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John Dalton
Number of words: 733 - Number of pages: 3.... observations recording the changeable climate of the Lake District in which he lived. In 1793 Dalton published Meteorological Observations and Essays. He then became interested in preparing collections of botanical and insect species. In 1787, he began observations about aurora phenomena--luminous, sometimes coloured displays in the sky caused by electrical disturbances in the atmosphere.
Some of his studies in meteorology led him to conclusions about the origin of trade winds involving the Earth's rotation and change in temperature--unaware, perhaps, that this theory had already been pr .....
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Martin Luther King Jr. 4
Number of words: 583 - Number of pages: 3.... population. King felt that this made it impossible for African Americans who lack access to weapons to successfully wage a violent revolution against the white majority. Any attacks by the civil rights workers or their followers would surely result in counter attacks by
the segregationists, resulting in the injury and deaths of many of King’s followers. With these points in mind, King came to the conclusion that the best strategy in gaining the rights of African American was the use of non-violent protest. He believed that violence only “intensifies evil,”
(Ansbro, 231) .....
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Mother Teresa: The Living Saint
Number of words: 536 - Number of pages: 2.... twenty years in Saint Mary's High School in
Calcutta, India.
On September 10, 1946, Mother Teresa said she received another call
from God to serve the poor who live in the streets. Pope Pious XII soon
granted Mother Teresa permission to leave her duties as an independent nun
to fulfill her calling. So she began to share her life with the poor, sick
and the hungry in Calcutta. Mother Teresa with her new positon established
a congregation called Missionaries of Charity. She began her work by
teaching the children of the streets how to read. Mother Teresa also
began to care for .....
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Hemingway’s Greatest Hits
Number of words: 1392 - Number of pages: 6.... Henry talks about how "things went very badly" and how this is connected to "At the start of the winter came permanent rain". In the book, Miss Barkley afraid of the rain because she has a nightmare and she sees death in the rain. She says, "Sometimes I see me dead in it", which she is referring to the rain as a death. It is raining the entire night when Miss Barkley is giving childbirth and when both she and her baby die (Malcolm 54-55).
Most of the reader fined out that A Farewell to Arms is fun and excited to read. Hemingway makes the language very easy to understand and it is suitable .....
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Charles Darwin
Number of words: 339 - Number of pages: 2.... published in 1839
as well. Charles and Emma live in England until the end of their lives. He
started to write out parts of his theory in 1842-1844 in Vestiges of
Natural Creation.
Darwin had many volumes of Origin of Species published from 1859-82.
Darwin’s natural selection was basically saying that some things aren’t
needed. Those are called vestigial organs. These concepts were formed by
Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. Organisms of the same
species often have differences in individual variations. The second concept
is, competition among organisms often led to dea .....
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Drew Barrymore
Number of words: 733 - Number of pages: 3.... with drugs. As her drug use and drinking grew more addicting, she could hardly hide it from the outside world. Drew first started using cocaine when she was 13 years old, at the time she didn’t think she would become addicted to the drug. But she was mistaken, before long she found herself using increasingly large quantities of the drug. Drew’s mother became concerned and dragged Drew to a Family Treatment Center, in Van Nuys, California. Drew attended many therapy sessions with other patients her own age. She spent only 12 days in the hospital and proved she was satisfied with t .....
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Leonardo Fibonacci
Number of words: 391 - Number of pages: 2.... system into Europe. He was one of the first people to introduce the Hindu-Arabic number system into Europe. Fibonacci also introduced the Decimal Positional System, which originated from India and Arabia. Fibonacci wrote story problems in his book, Liber abbaci. Examples of those problems are, “A spider climbs so many feet up a wall each day and slips back a fixed number each night, how many days does it take him to climb the wall. These problems became quite popular. Another accomplishment was his forming the Fibonacci Series. It is a series of number in which each member is the sum of the .....
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Michael Jackson
Number of words: 828 - Number of pages: 4.... consisted of his older brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon.
(Jackson: 8) The Jackson 5 had many songs. Michael Jackson's first solo album
is called "Off the Wall," and it first released in 1979. The songs on "Off The
Wall" include "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" and "Rock With You." His
following albums include "Bad," "Thriller," and "Dangerous." Michael had a 2 CD
album called "HIStory Past, Present, and Future Book 1," and it first released
in 1995. The first CD has his most popular songs from the past. The second CD
has his newest including "Scream," which is a duet with with h .....
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John Keats
Number of words: 482 - Number of pages: 2.... the Clarke School, as he became an apothecary-surgeon’s apprentice. Then in 1815, he became a student at Guy’s Hospital. He registered for a six- month course to become a licensed surgeon. Soon after he decided he was going to be a doctor he realized his true passion was in poetry. So he decided he would try to excel in poetry also. His poetry that he wrote six years before his death was not very good. As his life progressed his poetry became more mature and amazing. He looked up to Shakespeare and Milton. He studied a lot of there poetry and imitated these two writers. .....
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Mary Warren
Number of words: 602 - Number of pages: 3.... inside" because Goody Osburn will hang. When the poppet becomes false proof of witchcraft against Elizabeth, Mary willingly explains that the poppet is hers. She also makes a vain attempt to comfort John Proctor as the court officials drag his wife away in chains.
A basic sense of honesty is another of ’s traits. In Act I she goes to Salem to convince Abigail to tell the truth about what really happened in the woods. When the witchcraft scare gets out of hand, Mary joins Abigail and the other girls in falsely accusing women of being witches. These false accusations are motivated .....
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