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Ralph Laurenis American\'s leading designer in the classic tradition, who has stayed true to his own point of view, despite the seasonal vagaries of fashion. Mr. Lauren has always believed that fashion is function of lifestyle. He believes that clothed should be natural, comfortable and elegant, for the way ...
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MachievelliMachiavelli was born in Florence, Italy, the third son of attorney Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli, and his wife, Bartolomea di Stefano Nelli. The Machiavelli family are believed to be descended from the old marquesses of Tuscany, and to have produced thirteen Florentine Gonfalonieres of ...
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T.s EliotRonald Bush
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1962 Oil Painting by Sir Gerald Kelly.
National Portrait Gallery. Smithsonian Institution,
Washington D.C.
Eliot, T. S. (26 Sept. 1888-4 Jan. 1965), poet, critic, and editor, was born Thomas Stearns Eliot in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Henry Ware ...
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HitlerAdolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria on April 20, 1889. Adolf's father, Alois, was 52 years old and his mother, Klara, was 28 years old. Adolf's mom and dad were second cousins. Adolf had 7 siblings but only 4 made it to adulthood.
Soon after Adolf was born his father retired from being a ...
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ChrysalidsWattle - a number of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches for making fences, walls, etc.
I was almost finished my fence, I just had to nail in the last wattle.
Rectitude - rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue:
The rectitude of his actions were noticed by the king, ...
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Life History Of ShakespeareFor all his fame and celebration, William Shakespeare remains a mysterious figure with regards to personal history. There are just two primary sources for information on the Bard: his works, and various legal and church documents that have survived from Elizabethan times. Naturally, there are many ...
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Life of the Famous J.K. RowlingJoanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE[1] (born 31 July 1965),[2] better known as J. K. Rowling (pronounced /'ro?l??/, ROH-ling),[3] is a British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter ...
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Czar Nicholas IIINicholas' brief pontificate was marked by several important events. A born politician, he greatly strengthened the papal position in Italy. He concluded a concordat with Rudolph I of Habsburg (1273–91) in May 1278, by which the Romagna and the exarchate of Ravenna were guaranteed to the Pope. ...
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Babe RuthGeorge Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935. Ruth originally broke into the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox as a starting pitcher, but ...
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Adeline's Life in Chinese CinderellaChinese Cinderella is an autobiography by Adeline Yen Mah. She suffers through physical and emotional abuse throughout the whole book. Some family members make her suffer and while others care for her. Even though Adeline struggles, she still perseveres in her education. She gets high grades ...
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Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great, by Robin Lane Fox (Penguin Books Ltd, 2004)
I have chosen to write my review over the biography Alexander the Great, by Robin Lane Fox. I chose to write my review over this particular facet of the material we studied, because I showed interest in the life of ...
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Captain Cook• Most of the worlds geography was a mystery before james cook
• He made 3 voyages
• Described himself as "who had the ambition not only to go further than anyone had done before but as far as possible for a man to go."
• Born into the age where scientific knowledge was an intense as the ...
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St. PhoebeSt Phoebe was a very influential woman. She was born in the 1st century; she didn’t have a specific birth day. Phoebe was referred as a “deaconess”. She was also explained to be a servant or missioner. She spread the good news of God to many nonbelievers and strengthened the faith of other ...
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Derek jeterThis biography describes the struggles and achievements of Derek Jeter in order to become a professional baseball player. Derek Jeter’s hard work and dedication helped him accomplish his childhood dream from which he realized at the age eight. His dream was to become a New York Yankee baseball ...
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Julius CaesarJulius Caesar The General and the Man
Before Caesar left, the people of Rome was supporting Pompey; but then, after Caesar defeated Pompey, most of the people started to celebrate Caesar’s return. This drastic change in loyalty has upset some of the senators and nobles. For example, Cassius, a ...
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Sergeant YorkSergeant York's full name was Alvin Cullum York. He received the most medals of any U.S. soldiers in World War I. He even got the Medal of Honor. He was so famous that people made a movie about him in 1941.
Before the War
He had ten brothers and sisters, and he was the third born. His ...
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John RockefellerJohn Davison Rockefeller I (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American oil magnate. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy. In 1870, he founded the Standard Oil Company and aggressively ran it until he officially retired in 1897.[1] ...
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Biography of Sylvia PlathThe first time I came into contact with Sylvia Plath’s poem was in an English poetry class. I was deeply impressed by her poem, “Mirror” and I heard the instructor saying that Sylvia Plath ended her life by killing herself. This piece of news aroused my interest in Sylvia Plath ,and pushed me to ...
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A.A Miline“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” These are the famous words written by A.A. Milne that have been echoed throughout time. A.A. Milne was born on January 18th 1882 in Hampstead, London, to the name Alan Alexander Milne. ...
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Edgar CayceEdgar Cayce was born on March 8, 1877 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He was born to mother Carrie Cayce and father Leslie B. Cayce as their second child. Edgar was the first child of his parents to live because their first child died shortly after her first birthday from unknown causes. Edgar grew up ...
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Walt DisneyWalt Disney was a great man. His legacy is still with us today. He was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois (Brad A. 1). He began working as a cartoonist in the 1920s (Answers.com, 1). Disney is probably best known for creating Mickey Mouse and his friends. He died on December 15, 1966 ...
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John MuirMountaineer, traveler, naturalist, activist, and essayist, John Muir is perhaps more than any other single person the progenitor of modern American environmentalism. At a time when Americans were hungry for accounts of the wilderness, his nature essays offered the public affectionate firsthand ...
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Joe JacksonJoseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century. He is remembered for his performance on the field and for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, in ...
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Abraham LincolnFebruary 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the slaves. (For a discussion of the history and nature of the ...
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Gao XingjianPlaywright, critic and novelist, Gao Xingjian is a prominent leader of the avant-garde movement in fiction and drama that began in the wake of the Cultural Revolution in China. “Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence (Xingjian 1).” Communist China tried to suppress Gao’s works ...
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