|
|
|
» Browse Biography Term Papers
Roberto Clemente
Number of Words: 549 / Number of Pages: 2
... he scored 1,416 runs for his team. Overall, his career batting average was a .317. On November 14, 1964, he married Vera Cristina Zabala in Carolina, Puerto Rico. They had three sons: Roberto Jr., Luis Roberto and Roberto Enrique. Proud of his heritage Roberto insisted that Vera give birth to all three sons in Puerto Rico. The boys were six, five and two, when their father met his unfortunate death.
New Year's Eve, December 31, 1997 marked the 25th Anniversary of a tragic plane
crash. The plane was taking medical, food and clothing supplies to Nicaragua, to help out after an earthquake. Vera and ...
|
|
The Life Of Walt Disney
Number of Words: 1333 / Number of Pages: 5
... factory. But, he
determinedly replied," I want to be an artist."4 His first endeavor was
the Iwerks-Disney firm. He and his friend , Ub Iwerks, rented a small
studio and designed ads for local businesses. They payed the rent of the
studio in artwork.5 In April of 1920, Disney took a better paying job at
the Kansas City Film Ad company. Ub also took a position at the company.6
Later Walt Disney left the company and moved to Hollywood. He wanted to
make longer animated cartoons in stead of short animated ads. Disney's
first character with a personality, was Oswald the Rabbit. But, in a
sca ...
|
|
Mark Twain: Racist Or Realist?
Number of Words: 1914 / Number of Pages: 7
... wrote about the opression of the rich and poor, the strong and weak, and the proud and humble (Baxter 1). In his autobiography he wrote “All negroes were friends of ours and those of our own age were inface comrades (Neider 5).” Mark Twain could not find the realistic acceptance of friendships, loyalty, and courage in the adulthood of societies, and because of this he would always use a boyhood view of the world to contrast the adult hypocracies. Mark Twain was honest and knew that he could only write from a realistic perspective and could not accept these hypocracies of society (Simpson 25 ...
|
|
King Arthur
Number of Words: 1659 / Number of Pages: 7
... of Modred,
his treacherous nephew.
Artos Of The Celts
It is almost certain that Arthur did exist, although it is unlikely he
was a king. He is more likely to have been a warrior and Celtic cavalry
leader. The Saxon invaders, who were unmounted, would have been at a
considerable disadvantage against the speed with which the Celtic
company were able to move around the country, which would make possible
the dozen victories up and down the country that have been attributed to
the shadowy figure of Arthur. Around the fifth century, a resistance
movement against Britain's invaders, ...
|
|
Thomas P. O'Neill
Number of Words: 1788 / Number of Pages: 7
... his
life and his money to the people of Boston.
Tip came of age in the Great Depression, arrived in congress from
Massachusetts in 1952 and "came to power amid the plenty of the '60s and '70s."
(Woodlief 4) He was a rampant liberal who "would usually vote yes on any bill
that helped people (he once voted to put money into an appropriations bill to
study knock knees)." (Gelzinas 6) When Reagan came into office in 1980 big
government began to feel the pinch and O'Neill's big hearted liberalism was on
the way out. In 1980, O'Neill was a target of a clever Republican ad campaign
that pictured h ...
|
|
Charlie Chaplin
Number of Words: 504 / Number of Pages: 2
... led to his parts in Sherlock Holmes and a few other parts. At the same time his brother Sydney had joined the famous Fred Karno Company and there he quickly became a leading player and writer. Late in the year 1900 Charlie is cast as a cat in a production of Cinderella at the London Hippodrome. Less than a month later his father died from Alcoholism. Soon afterwards his mother Hannah is committed to the Cane Hill Asylum, and never completely recovers her sanity. For almost the next ten years Charlie performs in various rolls throughout Europe. In September of 1910 Charlie leaves Europe with the Ka ...
|
|
Leakey, Richard
Number of Words: 459 / Number of Pages: 2
... 3 - 1.6 million years ago. The characteristic difference between the Ausrtalopithicus afarenis and africanus is the height and brain capacity. The height of the africanus is 1.4 m and the brain capacity is approximately 400 - 600 cc. Smaller incisor teeth and a slightly flatter face are also noted. The afarensis has a height of 1.2 m and a cranial capacity of 380 - 450 cc. Sticks, and stones were most likely used to gather food by the Australopithecus africanus. Homo habilis (also known as "handy man") is theorized to have lived with Australopithecus africanus. Homo habilis was known as “handy man” bec ...
|
|
Jessica Savitch: The Dark Side Of A Golden Girl
Number of Words: 1418 / Number of Pages: 6
... gets a career boost when she leaps from Houston to KYW T.V. in Philadelphia, the fourth largest market. She goes on to produce three award winning series and anchors the 10:00 news with Mort Crim, a respected anchor in the business. Ron Kershaw moves to Philadelphia, but cannot find a job because he is Jessica Savitch's boyfriend. This creates more turmoil in their relationship, and they continue their process of breaking up and making up. Dave Neal, one of Jessica's mentors says, "They were addicted to each other," (Nash, 183). During a separation, Jessica meets Mel Korn, a successful advertisin ...
|
|
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Number of Words: 1911 / Number of Pages: 7
... eventually graduate in 1904. Groton
as well as Harvard would pave the way for the future of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt.
It was 1932, when Roosevelt, would acquire the renowned title of
President of the United States by winning the election. It was sort of a
platform for his campaign, as he said in Chicago Stadium, “I pledge you, I
pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people....This is more than a
political campaign’ it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win
votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to it’s
greatness.” (Freedman, p.82) As soon as Roosevelt was swo ...
|
|
Death Of A Salesmen
Number of Words: 267 / Number of Pages: 1
... worked consistently throughout his life, never trying to shoot for too high hopes. Because of this, Charley later in life, had a steady enough income to live comfortably and put his son through college. He even had money to spare so that he could loan it to the needing Willy Loman. Charley placed good ethics on Bernard, like working hard to become successful. By the later part of Charley's life, he was living comfortably because of all his hard work, and he set his son Bernard in the right path. Bernard had obviously succeeded in life through his hard work in his younger days while Biff just ...
|
|
|
