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…children. Her father was a Russian Jewish immigrant who sold jewelry and her mother was a newspaperwomen. Harry and Miriam taught Betty to do her best in everything she did. When she grew up, she was a very self confident, bright young women with dreams of going…

…Pasteur proposed the germ theory of disease, which was crucial to the development of modern scientific medical practices. 3.In Chemistry, the Russian Dmitry Mendeleyev in the 1860s classified all the material elements then known on the basis of their atomic…

…friend. In 1917, Picasso involved himself with Diaghilev's Russian Ballet. He worked on costume and set design for Parade(1917) and while all this was going on Picasso met his future bride, Olga Kokhloven, who was a dancer for the ballet. The Ballet gave him…

…in Germany unto a Russian mother and a German father. Sandow's childhood was spent traveling. As a teenager, Sandow began bodybuilding. However, seeing little to no progress, Sandow became very discouraged and even considered quitting. Despite his urge to give up…

…on the planet, all the sickness and hunger and ignorance and pain, the American military budget was $265 billion. The second largest government expenditure for militarism was $48 billion; the Russians. In the cold war, The U.S. trained Afghanistan group, Alak-Aida…

…), A Footnote to Folly (1935) and Labor's New Millions (1938). She took part in history making labor strikes and recorded violence of strike breaking methods. She reported from Moscow in 1917 during the outbreak of the Russian Revolution. As the New Deal began…

…some of their medicines at private pharmacies and bring them to the hospital. Only about 1% actually get treatment with the latest anti-retroviral drugs. The Russian government spent only $5 million on national AIDS programs last year. HIV infections have…

…alexsander Solzhenitsyn's novel sander Solzhenitsyn's novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich chronicles one man's struggle for survival in a harsh Siberian labor camp. After World War II, many Russian men were put into Siberian prison camps under…

…, the Germens, the Russians, the Ottoman to name a few empires who have claimed the Balkans as their own. One of the largest empires known was created by Alexander the Great, who conquered from Italy through most of Turkey and as far south as Egypt. Balkan states…

…in the move "Enemy Behind the Gates" when a soldier tells his commanding officer they (the Russians in WW2) need a hero to give them new hope. Heroes have traits such as strength, courage, and nobility. Greeks had heroes for people to look up to and teach them…