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Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 To 1827)
Number of Words: 523 / Number of Pages: 2
... to Germany. By the time he returned to Vienna in 1792, Mozart had already passed away.
Beethoven soon earned a good living being a musician. He completed his first symphony in 1800, and many other piano, cello, and violin sonatas. Beethoven was Vienna’s first successful “freelance” musician. Instead of depending on the support of the aristocracy, he had wealthy friends, patrons and admirers of his music He was known to be awkward in his manners, have an unpredictable temper, and refused to defer to those with a higher social rank.
Beginning in 1798, Beethoven experienced a continual humming in h ...
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The Life Of King David
Number of Words: 545 / Number of Pages: 2
... David. Saul
tried to have David killed but, Jonathan finds out about the plot and saves
David's life. Later on in life David became king of all Israel. One day David
was up on the roof of his palace and he saw Bathsheba bathing on her roof.
Instead of turning away from his sinful thoughts, he had her called to his
chamber where he lay with her, and had sexual intercourse. David didn't think
before he acted and he got Bathsheba pregnant. He had no idea how to get out of
the predicament he was in. David summoned Bathsheba's husband Uriah back from
battle. He told Uriah to go lay with his wife for the ...
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Malcolm Little
Number of Words: 1037 / Number of Pages: 4
... that he was a black boy and needed to be reasonable about his career choices. At the age of fourteen he moved to Boston to live with his sister, Ella. He was impressed by the blacks on the street, the clothes they wore, how proud they were, and the city of Boston it self. He met a man named Shorty who helped him learn the ropes of the street life and to get a new image. Shorty also got Malcolm a shoe shining job. Malcolm was basically living on the streets, and this is where he got the nick name Detroit Red. In his late teen years he was arrested for burglary. A white man for the same crime woul ...
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Mahatma Gandhi
Number of Words: 941 / Number of Pages: 4
... is very documented. Certainly it was an extraordinary life, poking at the ancient Hindu religion and culture and modern revolutionary ideas about politics and society, an unusual combination of perceptions and values. Gandhi’s life was filled with contradictions. He was described as a gentle man who was an outsider, but also as a godly and almost mystical person, but he had a great determination. Nothing could change his convictions. Some called him a master politician, others called him a saint, and millions of Indians called him Mahatma or Bapu (father).
Gandhi’s life was devoted to a search for t ...
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Pablo Picasso
Number of Words: 2860 / Number of Pages: 11
... the short-lived magazine "Arte Joven" (first issue March 31, 1901 - "Young Art"), in Paris. On a second trip to Paris, in the summer of 1901, he exhibited his works at Ambroise Vollard's gallery in the Rue Lafitte and became good friends with the avant-garde poet Max Jacob. It was during this visit that he discovered Vincent Van Gogh, who inspired him to create "The absinthe Drinker" (1901, William Jaffe Collection, New York City) and also the "Dwarf Dancer".
Suddenly, the 20-year-old painter, who now signed himself "Picasso", his mother's maiden name, moved toward a symbo ...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Number of Words: 480 / Number of Pages: 2
... his opponents claiming that he was
physically and mentally unfit for the presidency, he flew to Chicago and
pledged to the people at the Democratic National Convention, a New Deal.
That expression, a symbol of an era in American history, represented a
cluster of ideas formulated by the candidate and his Brain Trust, a group
of advisors recruited from New York's Columbia University. On the eve of
the March 1933 inauguration, the nation's banking system collapsed as
millions of panicky depositors tried to withdraw savings that the banks had
tied up in long-term loans. On that evening, Roosevelt told ...
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Costly Mistake 2
Number of Words: 1190 / Number of Pages: 5
... that I was very accustomed to, but something wasn't right to night I felt a foreign feeling that I quickly dismissed and chased with another drink.
Finally 10:30p.m. rolled around, A little over seven hours since we had started drinking. Like drunken fools we wandered out the door of the house and figured out the driving situation to the bowling ally. I didn't volunteer, refusing to drive knowing that it would only cause trouble for all of us. Matt said he would drive my car. Being one of the most responsible of all of us, I didn't have a second thought about it and threw him the keys. Matt, Todd, Du ...
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Andrew Jackson
Number of Words: 1656 / Number of Pages: 7
... on. The way he did it was not the best for common people, but he was still considered a great president by most people.
As in Encarta Encyclopedia, three years before was born, his Scotch-Irish parents, emigrated to America from Northern Ireland. They had two sons at the time. Andrew’s Father took up farming, and died three days before Andrew was born. The widow Jackson moved her family into the home of a nearby relative, where Andrew spent his days growing up. He learned how to read, and was often called upon by the community to read the Philadelphia Newspaper. (3)
held many military and other job ...
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Chris Lansid
Number of Words: 689 / Number of Pages: 3
... day Chris was dedicated to fighting illness'. He has cured 3 illness' in his life, one that belonged to his father, Ratestia. The other two, emphasema and lung elestia. He also played a big role in the treatment of cancer. Even though they did not have much technology back then, he still played a major role in he exposing of its effects and how it works. When he was 35, he had a masters and 2 doctors! He also went to 2 more collage and earned a nobel prize! When he was 41 his mother then came ill. They did not know what she had, but it looked like cancer. Chris recommended he do a surgery on her and ...
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Thomas Edison
Number of Words: 2111 / Number of Pages: 8
... The story goes that the teacher whipped students who asked questions. After three months of school, the teacher called Thomas, "addled". Thomas was pissed. The next day, Nancy Edison brought Thomas back to school to talk with Reverend Engle. The teacher told his mother that Thomas couldn't learn. Nancy also became angry at the teacher's strict ways. "She took Thomas out of school and decided to home-school him."(Allen pg. 34) It appears he briefly attended two more schools. However, his school attendance was not very good. So nearly all his childhood learning took place at home. Edison ...
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