cambridge in 1850, graduating with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1854. He became a professor of natural philosophy at Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1856. Then in 1860 he moved to London to become a professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at King's College. On the death of his father in 1865, Maxwell returned to his family home in Scotland and devoted himself to research. In 1871 he moved to Cambridge, where he became the first professor of experimental physics and set up the Cavendish Laboratory, which opened in 187 .....

.... his mother had been widowed twice. He was persuaded to go to grammar school and then in the summer of 1661, he attended Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. In 1665 Newton returned to Woolsthorpe and continued his study of light. Newton was intrigued by light and was curious about its composition. When trying to explain how colors occur, he came to the theory that light is a heterogeneous mixture of different colored light rays. He theorized that each ray was a different color, and that reflections and refractions cause colors to appear through the separation of the "white" light. To demonstrate and prove his theory, Newton used a prism. A pr .....

.... New York band in 1965, they called themselves "Jimi James and The Blue Flames" After a few gigs they played, Jimi began to make a name for himself. This led to a visit from Bryan "chas" Chandler (formerly the bass guitarist for "The Animals") After arranging for passports, Chas presented Jimi with a ticket, some money, and a promise to meet Eric Clapton, Jimi was off to London. While in London, Chas got Mitchel and Noel Reddin to join Jimi. They formed "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" Jimi went back to America and toured with the monkeys. But unfortunatley, this was not a good idea because both bands styles were TOTALLY diffrerent. When Jimi returned to England, .....

.... out the forms for his first fight.When he realized there wasn't enough room to complete his full name he just wrote Joe Louis, that is how the name became so famous in the short form. Joe then meet a man named George Slayton, who soon became Joe's manager. With George's help Joe made it to the Golden Gloves.Joe's first fight was against Jack Kracken, July 4,1934. He only made $55.00 for the fight and 3 months later he made it to the pro's. By the next year he was making over $60,000 per fight.Joe was very generous withe money he made and gave most of it to charity and some on his horse farm. The first time Joe lost a fight was to Max Schemling it caused a hu .....

.... and easily the most loved." (Clift) Thomas P. O'Neill (1912-1994) always knew why he was in Washington, and what he stood for. He was a native of Boston and always prided himself on his theory that "all politics is local." (O'Neill 1) Tip was a friend of everyone. When ordinary people wanted something of O'Neill he gave it to them. When anyone asked him a favor, he would do it. O'Neill served fifty years in public life and retired with only fifteen thousand dollars to his name. He devoted his life and his money to the people of Boston. Tip came of age in the Great Depression, arrived in congress from Massachusetts in 1952 and "came to power amid t .....

.... an alcoholic who rarely held a job and spent his wages at the pub instead of on his family. They were forced to beg for food and other necessities because relatives were cruel and selfish. This novel tells the tell of young Frank having to endure extreme poverty, starvation, and a broken family with strength and courage. He eventually raises enough money to go to America and break free from his depressing childhood. In my opinion, the theme of this book is that no matter how bad things seem to be, anyone can survive and become successful through perseverance and determination. For example, Frank grew up in just about the worst environment possible but was de .....