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    Raymond Albert Kroc was born on October 5, 1902, in Oak Park, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. He was the oldest child of Louis Kroc, who was an employee of the telegraph company Western Union. His mother, Rose was a homemaker. Kroc's mother earned extra money teaching piano, and he shared her talent at the keyboard. Kroc also liked to daydream, which led his parents to call him "Danny Dreamer" after catching him lost in thought. Kroc's first time going into business was with a lemonade stand

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    What would a world be without Walt Disney? Walt disney was born on December fifth 1901 in Chicago,Illinois.Walt Disney was a ten year old boy who loved to draw.So at age sixteen he droped out of school to go to Art school.Then at age twenty-two he started his own stuido.At his stuido he started to make cartoons.Disney first cartoon was Mickey Mouse the mouse was dressed in big velvet pants ,With big white buttons,and big white gloves that was his dream mouse. So then Walt Disney got signed to a company

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    Shigeru Miyamoto is one of the most creative game makers in the world. And i created video games in the 80’s and continues to this day. In the early years,Shigeru Miyamoto had a lot of ideas of what he wanted to do. he was born in sonobe in kyoto japan. he wanted to be a manga artist(japanese comic artist). He wanted to be a cartoonist like Walt Disney. His dad taught him English on his own he made toys and games.Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts His arcade beginnings were at Nintendo

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    Johnny Cash may have grown up working on a cotton farm, but he had big dreams. Johnny Cash was born on February 26, 1932 in a small town called Dyess, just outside of Kingsland, Arkansas (“Johnny Cash” 1). Growing up in a small town may have been one of the major factors that kept Cash humble in his later years. Cash grew up in poverty with his mom, Carrie, his dad, Ray, and his seven brothers and sisters (“Johnny” 1). Because Cash was raised this way, he did not care about the money that was

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    The central conflict of All the King’s Men as I understood deals with corruption. Willie Stark, the protagonist of the play, actually won the election to become governor, but the citizens of the state were not pleased by his leadership and lack of duties as a politician. There was a scene in the play in which Willie gets drunk and he is portrayed as a bad person. People did not like him because he was a political agitator that uses corruption to gain power. For example, he uses corruption against

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    1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president of the United States. Air conditioning is invented, and Walt Disney produces Flowers and Trees, the first film to be released in three-strip technicolour. The year also marked the emergence of a short film series, Baby Burlesks. The star of the series was a three-year-old newcomer, Shirley Temple who played the lead role in each short film. Throughout the eight films, Temple and her co-stars are comedically portrayed in adult roles, which reference

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    Fred Moore grew up drawing. He used to submit artwork to the Los angles Junior Times, and many of his pieces made it into the magazine. Eventually, he made it over to the Disney Studio where he found himself a job in the animation department. Fred Moore is quite well known for redesigning Walt Disney’s beloved Mickey Mouse character. Previously, the character had used a squash and stretch technique and was all circles and long cylindrical shapes for the arms and legs. Moore gave Mickey Mouse a much

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    Introduction – Chuck Jones is one of the most influential animators in history. He has inspired many current creators such as – John Lasseter (CCO of Pixar, Disney, director of Toy Story), Steven Spielberg (Bridge of Spies, The Post) and Martin Scorsese (Hugo, Shutter Island) (Heart and Soul – The timeless art of Chuck Jones, n.d.). His works are still enjoyed by millions of people today. (2) (3) Personal Details – Charles Martin Jones is more commonly known

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    Who is The Man in Black Johnny Cash once said, “Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.” American icons affect the world with everything they do. They need to be honest, impactful, and well liked. Johnny Cash exhibited the attributes an american icon needs. There are some names in music history that everyone knows, and one of those name is Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash is a legendary

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    which can result in critical consequences. Jack Burden, Adam Stanton, Judge Irwin and Willie Stark are characters that with ironic traits. Jack Burden is known as the “student of history” ( Warren 372). The very fact that he is a historian is ironic, as he has come from an aristocratic and reputable family and grew up in Burden’s Landing. However, Jack lacks the ambition needed to excel in life and works for Willie, despite the

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