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Biography Of Katharine Hepburn
Number of Words: 753 / Number of Pages: 3
... She sat
through every performance for six months. One day at understudy rehearsal,
Aurhtur Hopkins, the director, watched her act. “Fine,” he said, “Just
don't ever be sorry for yourself.”
One night at midnight, Jimmy Hagen, the writer of the play, asked
her if she still knew her part. Hope was sick and they needed her to
perform. She spent all day the next day memorizing her lines. Katharine
did her best.
“I lived through it ... so did the cast.” She did have one
disappointment. Aurthur Hopkins didn't come to watch her perform.
In the spring of 1930, Kate played roles in the plays The Admi ...
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Herman Melville
Number of Words: 565 / Number of Pages: 3
... that show this quality is Claggart in the book Billy Budd. Claggart is constantly referred to as being mysterious, "…a nut not to be cracked by the top of a ladies fan (Billy Budd).
Besides being mysterious, Melville is stubborn and this comes out through his characters Captain Veere and Bartleby. Like most writers, Melville’s career had its ups and downs, and his work was not always praised. Even though readers didn’t always appreciate his writing or writing style, he continued to write the books that he wanted to write. He quotes "What I feel most moved to write, that is banned- i ...
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Henry Kissinger
Number of Words: 719 / Number of Pages: 3
... 95). Kissinger, a master at power politics (his critics would often call him Machiavelli. In reply he would respond, “Thank you.”), he helped presidents Kennedy and Johnson as a consultant on nuclear policy. It is through this background, and his Nuclear Weapons policy that gained him status as an expert in the field (Kissinger 67) that he was appointed to serve as a special assistant to Nixon for National Security Affairs (hence the origin of the position for a National Security Advisor).
In this compacity, Kissinger reigned supreme. Through shrewd tactics, and skillful political manuvering “he man ...
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Kelly Flinn Biography
Number of Words: 1445 / Number of Pages: 6
... No one in her family had ever talked to her about the “birds and the bees,” or even about dating. Instead, independence, self-reliance, and strength were the most important things. If they had problems, they worked it out on their own. This served her poorly when she found herself in trouble with the Air Force years later. (pg. 9)
When Kelly was 15, she went to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. She found out how much she loved space and the challenge and the control she experienced. After Space Camp, she knew what she had to do and how to do it. She was going to go to the Air Force Academy and ...
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Lyndon B Johnson
Number of Words: 1382 / Number of Pages: 6
... president, who named him, at age 27, to head the National Youth Administration in Texas. This job, which Johnson held from 1935 to 1937, entailed helping young people obtain employment and schooling. It confirmed Johnson's faith in the positive potential of government and won for him a group of supporters in Texas.
In 1937, Johnson sought and won a Texas seat in Congress, where he championed public works, reclamation, and public power programs. When war came to Europe he backed Roosevelt's efforts to aid the Allies. During World War II he served a brief tour of active duty with the U.S. Navy in the P ...
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Andrew Jackson
Number of Words: 1369 / Number of Pages: 5
... General- this was very different from a state militia Major General. He continued to have military successes, though in his invasion of Spanish Florida, he got the reputation of being a kind of Caesar. In 1821, Jackson, at the age of 54 was in a very dangerous state of health. He, like many other southerners had defended his “Honor” in 2 or 3 duels and 1 shoot-out. He took two bullets. One lodged beside his heart and the other shattered his arm. At about this time, the “Hero of New Orleans” was perhaps the most popular man in the country. He received a “Favorite Son” endorsement for the presidency ...
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Dinner With Bill Gates
Number of Words: 1339 / Number of Pages: 5
... guy, dressed in
a pair of worn jeans and a sports coat, watching the game with furious intensity.
I turned to the servant, our guide, I suppose, and asked him who this man
was. "Oh that's Master Gates, the proprietor of this house. You'll be dining
with him shortly."
The servant led us through this room, past the pool and into a narrow
corridor. This hallway was adorned with pictures of Bill Gates, in various
characters and positions. The only one I recognized was the cover from the
recent issue of Time Magazine featuring him on the cover.
From here, we were led into the dining room and sea ...
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Jean Jacque Piaget
Number of Words: 624 / Number of Pages: 3
... It is at this time when a
child learns about his/her relationship to various objects. The child
learns a variety of fundamental movements and perceptual activities such as
holding a bottle. The second stage is the Preoperational Stage, ages two
to seven. Children start to use language and try to make sense of the
world, but have a much less sophisticated mode of thought than adults.
Children in this stage also need to test thoughts with reality on a daily
basis and do not appear to be able to learn from generalizations made by
adults. Children at this time are also very intuitive. It is po ...
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Ptolemy Of Alexandria
Number of Words: 512 / Number of Pages: 2
... an ancient form of nautical almanac or "ephemeris". Mathematics
could now not only be used to predict but to demonstrate whether a
particular theory was correct or not.
Ptolemy developed several theories of his own contrary to the beliefs
of many other Greek astrologers at the time. He upheld that the "heavens"
consisted of bodies orbiting the earth in a celestial path - this idea was
supported for some time. Though his views were altered by the Renaissance
(the sun was now placed at the centre), orbital concepts remain in modern
astronomy. Ptolemy was familiar with a early type of ...
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Calvin Coolidge
Number of Words: 1929 / Number of Pages: 8
... those who have become convinced that government in this country has become dangerously complicated and top heavy.." (Touchman 90).
It is no wonder, that Coolidge was known as the "do-nothing" president.
The road to the presidency was not a hard road for Coolidge to come by. He was born on the 4th of July in the summer of 1872 at Vermont. He was originally named John but he later dropped the "John" (Askin 67-68). His parents were John and Victoria Coolidge. His father was a jack-of-all-trades, but was later known to be an exceptional politician. His mother loved poetry and was very beautiful, ...
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