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Durga Puja
Number of Words: 570 / Number of Pages: 3
... ages worshipping her, has become tradition. Purana reveals king Suratha was one of the eminent worshippers of goddess Durga; he used to worship her image during spring and the act is known as Basanti puja. But Shree Rama, before rescuing Seeta from Ravana, in haste worshipped her in the Autumn and act is called Akal Bodhan (Untimely Worship). However over the years, this Akal Bodhan has become the major festival of Bengal.
Though the sojourn of the goddesss on earth is only of four days, but seven days before the puja, from the day of Mahalaya (October 12, 1996) starts Devipaksha; on this very day pe ...
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History Of Mozart
Number of Words: 918 / Number of Pages: 4
... sonatas for clavier with accompanying violin (1764). In 1768 he composed his first opera, La Finta Semplice, for Vienna, but intrigues prevented its performance, and it was first presented a year later at Salzburg. In 1769-70, Leopold and Wolfgang undertook a tour through Italy. This first Italian trip culminated in a new opera, Mitridate, re di Ponto, composed for Milan. In two further Italian journeys he wrote two more operas for Milan, Ascanio in Alba (1771) and Lucio Silla (1772).
In 1772, Archbishop von Schrattenbach died, to be succeeded by Hieronymus von Colloredo. The latter, at first sympa ...
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Kierkegaard And Christianity
Number of Words: 1674 / Number of Pages: 7
... one attains the goal", in that we all are capable of obtaining said goal (in this case the eternal truth) if we each seek after the goal as individuals. In crowds, he says, it is sure that no one is working, living, striving for the highest aim, but only for one or another earthly aim. Only as individuals (with God as our helper) can we obtain that which is the absolute, eternal truth. In these beginning paragraphs, Kierkegaard has already set his theme for this passage: that only as individuals with the help of God can one achieve the goal, or "eternal truth", that is Christianity.
As we delve dee ...
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King Henry VIII
Number of Words: 696 / Number of Pages: 3
... his marriage, Henry turned
against Wolsey, deprived him of his office of chancellor, and had him
arrested on a charge of treason. He then obtained a divorce through Thomas
Cranmer, whom he had made archbishop of Canterbury, and it was soon
announced that he had married Anne Boleyn.
The pope was thus defied. All ties that bound the English church to
Rome were broken. Appeals to the pope's court were forbidden, all payments
to Rome were stopped, and the pope's authority in England was abolished. In
1534 the Act of Supremacy declared Henry himself to be Supreme Head of the
Church of England, and anyone w ...
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Booker T. Washington
Number of Words: 1237 / Number of Pages: 5
... on April 5, 1856, in Franklin County, Virginia, on a small tobacco plantation. His only true relative was his mother, Jane, who was the plantation's cook. His father was probably the white son of one of the neighbors, though it is not known for sure. Washington spent his childhood years on the plantation, but since he was so young he never had to do the heavy work. He did the small jobs, such as carrying water to the field hands and taking corn to the local mill for grinding. This hard work at an early age instilled in him the values he would teach for the rest of his life. When the Civil War ende ...
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Rutherford Hayes
Number of Words: 1106 / Number of Pages: 5
... of all the conflict, a deal was finally struck. Republicans made a secret deal with Democrats in congress, who agreed not to dispute the Hayes victory in exchange for a promise to withdraw federal troops from the south and end reconstruction . Hayes made good on the deal. He swiftly ended Reconstruction and pulled federal troops out of the last two occupied states, South Carolina and Louisiana . During the brief period of radical reconstruction the negro enjoyed both civil and political rights.
This political bargain contained three generally recognized parts: 1) The north would keep hands off ...
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Modibo Diarra
Number of Words: 670 / Number of Pages: 3
... watch him play just because they met him and hope he succeeds. Modibo is some one special He has a gift on and off the court.
Modibo is no stranger to basketball. In his home country in Mali, Africa he was able to catch a glimpse of USA basketball through satellite. Just like any kid in America who has dreams of making it to the NBA, kids in Africa do have that dream as well. They have goals of being successful in life and taking care of their family. When a down and out coach from American University was trying to recruit another player to come to his school, that player decided on playing European ba ...
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The Admirable Eleanor Roosevelt
Number of Words: 998 / Number of Pages: 4
... she gave her the love and the family atmosphere that she needed. Many years later her father died and she was left alone with only uncles and her grandmother. In 1899 at the age of 15 her uncles out of control drunkenness scared Eleanor’s grandmother of Eleanor’s safety. She sent Eleanor away to a boarding school in England. In 1902 she returned to New York at the age of 18. She was ready to come out in the world and find a husband. Eleanor was not very good at small talk, so when men started courting her she would be very shy and timid. When Franklin a distant cousin started courting her they fell in ...
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Hannibal 2
Number of Words: 1249 / Number of Pages: 5
... (Green 21).
Hannibal left a lasting reminder of his deeds in the names of Spanish places such as Potus Hannibalis, Insula Hannabalis, and Scalae Hannibalis (Lancel 12).
In the spring of 218 B.C., Hannibal handed over command of the Spanish armies to his brother Hasdrubal. He then led his troops north toward the Pyrenees Mountains and began one of the most famous journeys in history (Green 24).
Hannibal's army included Libyans and Numidians from North Africa, Iberians and Celtiberians from Spain, and Gauls from Spain, France, and Italy.There were ninety thousand foot soldiers, twelve thousand horsem ...
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William Richardson Davie
Number of Words: 557 / Number of Pages: 3
... the war, Davie embarked on his career as a lawyer, traveling the circuit in North Carolina. In 1782 he married Sarah Jones, the daughter of his former commander, Gen. Allen Jones, and settled in Halifax. His legal knowledge and ability won him great respect, and his presentation of arguments was admired. Between 1786 and 1798 Davie represented Halifax in the North Carolina legislature. There he was the principal agent behind that body's actions to revise and codify state laws, send representatives to the Annapolis and Philadelphia conventions, cede Tennessee to the Union, and fix disputed state boun ...
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