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George Washington Carver
Number of Words: 441 / Number of Pages: 2
... over-farmed land farmable, and continued research. Much of the land in
the South had been over-farmed. All of the soil's nutrients had been
depleted by the cotton and tobacco plant. Carver improved soil with his
own blend of fertilizers. He also advised farmers to plant peanuts and
sweet potatoes, he told them this would help the soil. So many farmers did
this and were stuck with peanuts and sweet potatoes. So he made over 300
bi-products from plants such as cereal, oils, dyes, and soaps. In addition,
Carver developed a "school on wheels" to teach farmers from Alabama the
essentials for so ...
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Is Tiger That Great?
Number of Words: 556 / Number of Pages: 3
... statistically, to be a great player.
This hypothesis is backed by a great deal of statistical information and factual, proven input through our own calculations. After finding our data online it was already clearly evident that Woods’ was a good player, but we wondered how much better he would seem after the math was done. We hope some of the following numbers impress you as much as they did us. The mean score of a PGA Tour Top 100 player is currently 70.63. Woods’ mean score is a dazzling 69.21. The total number of observations in our experiment was 104, because of certain PGA T ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Number of Words: 706 / Number of Pages: 3
... was overthrown in August of that year, Napoleon started to make a name for himself and become a well known military leader.
In 1792 Napoleon was promoted to captain. In 1793 he was chosen to direct the artillery against the siege in Toulon. Soon after that Toulon fell and Napoleon was promoted to brigadier general. Napoleon was made commander of the French army in Italy. He defeated many Austrian Generals. Soon after this Austria and France made peace. Afterwards Napoleon was relieved of his command. He had been suspected of treason. In 1795 he broke up a revolt and saved the French government. He ...
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Robert Francis ("Bobby") Kennedy
Number of Words: 906 / Number of Pages: 4
... no sympathy for the mob, nor did he care that he was
being criticized by the media for his “harsh measures” such as his
extensive use of wiretaps .
In 1964 he resigned as Attorney General to subsequently gain a Senate
seat from New York. While being a Senator, his views on government slightly
changed. He was now paying more attention to the needs of the poor
minorities, and was criticizing the involvement of the United States in the
Vietnam War.
In March of 1968, he announced that he would be running for President
on the Democratic ticket. His charismatic personality appealed to voters of
a ...
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Vincent Van Gogh
Number of Words: 553 / Number of Pages: 3
... (approximately 750
paintings, 1,600 drawings, 9 lithographs, and 1 etching) was documented in more
than 700 letters that he wrote to Theo and others.
Van Gogh's early years includes all his work from 1879 through 1885. Between
August 1879 and November 1885 he worked in Etten, The Hague--where he received
some instruction from his cousin, Anton Mauve and in Nuenen, among other places.
In Nuenen he painted The Potato Eaters, his first important picture, which
underscores his lifelong interest in peasant subjects.
During the winter of 1885-86 Van Gogh studied at the academy in Antwerp, where
he ...
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Donatello
Number of Words: 1317 / Number of Pages: 5
... The "David" was originally made for the
cathedral but was moved in 1416 to the Palazzo Vecchio which is a city hall
where it long stood as a civic-patriotic symbol. From the sixteenth century on
it was eclipsed by the gigantic "David" of Michelangelo which served the same
purpose. Other of Donatello's early works which were still partly Gothic are the
impressive seated marble figure of St. John the Evangelist for the cathedral and
a wooden crucifix in the church of Sta. Croce.
The full power of Donatello first appeared in two marble statues, "St.
Mark" and "St. George" which were completed in ...
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John Lennon
Number of Words: 2200 / Number of Pages: 8
... Mimi took him in as if he was her own son. In 1946, John’s father Fred, returned from sea and tried to take John with him to New Zealand. Julia stepped in and kept John in Liverpool with his Aunt Mimi. (Fogo)
The first school that John attended was Dovedale Primary School. Here he began his streak of rebelliousness that would last him throughout his entire adult life. Here John found that he enjoyed drawing. Since he had talent for drawing and did not do well in his other studies the head master of Dovedale Primary School suggested that he go to an art college. (Hampton)
In September of 1962, ...
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The Life Of Sally Ride
Number of Words: 774 / Number of Pages: 3
... NASA astronauts. She was originally looking for postdoctoral work in
astrophysics. Previously, astronauts had always been military pilots, but
now NASA wanted to hire scientists and technicians who could monitor the
complex technology of the shuttle. Prior to her application, no women had
ever been accepted into NASA's space program. There were over 8,000
applicants for the thirty-five positions available. 1,251 of the 8,000
people who applied were women and only six were accepted.
Sally Ride was one of the six, although she didn't go into space
right away. Her first assignment ...
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A Biography Of Ralph Waldo Eme
Number of Words: 363 / Number of Pages: 2
... he gave one of his most famous, if not his most famous speech, "The American Scholar." "The American Scholar," was a speech about being intellectually independent. Intellectually Independent simply means that everyone should think for themselves, and not become a "parrot of other mens thinking." This speech was very important in Emerson's life, because he was able to mention his theory of Transcendentalism to an open audience. Emerson's most popular written work, was probably "Nature." "Nature," was an essay on the theory of Transcendentalism, and his personal views of nature. Although Emerson wrote ...
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Nikita Sergeyevich
Number of Words: 667 / Number of Pages: 3
... of Joseph Stalin, was head of the Communist Party. Khrushchev joined Kaganovich in supporting Stalin in his power struggles against Leon Trotsky and Nikolai Bukharin. With Stalin's success, Khrushchev's career soared. In the 1930s Khrushchev was promoted from one political position to the next, until finally, in 1935, he became second in command of the Moscow Communist Party. In Moscow, Khrushchev oversaw construction of much of Moscow's subway system, and in 1939 he became a full member of the Politburo.
Khrushchev's rise to power coincided with one of the darkest periods in Soviet history: the Grea ...
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