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Louis XIV
Number of Words: 829 / Number of Pages: 4
... As Louis XIV took the throne, he was faced with several problems. He
knew that he did not want to reside and rule in Paris, so against the will
of his advisors he chose a hunting chateau as the site of his new palace.
He also knew from history that the nobles of his domain had in the past
and would continue to cause trouble in the form of uprisings and other
conflicts. Louis XIV sought absolute power, and he knew that he would not
be able to obtain this if preoccupied by civil conflicts. His solution to
this problem was building Versailles and inviting all of the nobles to
reside there. This was a br ...
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Brian Lopes
Number of Words: 417 / Number of Pages: 2
... Through out a course there can be up to 5 jumps. These jumps can make or break your run. Knowing how to jump is a very important, a skill has mastered. He has a five-foot vertical bunny hop, which means he can get his tires 5 feet off the ground from standing still. Jumping is also a big part of BMX racing, where you can get an edge over an opponent by being able to jump faster, longer and higher.
Another edge has over any competition is his bike. He now rides for Cannondale, a leader in bike technology, and a giant in the industry. Cannondale pours millions into researching and testing new id ...
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All Good Things
Number of Words: 1176 / Number of Pages: 5
... I walked to my desk, very deliberately opened by drawer and took out a roll of masking tape. Without saying a word, I proceeded to Mark's desk, tore off two pieces of tape and made a big X with them over his mouth. I then returned to the front of the room.
As I glanced at Mark to see how he was doing, he winked at me. That did it!! I started laughing. The class cheered as I walked back to Mark's desk, removed the tape, and shrugged my shoulders. His first words were, "Than you for correcting me, Sister."
At the end of the year, I was asked to teach junior-high math. The years flew by, a ...
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Really In The Works Of John Grisham
Number of Words: 1338 / Number of Pages: 5
... then became Renee Grisham.
John Grisham then began to practice law in Southaven, Mississippi for nearly a decade. He specialized in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. In 1983 he was elected to the Mississippi Sate House of Representatives. He served in the House of Representatives until 1990.
While at Mississippi State University, he attempted to write two books, neither of which he finished. In 1984 he began to write a third book. He used his experience at Dessoto County Courthouse (http://www.randomhouse.com/features/grisham/about.html) to write this book. The testimony of a ...
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Satyagraha, A Weapon Of Non-vi
Number of Words: 3590 / Number of Pages: 14
... however, would not be effective without the moral power of, and commitment to, Satyagraha.
Gandhi's concept of Satyagraha was a way of living during a time of oppression, exploitation, and discrimination. It was a tactic used to appeal to people morally, rather than intimidate them violently. It literally means, "clinging to truth" (Gandhi, 1951) and in this case, "Truth symbolizes God and therefore the true Satyagrahi is, accordingly, a man of God" (Gandhi, 1951). If Truth is God, then to cling to Truth would be to cling to God, or to follow His example, to do as God would do, to act as God wou ...
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Pablo Friere
Number of Words: 1205 / Number of Pages: 5
... "filled" by the teacher. The more completely she fills the receptacles, the better a teacher she is. The more meekly the receptacles permit themselves to be filled, the better students they are." (67). He also goes on to say "Education thus becomes an act of depositing, in which the students are the depositories and the teacher is the depositor. Instead of communicating, the teacher issues communiques and makes deposits which the students patiently receive, memorize, and repeat."(67), and he refers to this as the "banking system" where the student goes "only as far as receiving, filing, and storing th ...
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Nostradamus
Number of Words: 2050 / Number of Pages: 8
... are like an Almanac. They contain a series of Predictions about the next year. Because these predictions were fulfilled (or not) more than 440 years ago few are interested in them.
“The really interesting stuff is the Centuries. This name comes from the fact that each Century contains 100 prophetic verses of 4 lines. These verses are called quatrains. wrote 10 Centuries, which are commonly numbered by roman numerals I to X.” (Flanagan WWW)
left his predictions in the form of several letters, almost 1000 4-line verses called quatrains (the Centuries), and a collection of 6-line verses ...
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Louis XIV
Number of Words: 1021 / Number of Pages: 4
... as God's representative on earth, therefore, infallible. He oversaw roadbuilding, court decorum, defense, and disputes within the church.
He had the support initially of his ministers, then that of the French people. He had given France the image it desired-youth and vitality surrounded by magnificence. Louis won the favor of the nobles by making it evident that their future depended on their ability stay on his good side. This weakened the nobility, and would eventually weaken France.
Louis had among his supportors a wide spectrum of individuals. Writers such as Moliere were ordered to glorify ...
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Biography: Anne Sullivan (1866-1936)
Number of Words: 212 / Number of Pages: 1
... Eventually she attended the Perkins
School for the Blind in Boston. She was nicknamed "Spitfire" because she
behaved badly and was very rude; however the school's director realized
that she could become a talented pupil. Several years later, after two
operations, she regained her sight and graduated with honours.
Life with Helen
She came to work with Helen when she was 20 years old and a graduate of the
Perkins School for the Blind.
Her persistence in trying to reach the deaf-blind child was rewarded in the
now famous incident at the backyard pump. That breakthrough was
immortalized in Gibson's pl ...
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Cicero
Number of Words: 751 / Number of Pages: 3
... and Pompey, and also Caesar's offer in 59 of a place on his staff in Gaul. When Publius Clodius, whom had antagonized, became tribune in 58, was in danger, and in March fled Rome. In 57, thanks to the activity of Pompey and particularly the tribune Milo, he was recalled on August 4. landed at Brundisium on that day and was acclaimed all along his route to Rome, where he arrived a month later. Pompey renewed his compact with Caesar and Crassus at Luca in April 56. then agreed, under pressure from Pompey, to align himself with the three in politics. He was obliged to accept a number of distasteful ...
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