.... and gambling ring at the time. Later that year the Prohibition act came into affect and Capone became interested in selling illegal whiskey and other alcoholic beverages. Torrio's uncle did not agree with this idea but within the next month he was shot and killed. Capone and Torrio took over Torrio's uncles business and added the selling of illegal alcohol. After Torrio was gunned down and almost killed by a rival gang, he retired from the underworld which left Capone to run the empire alone (Kobler 34). At the age of 26, Capone was managing more than 1,0 .....

.... 409). When his mother died, Poe was adopted by John Allan (Perry XI) at the urging of Mr. Allan's wife. In 1815, John Allan moved his family to England. While there, Poe was sent to private schools (Asselineau 410). In the spring of 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia. There he studied Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin. He had an excellent scholastic record. He got into difficulties almost at once. Mr. Allan did not provide him with the money to pay for his fees and other necessities. Poe was confused and homesick. He learned to pla .....

.... gender relations, of that time, were honorable within the African-American community. Another advantage for Ida B. 2 Wells was her biological sex. Ida B. Wells fought hard in her effort to secure America as a safe environment for Blacks, but she managed to accomplish a remarkable amount of her efforts due to various gender and sex related assets which were in her favor. One advantage Ida B. Wells was fortunate to claim was that gender relations in the Black community were very favorable. .....

.... 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-clerical and possessed communist ideologies which were considered radical at the time. Graduating from prestigious institutions such as Harvard and The School of Economics in England, Turdeau returned to Canada in 1949 and resumed his social science endeav .....

.... Rights proposals. This lead to his election to the U.S. Senate that same year and gave him the reputation as a fire-breathing Midwestern liberal. Humphrey had a good Vice-Presidential term, he was known as the backbone to the Johnson administration. He ran all foreign conflicts etc.. There was two Presidents during this term, Johnson was the White colored type President and Humphrey was the President that went and got things done, the blue colored worker, he was the guy that was willing to get his hands dirty. Humphrey later died at his home in Waverly, Minnes .....

.... about ourselves and our society than about Mark Twain himself. In Hannibal Missouri for example every year Twain's "boyhood years" are celebrated during it's annual Tom Sawyer days. No mention is made that this was a slave holding community. Twain's early experiences here provided him with the material for his anti-racist novels "Adventures of Huckleberry Fin" and "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson". Hannibal is a benchmark for the American societys' views of Twain's writings. Tom Sawyer's antics are preferred over stories of slavery and racial strife. It .....

.... had to accept a priesthood that he did not want. Rufinus found himself in a new, difficult situation. He wasn't ready for it. He did not expect anything like this to happen. Rufinus was confused and did not know what to do. He did not know who is telling the truth. He had believed that his father's death was an accident, but his mother tried to convince him that Manlius, his best friend, is responsible for it. He ordered him to pursue the Gauls, knowing that they were stronger than Romans. After his father's death, Manlius appointed someone from his own family .....

.... The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. However, He became famous not for his novels, but for his plays. Having been regarded as the most important playwright, one of the most prolific writers ever, and the most famous novelist in France, Dumas soon found his luck failing him. He made a fortune and quickly lost it due to his lavish life-style, and generosity. His reputation became tarnished because he often collaborated with people who supplied ideas and minor works, to which Dumas gave his touch of literary genius. He now faced accusations and even .....