... While in Italy, along with becoming fluent in Italian, Kobe became interested in basketball. His family would send tapes of games to him from the NBA for him to study.At the age of 14, Kobe's Dad brought his family back to the United States. Kobe's game picked up while attending Lower Merion High school. Kobe jumped directly from high school to the pros in 1996 and had an impressive rookie season with the Los Angeles Lakers. He won the Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk and was the lead scorer in the Schick Rookie Game during the NBA All-Star Weekend. Then, in his second season, he was voted a starter for the 1998 All-Star ...

... perfection-is responsible for many of his countless contributions to the colonies. Very important to Franklin’s life, was the little book he carried on his person at all times. In this book, he charted on a day to day basis, which virtues he had not obeyed, and marked a check for each mistake. Franklin set aside one week per virtue, and ordered his virtues such that whenever perfection in a virtue was attained, it would make achieving the following virtue easier. Franklin found that he had much to improve upon. Another ingredient to Franklin’s recipe for greatness was his daily schedule. Franklin divided his day ...

... main reasons: (1) He felt that the Constitution would rob the states of their power; (2) and that it was unfair to the people of the United States. Lee also felt that there should be a Bill of Rights that would guarantee individuals’ and states’ rights. During the Virginia Convention of 1788, Richard Lee voted against the ratification of the Constitution. The first main reason why opposed the Constitution was because he felt that the Constitution would “rob the states of their sovereignty�. With the Constitution giving so much power to the central government, the states would eventually lose their own po ...

... were exchanged between him and Karl Malone after a flagrant foul committed by O'Neal early in the third quarter led to Malone receiving a technical. Robert Horry, meanwhile, gave Jazz guard Jeff Hornacek a rough forearm, earning himself an ejection. But this is nothing compared to the tension between Laker coach Del Harris and his point guard, Nick Van Exel. In Game Four, Van Exel had been pulled by Harris for waving off the coach's instructions, screaming vulgarities as Harris waved an admonishing finger in his face. Tonight, however, Van Exel is having a hell of a game, hitting key jumpers from all over the floo ...

... the "extraordinary" few "all transgress the law… for the sake of an idea." It is this idea or "new word" that calls the "extraordinary" man to "allow his conscious to…step over certain obstacles" in order to fulfill this idea. Jeanne's "new word" was that of the call of Heaven. At only 13, Jeanne began hearing voices that were sometimes accompanied by visions. She was convinced that these voices were those of St. Michael and the early martyrs St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Margaret. These voices exhorted her to help the Dauphin, later Charles VII, king of France, recapture the city of Orleans a ...

... from mine by the way he went to school.His father taught him till he was nine,and then he went to school. Woodrow spent some of his spare time with his gang, called the Lightfoot Club.Also when Woodrow was fourteen,his education was continued at a private school with fifty boys enrolled that cost seven dollars an hour. One of the parts of the book that I liked was when Woodrow Wilson won the Presidency.One of the things that helped him win was when he made two alliances.One alliance was made with Colonel Edward M. House.The other was made with William McCombs. Both of these alliances profound effect on his ...

... Literature and has rightly received the credit that he deserves from historians. He has been depicted as a leading figure in American thought and literature, or at least ranks up there with the very best. But there is so much more to Ralph Waldo Emerson when we consider the personal hardships that he had to endure during the course of his life and when we see the type of man that he becomes. He certainly was a man of inspiration who knew how to express himself by writing the best of poems and philosophical ideas with inspiration. To get an idea of how Ralph Waldo Emerson might have become such an inspiration to t ...

... then had the Confederates surrender. When Lincoln heard of Grant’s victories he rose him to major general of volunteers (www.americancivilwar.com). At both, Fort Donelson and Fort Henry, Grant displayed an incredible degree of self-control. As his self-control grew so did his confidence and this confidence morally re-unified his men (Fuller, 72-73). Grant also showed an amazing combination of tenacity and innovation in Vicksburg and elsewhere. In the fall of 1863 Grant was sent to Chattanooga to lead a besieged army. Within a month Grant had turned the tables and had defeated the enemy forces. Grant was much ...

... At the age of 12 he taught himself Euclidian Geometry. Einstein hated the dull regimental and unimaginative spirit of school in Munich. ('s Early Life) His parents wisely thought to transfer him out of that environment. Although Einstein's family was Jewish, he was sent to a Catholic elementary school from 1884 to 1889. He was then enrolled at the Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich. In 1894, Hermann Einstein's business failed and the family moved to Pavia, near Milan, Italy. Einstein was left behind in Munich to allow him to finish school. Such was not to be the case, however, since he left the gymnasium after on ...

... Branch Rickey has set new standards for all black athlete’s to come. Jackie Robinson grew up in Cairo, Georgia. Jackie attended UCLA where he played baseball, basketball, football, and track. After collage Jackie enrolled in world war two. After the war Jackie got an honorable discharge. After the end of the war Jackie didn’t know what he wanted to do and he was very short on money. Finally Jackie decided he wanted to join the Negro Leagues. In 1944 Jackie officially was on a Negro baseball team.(Shorto,Russell p. 5-10) In 1945 Branch Rickey the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers was looking for ...