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Genhis Khan The Great
Number of words: 1610 - Number of pages: 6.... A few people stayed but they also left after a while. Temujin and his family lived off berries, animals, and plants.
Temujin started working harder on his archery. He was one of the best in the land by the time he was eleven. By eleven seventy-three, Temujin had risen, he became chief of a tribe. People noted how fierce he was and how he had no mercy. He was engaged to Botei in eleven seventy-five. They were married in eleven seventy-eight. After the marriage, a tribe kidnapped Botei. Temujin was outraged. He attacked the tribe and slaughtered them all. This was the first ti .....
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Nicola Sacco And Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Number of words: 497 - Number of pages: 2.... of Sacco and himself in an atmosphere of
hysteria the two were sentenced to die and were electrocuted on August 23,
1927. With the encouragement of supporters, Vanzeffi issued letters and
articles from his prison cell and displayed a highly sensitive intelligence
despite the fact that he was largely self-educated. The Sacco-Vanzetti case
inspired controversy reaching worldwide proportions. Belief in their
innocence became widespread as they were seen to be victims of
antianarchist hatred.
Neither has been officially cleared of the charges against them in the
State of Massachusetts al .....
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Hillary Clinton
Number of words: 1389 - Number of pages: 6.... Social Action. While she was there, she also met Bill Clinton, a fellow law student. In 1973 Hillary became a staff attorney for the Children's Defense Fund. A year later she was recruited by the Impeachment Inquiry staff of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. Hillary left Washington and "followed her heart to Arkansas," marrying Bill Clinton in 1975. The couple taught together on the law faculty of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980. Hillary Rodham Clinton served as First Lady of Arkansas for twelve years. Du .....
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Henry Ford Essay
Number of words: 1004 - Number of pages: 4.... It’s success came from it’s attractive price, at $850, and more than 10,000 were sold in the first year alone. It was easy to operate, maintain, handle on rough roads, and immediately became a success. Along with success came expansion, and in 1910 he established another assembly plant in Highland Park, Michigan. Through interchangeable parts, standard manufacturing, and a division labor, the demand greatly increased for the Model T. It was at this time in 1913 that Ford introduced the assembly line and forever changed our economy, our industry, and our culture.
Ford’s concept of an .....
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Bill Cosby
Number of words: 1286 - Number of pages: 5.... the high school football team. But in the first week of football he broke his arm. Since there were few blacks in the school and he was slightly a target of biggotous remarks he went back to getting attention by clowning around in class again. He was later sent to Germantown Highschool where all his neighborhood friends went. He was back with his friends but his grades started to drop. He was left back twice. He was also too old to participate in the city track meets (which he could easily win). Bill dropped out of high school. He went to be a shoemaker=s helper, but the shoemaker didn=t li .....
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The Life And Times Of Edgar ALlan Poe
Number of words: 12179 - Number of pages: 45.... greater influence over me than he had."
At the age of fifteen he became a lieutenant in the Junior Morgan Riflemen. As second-in-command he was reviewed by the popular Marquis de Lafayette whom two weeks earlier had praised Edgar's grandfather, General David Poe, for his good work.
Edgar was, when he returned to Richmond, known as Edgar Poe rather than Edgar Allan, to emphasize that he was not formally adopted by the Allans. Rosalie on the other hand was given the Mackenzies' name and Edgar's uncle, William Galt, adopted his orphaned relative James.
Edgar was in search for a maternal fi .....
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The Style And Influences Of Lewis Carroll
Number of words: 1987 - Number of pages: 8.... the constraints of ordinary logic (46).
Nevertheless, his obligation towards the science of logic did influence his novels. Heath explains this by pointing out that his works are not actually nonsense, but rather absurdity. He defines the two as being at the opposite ends of a spectrum with nonsense on one end, logic in the middle, and absurdity on the other end. Nonsense completely defies and casts away all rules of logic, whereas absurdity overuses them to the point of confusion (47). An example of this absurdity can be found in Chapter 7 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, called " .....
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The Life Of Ian Fleming
Number of words: 1090 - Number of pages: 4.... virtually
guaranteed that she would remain forever Valentine's widow, regardless of
other loves or circumstances.
The knowledge of Ian's late father's looming wealth, and Ian's lack
of access to it was bound to make the young Fleming feel disinherited. The
unattainable Fleming fortune and high achievements of Valentine and Peter,
Ian's older brother, seem to have put a chip on Ian's shoulder. As Ian
failed to fill their shoes, it appears he became more determined to build
his own empire, create his own identity within the family, and be praised
for his own successes.
Fleming .....
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Burton Freund
Number of words: 871 - Number of pages: 4.... sympathizer. As a result, several of his most moving and intense pieces did not receive the exposure or notoriety that they deserved. For instance, “Lynch No More” is the wood carving of a Negro man with an executioner's noose around his neck; the noose has been severed about six inches up the rope. When the piece was finished in 1948 Burton wanted to show it in a traveling exhibition, but the exhibition director would not allow it to be shown on the southern portion of the tour. Freund withdrew all of his work from the show. This sculpture (Lynch No More) was exhibited at the Chica .....
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Mahatma Gandhi
Number of words: 457 - Number of pages: 2.... resistance liberated one nation and sped the end of colonial empires around the world. His marches and fasts fired the imagination of oppressed people everywhere. Millions sought freedom and justice under Mahatma’s guiding light. He proclaimed the power of love, peace and freedom. He fought for the rights of the Indians, for their freedom from the British. His principles surely made a difference in this world. In spite of being treated rudely and paying all sorts of penalties, he was never deterred. Many people, organizations and awards have already acknowledged Gandhi for his effort .....
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