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George Dantzig
<view this essay>.... simplex method of optimization. It grew out of his work with the U.S. Air Force where he became an expert on planning methods solved with desk calculators.
mechanized the planning process by introducing "linear programming". Linear programming is used to allocate resources, plan production, schedule workers, plan investment portfolios and formulate marketing (and military) strategies. The versatility and economic impact of linear programming in today's industrial world is truly impressive.
Dantzig became a research mathematician with the RAND Corporation in 1952, and then in 1960 he was appointed professor at Berkeley and Chairman of the Operations Resear .....
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Pierre Trudeau
<view this essay>.... essays featured in his book deal with the diverse
complexities of social, cultural and economical issues that were
predominant in Canadian politics during the mid 1960's. However, throughout
my readings I was also able to discover the fundamental principles that
Trudeau would advocate in order to establish a strong and productive
influence in Canadian politics.
Born in 1921, Trudeau entered the world in a bilingual/bicultural home
located in the heart of Montreal, Quebec. His acceptance into the
University of Montreal would mark the beginning of his adventures into the
Canadian political spectrum. Early in his life, Trudeau had become somewhat
anti-cleric .....
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Don Juan Ponce De Leon
<view this essay>.... out that it had rich gold deposits. He enslaved the natives, and forced them to mine gold for him. Ponce de Leon left Puerto Rico and returned again in 1508 this time he brought with him only fifty men. On this voyage his ship went through a terrible storm that caused him to run onto the rocks on two occasions. The crew was forced to throw over much of their supplies in order to keep the ship from sinking. After Ponce de Leon finally arrived in Puerto Rico he became the governor of the island. This caused him to become very wealthy, and the most powerful man on the island, who only received orders from the kind himself!
In 1511 King Ferdinand ordered Ponce de .....
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Robert E. Lee
<view this essay>.... to New York. At the end of his first year at West
Point, he was appointed Staff Sergeant. When he was twenty-two, he took his
money that he earned; $103.58 in cash and he started a home.
On July 26, 1829, Lee's mother died. Robert was at her bed when she died.
Then on June 30, 1831 Lee married Mary Curtis. On September 16, 1832, Mary
gave birth to George Washington Curtis Lee. Then in 1835 they had their
second child, Mary Curtis. Mrs. Lee was put on bed-rest for many months due
to illness. They had five more children: William Henry Fitzgerald, Annie,
Agnes, Robert and last Mildred. When he was home, they all attended
episcopal Church where he was raised .....
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Judith Sargeant Murray
<view this essay>.... many controversial topics, including female education, racial prejudice, equality of the sexes, the value of self-esteem, and theories of universal salvation. Murray reveals her unwavering commitment to human rights in her literary endeavors.
Murray considered men and women to be intellectually equal and advocated intellectual independence for single and married woman. It was her belief that if woman had enough respect for themselves as people, they would not see marriage as a haven or as a way to gain respectability. I'm not saying that Murray didn't believe in marriage; quite the contrary she believed strongly in the bond of marriage. It was her belie .....
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Abigail Adams
<view this essay>.... added a wing
that was bigger than the original building to make room for the children,
servants, and visitors. When I say servants it means that they were
probably slaves but were called servants to avoid the dehumanizing effect
that the word 'slave' can mean. Their house was a sight of luxury in the
eyes of the common folk in the parish. Though they lived well, the Smiths
had no fortune. Abigail's father often worked with his own hands, planting
corn and potatoes, gathering hay, sowing barley, or making sure that his
sheep received proper care. Abigail, with the help of her family grew a
very religious bond between each other and a long lasting friendship .....
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Life Of William Shakespeare
<view this essay>.... James Burbage designed and built the first
theatre in England. The actors could then settle down in one place and perform
in a place built for plays. The theatre was a huge success, and many more began
popping up over England, but this theatre built by James Burbage was forever
known as The Theatre.
The layout of the stage consisted of five levels. The lowest level was for trap
doors built into the stage. The next level was the main stage, where the actors
did most of their performing. Above this was the balcony level, which could be
used to represent anything from a city wall to a mountain. The next level
contained pulleys which could raise or lower .....
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Margaret Atwood
<view this essay>.... to be forchildren" (qtd. in "Author Profile"). One of her favorite books as a child was Grimm's Fairy Tales, "the unexpurgatedversionž the one with the red hot shoes."
During this childhood of reading, Atwood also began to write. By the age of six, Atwood was writing "poems, morality plays,comic books, and an unfinished novel about an ant" (qtd. in "Author Profile"). Ten years later, Atwood decided that she onlywanted to write. She wanted "to live a double life; to go places I haven't been; to examine life on earth; to come to knowpeople in ways, and at depths, that are otherwise impossible; to be surprised...to give back something of what [I have] rece .....
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