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Karl Marx
Number of Words: 1939 / Number of Pages: 8
... one. His parents had a good relationship and it help set Karl in the right direction." His 'splendid natural gifts' awakened in his father the hope that they would one day be used in the service of humanity, whilst his mother declared him to be a child of fortune in whose hands everything would go well.
In High school Karl stood out among the crowd. When asked to write a report on "How to choose a profession" he took a different approach. He took the angle in which most interested him, by saying that there was no way to choose a profession, but because of circumstances one is placed in an occupatio ...
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Adolph Hitlers' Rise To Power
Number of Words: 1039 / Number of Pages: 4
... the backing of the people in the country. The form of propaganda he used, and was successful in using, were his words. Hitler made many speeches, but the one speech that was a famous one, was his final speech at his trial for treason. In this speech he gave his views and opinions on the events preceding the trial. This is an excerpt from his speech: "...I aimed from the first to....become the destroyer of Marxism....The army that we are building grows more from day to day, from hour to hour. Gentlemen, not you who will be the ones that deliver the verdict over us, but that verdict will be given by the ...
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Thurgood Marshall
Number of Words: 809 / Number of Pages: 3
... Maryland. He was prepped and raised by his mother, Norma Arica Marshall, and his father, William Canfield Marshall. Thurgood's mother was one of the first African Americans to graduate from Colombia University and his father was the first black person to serve on Baltimore's grand jury in the 20th century. Their accomplishments influenced young Thurgood in the years yet to come. Thurgood was always top of his game and graduating from an all black high school in Baltimore at 16 and graduating from Howard Law School in Washington D.C. first of his class, proved it. During his time at Howard, Thurgood m ...
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Biography Of Thomas Edison
Number of Words: 473 / Number of Pages: 2
... without being disturbed.
At sixteen, Edison became a telegraph operator.He learned the Morse
code and spent his spare time taking apart and putting together telegraphs.
He had many many jobs, but most of his employers became upset with his
habit about forgetting about his job and working on his own experiments.
At twenty one, he repaired a broken down stock ticker machine. A business
named Laws than hired him. Soon after he was recruited, he put together a
perfect stock ticker machine in his spare time. For his work, he was paid
$40,000. With all of this new money Edison bought many books and
s ...
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Anne Tyler
Number of Words: 362 / Number of Pages: 2
... 1977 an award from the American Academy for Earthly Possessions. Her novel Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982) explores tensions inside a family seen from the perspective from each member in turn. Absentminded Ezra, the youngest son, runs the restaurant of the title, and comes in contact with various characters seeking emotional fulfillment.
The Accidental Tourist won in 1986 National Book Critics Circle Award and was made into a film in 1988, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner. It tells a story of a man who writers travel guides for those who want to 'tak ...
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Marquise De Pompadour
Number of Words: 435 / Number of Pages: 2
... she had long since ceased performing sexual favors for the king.
played an important part in the politics of Louis's reign. She kept her influence long after the king's love for her had cooled. Pompadour served the king with devotion and generally sound advice, especially on cultural matters, and gave Louis political advice and served as his private secretary. Her influence on state policy has been exaggerated, though she did make major decisions at times. She urged the appointment of certain ministers, and was blamed for the alliance between France and Austria and France's disastrous involvement ...
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Gillian Anderson
Number of Words: 1247 / Number of Pages: 5
... was somewhat nomadic. Now being an inhabitant of England, the family moved several more times. At the age of 5, Gillian was living in Crouch End in north London, where she attended her first school. By this time Gillian had spent most of her life in London but had picked up her parents’ American accent. Her classmates teased and taunted her, and she was bullied in the schoolyard. She immediately learned how to fight back, and she practiced her north London accent until it became impeccable enough to call her own. By the time Gillian was 11, with a settled home life, lots of friends, and the memor ...
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Michael Jackson
Number of Words: 828 / Number of Pages: 4
... and Marlon.
(Jackson: 8) The Jackson 5 had many songs. Michael Jackson's first solo album
is called "Off the Wall," and it first released in 1979. The songs on "Off The
Wall" include "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" and "Rock With You." His
following albums include "Bad," "Thriller," and "Dangerous." Michael had a 2 CD
album called "HIStory Past, Present, and Future Book 1," and it first released
in 1995. The first CD has his most popular songs from the past. The second CD
has his newest including "Scream," which is a duet with with his younger sister
Janet Jackson, "You Are Not Alone," which ...
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Richard Linklater: Man Of Youth
Number of Words: 500 / Number of Pages: 2
... and uses it to raise the scene to another level.
In the cases of The Newton Boys all new music was written for this film
set during Prohibition. With the music in Dazed and Confused it is able to
make me excited about them going to the party in the woods. The music is
able to complete the cruise scenes. Suburbia had a music star come back to
the town to change the lives of everyone. His musical influence was
important to keep the film together.
Richard Linklater's beliefs are that even though the main
characters are good guys, they are the worst off. Richard Linklater may
be trying to punish the g ...
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Allen Sapp
Number of Words: 646 / Number of Pages: 3
... to see an art professor from the U of S. The little instruction he got form her was the only formal instruction he has ever had. In September 1968 she showed some of Allen’s paintings in her backyard. The show was a great success. On the Easter weekend of 1969 Allen had his first major exhibition. The people loved him. He became a great success. The value of his paintings went way up in the next little while as his popularity streadily increased and he did shows all over Canada and in the US and England. He once again became proud of his Indian heritage and began to dress the part. By 1974 he ...
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