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Mikhail Gorbachev
Number of Words: 1207 / Number of Pages: 5
... I have never felt any pleasure in drinking vodka or spirits" (Gorbachev 37). That is important because if he had liked alcohol, there most likely never would have been any anti-alcohol campaign. "Temperance was the rule in the Gorbachev household on holidays, the men might take one shot glass of vodka or cognac in celebration, no more" (Smith 38). The Gorbachev family is an example of how alcohol should have been used in Russia. They drank in moderation, as opposed to others who drank simply to get drunk and were unable to control themselves while drinking. Gorbachev wanted others to be able to dri ...
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Kobe Bryant
Number of Words: 694 / Number of Pages: 3
... Crunch Slam Dunk and was the lead scorer in the Schick Rookie Game during the NBA All-Star Weekend. Then, in his second season, he was voted a starter for the 1998 All-Star Game, becoming at 19 the youngest All-Star in NBA history.
He was the all time leading scorer in southeastern pennsylvania history with 2,883 breaking the marks of former Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlan and of Carlin Warly. As a senior at Lower Merion High School, Bryant was choosen by USA Today and Parade Magazine as the National High School Player of the Year. He was also named Naismith Player of the Year, Gatorade Circle of Cham ...
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Machiavellis Ideas Of Government
Number of Words: 1533 / Number of Pages: 6
... of a plot to try to gain the favor of Lorenzo, he does note in his book that in order to gain the favor of a prince, you must present him with a gift; that was the purpose of his novel. In it, Machiavelli analysis’s the various types of monarchies, analysis’s of the different types of states, how they may be obtained, and how they should be ruled. He also describes how power is seized and retained, how to rule the military forces and, the essence of his work, how a prince should act in all circumstances in order to accomplish these tasks.
The first philosopher who did not try to lecture ...
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Led Zeppelin
Number of Words: 6917 / Number of Pages: 26
... of the new album, Houses of the Holy, were spectacular. Page had been officially told that were the biggest-selling group in the whole world. A silent moment of triumph passed between Plant and Page. Across the hall, an Al Green record played on Jones's portable stereo.
"Well," said Jimmy Page, turning to the visiting writer. "What do you want to know?"
I wanted to say "everything." As a fledgling journalist still working at a record store, I'd fought for the opportunity to cover for the L.A. Times. The band had provided the soundtrack for my own adolescence, but I kept that to myself. I had a ...
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Edgar Allen Poe
Number of Words: 1970 / Number of Pages: 8
... In 1815, the Allen family moved to England on business. There, Poe entered the Manor-House School in Stoke-Newington, a London suburb. This school taught him "the gothic architecture and historical landscape of the region made a deep imprint on his youthful imagination, which would effect his adult writings" (Levin, 14). The Allens left England in June 1820, and arrived in Richmond on August 2. Here, Poe entered the English and Classical School of Joseph H. Clarke, a graduate of Trinity College in Dublin. On February 14, 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia. Though he spent more time ...
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Frederic Douglass
Number of Words: 1314 / Number of Pages: 5
... all having direct object the establishment of Tyranny over these states." When the Constitution was written the first ten amendments were a bill of rights. The amendement the was most powerful was the ninth. "The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." This amendment means that any rights that were not mentioned in the constitution are still held by the people. This includes any god given rights that all human beings are given. All of these rights to freedom and liberty that are clearly spelled out hold a lot ...
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Tchaikovsky: His Life And Times
Number of Words: 376 / Number of Pages: 2
... married to Atonina Milyuka, one of his students, in
July of 1877. He made it clear however, that they were married due to her
threat of suicide if they were not married. During their brief marriage
Tchaikovsky was extremely unhappy. In his letters he described her as
having an empty heart as well as an empty head.
As a result of his marital despair, he attempted suicide. He fell
into unconsciousness and it was during that time that his brother and a
good friend requested a divorce from Antonina. She was extremely calm
during their visit, but was later hospitalized in a mental institution
afte ...
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The Wright Brothers
Number of Words: 927 / Number of Pages: 4
... 1930's and by the 1950's the jet had been developed, causing air travel to grow at an even faster rate. “During the 1960's about 100 million passengers flew on airlines and now in the 90's 1.25 billion people fly annually.” (“Transportation”) Transportation from city to city, was a luxury in the early 1900's but thanks to the discoverers by Wilbur and Orville Wright it is now an event that takes place in every major city in every country in the world. Air transport is the most rapidly developing form of transportation. Although Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first flight in a heavier-than-ai ...
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Mohandas Gandhi
Number of Words: 1437 / Number of Pages: 6
... satisfy one's
conscience. Despite this, he used his schooling to help plead for Indian
settlers in South Africa that were being oppressed by the white population.
His personal experiences, including being ejected from a train in
Maritzburg, of not being allowed the same rights as others lead him to
begin a movement to help his people.
While in South Africa, Gandhi made himself poor so that he could identify
with his the peasants. He then proceeded to start a colony that consisted
of abused labourers. The colony became very large and many cities were
crippled by the lack of labourers. The government r ...
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Australia
Number of Words: 4707 / Number of Pages: 18
... core. Of the 500 species, two or three typically form a mosaic in one locality and intermingle with other plant associations. Eucalyptus trees are classified according to their bark types--hence the names stringybark, ironbark, bloodwood, and smoothbark (the gums that shed their outer bark annually). The most widespread is the river red gum. Mallee eucalypts survive in semiarid regions by growing multiple stems (lignotubers) from a common rootstock. The world's tallest flowering plant is a southern eucalyptus, the mountain ash. Its height can exceed 325 feet (100 meters). Building timbers are obtain ...
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