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Abraham Lincoln
Number of Words: 2334 / Number of Pages: 9
... a new wife. On December 2 he married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow with three children, and took them all back to Indiana. Although there were now eight people living in the small shelter, the Lincoln children, especially Abe, adored their new stepmother who played a key role in making sure that Abe at least had some formal education, amounting to a little less than a year in all. To support his family it was necessary that Abe worked for a wage on nearby farms.
"He was strong and a great athlete, but Abe preferred to read instead. Although few books were available to a backwoods boy such as him ...
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Robert Schumann
Number of Words: 1296 / Number of Pages: 5
... Beethoven.
As a child, Schumann took part in several concerts at the Zwickau Lyceum.
He once played Moscheles' Alexander March variations, which demanded
considerable dexterity.
At the public Lyceum Robert was active as both pianist and public
speaker. When he was fourteen, Kuntzsch decided that his pupil had progressed
beyond the point where he could give further help, and declined to teach him
anymore.
Shortly before leaving the Lyceum, Schumann collaborated with his
brother Karl in preparing a new edition of Forcellini's Latin dictionary,
Lexicon Totius Latinatinis.
Although now very busy ...
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Fidel Castro
Number of Words: 476 / Number of Pages: 2
... when Fidel's section was attacked by a timed patrol. The soldiers retreated as many of them were cut down by soldiers with let's just say "very large weapons." Fidel escaped into the wooded mountains of the Sierra Maestra. Patrols were launched around Santiago and Abel Santamtia and his men were backed into there building and slaughtered. Castro was finally caught and sentenced to 15 years in prison but was eventually sent to Mexico in 1955. When Fidel landed on the shores of Mexico he vowed to free his country from Batiste and his reign of terror. Fidel rallied many men to his cause, but o ...
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Sammy Sosa The Super Hero
Number of Words: 956 / Number of Pages: 4
... McGuire and Ken Griffey Jr. made the much more exciting with their neck and neck, nose to nose run for the title
of home run king. Both of them ended up breaking the Major League record and both of them had excellent seasons. Sammy established career highs in batting average, home runs, RBIs, runs scored, hits and walks. He also led the majors in RBIs, runs scored, and total basses. He hit sixty-six home runs the second most in a single season (second behind McGuire's seventy-one). He was named NL MVP by a large margin of votes over Mark McGuire. The Cubs also made it to the playoffs with Sosa ...
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Shakespeare
Number of Words: 497 / Number of Pages: 2
... education must be the ways of business he would have learned around his father’s shop. Spectators said they have seen William give speeches to the calf before slaughtering them for his father’s leather work.
William married Ann Hathwey in 1582. She was also from Stratford where William was born. Even though she was eight years older than he, their marriage was a success. Ann was three months in pregnancy when they were wed. Their first born Susanna was born in May 26, 1583. After that they had twins named after life time friends, Hamnet and Judeth Sadler. There wasn’t much talk from William about ...
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Dennis Rodman
Number of Words: 361 / Number of Pages: 2
... what others wanted him
to be. Once he realized he had to start living for himself,
people perceived him as being rebellious and as most people say
weird. Dennis Rodman just wants everyone to know who he really
is and to accept him for himself and to let him do his job.
Theme:
I learned that Dennis Rodman is not as crazy as
everyone thinks he is. He is actually a very normal person. I
think the reason this book was released is because Dennis Rodman
has a very interesting life. People want to know what it is like
to be Dennis Rodman.
Opinion:
I think this was a excellent book. The re ...
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AC. Greeen
Number of Words: 342 / Number of Pages: 2
... the Lakers . When he lived in L.A he formed A.C Green Foundation for Youth to help build hope, confidence , and self esteem in young people. When he played his second year for the Lakers they won the NBA Championship . In his third year playing professional basketball he signed a contract to play for the Phoenix Suns . A.C green is a pretty cool including the book for people who love sports , it influenced me to speak out more about God and love him more every day . An example of that is when he raised his hand at church and wasn't afraid to tell about God and saying that he got saved . Counting 1-10 I ...
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Emily Dickinson
Number of Words: 1400 / Number of Pages: 6
... was Emily's younger sister. She didn't marry anyone so she stayed in the family house. The three siblings shared a very close relationship. Their parents didn't have a close relationship with them, but they did love and care for them. Emily's parents made sure she had a good education. She went to a primary school for four years then she attended Amherst Academy from eighteen hundred forty through eighteen hundred forty-seven. After that she went to Mary Lyon's Female Seminary ( Mount Holyoke Female Seminary ) for only a year. [ 7. http://www.gale.com/library/resrcs/poets_cn/dic knbio.htm ] The seminar ...
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Capone
Number of Words: 1539 / Number of Pages: 6
... when made some rude comments about a woman. Minutes later, the woman’s brother sliced in the face. This man was a friend of Charles “Lucky” Luciano. Al was punished and forced to apologize. Al did not become a leader until he went to Chicago. At the time he was still an apprentice to Johnny Torrio.
In the midst of the gang violence and bootlegging was Chicago. Chicago was a great place to start a ring of organized crime. The government was very weak which made it easier to do crime. entered the city of Chicago in 1920. At the time, “Big Jim” Colosimo ran things. He made about 50,000 dollars ...
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Number of Words: 542 / Number of Pages: 2
... holy man” (Rasputin).
“[Grigory] underwent a religious conversion at 18, where he was introduced to the Khlysty sect” (Rasputin). Rasputin’s ideas were heretical from the chruch’s viewpoint, however he was charged with using religion to impress people and “advance himself” (Fuhrmann 44). A doctrine of the Khlysty sect states that “one was nearest God
when feeling holy passionlessness and that the best way to reach such a state was through the sexual exhaustion that came after prolonged debauchery” (Rasputin). After marrying Proskovia Fyodorovna and bearing four children, Rasputin left home and w ...
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