.... year old, one morning, when he was sitting in the synagogue, the religious music of the choir and organ overwhelmed him by it's beauty and caused him to burst into tears. When Leonard and his family would visit their friends, Leonard would sneak over to the piano and experiment. When he was eleven, his aunt sent her piano to his house for his family to keep for storage. “I made love to it right away” he recalled (Musicians p. 65). He could escape from all his frustrations and sadness by playing the piano. His parents didn't like the fact that he was al .....

.... the presidential office, establishing the model of the modern presidency, which has been followed by most of his presidential successors in the White House. One of his greatest achievements was his work for conservation. During his tenure in office he designated one hundred and fifty national forests, the first 51 federal bird reservations, five national parks, the first 18 national monuments, the first four national game preserves and the first 21 reclamation projects. He provided protection for almost to 230 million acres. Roosevelt brought large corporati .....

.... (Cranston) Locke has had great influence on all the presidents and political leaders throughout American history. One man that was affected by Locke’s theories and influential ideas is Thomas Jefferson. He was the second president in America’s history. Jefferson followed a great president, Washington. Washington was a military man not a politician and did not have any idea on how to set up America’s government. Jefferson took over after Washington freed the colonies from the British control. Jefferson liked many of ideas that European countries had when .....

.... for was the forced labor camps known as Gulags. “...the murderous forced labor camps of the Gulag archipelago - victimized tens of millions of innocent men, women, and children for more than 20 years.” Millions of people were sent to the Gulag camps from 1939 through 1953, for the crime of doing absolutely nothing. There were “...eight million souls (a conservative estimate) who languished in Soviet concentration camps every year between 1939 and 1953.” under the horrible conditions at the Gulags. Every year Stalin, in his paranoia se .....

.... was Hollywood. By Joseph abusing his powers, he not only destroyed many people’s lives, but he also wronged the American public. To begin with, the type of person that Joe was must be considered. was a hard-line Republican who played along strict party lines. By all considerations, he was an extremist or a reactionary. By holding a piece of paper, and saying that the enemy who everyone feared was so close, diminished all thoughts that America was truly safe. The actual piece of paper was blank; had no writing on the paper at all. He knew that by tellin .....

.... Sosa has turned into. During the 1998 season Sosa turned from a fading Cubs outfielder into a booming super star. All season long he along with Mark McGuire and Ken Griffey Jr. made the much more exciting with their neck and neck, nose to nose run for the title of home run king. Both of them ended up breaking the Major League record and both of them had excellent seasons. Sammy established career highs in batting average, home runs, RBIs, runs scored, hits and walks. He also led the majors in RBIs, runs scored, and total basses. He hit sixty-six home runs .....

.... hit Jody Valenti in the thigh. She screamed and fell forward, landing on the car horn. The man dashed back to his car and drove away"(True Crime 1992, 164) This was the start of a terrifying year for New York. A demon was among the city. This demon possessed the mind of a twenty-three-year-old pudgy Jewish man. The demon was a six thousand-year-old spirit, which communicated to him through his neighbor, Sam Carr's Labrador retriever. (Reicher 1996) Born Richard David Falco but better known now as the Son of Sam or the .44 Caliber killer had no real sense of id .....

.... is to mention Cyrano’s nose. This is “Flaw Number One,” that despite all his glowing accomplishments, he cannot get past his one shortcoming. Although Cyrano believes himself ugly and unworthy, he falls in love. The recipient of this gift is his cousin, Roxane. He writes her many poems, but does not let her know. She tells him that she loves Christian, one of the Gascons of the Carbon de Castel Jaloux. Christian has the looks, but no creativity, and since Cyrano has the creativity and not the looks, he decides to love Roxane through Christian. He supplies C .....