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Al Capone
Number of words: 614 - Number of pages: 3

.... selling and producing of alcohol, whorehouses, and the protection business. Capone encouraged publicity, he was ken to seeing his name and picture in the newspaper. In 1919, Al now had a wife and a baby to support and care for and he needed a legitimate career. He moved his family to Baltimore and got a new job as a bookkeeper for a construction firm. He resumed his relationship with Torrio, who had moved from Brooklyn to Chicago, expanding himself. In 1921, Torrio asked Al to come and work for him; Al accepted. Al immediately took on as a partner instea .....


Louis XIV
Number of words: 1021 - Number of pages: 4

.... died March 9, 1661. On March 10, Louis claimed supreme authority in France. Not since Henry IV had such a claim been made. Louis saw himself as God's representative on earth, therefore, infallible. He oversaw roadbuilding, court decorum, defense, and disputes within the church. He had the support initially of his ministers, then that of the French people. He had given France the image it desired-youth and vitality surrounded by magnificence. Louis won the favor of the nobles by making it evident that their future depended on their ability stay on .....


Socrates
Number of words: 2029 - Number of pages: 8

.... wisest of all men. ’ was skilled in the art of arguing. He developed a method by which he would win every debate. His favorite hobby was going to the marketplace and debating philosophical issues with other men in front of an audience. The result of these debates was that embarrassed the wise men in front of the crowd. This caused many to dislike him. After being named the wisest man, attempted to prove that this was not true. He debated with many men in the streets. These debates are some of his most famous argument methods. He started the discussion by sta .....


Important African American Figures
Number of words: 2230 - Number of pages: 9

.... which she enthusiastically embraced, and for the next few years she toured the country speaking in its behalf. Encountering the women's rights movement in 1850, she also added its causes to hers. During the American Civil War she solicited gifts for black volunteer regiments, and President Abraham Lincoln received her in the White House in 1864; she later advocated a "Negro State" in the West. Sojourner Truth continued to stump the country on speaking tours until 1875. An illiterate all her life, she was nevertheless an effective speaker and was endowed with .....


Muhammad Ali
Number of words: 1313 - Number of pages: 5

.... showed great skills at an early stage of his boxing career. At the age of 16, Ali had won two Golden Glove Titles, two National AAU Titles, he was by now nationally recognized. When the 1960 Rome Olympic Game was about to take off, Ali was provided with an opportunity to represent his country. At this point he had fought 103 amateur matches, and had only lost five. Ali went with the Olympic team to Rome, and he did not only participate, he also won the precious Olympic gold medal. Ali returned home from Italy, and he felt that he had made a difference when he .....


Henry David Thoreau
Number of words: 1202 - Number of pages: 5

.... years, two months and two days. Henry wanted to live deliberately and so he went and built a simple cabin at Walden Pond. Henry explains in Walden, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, To front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Henry left his nearby town of Concord to live at Walden Pond on July 4, 1845, Independence Day. Some have speculated that this date represents Henry's personal declaration of i .....


Wilson, Woodrow
Number of words: 1913 - Number of pages: 7

.... year before he received the doctoral degree. In 1885 he married Ellen Louise Axson; they had three daughters. Wilson taught at Bryn Mawr College (1885-88) and Wesleyan University in Connecticut (1888-90) before he was called (1890) to Princeton as professor of jurisprudence and political economy. A popular lecturer, Wilson also wrote a score of articles and nine books, including Division and Reunion (1893) and his five-volume History of the American People (1902). In 1902 he was the unanimous choice of the trustees to become Princeton's president. His refo .....


My Secret Confessions From The Grave: Al Capone
Number of words: 906 - Number of pages: 4

.... into affect and I became interested in selling illegal whiskey and other alcoholic beverages. Torrio’s uncle did not agree with this idea but within the next month he was shot and killed. Torrio and I took over Torrio’s uncles business and added the selling of illegal alcohol, see I always get what I want. After Torrio was gunned down and almost killed by a rival gang, he retired from the underworld, which left me to run the empire alone. At the age of 26, I was managing more than 1,000 employees, which included a payroll of more than $300,000 a week. I deman .....



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