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Neil SimonWe may yet live to see the day when women will no longer be news! And it cannot come too soon. I want to be a peaceful, happy, normal human being, pursuing my unimpeded way through life, never having to explain, defend, or apologize for my sex. - Nellie McClung 1929
Throughout her life, ...
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Martin Luther King Jr.In this report, I am going to talk about a man who was a great civil rights leader in this Nation. A man who dedicated his life to trying to end racism, poverty, and war. He was a fighter for equality among blacks and whites alike. He changed the lives of many people, whites and blacks alike, and ...
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Saint John BoscoA man with a vision, with an awareness of the good that lives in people, with an ability of dreaming dreams of beauty for those he met along his way, this is John Bosco.
St. John Bosco (1815-1888) was born to poor parents in Recchi, Italy, the Piedmont area of northern Italy. When John was two, ...
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The Mathematical Art Of M.C. EscherFor me it remains an open question whether this work pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art.----M.C. Escher
The Dutch artist Maurits C. Escher (1898-1972) was a draftsman, book illustrator, tapestry designer, and muralist, but his primary work was as a printmaker. He was born in ...
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Sir Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton was born prematurely, on Christmas Day, 1642,
in the small English town of Woolsthorpe. His father, a farmer, died just before Isaac was born. When Isaac was three years old, his mother remarried and moved to another town. Isaac stayed on the farm in Woolsthorpe with his grandmother. ...
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The Life And Times Of Peter StraubPeter Straub was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on March 2, 1943. His father was a salesman while his mother was a nurse. They both had ideas for their son, Peter, as for what they wanted him to become. All Straub wanted to do though, at the age of 5, was learn to read. Kindergarten was a bore ...
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Louis XIVwas only four years old when he succeeded his father to the French throne. Often uncared for, he nearly drowned because no one was watching him as he played near a pond. This began to shape in his young mind an early fear of God.
Louis\' character was also shaped by the French Civil War. In this, ...
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George Mason's ViewsGeorge Mason in the Virginia declaration of rights stated, “All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights.” In stating that every person born into this world is born with the same freedoms but based upon what culture he or she is born into certain rights may ...
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Pompey The GreatPompey was a Roman general and political leader. He was a member of the
first Triumvirate with Julius Caesar and Marcus Crassus, but later became
Caesar's enemy.
Pompey was born September 30, 106 B.C. His first important military
experiences were in the Social war during which his father ...
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Domitianwas born in Rome on Pomegranate Street 0n October 24th AD51. He was the second son born to the future emperor Vespasian. ’s older brother was named Titus. Even when very young was of the opinion that he should be treated like a god.
“Throughout ’s early years and ...
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Ida B. Wellswas a woman dedicated to a cause, a cause to prevent hundreds of thousands of people from being murdered by lynching. Lynching is defined as to take the law into its own hands and kill someone in punishment for a crime or a presumed crime. ’ back round made her a logical spokesperson ...
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Cassius Clay - Muhammad AliCassius Clay better known as Muhammad Ali is by far the greatest boxer of all time. \"King of the World\" by David Reminick is a very detailed biography of Muhammad and good documentation how boxing used to be. The book takes you on a journey behind the scenes of Alli’s rise to the top and boxing ...
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Simone De Beauvoir- Essay Pd. 6/7
Throughout history, women have been portrayed as the passive, subdued creatures whose opinions, thoughts, and goals were never as equal as those of her male counterparts. Although women have ascended the ...
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Thomas Jefferson: The Man, The Myth, And The MoralityThomas Jefferson was a man of the greatest moral character who has been
excoriated routinely over the last 30 years by historical revisionists and
presentists. His commitment to America and his vast contributions to the
framing of society as it is today are overlooked in favor of base analysis
of ...
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Comparison And Contrast Of WasThe Romantic era writers, Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe, had many similarities but even more differences, in both writing theme and style. This is very evident in their works, “Rip Van Winkle”, by Irving, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”, by Poe.
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Louis LeakeyDiscovering the Secrets of Humankind's Past
was born to be an archaeologist, for his childhood in Africa truly prepared him for the field life he would later lead. The son of missionaries Harry and Mary Leakey, Louis grew up in Kenya near Nairobi, among the Kikuyu African tribe who the elder ...
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Nathanial Hawthorne. Considered to be one of the greatest American
writers of the 19th century. But did you know that he hated portraits, and
it is now thought that he was a mild manic-depressive? Born in Salem,
Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. A decendant of a long puritan line of
Hathorne's. His ancestry included ...
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Jon Bennet RamseyIt was Christmas night 1996, Boulder, Colorado. The Ramsey family was on their way home from a Christmas party. Jonbenet was asleep in the backseat of the car. The Ramsey’s were planning a trip to their family home in Michigan the next morning.
When the morning of December 26th came, ...
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Biography Of Anne FrankAnnelies Frank was born June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Her parents Otto Frank and Edith Frank-Hollander called their daughter Anne. In 1933, in response to Hitler’s anti-Jewish decrees, Mr. Frank opened a branch of his company, Opteka, in Amsterdam and began planning to bring his ...
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Elvis Presleywas one of the most successful entertainers ever. dominated popular music in the United States from the release of his first big record, Heartbreak Hotel, in 1956. His records (all 45 of them) sold more than a million copies each, his 33 motion pictures, and his appearances on television and in ...
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Finest Young Man In RomeFamily, friends, money, honor, carrier, there are many important things in life. What people are willing to do to achieve their dreams and goals? Some of them would do anything to get what they really want. They would cheat, steal, and kill, just to be the best of all. Rufinus, the main character ...
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Malcolm XMalcolm Little was born to Earl and Louise Little in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925. He was the seventh child of the eleven children in the family. Soon after Malcolm was born his family moved to Lansing, Michigan. There the white people harassed them because they disliked his fathers black ...
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CiceroMarcus Tullius , is remembered in modern times as the greatest Roman orator and innovator of what became known as nian rhetoric. He was the son of a wealthy family of Arpinium. He made his first appearance in the courts in 81. His brilliant defense, in 80 or early 79, of Sextus Roscius against a ...
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Rosa ParksRosa McCauly Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1913 and grew up on a small farm. When her mother had saved enough money to pay for it, Rosa had began to attend a private school when she was 11 years old. But, while she was attending high school, her mother had become ill so she had to quit. ...
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The Rule Of Halie SelassieThere is no understanding to modern Ethiopia without a grasp of Haile Sellassie's life. Sellassie would prove to be one of Ethiopia's most noble leaders. He pushed education for his people. He made a valiant effort to drag Ethiopia out of its stagnant state of unpaved roads, minimal schools, ...
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