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Tennessee Williams
Number of Words: 527 / Number of Pages: 2
... York City. Throughout Williams' lifetime he has put forth more than twenty-
five full-length plays, more than forty short plays, a dozen produced (and
unproduced) screenplays and an opera libretto. These have been translated into
at least twenty-seven languages, including Tamil, Welsh, Marathi and Hindi. In
addition, there are two novels, a novella, more than sixty short stories, more
than one hundred poems, an autobiography, a published volume of letters,
introductions to plays and books by others, and occasional pieces and reviews.
PLAYS Baby Doll & Tiger Tail Camino Real Cat on a Hot Tin Ro ...
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Richard III
Number of Words: 2566 / Number of Pages: 10
... Duke of Gloucester, was the brother of King Edward IV of the House of York. The House of York had been in control of the throne of England for some time now, but with the entry of the Woodvilles, was in somewhat of a decline. Elizabeth Woodville, now queen to Edward, was thought of surrounded by sorcery, influencing Edward to the bidding of the Woodvilles and their rise to power. Edward's eldest son was in the primary care of the Woodvilles at the time of Edward's death, and had become very attached to influential lords in the family. These included his uncles, Rivers and Grey. They were rising ...
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Twain
Number of Words: 1402 / Number of Pages: 6
... head of by himself.
Clemens soon become a printer's apprentice. Interesting enough, it was working around the printing press that helped push Clemens into publishing his first works. His earliest writings were skits for his brother Orion's Hannibal newspaper. A sketch, "The Dandy Frightening the Squatter," published in The Carpet Bag (Boston) in 1852, was his first published story of life on the Mississippi River, (Wister xx).
Between 1853 and 1857 Clemens worked as a journeyman printer in St. Louis, New York, Philadelphia, Muscatine and Keokuk, Iowa, and in Cincinnati. While there, he continued ...
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Pope Paul III: The Sixteenth Century Miracle
Number of Words: 1030 / Number of Pages: 4
... where he lived like a renaissance prince.
Paul III also claimed another name; the first reform pope. By the
time he was elected pope his reputation as a bishop and as an administrator
raised great hopes for his future decisions of the church. There were many
problems that faced him during his reign. These problems were political as
well as spiritual. The first goal Paul III set forth for himself was
securing peace between the rival political powers; the king of France and
the emperor. He adopted a policy of neutrality in hopes of mediating the
problem between them. He also sent many mi ...
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Richard The Iii
Number of Words: 707 / Number of Pages: 3
... “And whatsoever you will employ me in,/Were it to call King Edward’s widow sister,/ I will perform it to enfranchise you.” (I,I, ) And what Richard is saying if you want I will kill the King for you so that you can get revenge for this terrible act committed against you. And just like that the two brothers already hate each other.
Richard is a very smart and deceptive man. But the real question should be whether he has the intelligence to win the love an affection of a women who has lost her father and husband to the hands of Richard. The funny thing is that Richa ...
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Charles Lindbergh
Number of Words: 2129 / Number of Pages: 8
... young Charles chauffeured as a child, served in the U.S.
Congress from 1907 to 1917. Lindbergh's love of machinery was evident by the age
of 14; "He could take apart a automobile engine and repair it". Attending the
University of Wisconsin, Lindbergh studied engineering for two years. Although
he was an excellent student, his real interest was in flying. As a result, in
1922 he switched to aviation school. Planes became a center of his life after
his first flight. His early flying career involved flying stunt planes at fair
and air shows. Later, in 1925 he piloted the U. S. Mail route from St. ...
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Norman Rockwell Bio
Number of Words: 576 / Number of Pages: 3
... work the Post gave Rockwell a job creating illustrations and cover art for its periodicals. This would be his arena, revealing his works to thousands of people, for over forty years. During this period Rockwell painted portraits of various celebrities and persona. Rockwell was a “people painter” and predominantly worked with the depiction of emotions inspired by his models. Rockwell always took particular care in picking and choosing his models as he was very pragmatic and wanted them to exhibit characteristics that met with his peculiar standards. During his time with the Post, Rock ...
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Sparta: Uncultured Discipline
Number of Words: 1708 / Number of Pages: 7
... Myceneans (Carl Roebuck, 1966, p. 119).
In Mycenean times Sparta had been a important city, but after Dorian
conquest it sank to insignificance. Over the next three hundred years it
recovered and began to prosper. By 800 B.C it ruled over the region called
Lacedonia.
Up to about 650 B.C Sparta was pretty much like every other Greek state.
They had music, art and poetry. During the seventh century, a musician named
Terpander came to Sparta and established himself their. He is called the "father
of Greek music," he's also supposed to off improved the lyre (a harp like
instrument). The most widely k ...
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Biography Of Benjamin Franklin
Number of Words: 1043 / Number of Pages: 4
... to Philadelphia and soon was back in the
printing business.
In 1728, Franklin and a partner, Hugh Meredith, opened their own
print shop. They printed a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette.
He married Deborah Read in 1730. They had three children, two boys
and one girt. One of Franklin's sons later became governor of New Jersey.
He worked as a printer from 1730-1748 and was successful. He
became the official printer of Pennsylvania, then New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland. During this time, he published “Poor Richard's Almanack”. It
was a very popular book that had the weather forecast ...
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Eva Peron
Number of Words: 2056 / Number of Pages: 8
... the world, that she felt that there had something to be done for those who did not have enough to eat.
In 1930 Juana Ibarguen decide to leave Los Toldos and left to Junin with all her family seeking for a better fortune. Evita had this dream of someday becoming an actress and she believed in herself saying that she indeed has vocation. She participated in some recitals and plays from school. By 1935 Eva had made up her mind of becoming a great actress. Just after her fifteen birthday Eva met a tango singer: Agustin Magaldi, who had come to Junin to give some presentations. Eva seeking her dream left ...
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