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Marlowe Cut Short
Number of words: 792 - Number of pages: 3.... his masters degree he went to London to work on his new profession as an author. He began getting into a lot of trouble with the law and having enemies around every corner. On May 18, 1593 a warrant was issued for Marlowe due to heretical documents found in his room. Marlowe's roommate, Thomas Kyd, was arrested and charged with atheism claimed that these documents did not belong to him but instead
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to Marlowe. However, before Marlowe went to trial he was murdered on May 30, 1953 at Eleanor Bull's tavern in Deptford. No one was ever charged with the murder because the owner of .....
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Stephen King
Number of words: 425 - Number of pages: 2.... high school(Bleiler, 1031). After she is finally pushed to
the limit, her true side is finally exposed. Cujo, involves a ferocious dog that
starts out so innocent and kind , and ends up a brutal man killer(Bleiler, 1031).
The Shining, takes place in a motel that is haunted(Beacham, 748). Jack
Torrence is a writer who is ridden by guilt and failure(Beacham, 749). After
Torrence, his wife, and his five year old son are snowed in for the week, they
finally realize the evil that the motel actually possesses. In Firestarter, a
little girl possesses the power to start fires with her .....
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Albert Einstein
Number of words: 1674 - Number of pages: 7.... As a child, Einstein's sense of curiosity had already begun to stir. A favorite toy of his was his father's compass, and he often marvelled at his uncle's explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was intrigued by certain mysteries of science, he was considered a slow learner. His failure to become fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachersto believe he was disabled. Einstein's post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the school's strict disciplinary policy. His disappro .....
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Theodore Kaczynski
Number of words: 894 - Number of pages: 4.... dense deciduous forest. The shack measured 10 feet by 12 feet and lacked electricity and plumbing. Kaczinski lived by farming a few vegetables in his small garden and venturing into town only when necessary.
It is unknown when Kaczynski started to make his bombs for the purpose of killing but his motives, the FBI believe are his beliefs about today’s society being destroyed by technology. Kaczynski wrote a paper of 35,000 words in length stressing his views of the subject the FBI called the manifesto. The first bomb was found in 1978 up until the last bomb was discovered in 1995 a terroris .....
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Shakespeare: Biography
Number of words: 917 - Number of pages: 4.... to school
year round attending school for nine hours a day. The teachers were strict
disciplinarians.
Though Shakespeare spent long hours at school, his boyhood was probably
fascinating. Stratford was a lively town and during holidays, it was known to
put on pageants and many popular shows. It also held several large fairs during
the year. Stratford was a exciting place to live. Stratford also had fields
and woods surrounding it giving William the opportunity to hunt and trap small
game. The River Avon which ran through the town allowed him to fish also.
Shakespeare's' poems and p .....
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Number of words: 323 - Number of pages: 2.... Norton has been recognized nationally as a writer. A few of her published works include, “Justice and Efficiency in Dispute Systems” in 1990, “Bargaining and the Ethic Process” 1989, and “Equal Employment Law: Crisis in Intervention, Survival Against the Odds” in 1988.
Some of her numerous leadership positions include service as chair of the ACLU National Advisory Council, the Workplace Health Fund, and the Women’s Law and Policy Fellowship. In addition she serves on the Boards of Martin Luther King Jr., Center for Social Change, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Communit .....
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Jean Toomer
Number of words: 1042 - Number of pages: 4.... an intellectual scheme and method to cope with a personal crisis. Toomer writes in Wayward and Seeking, "I had an attitude towards myself that I was superior to wrong-doing and above criticism and reproach ... I seemed to induce, in the grownups, an attitude which made them keep their hands off me; keep, as it were, a respectable distance." Eugene and Nina and a new husband moved to New York in 1906; however, upon Nina's death in 1909, Nathan moved back to Washington and his grandparents.
When graduated from high school he began traveling. He studied at five places of higher education in a p .....
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Charles Babbage
Number of words: 707 - Number of pages: 3.... mathematicians into English. His studies also led him to a
critical study of logarithmic tables and was constantly reporting errors in them.
During this analysis, it occurred to him that all these tables could be
calculated by machinery. He was convinced that it was possible to construct a
machine that would be able to compute by successive differences and to even
print out the results. (He conceived of this 50 years before type-setting
machines or typewriters were invented.)
In 1814, the age of 23, Charles married 22-year-old Georgina Whitmore. Georgina
would have eight children in thirte .....
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Paul Revere
Number of words: 862 - Number of pages: 4.... by land. Revere directed this signal to be sent to friend in Boston. ("'s Ride: Explanation:) Revere borrowed a horse and left Boston around 10 p.m. He arrived in Lexington at midnight. Around 1 a.m. Revere Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott left for Concord. On their way they were surprised by the British Calvary patrol. Prescoot and Dawes escaped, but Revere was captured. Only Prescoot got to Concord. Revere was released, without his horse, and returned to 1 Lexington. There he joined Adams and Hancock, and they fled to safety in Burlington. Revere returned to Lexington to rescue valuable p .....
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Bill Clinton
Number of words: 682 - Number of pages: 3.... born. When his brother was old enough to enter school, young Bill had his last name legally altered from Blythe to Clinton.
Clinton's life continued and during his High school years he was awestruck by two successful leaders, John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was inspired by them so much that thrived on fulfilling their dreams. He raised money and organized charity events, but most of all he learned how to work with people and the concept of being a good citizen. In his spare time, he endulged himself in literature and played a saxophone. He loved music, and each summer h .....
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