.... the coach for all the teams at St. Mary's. He was the person who taught Ruth how to pitch. The reason that Ruth had to start pitching was , because he got in trouble. One day, while his team was up to bat, he was making fun of the other pitcher. The reason he was making fun of the pitcher was because he hit two home runs off him, the last two times up to bat. Brother Mattias stopped the game in middle of the inning and told Ruth to get up to the mound and see how good he is. This was the first time Ruth had ever pitched in his lifetime, so he was scared. No one had ever seen Ruth this scared before, but after the first pitch that Ruth threw he knew tha .....

.... family August 19, 1883, Gabrielle Chanel was destined to be a notable face in the French and global fashion scene. She was given the very fitting middle name of Bonheur, meaning happiness, by a nun in the convent hospital where she was delivered. The young Gabrielle enjoyed being in the company of friends and was always filled with stories, although they were often falsities (Current Biography 1). But there was one story that proved her intent to participate in fashion, and that was the habitual action of cutting up the curtains in the living room to make dresses for her dolls (1). What a magnificent way to prepare for a life of style. In February, 1895, C .....

.... a high social ranking. He studied at the College of William and Mary, then read the law. Thomas Jefferson was a man of many different talents. He knew several languages, including Latin and Greek. He was an expert mathematician who was even able to calculate when eclipses of the sun and moon would occur. He could design buildings, perform medical operations like an experienced surgeon, survey land, and play the violin. Despite his thinness, he was strong enough to tame a wild horse and chop wood like a lumberjack. Most important of all, he was know to be a superb writer. Though surprisingly, Thomas Jefferson was not a man of many words. Not know .....

.... and tecnology, and Spencer became an engineer. However, he practiced his profession for a few years, because he became increasingly interested in political economy, sociology, biology, and philosophy. He was a subeditor of The economist from 1848 to 1853, and then ventured into a full-time career as a free-lance author. As early as 1842 Spencer contributed to the Nonconformist a series of letters called The Proper Sphere of Government, his first major publication. It contains his political philosophy of extreme individualism and Laissez Faire, which was not much modified in his writings in the following sixty years. Spencer expresses in The Proper Sphere .....

.... access, choice, affordability, and quality of health care for all Americans. The proposal gives all Americans access to affordable health care and guarantees insurance to all children. The proposal will also preserves Medicare and expands it with an optional prescription drug benefit for all seniors, and creates a Medicare option for home and community-based coordinated care systems. understands that education is the bedrock of our economic strength, essential to ensuring that all Americans have the skills they need to build a better future in this time of technological change. Bill will enroll an additional 400,000 children in the Head Start program, he .....

.... was not able to gain an official position in China, he spent most of his life teaching a core group of disciples. The main idea of Confucius’ philosophy was to provide rules and traditions for every conceivable situation in every day life. He was concerned with all the misery in the world, and he hoped that making men noble would bring about a noble world. Confucius’ ideas of being benevolent to one’s fellow man, closely following set rituals, and acting in a manner proper and befitting one’s social class became the state followed ideology during the Han dynasty.1 When studying the religion and philosophy of Confucius, one must hav .....

.... ardent desire to love and serve this Immaculate Queen. Also in response to this, Kolbe joined the Order of Friars Minor Conventual at Lwow in Austrian Occupied Poland, where he took the name Maximilian, and in 1910 he entered the Franciscan Order. Father Kolbe can be compared to the Whiskey priest as they both wanted to help others understand the importance of religion and faith. In 1912, after finishing preliminary studies at the junior seminary, Maximilian was sent to Rome where he studied theology and philosophy. Ordained to the priesthood in 1918, Father Maximilian taught Church History at a seminary in Cracow in 1919. Although the Whiskey priest’s .....

.... class family, but they were well - known. Her father was a famous, well - respected Protestant Clergyman. His name was Lyman Beecher and he set the foundation for Harriet’s intellect to blossom (Hedrick, BBR March 95). His moral and ethical upbringing allowed Harriet to excel in academics and realize her potential. When Harriet was only four years old she experienced the tragic loss of her mother. From that day on her eldest sister, Catharine Esther Beecher, assumed the responsibilities left behind by their mother (Clendenning). This allowed the two sisters to form an everlasting, inseparable bond. As Harriet grew older, Catharine was busy devoting h .....