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A Political Biography On Jfk
Number of Words: 1979 / Number of Pages: 8
... the House of Representatives from the Democratic 11th Massachusetts Congressional District. His election in November of 1946 was an overwhelming success. From there, Kennedy was re-elected in 1948 and 1950. He had a pattern of mixed voting, often disagreeing with many of the policies of President Truman. Kennedy agreed with the administrations Fair Deal policies, fighting for issues such as slum clearance and low-cost public housing. His views on foreign affairs were also strong, and was critical of the President for not restraining the advance of communism in China. Most of Kennedy's views on po ...
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Number of Words: 577 / Number of Pages: 3
... were greatly inspired by Novara (Westman). Around 1500 Copernicus gave speeches on astronomy to people in Rome. Later that year he gained permission to study medicine at Padua University. Copernicus, without completing his medical studies, received a doctorate in canon law from Ferrara in 1503, after which he returned to Poland to take up his administrative duties (Smith 1039).
From 1503 to 1510, Copernicus stayed in his uncle’s bishop palace in Lidzbark Warmiski. From there he published his first book, a Latin translation of letters on morals by a Byzantine writer. Between the times of 1507 ...
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The Life Of Sylvia Plath
Number of Words: 982 / Number of Pages: 4
... where she met her friend Anne Sexton.
Sexton often joined Plath for martinis at the Ritz where they shared poetry and
intellectualized discussions about death. Although they were friends, there was
also an element of competition between Sexton and Plath. Sylvia Plath's poem "
Daddy" was possibly a response to Anne Sexton's "My Friend, My Friend." It was
as if Plath was commenting that her writing skills were just a bit better than
Sexton's. Sexton frequently would express to Robert Lowell in his poetry class
her dissatisfaction with Plath's writing. She said that Plath "dodges the point
in her ...
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The Literary Contributions Of King Alfred The Great
Number of Words: 1280 / Number of Pages: 5
... teacher who read
it to him. He then went back to his mother and repeated the entire book
from memory to her (Fadiman 14, Keynes 75). This talent was the foundation
of Alfred's later reputation as a scholar, translator, and patron of
learning.
As Alfred's role as king and patron began, he solemnly noted on
several occasions his disappointment in the state of educational
opportunity in England. "Formerly," the King wrote bitterly, "men came
hither from foreign lands to seek for instruction, and now when we desire
it we can only obtain it from abroad" (Collins 329, Smyth 249-250). But
his efforts w ...
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Hudson Taylor
Number of Words: 1084 / Number of Pages: 4
... He was described as many of the fruits of the Spirit that God shows in the Word. Sacrifice became a daily thing for Hudson, as God molded and shaped Hudson for His will.
was just that sort of man, one who you could call a saint. He would go where no one would want to go. And do what no one would want to do. He willed to do Gods will, and that was to go to china and spread the good news of salvation to all the lost and hurting people in china. He was to a fairly financially stable family. Except he was not saved yet when he was just a lad. Yet his mother prayed earnestly for a long time for the salva ...
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Poe And Thoreau
Number of Words: 497 / Number of Pages: 2
... his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support.” (C.D.)
In addition, Thoreau believed that his greatest skill was to “want but little” (Walden). During his time at Walden, Thoreau determines what is needed for human survival as he learns to take pleasure in a life of simplicity and solitude. He concluded that if mankind “had been born in the open pasture and suckled by a wolf, that they might have seen with clearer eyes what field they were called to labor in.” For it is nature that he looks to as a source for fundamental truth. The deeper the relatio ...
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THe Life And Work Of John Keats
Number of Words: 900 / Number of Pages: 4
... for a sixth-month course of study
required for him to become a licensed surgeon and apothecary. Soon after
he had came to a conclusion that he was not going to be a doctor as a
profession, his true passion was in poetry (computer). Though some of his
early poetry which was written when he was twenty just six years before his
death, the poetry didn't seem “top-notch.'' As his life played out his
poetry became more matured and astonishing. Because of his lack of
education he spent allot of time studying Shakespeare and Milton. He
admired and imitated these two writers as reflected in his p ...
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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 ...
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Life Of Julius Caesar
Number of Words: 1992 / Number of Pages: 8
... second attack upon the city was carried our by Marius’ enemy Sulla, leader of the optimates, in 82 BC on the latter’s return from the East. On each occasion the massacre of political opponents was followed by the confiscation of their property. The proscriptions of Sulla, which preceded the reactionary political legislation enacted during his dictatorship left a particularly bitter memory that long survived. Caesar left Rome for the province of Asia on the condition that he divorce his wife because Sulla would only allow him to leave on that condition. When he heard the news that Sulla had been killed ...
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Biography Of Moshe Dayan
Number of Words: 599 / Number of Pages: 3
... minister just before the
Six-Day War of 1967, which greatly enhanced his reputation. He was, however,
blamed for Israel's unpreparedness in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and he
subsequently resigned (1974). Named foreign minister in Menachem Begin's
government in 1977, he played an important role in negotiating the peace
treaty with Egypt signed in 1979. Later that year he resigned in protest
against Begin's policies concerning the disputed West Bank territory.
Moshe Dayan made great contributions to the state of Israel. On May
18, 1948, Major Dayan, during Israel's War of Independence, successfull ...
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