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John F. Kennedy
Number of Words: 2381 / Number of Pages: 9
... in politics. His father was a self-made millionaire. He served as first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and as U.S. ambassador to Great Britain during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Kennedy's family called him jack. He and his older brother Joe were strong rivals. Jack was quiet and often shy, but held his owns in fights with Joe. "The boys enjoyed playing touch football."(The World Book Encyclopedia, 261). His childhood was full of sports, fun and activity. This all ended when he grew up old enough to leave for school.
Kennedy attended elementary schools ...
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Joan Of Arc
Number of Words: 342 / Number of Pages: 2
... she was captured by the burgundians and sold to the English when Charles and the French did nothing to save her.This was in May, 1430. After months of improsinment, she was tried at Rouen by a tribunal presided over by Peter Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais, who hoped that the English would help him to becaome archbishop. She was not familiar with the technicalities of theology, so Joan was trapped into making damaging statements. When she refused to retract the statement that it was the saints of god who commanded her to do what she did, she was condemned to death as a heretic and a sorceress. She wa ...
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The Legend Of Baby Doe
Number of Words: 1499 / Number of Pages: 6
... her own way and damned anyone who tried to stop her.
After winning an ice skating contest with an incredibly revealing
costume, a man named Harvey Doe began courting her. Soon after, they
decided to be married.
There were disapproving glances at the wedding from both mothers.
The wedding was on June 27, 1877. After honeymooning in Denver, Colorado
for two weeks, they went down to Central City where they met his father,
who was at the time inspecting his gold fields. Harvey Doe, Sr. decided to
let Harvey work one of his quartz mines in return for a large share of the
profits. He agreed i ...
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Michelangelo
Number of Words: 1737 / Number of Pages: 7
... popes (Leo X and Clement VII). He also became acquainted with such humanists as Marsilio Ficino and the poet Angelo Poliziano, who were frequent visitors. produced at least two relief sculptures by the time he was 16 years old, the (both 1489-92, Casa Buonarroti, Florence), which show that he had achieved a personal style at a very early age.
His patron Lorenzo died in 1492; two years later fled Florence, when the Medici were temporarily expelled. He settled for a time in Bologna, where in 1494 and 1495 he executed several for the Arca (Shrine) di San Domenico in the Church of San Domenico.
First ...
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The Life And Work Of Anthony Burgess
Number of Words: 1817 / Number of Pages: 7
... experiences.
Enderby's Dark Lady was the fifth in the series, and that will be the
second book focused on in this paper. Anthony Burgess's work in A
Clockwork Orange and Enderby's Dark Lady strongly reflects significant
events or influences in his own life.
Anthony Burgess was born John Burgess Wilson in Manchester, England
in early 1917. (Stinson 1). Both of Burgess's parents were members of the
theatric arts: His father was a pianist, his mother was a musical actress.
Burgess went to a Catholic elementary school, and was one of the many
victims of the "iron discipline and largely rote memorizatio ...
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Agatha Christie
Number of Words: 3137 / Number of Pages: 12
... hated to talk about herself and refused to let anyone enter her beloved secret world (Gill, p.2). Frustrated by her extreme introverted ways, Christie attempted turning to music as a way of expressing herself. This strategy, however, proved to be an ineffective means as she would become stiff and feel inept while performing in front of even small audiences (Gill, p. 3). Christie, feeling like a failure with speech and music, turned to the world of writing. Christie would later say that: "Writing, unlike speaking and playing the piano, is an act of solitude and silence" (Gill, p. 2). Christie th ...
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The Divorce Of Michael Jackson And Lisa Marie Presley
Number of Words: 287 / Number of Pages: 2
... it didn't. Yes, Mr. Jackson's affair has been exposed, although we
are not allowed to release much of this information but we can say that
this third party was a major Hollywood player.
Michael claims that he was not actually having an affair but merely
providing sexual favors in order to get a speedy production for the sequel
to his past smash hit movie "The Moon Walker". Though, this extra parter
denys this and says there has been an on going relationship since before
the hookup of Jackson and Presley. Are these aligations true? I think so.
The divorce was made final late last ...
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Benjamin H. Latrobe
Number of Words: 1535 / Number of Pages: 6
... Cockrell he also met other renowned architects of the time. Two of which were Gorge Dance and John Soane. Both of these architects were very influential to Latrobes own work. In fact, all three architects were very influential. They all helped mold and create Latrobe's architectural style. During this advancing time period in architecture there were mainly three distinct styles of architecture. The first style was Old school. This style was strict Palladianism which was inspired by Palladio himself. The second school was Roman in origin and had a lot of functional space and had a lot of decor ...
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Babe Ruth 2
Number of Words: 553 / Number of Pages: 3
... just sign this it would mean the world to him” but not only did he sign the ball but he also visited him in the hospital After a eccentric conversation with Johnny Sylvester. Babe promised to hit a home run for the kid but Johnny Sylvester declined he didn’t only want one home run he wanted two. So Babe laughed and promised, in the next game Babe did do that for him. And more, after the much-anticipated home run Babe ran to the microphone and told him to get better, and he did.
On the other hand Babe owned the characteristic of being brutal and incorrigible. Many believe that Babes&# ...
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Charles Dickens
Number of Words: 666 / Number of Pages: 3
... changing London scene. Dickens’ first publication was done under the pseudonym Boz in 1836. It consisted of articles he wrote for the “Monthly Magazine” and the “Evening Chronicle.” These articles surveyed manners and conditions of the time.
Dickens’ personal unhappiness marred his public success. In 1836, he married Catherine Hogarth. Her sister, Mary, died in 1837 and Dickens suffered great grief. This led many to believe that he loved Mary more than his wife. Although Catherine was not real intelligent, she was a good woman. She and Charles had 10 children, ...
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