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Term Papers on Biographies
Martin Luther King- I Have A D
Number of words: 698 - Number of pages: 3.... the unfathomable goal of abolishing federal and state-sanctioned segregation and discrimination was accomplished in only a few short years.
King was asked by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to aid in the struggle for civil rights in Birmingham, Alabama. Thus, he was there because injustice was present (154). He was not content with a system that saw his people or people of any color, as second class citizens. He set out to bring equality for people everywhere. So often they had become victims of broken promise (155). As a result, he was determ .....
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Jonas Salk
Number of words: 2403 - Number of pages: 9.... Salk was born in upper Manhattan, but then
moved to the Bronx where he went to school. "His first spoken words were, 'Dirt,
dirt,' instead of the conventional, uninspired 'No, no' or 'Momma.' He was a
responsive child." Dr. Salk was "raised on the verge of poverty." Although
his family was poor, he did do exceptionally well in all the levels of education.
He graduated from Townsend Harris High School in 1929 and then went on to the
College of the City of New York where he received his B.S. in 1934. He finally
earned his M.D. degree in June of 1939 from th .....
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Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years Of Movie Magic
Number of words: 2466 - Number of pages: 9.... in the film industry.
He pioneered the art of cinematography and special effects, which along
with his cameos, are what he is most often associated with. Hitchcock led
a long and prosperous life in the movie industry, starting as a teenager
and making movies up until his death in 1980, while working on the 54th of
his career (Sterrit 3).
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1889 in London,
England. As a child his parents were very strict with him and they imposed
severe and unusual punishments upon him, as what they considered to be
discipline. One .....
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Oliver Cromwell
Number of words: 481 - Number of pages: 2.... Ireland.
Cromwell and 12,000 troops landed in Dublin on August 15, 1649. Cromwell was so determined to rectify the atrocities against his fellow Protestants that his efficiency in wiping out the Irish Catholics made him the most feared man in Ireland. The purpose of his ruthlessness was to eradicate the revolt and to clear the land and make it safe for English settlement. On September 11th his army invaded the town of Drogheda, killing all 3,500 soldiers and civilians. Cromwell ordered his men to "put all to the sword." In October, he seized Wexford kill .....
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Oliver North
Number of words: 1165 - Number of pages: 5.... in Annapolis, Maryland. As graduation neared, North chose the path of being a Marine Corps leader. He was later called into duty in Vietnam, where he was station with K Company of the Third Battalion, Third Marine Regiment, Third Division from December 3, 1968 to August 21, 1969. During his service, North led many covert operations, and was awarded a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts. He was a "marine's marine", and was a one-of-a-kind leader.
While in Vietnam, he was assigned to counterinsurgency operations in which he met General Singl .....
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Life Of William Shakespeare
Number of words: 1642 - Number of pages: 6.... The lowest level was for trap
doors built into the stage. The next level was the main stage, where the actors
did most of their performing. Above this was the balcony level, which could be
used to represent anything from a city wall to a mountain. The next level
contained pulleys which could raise or lower anything from above. The top level
was used for creating sounds of rain or thunder, or dropping important objects
from the sky.
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway at age 18. In two years, they had
three children, a daughter named Susanna, a .....
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Aldous Huxley
Number of words: 926 - Number of pages: 4.... a sense of the transience of human happiness” and “he felt that heredity made each individual unique, and uniqueness of the individual was essential to freedom” (-Biography). From 1908 until 1913, Huxley studied at Eton College (Aldous (Leonard) Huxley). While at Eton, Huxley developed a condition of near blindness that plagued him until his death (Philosopher’s Corner Presents: ).
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in English at Balliol College, Oxford, Huxley worked in the War Office in London and taught at Eton and Repton (Aldous (Leonard) Huxley). Whil .....
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Al Capone
Number of words: 1340 - Number of pages: 5.... to have gone hand in
hand since the prohibition days of Capone. Long before Al Capone became involved
in bootlegging, his excitement in life was the economic opportunity of being a
gangster on the streets. As soon as Capone reached the legal age of fourteen, he
dropped out of school to live this economic dream of making money as a gangster
on the streets. 1.Al Capone was convinced that the opportunities for personal
advancement and material success were not available through legitimate means,
and so Capone turned toward the crime profession of bootlegging. Capo .....
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