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Norman Schwarzkopf
Number of Words: 386 / Number of Pages: 2
... Forge because the school he was attending, West Point, only taught students up to the tenth grade. One of his most important choices was in Vietnam. One of his fellow soldiers was shot and he carried him to safety when Norman already had four gun shot wounds in him. He was awarded three silver stars and controlled the air, ground, and water forces.
I think anyone interested in joining the military, is currently in the military, or is just interested in these kinds of books, should read this biography by Libby Hughes. Others should think that Norman is a hero and that he should be widely known. ...
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Alexander Hamilton
Number of Words: 2573 / Number of Pages: 10
... a whore. After his mother’s died of yellow fever her husband sued for everything she had so that he could deprive the whore children of anything that could help them. Through all these tribulations Hamilton realized that nothing would be handed to him and he would have to work harder than anyone else to make a name for himself.
With his new found knowledge Hamilton took on the job as a clerk for an international trading company owned by Nicholas Cruger. Since he had experience as a bookkeeper in his mother’s store he rose quickly in the store’s power chain. Under his bosses tutoring ...
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Golda Meir
Number of Words: 650 / Number of Pages: 3
... she wanted to help Israel so she went to
the United States and She went to other countries to try to help Israel out with
this problem by raising money. In the US, she gave speeches at universities and
she contacted the head government officials to try to borrow some money. The US
government turned her down but the college students gave her all the money they
could spare. The government also refused to help Israel out by selling them
weapons. Once again, the college students tried to do their best by sending
parts to Israel. In one particular case, Students at the Columbia University
sent a Ca ...
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
Number of Words: 603 / Number of Pages: 3
... doors had 5 panels on
each side, containing scenes from the Old Testament. They were dubbed “ The Gates of
Paradise,” by Michaelangelo, and were Ghiberti’s greatest work. Ghiberti also made a
larger than life statue of the Arte dei Mercani di Calimala’s(the guild of the merchant
bankers) patron saint. He made two large bronze figures for Or San Michele, created
designs for the stained glass windows in the cathedral, and wrote two books, as well as
accomplishing other things.
IMPACT AND INFLUENCE ON CIVILIZATION
Ghiberti impacted the Renaissance in many ways. His work and writings formed
the basis ...
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The Work Of John Collier
Number of Words: 2114 / Number of Pages: 8
... endings" in which readers are
given all clues but asked to finish, the story on their own (Critical
Survey 1169). His subject manner is often the line between logical or
psychological meaning. The subject contains an irony that is well balanced
between an element of horror and humor. His short stories are based on
relationships of the young and old. Collier's characters are hoping to
fulfill their dreams and they do have them fulfilled but only to discov er
they have been dreaming the wrong thing.
"The Chaser" is a story that deals with a man's dream of gaining a woman's
love through a potion. The ...
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Marie Antoinette
Number of Words: 511 / Number of Pages: 2
... that
they were of no value.
In 1774, Louis XV died, and his son Louis XVI became the true King. People
were dying of starvation and most of the people were blaming it on the Queen
Mari Antquonette. On Oct, 5 during the French revolution, thousands of people
marched from Paris to Versailles (The Palace) to present there food demands to
the king. They some how forced the royal family to come with them back to Paris.
After spending months in the Parisian Palace as prisoners, the Queen and
King tried to escape to the eastern border. Unfortunately, they did not make it.
They were recogniz ...
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Mozart
Number of Words: 2020 / Number of Pages: 8
... a solid Jesuit education, more intellectual than evangelical after a year at the Benedictine University in nearby Salzburg; Leopold stopped attending classes to pursue a career as a musician. "Leopold figured as ’s most important first model. He taught his son the clavier and composition"(Mercardo 763). Wolfgang’s mother Anna-Maria brought as much talent to her 32-year marriage as did Leopold. Though deprived of a formal education, she was highly intelligent and quick-witted— qualities that attracted the sober and reserved Leopold. Only two of their seven children survived infancy. Wolfgang’ ...
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Story Of Anne Moody
Number of Words: 919 / Number of Pages: 4
... boy from Chicago, was killed for whistling at a white woman. “Emmett Till’s murder had proved it was a crime, punishable by death, for a Negro man to even whistle at a white woman in Mississippi.” Although her mother refused to give an explanation of the organization, Moody learned about the NAACP from one of her teachers soon after the incident. It was at age fifteen that Moody really began to hate people. Not only did she hate the whites that committed the murders, but she also hated the blacks for allowing the horrid actions to occur. When there were rumors about black men having sexual relati ...
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Henry Ford
Number of Words: 1846 / Number of Pages: 7
... Ford worked in Thomas Edison’s factory for years and the left to become an apprentice for a car-producer in Detroit. While working there, he established how he was going to make the car. He looked through hundreds of books on bicycles and books on horse and buggies. Ford decided to use wheels from a bicycle, and the same steel framing. From the horse and buggy, he took the idea of the shape of the actual frame. He also made a handlebar that was in the same place as horse rider for a buggy. When Henry For opened his first automobile plant, not only did it bring much attention to the industry, but ...
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Thomas Jefferson
Number of Words: 721 / Number of Pages: 3
... of Independence, but he also wrote many other documents dealing with the colonial protest of British rule. (3) A Summary View of the Rights of British America was a pamphlet denying right of Parliament to rule over the colonies. Jefferson proved to be an able writer of laws and resolutions because he was very concise and straight the point. (4) Jefferson was often turned to when skill with a pen was needed, as in the Declaration of Independence, but he also used his talent when his wished to voice his own opinions of what the principles of the nation should be.
Most of Jefferson’s values w ...
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