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Term Papers on Biographies
Theodore Roosevelt
Number of words: 1113 - Number of pages: 5.... mother passed away. From 1884 to 1886, because of his loneliness, Roosevelt wrote writing history books and operated a cattle Ranch in the Dakota Territory. In 1886, Roosevelt returned home to marry his childhood sweetheart Edith Kermit Carow. Theodore and Edith had four sons and one daughter. The energetic young Roosevelts would become the liveliest group of children to live in the White House. In 1887, President William McKinley named Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the Navy. In this office, Roosevelt worked behind the scenes for war against Spai .....
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John Paul Jones: The Undaunted Sailor
Number of words: 2818 - Number of pages: 11.... forces in Europe and Thomas Jefferson had described him as the principal hope of American in their struggle for independence." His commerce raiding and naval battles against the HMS Drake and the Serapis clearly support their statements.
John Paul Jones's victories were made possible through a combination of strategy, training, and preparation. Jones was notorious for maintaining professionalism and discipline among his crewmembers. Jones's crew consisted of 380 men which only 60 were Americans. The rest was comprised of men from eight different nati .....
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Benito Mussolini
Number of words: 468 - Number of pages: 2.... His movement turned into
powerful radicalism, obtaining support from landowners in the Po valley,
industrialists, and many army officers. Fascist blackshirt squads carried on
civil war with Socialists, Communists, Catholics, and Liberals.
In October 1922 Mussolini secured permission from King Victor Emmanuel
lll to form a coalition government. In 1925-26, after a lengthy crisis with the
parliament following the killing of the Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti, he
imposed a Totalarian Dictatorship. His Corperative State came to terms with
Italian Capitalis .....
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A Memorable Experience In Photography
Number of words: 639 - Number of pages: 3.... your not close enough"(Photographs Foreword).
Robert's breakthrough in the field of photography came during the Spanish
Civil War. His most famous picture was a snapshot of a courageous man in
the act of falling(Capa18). His own special talents and course of world
happenings, led him into a role as a professional photographer of
war(Images of War20). To really admire and understand Capa, you must have
a fascination for dramatic and emotional pictures of war. There probably
has been thousands who admire the work he does. Well you can include me
in that .....
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Two Great Men: Franklin And Jefferson
Number of words: 850 - Number of pages: 4.... read to gain knowledge, and work hard in order to educate yourself. He was a jack of all trades and master of many. He felt that a man should learn what he called his "business" throughly and work hard in order to succeed. In the "The Way to Wealth," one of his most popular articles which help shape American culture, he wrote, "Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, As Poor Richard says; and he that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him, .....
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Isaac Asimov
Number of words: 1666 - Number of pages: 7.... fiction magazines. He had to struggle to read these magazines because his father would not permit him to read "such junk"(Erlanger 9). " Isaac you should be reading books with more value," his father told him (wilson). Sooner or later his father gave in and told him not to forget his library books (Erlanger 11). However, this reading material was the only thing that his dad would let him touch on the magazine rack.
Young Isaac was a brilliant student. He went through school more quickly than other students. But there was one thing holding him .....
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Emily Dickenson
Number of words: 725 - Number of pages: 3.... twelve, her family moved to a house on Pleasant Street where they lived from 1840 to 1855. Emily was already writing letters, but composed most of her poetry in this home. Emily only left home to attend Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for two semesters.
Though her stay there was brief, she impressed her teachers with her courage and directness. They felt her writing was sensational.
At the age of twenty-one, Emily and her family moved to the Dickinson Homestead on Main Street. This move proved to be very difficult for Emily. This was difficult for Emily becau .....
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Adam Smith
Number of words: 826 - Number of pages: 4.... It is natural to look of one’s self first and Smith knew that, in fact he encouraged it. He observed that if everyone acted in his or her own best interests the market would automatically produce what the people demand. He knew this would work be more effective and efficient than any governing body or groups of planners to decide the Three Economic Problems: What to produce? How to produce it? For whom to produce? He knew because the people, the consumers would be making those decisions for themselves. Smith also noticed that self-interest lead to .....
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