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Mark Twain’s Greatest Downfall
Number of words: 2384 - Number of pages: 9.... to the point of the ridiculous-he was all these things (Kunitz 160).
One example of Twain’s first deals involves a patent that a friend had talked him into participating in. Twain lost a lot of money, but managed to continue with his financial dealings. In 1906, Twain wrote about his first deal who suckered him into a patent that would eventually cost him $42,000 in the long run.
After trying to work with patents over several occasions, Twain tried his luck with machinery. Like the other investment, he had to put out a lot of money. Twain discusses what occurred with the machine .....
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Mao Zedong
Number of words: 1817 - Number of pages: 7.... school and there he learned the basic knowledge of the classics of Confusous. Continuing with his education, he then went to a secondaryschool , and later graduated from the first provincial school in Chang-Sha (McHenry 1992).
Mayo’s goals were formed in the matrix of the May Fourth Period. Along with many of the young Chinese of his generation he was concerned with how to maintain China’s integrity in a time when the world was dominated by the great powers and how to use for his own purpose the knowledge and ideas which had led to western superiority. He wished at the same tim .....
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Anne Frank
Number of words: 570 - Number of pages: 3.... out on the streets at night. Her life changed again. It was not a happy one for herself or her family.
In 1941, the Germans had there first round up of Jews in Amsterdam. 5 months later, the Germans summoned 16-year-old Margot Frank to report for deportation. Otto Frank had contacts with some Dutch friends, and they were able to hide out in the attic of a house. The morning after Margot was summoned they left Amsterdam and went to the attic of the house called the Secret Annexe.
In the Secret Annexe the Van Daan family accompanied them. There was Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan and their son Peter. So .....
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Chuck Close
Number of words: 561 - Number of pages: 3.... on the canvas. He then meticulously transcribes the image onto the canvas square by square, proceeding from the top left to the bottom right. Some of the largest canvases contain thousands of squares; Close completes all of his paintings by hand. Given the painstaking nature of this work, some of the earlier large-scale paintings took up to fourteen months to complete. Close's work falls into two periods, the early and the middle, in which he is now fruitfully engaged. It is easy to divide the two periods on either side of Close's 1988 stroke that left him unable to hold a brush. (He paints w .....
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Arthur Clarke
Number of words: 689 - Number of pages: 3.... in his novels perish. (www.acclarke)
In his later life there were also several events that helped to shape Clarke's writing style. In 1941 Clarke joined the Royal Air Force as an Aircraft hand Radio Wireless Mechanic/Aircraftmen Class 2. He was later trained in the use of Radio Direction Finding, termed RADAR. This allowed him to write well about armed conflict because he had experienced it for himself. In June 1946 Clarke was demobilized from the R.A.F. Only 3 months later in October of 1946 Clarke Enrolled at King's College in London where he attained a bachelor's of General Sc .....
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Kierkegaard And Christianity
Number of words: 1674 - Number of pages: 7.... truth . Kierkegaard makes the statement that "only one attains the goal", in that we all are capable of obtaining said goal (in this case the eternal truth) if we each seek after the goal as individuals. In crowds, he says, it is sure that no one is working, living, striving for the highest aim, but only for one or another earthly aim. Only as individuals (with God as our helper) can we obtain that which is the absolute, eternal truth. In these beginning paragraphs, Kierkegaard has already set his theme for this passage: that only as individuals with the help of God can one achieve the goa .....
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Charles Shultz
Number of words: 1572 - Number of pages: 6.... afraid of arguments. Although he is concerned with the true meaning of life, his friends sometimes call him “blockhead.” Other than his knack for putting himself down, there are few sharp edges of wit in that head of his; usually he’s the butt of a joke, not the joker. He can be spotted a mile away in his sweater with the zig zag trim, head down, hands in pockets, headed for Lucy’s psychiatric booth. He is considerate, friendly and polite and we love him knowing that he’ll never win a baseball game, or the heart of the the little red-haired girl, kick the fo .....
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William Lyon Makcenzie
Number of words: 1503 - Number of pages: 6.... on May 18, 1824. The sole purpose of this paper was to sway the opinions of the voters in the next election.
On June 8, 1826, a group of fifteen, young, well connected Tories disguised themselves as Indians, and broke into Mackenzie’s York office in broad daylight. They smashed his printing press, then threw it into the bay. The Tories did nothing to compensate him, so it was clear that they were involved. Mackenzie ntook them to court, and seeing that their "disguise" had been seen through, they offered Mackenzie £200. He refused, and after a bitter trial, the court award .....
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JFK: His Life And Legacy
Number of words: 2062 - Number of pages: 8.... a loving housewife
and took young John on frequent trips around historic Boston learning
about American revolutionary history. Both parents impressed on their
children that their country had been good to the Kennedys. Whatever
benefits the family received from the country they were told, must be
returned by performing some service for the country(Anderson 12). The
Kennedy clan included Joe, Jr., Bobby, Ted and their sisters, Eunice, Jean,
Patricia, Rosemary, and Kathleen. Joe, Jr., was a significant figure in
young John's life as he was the figure for most of John's admiration. His
older b .....
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Jasper Daniel AKA Jack Daniel
Number of words: 1023 - Number of pages: 4.... the hub of the town. One of the major structures here is the Courthouse. Back in 1885 people of Lynchburg built this structure with bricks made in the town. Now, my favorite item of historic relevance in Moore County is the Jack Daniel Distillery. This is at the same site Jack decided on in 1866. This is a National Historic site that has had its license since 1866. The quality Tennessee Whiskey goes through the same processes that it did when founded by Mr. Jack Daniel. To this day they are sticking by Mr. Jack’s motto: "Each day we make it, we will make it the best we can."
To .....
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