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Term Papers on Biographies
Pierre Trudeau
Number of words: 368 - Number of pages: 2.... of responsibility on the part of business and labour necessitated the introduction of a controls system. Trudeau has spoken of the need for a shift of emphasis in Canadian society from consumption to conservation. And yet, he allowed energy-conservation measures in Canada to fall far behind those of the United States. More than a few times, Trudeau has insisted that it is our moral obligation as Canadians to share our wealth with poorer nations. Nevertheless, he still reduced foreign-aid spending and even put a protective quota on textile imports from develop .....
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Napolean
Number of words: 627 - Number of pages: 3.... to aid Spain. This led to the defeat of Joseph, death of thousands
of French troops and it inspired patriots and nationalists of other lands
to resist Napoleon. This war between 1808 and 1813 is called The
Peninsular War.
In Germany, anti-French feelings broke out. But the French invasions
carried German nationalism beyond the small ranks of writers. In 1807
writers attacked French occupation of Germany. This nationalistic feeling
spread to the Prussians. In 1806 the Prussians were defeated by the French
troops. To drive the French out of Prussia there wou .....
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Mark Twain 3
Number of words: 1006 - Number of pages: 4.... cavalry. Later that year he accompanied his brother to the newly created Nevada Territory, where he tried his hand at silver mining. In 1862 he became a reporter on the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada, and in 1863 he began signing his articles with the pseudonym “Mark Twain,” a Mississippi River phrase meaning two fathoms deep. After moving to San Francisco in 1864, Twain met the American writers Artemus Ward and Bret Harte, who encouraged him in his work. In 1865 Twain reworked a tale he had heard in the California gold fields; with .....
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Charles Darwin: His Life Story Of Dicovery
Number of words: 922 - Number of pages: 4.... Shrewsbury, England on February 12, 1809. He
was the son of Robert Warren Darwin, a family doctor and of Susannah Wedgewood
Darwin daughter of a porcelain manufacturer. His grandfather, infact, was the
great English poet Erasmus Darwin. His early school training was at a small
school house in Shrewsbury. After which his father put him into Edinburgh
University in 1825 to 1827 for medical studies. Darwin showed no interest in
being a physician after witnessing several major operations without anesthesia.
He was then sent to be a pastor in the Church of England. .....
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Hedda Gabler
Number of words: 643 - Number of pages: 3.... spiritual freedom come to the surface as she discovers her father’s pair of pistols. Comparing Hedda with the other women of the play we can see that thea wasn’t the woman with the more control. She also had an unhappy marriage because of Eilert’s work. Aunt Julia is different; she likes to help people, she raised George and took care Rina. As far as Berda is concerned, there is not much to say because she is the servant of the house and she just takes care of everybody and obeys to orders from her bosses. Hedda is a powerful woman, who on the surface appeared .....
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Tennessee Williams
Number of words: 527 - Number of pages: 2.... Critics' Circle Prize as the years best play. Williams averaged two
plays a year since that time. On February 4, 1983, Tennessee Williams died in
New York City. Throughout Williams' lifetime he has put forth more than twenty-
five full-length plays, more than forty short plays, a dozen produced (and
unproduced) screenplays and an opera libretto. These have been translated into
at least twenty-seven languages, including Tamil, Welsh, Marathi and Hindi. In
addition, there are two novels, a novella, more than sixty short stories, more
than one hundred poems, .....
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Georges Seurat - Hi Painting
Number of words: 1600 - Number of pages: 6.... The painting looks very realistic. The figures and the way they are dressed look lifelike as does the beautiful landscape in the background. The colors and the painting style, pointillism, make this painting very realistic. The question is, how does Seurat go about making the painting look so lifelike?
Pointillism was a major reason in why Seurats painting looks so lifelike. During the painting of La Grande Jatte, Seurat simplified his brushwork to such an extent that his painting seems to be composed of nothing but tiny, more or less circular dots. Seurat& .....
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Benjamin Franklin
Number of words: 987 - Number of pages: 4.... scenes, all lent a hand in the formation of the new
country across the sea. Franklin's good humor and gift for compromise often
helped prevent bitter disputes which could have stalled the formation of the new
government.
Interestingly, Ben Franklin, who was a chief participant in the battle
for independence, “had a lot to lose by it.” (Wright 1986, page 204). He had a
residence in London and was influential in England. However, his love of
liberty and his desire to promote the well being of Pennsylvania pushed him
toward independence for the colonies. Frank .....
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