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Term Papers on Biographies
William Mackenzie King
Number of words: 645 - Number of pages: 3.... tariff reductions and an old-age pension Legislation. William had lost his York North seat in the 1925 election but returned to the House of Commons as the member for Prince Albert, following a by- Election on Feb.15, 1926. William’s government was shaken in 1926 by the Revelation that the Customs Department was tainted with corruption and incompetence. King William was also interested in labour coincided with an expansion in manufacturing and a concern elations. King also acted as a conciliator in a number of strikes, his major legislative Achieve .....
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
Number of words: 738 - Number of pages: 3.... under him. His famous saying was, "War means fightin,' and fightin' means killin'."
Forrest led the Battle of Chickamauga and forced the Federals to retreat. He did not follow the orders of his commander, Colonel Bragg. Bragg demanded that Forrest turn his troops over, but Forrest threatened him with bodily harm. The incident went unreported, and Bragg reassigned Forrest further west.
Forrest was an individual who did not believe in letting anyone who was fighting against him win and live. Sometimes, when the Union Army retreated from him, he would pur .....
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Thomas Paine: Propaganda And Persuasion
Number of words: 711 - Number of pages: 3.... Paine used propaganda methods to induce a desire for freedom
in the reader in one of his works, The Crisis. One type of propaganda used
was over generalization. His use of broad generalities was demonstrated
when he concluded, “Not a man lives on the continent, but fully believes
that a separation must sometime or other finally take place...” A second
type of propaganda used was either/or fallacy. Paine had the sentiment
that a man either fought for freedom or would always be known as a coward
when he stated, “The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood .....
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James Bryant Conant
Number of words: 311 - Number of pages: 2.... on
their academic abilities is good because it allows students to learn at an
appropriate level. A student who can read at a speed of 125 words per minute
should not be in the same English class as a person who only reads 50 words per
minute. On the opposite end, there is a downfall to this idea of separation of
classes. Students are put into certain groups and therefore they become
stereotyped into certain categories. A person at a high intelligent level may
be called a "brain" while a person at a low intelligent level may be called
"stupid". The stu .....
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Martin Luther
Number of words: 1205 - Number of pages: 5.... damnation. After entering the religious life he later became an Augustinian monk and entered the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt in July of 1505. While in this monastery Luther became a well known theologian and Biblical scholar. In 1512 Luther earned his doctorate in theology and became a professor of Biblical literature at Wittenberg University.
Luther took his religious vocation very serious. This led him into a severe crisis in dealing with his religion. He wondered, "is it possible to reconcile the demands of God's law with human inability to live up to th .....
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Nostradamus
Number of words: 2050 - Number of pages: 8.... from his professional works he produced a number of prophetic works. We discern between the Centuries and the Prognostications. The Prognostications are like an Almanac. They contain a series of Predictions about the next year. Because these predictions were fulfilled (or not) more than 440 years ago few are interested in them.
“The really interesting stuff is the Centuries. This name comes from the fact that each Century contains 100 prophetic verses of 4 lines. These verses are called quatrains. wrote 10 Centuries, which are commonly numbered by ro .....
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Jerry Seinfield
Number of words: 435 - Number of pages: 2.... has a role model for kids and comedians to follow. He started a
new genre in comedy. Here's an example of Jerry's humor “Dogs are broke all
their lives. You know why they have no money? No pockets. They see change on
the street -there's nothing they can do about it”. “You go to the store to buy
Grape Nuts. No grapes, no nuts. What's the story there.”. “If he's the best
man why is the bride marrying the groom?” Jerry has not only contributed to
his fellow comedians and the comedians to comes. He has made a difference in
many peoples lives. .....
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Number of words: 307 - Number of pages: 2.... Civil Rights proposals. This
lead to his election to the U.S. Senate that same year and gave him the
reputation as a fire-breathing Midwestern liberal. Humphrey had a good
Vice-Presidential term, he was known as the backbone to the Johnson
administration. He ran all foreign conflicts etc.. There was two Presidents
during this term, Johnson was the White colored type President and Humphrey
was the President that went and got things done, the blue colored worker,
he was the guy that was willing to get his hands dirty. Humphrey later died
at his home in Waverly .....
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