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Langston Hughes
Number of Words: 345 / Number of Pages: 2
... the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. , for most of his adult life the unofficial Poet Laureate of the race, accepted as his vocation "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America." His personal credo, "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," became the credo of a generation of Aframerican poets. Hughes' poetry drew from traditional sources and individual voices; his experiments in form reflect an attempt to capture the myriad colors known collectively as "black." His opus speaks not for Hughes the man, but for the race as a whole.Unlike other notable black ...
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Vincent Van Gogh
Number of Words: 1232 / Number of Pages: 5
... managers had to let him go.
Van Gogh, being the son of a Lutheran minister, was very much drawn toward religion. Van Gogh decided to prepare himself for ministry by training in the study of theology. He failed at the courses and could not be the minister he hoped to become. Even though he failed the courses, he still had the desire to be a minister. His superiors sent him as a lay missionary to Belgium instead. There he wanted to be like his father and help out the unfortunates as a preacher. He tried to fight poverty through the teachings of Christ. Van Gogh’s mission had to be discontinued ...
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The Works And Life Of Charles Dickens
Number of Words: 2273 / Number of Pages: 9
... the main
character is rarely showed; the main attitude is the overwhelming
complexity of situations that a boy of that age must face. The reader's
reaction to this may be to feel depressed because Dickens' has not showed
more blissful times in the lives of his main characters. In the ending,
however, Dickens' always seems to leave the reader with a warm feeling
since the last scenes are usually happy. The personal life that Dickens
had when growing up must have been tough due to the harsh tone used in
describing the growing up of his characters.
Dickens' life was that of a well respected author ...
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Benito Mussolini's Rise And Fall To Power
Number of Words: 2070 / Number of Pages: 8
... May 28, 1937, Mussolini strongly gave thought to declaring war. He then attacked the Riviera across the Maritime. "On September 13, 1937 he opened an offensive into British-garrisoned Egypt from Libya."3
On October 4, 1937, while the offensive still seemed to promise success, Benito Mussolini met Adolf Hitler at the Brenner Pass, on their joint frontier. "The two of them discussed how the war in the Mediterranean, Britain's principal foothold outside its island base, might be turned to her decisive disadvantage. Hitler suggested to Mussolini that Spain might be coaxed on the axis side, thus ...
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JFK: His Life And Legacy
Number of Words: 2062 / Number of Pages: 8
... trips 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 up ...
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John The Baptist
Number of Words: 450 / Number of Pages: 2
... of Zachariah, a priest of the Temple. Little is known of John prior to his public ministry, except that his birth was miraculously foretold (Luke 1:13-20). John achieved recognition as a prophet in the region of the lower Jordan Valley, where he attracted disciples. His public ministry began with the proclamation of a baptism of repentance in preparation for the Messiah. Crowds came to be baptized among them his cousin Jesus of Nazareth, whom John recognized as the Messiah.
So the baptism account which is three verses in Mark (1:9-11) and two similar verses in Luke (2:21-22), is five verses in Matth ...
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Bill Gates
Number of Words: 1336 / Number of Pages: 5
... for the MITS. Eighteen months later they were a few hundred thousand dollars richer and were hired by Tandy to develop software for its radio shack computers. Gates and Allen then moved their headquarters to Seattle, Washington. In Seattle, Gates re-wrote an operating system and called it MS-DOS, which stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System. Microsoft would eventually sell the rights of MS-DOS to IBM, making it a major computer corporation. Other computer companies wanted Microsoft to produce software for their computers, including Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak of Apple computers. With the operatin ...
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Mk Ghandhi
Number of Words: 2918 / Number of Pages: 11
... of non-violent resistance, we must understand the meaning of violence and non-violence. Violence being specific forces in any form that are intentionally applied to assault others, bodies, minds or intellectual levels. It is often an exhibition of anger. Looking at the definition, we must be aware that non-violence is not limited to not doing the act of violence, rather, it is the practice of the ahisma, were not only do you appreciate the co-existence of living or non living beings, but you also contribute and maintain harmony in the total existence by experiencing a oneness, non duality with th ...
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Charles Shults
Number of Words: 1596 / Number of Pages: 6
... of life, his friends sometimes call him "blockhead." Other than his knack for putting himself down, there are few sharp edges of wit in that head of his; usually he’s the butt of a joke, not the joker. He can be spotted a mile away in his sweater with the zig zag trim, head down, hands in pockets, headed for Lucy’s psychiatric booth. He is considerate, friendly and polite and we love him knowing that he’ll never win a baseball game, or the heart of the the little red-haired girl, kick the football Lucy is holding or fly a kite successfully. His friends call him "wishy-washy," ...
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Nelson Mandela
Number of Words: 251 / Number of Pages: 1
... Africa.
Nelson Mandela gave a speech Sestember 21, 1953. The quotation was adapted
from an article by Jawaharlal Nehru:
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to
pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach
the mountainouss of our desires.
Growing Up
Nelson had a tribal name Rolihlahla. Rolihlahla means one who brings
trouble on his self.
He grew up in Transku territy of South Africa. Qunu, the valleyhe grew p
in, is surrounded by hills that are covered with grass. Nelson was the youngest
out of fou ...
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