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Christopher Columbus
Number of Words: 1215 / Number of Pages: 5
... for discovering America. This doesn’t seem fare. After so many years without controversy it’s just been recently that we have started to question the lagitamitity of his discovery. What brought on this sudden change? Perhaps is was the coming of the five hundred year celebration of our country that brought this on, or maybe now some of the Native Americans are finally starting to speak out, but no matter what the reason may be it shouldn’t be taking place. Columbus should still be given the credit for discovering America. It was the first time that anyone was recognized for landing on a new contin ...
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Don Cherry
Number of Words: 702 / Number of Pages: 3
... World Junior Championship game, in which Canada and the Soviets had an unbelievable brawl. Don condoned the on-ice violence, and that it what he believes in to this very day. Now it is almost as though every Saturday night, Don has something new and controversial to say. It is for this reason that large numbers of people tune in for the first intermission to see Coach's Corner. Don has been very open with his dislike for European hockey players, especially Russian's. Don is the owner of the Mississauga Ice Dogs of the OHL, and he does not have one European player on the team. Don has also b ...
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Dr. Seuss: The Great American Children's Poet
Number of Words: 561 / Number of Pages: 3
... insect repellant. It was he
who coined the phrase “Quick Henry, the Flit” which was to 1930s advertising
what “Just Do It” is to 1990s advertising. Sort of.
They later moved to La Jolla, California where Ted lived for the rest of
his life. They loved children although they were unable to have any of their own.
About five years after Helem's death he married Audrey Stone. He died in 1991 in
his sleep at the age of 87. He wrote 57 books spanning seven decadesfrom 1939's
And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street to 1992's posthumously published Daisy-
Head Maizy.
He received a special Pulitzer Prize re ...
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Thomas Jefferson
Number of Words: 3867 / Number of Pages: 15
... were closed by the American Revolution. He was a successful lawyer, though professional income was only a supplement. He had inherited a considerable landed estate from his father, and doubled it by a happy marriage on Jan. 1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton However, his father-in-law's estate imposed a burdensome debt on Jefferson. He began building Monticello before his marriage, but his mansion was not completed in its present form until a generation later.
Jefferson's lifelong emphasis on local government grew directly from his own experience. He served as magistrate and as county lieutenant ...
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The Life And Accomplishments Of John F Kennedy
Number of Words: 3278 / Number of Pages: 12
... was titled Why England Slept. This book became a best-seller. Kennedy
graduated cum laude in 1940. He then enrolled in the Stanford University
graduate business school, but dropped out six months later. Kennedy
enlisted as a seaman in the U.S. Navy after taking a trip through South
America.
For a few months, Kennedy was stationed in Washington, D.C. He
applied for sea duty following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on
December 7, 1941. Kennedy was assigned to a PT boat squadron late in 1942.
After learning to command one of the small craft, he was commissioned as an
ensign.
Shortly after mi ...
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Billie Holiday
Number of Words: 643 / Number of Pages: 3
... Aside from the superficial tension between Billie and her mother, they did their best to remain loyal to one another and provide for each other (W 201).
As Billie grew older, life grew harder and reality slowly became more and more real for her. At age 10, Billie was raped, further strengthening Billie's image of reality. As Billie grew older she became carefree and grew to have a strong temper. One musician remembers Billie as "a child, 11 or 12 years old, shouting the worst words she knew in the street, anxious to be grown up" (W 35). And on the numerous occasions when Billie's mother was out of ...
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Darwin
Number of Words: 1769 / Number of Pages: 7
... his way to the ship. As he passes through the poor and crowded streets he sees a rather rich Duke stroll toward the direction of the Beagle. Whatever grace and beauty that this man was proposed to have was immediately dismissed as our young stranger saw him strike one of his servants to the ground. England at this time was a fabulous place to live if you had the money, yet for the poor, it was a place of vile disgust.
The young man continues on toward his goal. As we walks he sees a message posted on the wall. It boasts of communism and that the answer to society's problems has now been answered. A ...
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William Stafford’s Inspiration
Number of Words: 603 / Number of Pages: 3
... down but don’t stop there. You must keep on writing because that idea will lead to another idea and before you know it you will have a complete idea. Stafford explains it as being receptive. You must be receptive to the first idea in order to see the next one. If you are receptive to the flow of ideas then your thoughts will begin to make sense and you can develop an understanding of many things within your life, dreams, or experiences.
Along with receptivity comes failure. Failure must occur in order to succeed. As humans beings we learn from our mistakes. Throughout the writing process ther ...
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John F. Kennedy
Number of Words: 1926 / Number of Pages: 8
... nomination of
his party, Kennedy emerged as a national figure in large demand.
"John Kennedy was not one of the Senate's great leaders" (Sorensen 43).
Very few laws of great importance bear his name. Even after his initial “
traditionally' inactive freshman year in the Senate, his chances for major
contributions to the Senate excluding his stances on fair labor reform and
against rackets, were constantly diminished of his Presidential campaign. His
voting record reflects his open minded views, and strengthed beliefs. He was
well liked and respected by many Senators. Kennedy was regarded f ...
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Clara Barton
Number of Words: 615 / Number of Pages: 3
... more from life. She decided to further her education and attend the Liberal Institute. The Liberal Institute was located in Clinton, New York; it was an advanced school for female teachers. yearned to teach once again and accepted a job in New Jersey. Following this she opened a free school in Bordentown. The schools attendance topped six hundred students. Retiring from teaching for good Barton headed for Washington DC. A new chapter in her life opened and she worked as a clerk in the U.S Patent Office. At age forty and at the outbreak of the Civil War Clara decided to dedicate her life to v ...
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