He confiscated church funds
and imposed onerous taxes on the populace. Consequently, the
"Liberator" faced numerous uprisings and narrowly escaped an
assassination attempt. By the time he died he was so despised that the
government of Venezuela refused to allow his body onto its soil. It
took 12 years of constant petitioning by the family to let his remains
be interred in the country that he helped found.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7609/eng/bio.html
http://wekker.seagull.net/bolivar/biograf_menu.html
Bra
Mary Phelps Jacob - a rich socialite - received the first patent for a
bra in 1914. Her corset - replete with whaleback bones was visible
under a brand new evening gown she purchased. She used handkerchiefs
and ribbon to replace the bones. The bra was born. she sold the patent
to Warner Brothers Corset Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for
$1,500. They made $15 million over the next 30 years. Bras were one
size fits all until 1928.
An interesting coincidence: one of the forerunners of the bra was
patented by a George Phelps in 1875. Other bra-like devices were
patented in 1893 and 1889.
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