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Saint John Of The Cross
Number of words: 1964 - Number of pages: 8.... so long as he did not neglect his hospital duties. From 1559 to 1563, John studied with the Jesuits, learning Latin, Greek, and other subjects. He was offered the chance to study for the secular priesthood, which would have given him material security, but he felt God was calling him to Religious life. At age 20, he entered the Carmelite Order, being clothed with the habit on February 24, 1563, and taking the name Juan de Santo Matia (John of Saint Matthias). He was ordained in 1567, and said his first Mass in Medina del Campo. During that trip, he first met Teresa of Avila, and she enc .....
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Biography Of Benjamin Franklin
Number of words: 1043 - Number of pages: 4.... in a few different
printing houses. He returned to Philadelphia and soon was back in the
printing business.
In 1728, Franklin and a partner, Hugh Meredith, opened their own
print shop. They printed a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette.
He married Deborah Read in 1730. They had three children, two boys
and one girt. One of Franklin's sons later became governor of New Jersey.
He worked as a printer from 1730-1748 and was successful. He
became the official printer of Pennsylvania, then New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland. During this time, he published “Poor Richard's Almana .....
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George Washington
Number of words: 2361 - Number of pages: 9.... fortune
combine more perfectly to make a man great, and to place him in the same
constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting
remembrance."
In Williamsburg, when it was the seat of Virginia's government, Washington
secured his first military commissions, learned and practiced the arts of
politics, and moved from the attitude of being just another country squire to
become the leader of a continental revolution.
Born February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County he was the first son of his father
Augustine's second marriage: his mother was the former Mary Ball of Epp .....
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Muddy Waters
Number of words: 820 - Number of pages: 3.... laborers hollered in the fields to pass time or just to get things off of your chest. Waters would also teach himself to play instruments. When he was fifteen he knew how to play the harmonica and he would later teach himself the guitar. The young Waters followed in his fathers musician footsteps. He was part of a band at fifteen, with Scott Bowhandle on guitar and Sonny Simms playing the violin. They would play some Saturday nights in downtown Clarksdale and others he would sell fried fish on nights. And other nights he would watch the greats like Son House, Robert Johnson and Charlie Patt .....
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Michael Crichtons Life
Number of words: 290 - Number of pages: 2.... he was 6.
B. Was a star basketball player in high school.
C. Graduated in 1960, from Roslyn high school.
D. Decided to go to Harvard University and become a Writer.
III. Life at Harvard
A. Writing was severely criticized, had grades around a C.
B. Thought Harvard was an error.
IV. Persuing other options
A. Decided to study anthropology.
B. Became a visiting lecturer in Anthropology at Cambridge university.
C. Came back to the US and begun training as a doctor.
D. Every year he tried to quit. He didn’t.
V. Writing Thrillers
A. Wrote under different names such a .....
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Garth Brooks
Number of words: 408 - Number of pages: 2.... people were confused by this because he did such a great job they didn’t know it was really him. He even fooled me the first time I saw it. This was not his intent but that’s what happened. Once I learned more about the character I under stood what The Chris Gains project was all about. Many devoted Garth fans were confused because they didn’t know if he was done with country all together. Some people were even angry and felt betrayed. So far The Chris Gains project hasn’t caught on. Honestly I like the new style of music, it’s a side of Garth I’ve rarely seen. Garth has p .....
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Warren G. Harding
Number of words: 553 - Number of pages: 3.... a trustee of the Trinity Baptist Church, a director of almost every important business, and a leader in fraternal organizations and charitable enterprises.
He organized the Citizen's Cornet Band, available for both Republican and Democratic rallies; "I played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet," he once remarked.
Harding's undeviating Republicanism and vibrant speaking voice, plus his willingness to let the machine bosses set policies, led him far in Ohio politics. He served in the state Senate and as Lieutenant Governor, and successfully ran for Governor. He .....
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Billy Sunday
Number of words: 2382 - Number of pages: 9.... critics said that at best he was a well-meaning buffoon whose sermons vulgarized and trivialized the Christian message and at worst he was a disgrace to the name of Christ (Dorsett 2). There are elements of truth in both of these views. He was often guilty of oversimplifying biblical truths, and at times he spoke more out of ignorance than a heavenly viewpoint. He was also a man with numerous flaws. He spoiled his children, giving them everything that they asked for. He put enormous responsibility on his wife, burdening her with many aspects of his ministry. He always noticeably soug .....
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A Dictionary Of Modern Revolut
Number of words: 334 - Number of pages: 2.... through Communism. Che was named second in command and sat along side with Fidel who became his closet advisor and friend.
Che was dropped from the Communist establishment in 1965 by Castro but nor officially. Che's whereabouts were not known for many months. In truth Che had been planning what would be his last revolutionary strike. This strike to be held in Bolivia to stop the suffering and dictatorship. Che was not used to having inferior army tactics that the Bolivian rebels used. This led to his unit being caught and imprisoned. Che was shot the next day after his capture.
Che is st .....
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MARGARET ATWOOD
Number of words: 1256 - Number of pages: 5.... (a deliberate metaphor established from the novel's divisions or chapters, each named for a particular pattern of quilting). The events leading up to the murders are revealed through narrative, letters, newspaper accounts, excerpts from Susanna Moodie's journal, notes by doctors and wardens and poems by Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Atwood maintains an ironic distance that manages simultaneously to reveal the character of Grace in her own words and to paint a broad picture of mid-19th century Canada as a nation experiencing the passionate explosions of science .....
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