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Julius Caesar And His Accomplishments
Number of Words: 847 / Number of Pages: 4
... hero has
its background; Ceaser was a Roman hero by millions and lived through many
important events and accomplished many things that no other person has ever
come close to.
Julius Caesar could be described as one of the greatest men in the
history of the world. Caesar was always interested in public affairs, and
tried always to gain favor of the people. He won favor because he spent
much money to provide recreation for the people. Caesar was a very caring
individual. The people liked him so much because he knew exactly what they
wanted and he gave it to them. He cared so much for the people tha ...
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Napoleon
Number of Words: 1964 / Number of Pages: 8
... the sun. This aided the beauty of Paris as it is today. also reformed the tax system, which meant that no one was tax exempt.
One particular achievement, which may rank on the same level of importance as the ic code, but appears to be often overlooked in textbooks, is ’s founding of a national education system from primary to university. The focus of his attention was secondary schools, of which he opened more. Higher education also became more available in major cities. spent more money on education than anything else during his time in power. However, was somewhat inefficient in ...
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Peter The Great
Number of Words: 719 / Number of Pages: 3
... college aged people to go out of the country for five years to study at a school in a Western European school. For the first time in Russian history there were the publishing of newspapers. He also changed the calendar to agree with the current calendar, the Gregorian. Peter next best accomplishment was that he expanded the state and therefor encouraged trade. Until the middle part of his reign Russia was land locked which meant that they had to hope that the other countries would let them through their country and water to go other countries seeking trade. The only way they could trade was with neighb ...
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Emilie Du Chatelet
Number of Words: 770 / Number of Pages: 3
... grasping and indulging in the social life
of the court.
Some of Emilie's most significant work came from the period she spent
with Voltaire, one of the most intriguing and brilliant scholars of this time,
at Cirey-sur-Blaise. For the two scholars this was a safe and quiet place
distant from the turbulence of Paris and court life. She started studying the
works of Leibniz but she then started to analyze the discoveries of Newton. She
was extremely success in translating his whole book on the principals of
mathematics into French. She also added to this book an "Algebraical
Commentary" which very ...
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Charles Wang
Number of Words: 317 / Number of Pages: 2
... re-
trained by Wang to insure excellence.
Wang's method of running his company could help him to succeed in a
variety of situations. For example, when Wang wants to retire, he would
not have to worry about the way his company was run. Since he taught his
own executives exactly how to run the company, they will most likely
continue this, even after Wang is working at the company. Also, if Wang
became low on funds, he wouldn't have to fire any of his employees.
Because of the fact that Wang trained his own executives, he could simply
move around the company's managers to fill in the positions that ...
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JFK: His Life And Legacy
Number of Words: 2060 / Number of Pages: 8
... around historic Boston learning about American revolutionary history. Both parents impressed on their children that their country had been good to the Kennedys. Whatever benefits the family received from the country they were told, must be returned by performing some service for the country(Anderson 12). The Kennedy clan included Joe, Jr., Bobby, Ted and their sisters, Eunice, Jean, Patricia, Rosemary, and Kathleen. Joe, Jr., was a significant figure in young John's life as he was the figure for most of John's admiration. His older brother was much bigger and stronger than John and took it upon himsel ...
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Carl Gauss
Number of Words: 1509 / Number of Pages: 6
... school. His potential for brilliance was recognized immediately. Gauss's teacher Herr Buttner, had assigned the class a difficult problem of addition in which the students were to find the sum of the integers from one to one hundred. While his classmates toiled over the addition, Carl sat and pondered the question. He invented the shortcut formula on the spot, and wrote down the correct answer. Carl came to the conclusion that the sum of the integers was 50 pairs of numbers each pair summing to one hundred and one, thus simple multiplication followed and the answer could be found.
This act of sheer gen ...
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Robert Hunter
Number of Words: 2441 / Number of Pages: 9
... and traditional ways, or transcend the division of contemporary/traditional and form their own categories.
One of the main traditional themes that Hunter uses is the gambling theme. The poems "Candyman" and "Loser" exemplify this motif the best:
Come on boys and gamble
Roll those laughing bones.
Seven come eleven, boys
I'll take your money home.
--"Candyman"
Last fair deal in the country, sweet Suzy
Last fair deal in the town.
Put your gold money where your love is, baby,
Before you let my deal go down.
--"Loser"
Both are about professional gamblers, and both (especially "Loser") carry overt ...
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Carl Gauss
Number of Words: 1509 / Number of Pages: 6
... school. His potential for brilliance was recognized immediately. Gauss's teacher Herr Buttner, had assigned the class a difficult problem of addition in which the students were to find the sum of the integers from one to one hundred. While his classmates toiled over the addition, Carl sat and pondered the question. He invented the shortcut formula on the spot, and wrote down the correct answer. Carl came to the conclusion that the sum of the integers was 50 pairs of numbers each pair summing to one hundred and one, thus simple multiplication followed and the answer could be found.
This act of sheer g ...
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Bill Bradley
Number of Words: 813 / Number of Pages: 3
... have the skills they need to build a better future in this time of technological change. Bill will enroll an additional 400,000 children in the Head Start program, helping nearly every eligible child to enter school prepared to succeed. He will create Teach to Reach partnerships to place 60,000 new, well-trained teachers each year into low-income urban and rural school districts. Bill will invest in community colleges to improve their technology infrastructure to provide students and working adults with training and new skills, in partnership with regional businesses and local high schools. Fina ...
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