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Term Papers on Biographies
The Life Of John F. Kennedy
Number of words: 509 - Number of pages: 2.... together.
John Kennedy's education included elementary schools in Brookline
and Riverdale. By the age of thirteen his father sent him to the
Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut. He then transferred to
Choate Academy in Wallingford, Connecticut, and graduated in 1935 at
eight-teen years old. In 1936, after a summer in England, John entered
Princeton University. After Christmas, of that same year, he developed
jaundice. Then in 1936 he entered Harvard University. At Harvard he
majored in government and international relations. In 1940 he graduated .....
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Biography Of Robert Cormier
Number of words: 343 - Number of pages: 2.... and continued to think of himself as one.
Later, a teacher at Fitchburg State College was so impressed with one of
Cormier's stories that she submitted it to a magazine; it became his first
published work.
After college, Cormier went on to write commercials for a local radio
station, and soon switched to newspaper work. He was a writer and editor at
the Fitchburg Sentinel for 23 years, where he won three major journalism
awards. He later wrote short stories for popular magazines such as McCall's
and the Saturday Evening Post. Cormier married in 1948, and despit .....
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Sigmund Freud
Number of words: 526 - Number of pages: 2.... cancer of the mouth. In 1938, the Nazi’s gained control of Austria. Freud, who was Jewish, went to England with his wife and children to escape persecution. He died there of cancer in 1939. Freud’s most important writings include the Interpretation of Dreams (1900), Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905), Totem and Taboo (1913), Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis (1917), The Ego and the Id (1923), and Civilization and it Discontents (1930).
His Theories
Freud observed that many patients behaved according to drives and experiences of which they w .....
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Johann Sebastian Bach - The Brandenburg Concertos
Number of words: 586 - Number of pages: 3.... after, he took a job as an organist at a church in Arnstadt (1703-1707). Here, as in later posts, his perfectionist tendencies and high expectations of other musicians – for example, the church choir – rubbed his colleagues the wrong way, and he was embroiled in a number of hot disputes during his short tenure. In 1707, at the age of 22, Bach became fed up with the lousy musical standards of Arnstadt (and the working conditions) and moved on the another organist job, this time at he St. Blasius Church in Muhlhausen (1707-1708). The same year, he marri .....
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Cyrano De Bergerac And Mother Teresa: Heros?
Number of words: 2303 - Number of pages: 9.... hard could that be? Cyrano de Bergerac, a wonderful masterpiece play including a captivating character. Mother Teresa, someone who helped the poor and dying across the globe. Sounds like two heroes to me, right? But still I was perplexed. There had to be more.
So, Cyrano de Bergerac...hmmm...from my first readings he just sounded like this eccentric fellow with a large schnozzle. Why was he even put on the list of heroes? I decided maybe the techniques learned in class could possibly help me out with my dilemma. I read again. I looked over notes agai .....
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George Lucas Biography And Wor
Number of words: 2556 - Number of pages: 10.... was in a car crash in 1962, which ended his racing career before it even started. He missed his graduation ceremony at his high school, but joked that the only reason he got a diploma was because his teachers felt sorry for him. As a result, Lucas looked for other options to fill his void in life. Since his grades were not good enough for a four-year college, he decided to go to junior college. For the first time in his life, he hit the books. He fell asleep trying to earn the highest grades he could in order to have a future for himself.
During junior .....
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Karl Marx
Number of words: 955 - Number of pages: 4.... he said, was for t workers to overthrow the capitalists by means
of violent revolution. He urged workers around the world to revolt against
their rulers. "Workers of the world unite!" he wrote. "You have nothing to
lose but your chains."
Another thing Marx taught was that organized religion, the churches,
help capitalists to keep the workers quiet and obedient. Religion,
according to Mar 'the opiate of the masses'. The church tells working
people to forget about the injustice they meet in their lives and to think
instead of how wonderful it will i .....
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John D. Rockelfeller
Number of words: 380 - Number of pages: 2.... He talked about Rockelfeller being a "Bold
Innovator in industry and philanthropy" he also said he was "an organizing
genius." Allen Nevins, Historian 1940. Another person who swayed my
decision was William H. Vanderbilt. He felt Rockelfeller had a monopoly
because he was "Enterprising, Shrewd, Able, and Smart." Pg. 128 promise of
America volume 3. Vanderbilt knew that Rockelfeller had a successful
business because of his good skills. The last thing that helped me decide
was a excerpt from Rockelfeller's biography. His opinion was like
Vanderbilt's, stating .....
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