... shaping of policies largely in the hands of his great counselor, Cardinal Wolsey (See Wolsey, Cardinal). By 1527 Henry had made up his mind to get rid of his wife. The only one of Catherine's six children who survived infancy was a sickly girl, the Princess Mary, and it was doubtful whether a woman could succeed to the English throne. Then too, Henry had fallen in love with a lady of the court, Anne Boleyn. When the pope (Clement VII) would not annul his marriage, Henry turned against Wolsey, deprived him of his office of chancellor, and had him arrested on a charge of treason. He then obtained a divorce ...

... country. Shih-k’ia was adopted by Yuan Tu-ch’en, the son of General Yuan Chia-san, because of the stature he held as a child. Tu-ch’en was a member of the Yuan clan, and his father was a “prominent military leader who was fighting the rebels,� at this time he was still not affected by modern thought and ideas, actually none of the members of the clan had either ( Ch’en, Yuan Shih-k’ai, p 1). By entering the family Shih-k’ai would take the clan name of Yuan and also gain the advantage of being in a very influential military family. All of this would help him later in his military career. In 1886, ...

... assigned to the 4th U.S. Infantry, and sent to Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis, MO. While stationed at Jefferson Barracks Grant met his future wife, Julia Dent, who was the sister of one of Grant’s West Point classmates. This romance was temporarily interrupted however, when orders were given that sent Grant’s regiment to the Southwest frontier in May of 1844. When the south seceded from the Union Grant had no troubles making up his mind to fight for the Union cause. Grant organized the first group of Union volunteers in Galena and accompanied the men to Springfield. Grant longed for active duty and, ...

... Chicago in 1887, where he went to work as an apprentice for Louis Sullivan. He began there to design and independently build private houses for some of Sullivan’s clients. This was known as “moonlighting”. These houses soon revealed an independent talent that was distinct from that of Sullivan. Wright’s houses had low, sweeping rooflines hanging over uninterrupted walls of windows. His plans were centered on massive brick or stone fireplaces at the heart of the house. His rooms became wide open to one another and the overall configuration of his plans became more and more alike, reaching ...

... opposed. These events and influences implanted ideas of contempt for the charade of parliamentary democracy, a hatred of military politicians and the army, the capitalist oligarchy, and, above all, U.S. imperialism. Although his parents, most notably his mother, were anti-Peronist activists, he did not take participate in revolutionary student movements and showed little interest in politics at Buenos Aires University (1947) where he studied medicine. He focused on understanding his own disease, and later became more interested in leprosy. In 1949 he made the first of his long journeys, exploring northern Argen ...

... darkness and death. For example, in the "Pit and the Pendulum", the setting is originally pitch black. As the story unfolds, we see how the setting begins to play an important role in how the narrator discovers the many ways he may die. Although he must rely on his senses alone to feel his surroundings, he knows that somewhere in this dark, gloomy room, that death awaits him. Richard Wilbur tells us how fitting the chamber in "The Pit and the Pendulum" actually was. "Though he lives on the brink of the pit, on the very verge of the plunge into unconsciousness, he is still unable to disengage himself from the physical ...

... were Thomas Jefferson, John Breckinridge, and Henry Clay. Marshall became a lawyer at the age of twenty five. As Brian McGinty says about Marshall in the article, "His first cases were not important, but he handled them well and made a favorable impression on his neighbors; so favorable that they sent him to Richmond in 1782 as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates." He became a prominent lawyer and was on his way to a successful future. Mr. Marshall worked under the administration of John Adams starting in 1798. He was offered the position of attorney general under George Washington's administration, b ...

... the time of World War I the standard camera used by war photographers was the medium-sized bellows extended Graflex with four by-five inch plates. This camera, being fairly large made making candid shots and maneuvering in dangerous situations impossible. Later the 35 mm Leica allowed Capa to do these things. The camera allowed him to be inconspicuous and have a large capability of movement. With this camera he was able to jump into battles to take pictures that no one else was ever able to take. One of the main things that tried to capture were the emotions of his subjects. He always tried to portray things such a ...

... a doctor. Nelle Reagan was in need of one. The midwife had told her that her delivery would be so difficult that a doctor would be required. By luck in Tampico, an unexpected blizzard hit the day before and a doctor named Harry Terry got stuck in Tampico. Terry performed a delivery that took such a toll on Nelle Wilson Reagan that he advised her not to have any more children. So Ronald whose brother wouldn't look at him because he was a boy, became the second and last of the Reagan's children. John Edward Reagan, who was of Irish-American ancestry, earned his living as a shoe salesman. Alcoholism cursed the l ...

... He owned several houses and was a member of the Skopje town council. Whenever Agnes’ father would return from a trip, he would always bring his children presents. Also, he promoted his daughters’ education, which was uncommon in that time period. Nikola also was involved in an underground organization that worked to gain independence for the Albanians from the Ottoman Turks, who ruled Macedonia around the time Agnes was born. Agnes grew up around much fighting. When she was born, there were Albanian protests against the Turkish government. When she was two, she witnessed the First Balkan War. In that war, the Ot ...