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Abigail Adams
Number of Words: 758 / Number of Pages: 3
... barley, or making sure that his sheep received proper care. Abigail, with the help of her family grew a very religious bond between each other and a long lasting friendship. Abigail never went to a real school because of poor health. So, she learned at home. Her father’s library was not big, but she still went to it to read books. Abigail’s favorite books were novels by Samuel Richardson. Abigail’s father knew John Adams by working with him and she grew rather close to him starting a wedding. This now made her name . Their wedding was held on October 25, 1764, a month before her twe ...
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Alfred Nobel
Number of Words: 469 / Number of Pages: 2
... consisted of (diatomeus earth) marine organisms diatoms. This way the explosive could be transported easily and detonated from a safe distance. It saved laves and time. He would name it Dynamite and got a patent for it in 1867.
Throughout his life he had poor health but was not worried about it because he expected many advances in medicine. He once experimented with his theories on blood transfusions. These attempts failed and was back on with his chemistry. From an early age Alfred had written and read quite a bit and he had very good writing skills. He wrote many poems and even a pla ...
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George Washington Carver
Number of Words: 606 / Number of Pages: 3
... and, in 1896, a Master of Science degree in agriculture and bacterial botany. That same year, Booker T. Washington offered Carver a job teaching at Tuskegee Institute. During his first few years at Tuskegee, he made many improvements in the agricultural program. With the help of other colleagues, he created the Farmers’ Institute. This was a group of farmers who met monthly to acquire agricultural advice from the Tuskegee staff.
As well as creating the Farmers’ Institute, Carver also helped the farmers of Alabama and the southern states a great deal. An insect called the boll weevil became an ...
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Andrew Jackson 2
Number of Words: 959 / Number of Pages: 4
... and slaves with his new wealth, he began to strengthen his position with the self-made aristocrats in his area. Soon with newfound political offices, he became a prominent member of the western aristocrats and consequently he became a first-generation aristocrat.
Jackson’s loathing of “Eastern Money Power” and the national bank began in 1796 with one incident that had a disastrous effect upon Jackson’s fortunes. This event sewed in him his dislike of “Eastern Money Power” and paper money system. Jackson had accepted notes from David Allison as payment for land ...
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Fidel Castro
Number of Words: 391 / Number of Pages: 2
... one party socialist state. Because of this one party socialist state many middle class citizens, along with the upper-class citizens too, would be exiled. Fidel often showed hostility toward the United states. Castro made his government seize all
United States owned sugar mills, electric utilities and oil refineries. That decision was a poor one for his country and its economy. As a result of this decision the United States would no longer buy sugar from Cuba. They also put an embargo on Cuba. This resulted in Fidel's loss of popularity which therefore made the people think he didn't deserve as ...
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J.D. Salinger's Personal Life
Number of Words: 607 / Number of Pages: 3
... and that's all. He has actively resisted
surrenderring his whole life to public scrutiny, and that is not an easy
thing to do. I refuse to chip away at that shell. Besides, who cares about
his old loves and trips to Europe and family problems and all? That's what
fiction is for, after all!
So, some ask, why do I reveal the 22 "missing" stories and the titles of so
many others? I do it because that IS part of what he has given the world.
He chose to share those with us and they are good enough to share. I'm sure
he would rather have every single fan look up all those old things, even
the somewhat ...
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Boris Yeltsin
Number of Words: 2040 / Number of Pages: 8
... and Boris's mother Klavdiya Vasilyevna Yeltsina was a seamstress.
In his youth Boris blew off two fingers trying to disarm a hand grenade (he was most likely playing with it not disarming it). Boris graduated from Pushkin High School in Berezniki where his parents lived from the late 1930's to the early 1970's. After graduation, Boris went to Ural Polytechnic Institute in Sverdlovsk. While in college, Boris played pro volleyball for Sverdlovsk in the USSR first division. In 1955 he graduated with a major in construction. In 1955 he got his first job, he worked for Uraltiazhtrubstro ...
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Chuck Yeager
Number of Words: 1311 / Number of Pages: 5
... Untied States was short pilots, so they put up a notice to see if anyone wanted to become a pilot. Chuck signed the form; however, it took another year for them to pick him. It was always hard for Chuck to fit in among the other pilots and mechanics. Because he was from West Virginia, he had a strong accent, and a poor education, so he was never given a chance at first. Then, when he first went in a plane, he almost quit the pilot school because there was turbulence and he was bumping all over the place. On the other hand, once he flew a plane by himself he was hooked. He excelled in pilot school bec ...
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Machiavelli - The Prince
Number of Words: 820 / Number of Pages: 3
... the nation free from invasion and occupation and also how to handle internal problems; such as when to bribe, oppress, cajole etc… Machiavelli’s real objective in writing The Prince was far different from the words that are found composed by him.
The letters from Machiavelli to the Prince of Florence were not messages of suggestion as much as they were a job application for a place in his dynasty. The actual ambition of Machiavelli was to use this political hypocrisy to promote his own good. He was a firm believer that one should give the people what they want in order to earn their sup ...
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De Tocqueville
Number of Words: 1234 / Number of Pages: 5
... his forefathers and respects them;”. This is quite true, however does not mention that because of the family “blood”, wars have been fought, and many lives lost. continues to say, “He willingly imposes duties on himself towards the former and latter [ancestors and descendants], and he will frequently sacrifice his personal gratifications . . .”. It is a nice sentiment, however, history has taught us that it is rare to find a self-sacrificing person, and even rarer is the benevolent overlord. ’s argument lacks a solid and provable basis. The fact that aristocra ...
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