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Bob Dylan
Number of Words: 736 / Number of Pages: 3
... Instead, he started playing in nearby coffeehouses, and was quickly taken in by the artistic community. There he was introduced to rural folk music of artist like Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly, Roscoe Holocomb, and the great Woody Guthrie. Throughout his life, Dylan will blend these three (blues, rock 'n' roll, and folk) musical styles together. Dylan soon realized that if he wanted to make something of himself, he needed to get to New York City. This was something that he had been thinking about for a long time. So one morning with nothing but his guitar and suitcase in hand, he just le ...
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Herman Melville: His Life And Works
Number of Words: 1679 / Number of Pages: 7
... lot of evidence concerning Melville's relation to his mother
Maria Melville. “Apparently the older son Gansevoort who carried the
mother's maiden name was distinctly her favorite.” (Edinger 7) This was a
sense of alienation the Herman Melville felt from his mother. This was one
of the first symbolists to the Biblical Ishamel.
In 1837 he shipped to Liverpool as a cabin boy. Upon returning to the U.S.
he taught school and then sailed for the South Seas in 1841 on the whaler
Acushnet. After an 18 month voyage he deserted the ship in the Marquesas
Islands and with a companion lived for a month among t ...
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The Life And Work Of Nemerov
Number of Words: 1659 / Number of Pages: 7
... to the air force. However, like all poets, this attraction
gradually grew into terror at the reality of war ("Nemerov" 249). Nemerov
first served as a flying officer with the RAF Coastal Command, attacking
German ships over the North Sea. Then in 1944, he was transferred to the
Eighth United States Army Air Force, based in Lincolnshire. Later he
served in a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force attached to the United
States Air Force. In 1944, he married an English girl, to whom he's still
married. After the war, Nemerov and his wife lived in New York for a year.
During this time, his ...
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Malcolm X
Number of Words: 381 / Number of Pages: 2
... name with an X to symbolize his lost true African name.
soon became an active participant in the nation of Islam. He assisted Elijah Muhammad by starting many new Muslim groups in the United States. In 1952 he returned to New York to become a minister of the important Harlem temple and in 1957 he organized the Muslim newspaper.
By the early 1960’s Islam had become nationally known. He was there most effective minister and spokesman. In 1964 broke completely with the nation of Islam and began building his own organization of Afro American Unity.
He made the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudia Arabia, to ...
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Mohandas Gandhi
Number of Words: 1020 / Number of Pages: 4
... by squatting Indians who
refused to rise even when beaten by the police. He declared he would go to jail
even die before obeying anti-Asian Law. Gandhi was arrested, but the British
were soon forced to release him. Economic independence for India, involving the
complete boycott of British goods, was made a result of Gandhi's self-ruling
movement. The economic aspects of the movement were serious, for the
exploitation of Indian villagers by British industrialists has resulted in
extreme poverty in the country and the virtual destruction of Indian home
industries. As a solution for such pov ...
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Thomas Jefferson
Number of Words: 562 / Number of Pages: 3
... and chop wood like a lumberjack. Most important of all, he was know
to be a superb writer.
Though surprisingly, Thomas Jefferson was not a man of many words. Not
known for his speaking abilities, he was shy and seldom spoke in public. When
delegates at the Congress gave long speeches, Thomas Jefferson oftentimes just
listened. John Adams said of Jefferson, "During the whole time I sat with him
in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together."
Instead, this Virginian contributed his pen rather than his voice to the
patriotic cause. Being known throughout the colonies as a fine write ...
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John Adams
Number of Words: 1571 / Number of Pages: 6
... He was able to speak several languages. At the age of fourteen, he was asked to serve as secretary and translator to Francis Dana, the first US ambassador to Russia. "Despite his age, young Adams was a valuable aid to the consul; he enjoyed Russia and the exposure to diplomatic circles." He later returned to the United States and attended Harvard. "He graduated in two years and entered the law offices of Theophilus Parsons in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Passing the bar in 1790, he set up practice in Boston." In 1794 John began his long political career. George Washington appointed John Quincy ...
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Caravaggio
Number of Words: 1228 / Number of Pages: 5
... through this piece, however it is only through an examination of the context that the authentic and intended meaning can be determined. His stylistic and contextual values of the visual arts of this period signified cultural changes and social realism as a consequential reaction.
was one of the premier painters who worked during the midst of the counter reformation in Rome. He is responsible for a number of historically significant paintings which set a new trend among relationships between painters and their patrons. Some of his paintings include the Calling of Saint Mathew, Bacchus, David ...
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Rick Pitino
Number of Words: 1837 / Number of Pages: 7
... Building your self-esteem is the first step to achieving. The first part that you must remember is that you are in control. You are the one that will be deciding how good you are, or if you deserve to win. He talks about one of the first players that he coached in college and how he blamed his lack of success on every other reason except the fact that he wasn't working hard enough. Remember, first you must have the reason for your high self esteem before you can show it. You have control over what you are going to accomplish, everybody has doubts about how good they are, that is just simply how li ...
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Galielo
Number of Words: 652 / Number of Pages: 3
... the whole universe. They did no measuring, performed no experiments, and made few calculations. Galileo found their explanations of motion unconvincing. He was particularly dissatisfied because Aristotle had concentrated on why objects move. Galileo wanted to know how they move (9).
As one could see then, how keen this savant individual could work his mind to evaluate and explore anything that appeals to him. His work in physics helped remarkably to make experimental measurements and mathematical calculations more significant in all the sciences today. Although he was censored and imprisoned for his ...
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