... . Jonas Salk had developed a vaccine against the disease. Salk became world-famous overnight, but his discovery was the result of many years of what seemed to be endless research. James Watson Watson "grew up" in the famous "phage group," of which his advisor was a founder. Phage group guru Max Delbruck was a mentor to ... Watson. Watson spent much time at Cold Spring Harbor in the late '40s and '50s. In 1950, Watson spent a year in Copenhagen, working with Herman Kalckar Caspersson. In 1951 he went to Cambridge University's famed Cavendish laboratory, headed by Sir Lawrence Bragg, to .....

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... political ideas was Sara Field. Sara was married to a preacher but had an open affair with a well known, married lawyer and political activist C.E.S Wood. He had defended birth control and Emma Goldman's right to free speech. Sara later commented, "I opened the door to her ability. Louise hated housework. It seemed that Louise felt that she was condemned to wash windows, punch ... not until four months after she arrived in New York that she had an article published, it was about two judges one of whom was presiding over the case against Emma Goldman for handing out pamphlets about birth...

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... the "American Dream."" Harry Sinclair Lewis was born on February 7, 1885 in the small town of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the youngest of three sons of Edwin J. Lewis and Emma Kermott Lewis. His mother, Emma, was always ill, having to spend much of her time away from home. In 1891, when he was five years old, she died. In less than a year, his ... ...

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... boundaries, a sudden identification with all life, a felling of liberation and a loss of fear, a blending of the senses, bringing sharp awareness of pattern, and a sense of passing beyond space and time." (Watson 1988, p.110) Psychology may be able to inform us of the cognitive processes which led to Picasso's idea for Guernica, but it does not explain what compelled him to arrive ... , The Eureka Effect: the art and logic of breakthrough thinking. W.W. Norton and Company: New York. Sternberg, Robert, ed. 1988, The Nature of Creativity: contemporary psychological perspectives. Cambridge ...

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... easy for anyone to produce a genuine New York accent. As a result, the actors stayed in character and were convincing. I was impressed by how some of the actors are great singers. Emma Woodman, who played Sarah has a really great voice. I had some difficulty understanding her enunciation in her speaking roles in the beginning, which I attribute possibly to nerves. She definitely needs to ... ...

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... is clearly one of the more influential African-American writers of his time. James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924 in Harlem, New York. He was an illegitimate child to Emma Berdis Jones. Soon after Baldwin's birth his mother remarried. Baldwin's step father, David Baldwin, was a preacher who had followed the Great Migration North from his home in New Orleans in ... ...

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... tried many retail clothing stores before she finally ended up working for Ralph Lauren. Last season after a one night fling with Ross, she ended up pregnant and had a baby girl, Emma. Instead of getting married and settling down to be a good wife and mother, Rachel has decided that she can make it as a single, working mother, and reflects many of the ... ...

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... employed by the New York Burlap Bag Company at 101 Grand Street, Brooklyn, just a few blocks from the pier where he suffered a death of submersion. William Menter left behind a wife, Emma, from whom he was separated, a daughter, Shirley Ann, 11, and a son, William Jr., 6. The four boys were taken to trial for the deaths of William Menter and Rheinhold Ulrickson. They ... ...

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... her own. Therefore, we were staying in different places all over New York. This was our first home. This apartment was in a three-story building located at the corner of Watson Ave and Evergreen Ave. It had a small garden and green area in front for the kids to play. On the main entrance door was the building's number in bright gold ... ...

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... York, and my father-in-law who interested me in global and international affairs. Not to mention that he was at one time Secretary of State. His name is John Watson Foster. My family and I are very religious. We attend mass at a Presbyterian church regularly. My family is also Democratic, and we will only vote democratic. I graduated from Amherst College in ... ...

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... and people connected to them. The dilemma is to determine how and when morals are learned. Children are born ignorant to the ways of the world. The American psychologist, John B. Watson, (Ethics: Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99) stresses the role of the environment in shaping children's development. His views are consistent with those of behaviorists that had a great impact in the 1950s ... ...

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... Society. N. Edwin Herbert Land, an American physicist and inventor, developed the instant photography process (the Polaroid camera) and established the Polaroid Corp. in 1937. O. The Scottish physicist Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt invented the first radar system in 1935. Radar is short for Radio Detection And Ranging. P. The engineer Richard James invented the "Slinky" in 1943. Q. Lyle David Goodloe and W.N. Sullivan ... ...

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... 20th Century. Munich, London, New York: Prestel Verlag. 1999. 184. Frankel, Susannah. Visionaries: Interviews With Fashion Designers. V and A Publication, 2001. 120-127. Ianotti, Lauren. "The Clients." Esquire Aug. 2001. 88. Watson, Linda. Vogue: 20th Century Fashion. London: Carlton Books Limited, 1999. www.parisfashionshows.net, 23 Aug 2003. www.yohjiyamamoto.co.jp, 23 Aug 2003. ...

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... could not get the funds that he needed to produce a prototype of radar, so his ideas were just that, ideas. Nevertheless, Tesla's article was a prophetic prediction. Later, in 1935, Robert Watson was given credit for a prototype of radar, credit that would have been Tesla's if it weren't for hate. Tesla had as much success commercially as he did with his military ... ...

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