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Martin Luther King
Number of Words: 332 / Number of Pages: 2
... one people better than another. The
Lord created us all equal , and I'm going to see to that."
Over the years King was involved in many famous boycotts and marches,
but none of them matched his famous march in Washington. He gave a speech
that showed bigotry in the government. Now, just 20 years later, our
country is changing, and helping to change South Africa.
The key to all this success was Martin Luther King Jr. who showed us
that one man, nonviolently, could make a difference. Most of all he made us
realize that all men are created equal, and should be treated for what they
are, not li ...
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Napoleon And Caesar
Number of Words: 1658 / Number of Pages: 7
... Holland, and Germany west of the Rhine. For the next eight years, Caesar led military campaigns involving both the Roman legions and tribes in Gaul who were often competing among themselves. Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman whose dictatorship was pivotal in Rome's transition from republic to empire (Duggan 84).
Caesar's principles were to keep his forces united; to be vulnerable at no point, to strike speedily at critical points; to rely on moral factors, such as his reputation and the fear he inspired, as well as political means in order to insure the loyalty of his allies and the subm ...
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John Grisham
Number of Words: 953 / Number of Pages: 4
... the most important event in my life" (Norton 16).
an excellent education, going to some very good schools. He went to high school in Southaven, Mississippi. He was not the best student, but Grisham found his passion in high school sports, especially baseball (Hubbard 44). After high school Grisham found himself in the situation of choosing where he wanted to go to college and what to major in. He chose to attend Mississippi State University and found he wanted to become a tax lawyer. After earning his B.S. degree in accounting, Grisham enrolled at the University Law School. After his first class in t ...
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Ulysses S. Grant
Number of Words: 530 / Number of Pages: 2
... mind to fight for the Union cause. Grant organized the first group of Union volunteers in Galena and accompanied the men to Springfield. Grant longed for active duty and, on May 24, 1861, offered his services to the U.S. government, suggesting that he was " competent to command a regiment." Although he failed to gain this appointment, he accepted from Governor Yates the command of the 21st Illinois Regiment, quickly brought it under excellent discipline, and did good service against guerrillas in Missouri.
On August 7, 1861, President Lincoln appointed Grant Brigadier General of volunteer ...
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Knute Rockne - Coach And Legend Of Notre Dame
Number of Words: 1650 / Number of Pages: 6
... a senior, so he played on the
scrubs team.
At the same time, Knute tried playing many other sports. His school
attendance slipped and his grades became mediocre. Persistence paid off, and
after 3 years on the scrubs, Knute finally made it to the starting football team.
After this successful senior football season, it was time for him to leave high
school. It was a wonder that he got into Notre Dame with his high school record.
At the age of 22, Rockne decided that he wanted to fulfill a dream. That
dream was to become a pharmacist and to eventually own his own drug store. Two
of Knute's ...
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Donald Barthelme
Number of Words: 1065 / Number of Pages: 4
... Snow White, a parody of the popular children’s fairy tale, the novel. He won the National Book Award for Children’s literature for the book titled “The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine: or, the Hithering, Thithering, Djinn” (1971) (Marowski and Matuz, 3?). In 1976 he received the Jesse H. Jones Award from the Texas Institute of Letters for his book The Dead Father. His book Sixty Stories was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Faulkner award for Fiction, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize all in 1982. Barthelme also had the privilege of being wi ...
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Autobiography On Ernest Hemingway
Number of Words: 623 / Number of Pages: 3
... books. But,
when his first marriage failed, and produced a son, John, he had married
Pauline Pfeiffer, who had his next 2 children. Based in Paris, he had
travelled for skiing, bullfighting, fishing, or hunting that by then had
become what most of his work was all about. Hemingway, started writing
short stories, among them was "Men Without Women" in 1927, and "A Farewell
to Arms" in 1929. This story ("A Farewell to Arms"), shows a lovestory
within a war time setting. Many people believe that Hemingway, did his
writing at this period of his life. He once confessed "If I had not been
hunting and fishing, ...
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Ted Bundy
Number of Words: 2043 / Number of Pages: 8
... as their own and she portrayed herself to be her son's older sister. As for Ted's natural father Lloyd Marshall, who was an Air Force veteran was unknown to him throughout his life. When Ted turned four, his mother, Louise took him with her and moved to Tacoma, Washington where she married Johnnie Bundy. felt nothing towards his stepfather, he was very bitter that he was forced to move across the continent from his grandfather, the only man he looked up to. Although, a psychiatrist had concluded after talking with Bundy year's later, that his grandfather was an abusive brute or even worse. As a you ...
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Alexander The Great
Number of Words: 1076 / Number of Pages: 4
... seem to care for Alexander as if he was his real son. He even appointed Aristotle himself as Alexander’s first and only tutor. Yet, there were
some things about Alexander that made Philip angry. He hated the fact that his was very skinny and the fact that he had a high-pitched voice. Still, Alexander felt lucky to have this man as his father and mentor. In 359 BC, when Alexander was three, Philip’s Brother, King Peridcaas III, died. It was originally planned that his son, Amyntas, was tosucceed him with Philip as his regent, but Philip usurped his nephew’s throne and made himself Ki ...
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The Life Of Ulysses S. Grant
Number of Words: 1135 / Number of Pages: 5
... Memorial in New York City (World Book CD-ROM,
1995).
Being stationed at Jefferson Barracks, MO marked his leadership and
career in the Army and his role he played in the Civil War. In 1854 Grant
resigned from the army and moved to his cabin with his family. Disaster
struck and the price of crops dropped dramatically. Grant's farm was mainly
crops and he lost all his crops in the price change and lost tons of money
(Encarta, 1995). Since no one was buying crops there wasn't anymore income
for his family. Grant heard about a meeting that was being held to talk
about the war. President Lincoln at ...
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