Her “Migrant Mother” photographs shot in Nipomo, California, are perhaps the best-known photographs of the Great Depression. Russell Lee is one of the most famous photographers to have captured some of the most stunning images of the Great Depression during its most serious time, between 1939 and 1942. One of…
He did voice acting for The Walt Disney Company, playing Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Adult Flower in Bambi, the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, Kaa in The Jungle Book, Roquefort the Mouse in The Aristocats, and the title character in Winnie the Pooh, among many others. Personality. The Cheshire…
But surely the strangest and saddest composer-patron relationship was that of Tchaikovsky and his devoted patron, Nadezhda von Meck. A wealthy widow when she first contacted the composer by letter in late 1876, von Meck supported him with an annual stipend of 6,000 rubles. From 1877 to 1890 Tchaikovsky was…
It contains basic biblical texts, including the Lord’s Prayer, Hail Mary, and the Salve Regina, as well as the Ten Commandments, and the Sacraments of the Holy Church. The Doctrina Christiana is not only one of the earliest books printed in the Philippines. e De doctrina Christiana (English: On Christian…
Yuri LowenthalYuri LowenthalEarly life and education Lowenthal was born in Alliance, Ohio and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, later moving to Northern Virginia. His father worked for the United States Agency for International Development and he spent two years in Niger in Africa.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Yuri_LowenthalYuri Lowenthal – Wikipedia is…
After several amendments, the House of Representatives approved the bill on March 24, 1960 by a vote of 311–109.179 Democrats and 132 Republicans voted Aye. 93 Democrats, 15 Republicans, and 1 Independent Democrat voted Nay. 2 Democrats and 1 Republican voted present. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL BY THE…
Nil Darpan was written by Dinabandhu Mitra. It was originally written in Bengali. It is also known as Indigo Planters Mirror. It was translated into English by Michael Madhusudan DuttaMichael Madhusudan DuttaDutt is widely said to be one of the greatest poets in Bengali literature. He is the father of…
Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence. Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. Whom is often confused with who. Who is a subjective-case pronoun, meaning it functions as a subject in a sentence, and whom is an…
Belief in this system was common in ancient Greece. It was embraced by both Aristotle and Ptolemy, and most Greek philosophers assumed that the Sun, Moon, stars, and visible planets circle the Earth. Why did Aristotle believe in the geocentric model? He believed that the Earth was the center of…
Ralph Robinson (1520–1577) was an English scholar and man of letters. He is best known for his English translation of Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, originally written in Latin in 1516. In early modern English, Utopia was spelled “Utopie”, which is today rendered Utopy in some editions. In fact, More’s very…