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Term Papers on Biographies
Gailileo 3
Number of words: 679 - Number of pages: 3.... connection with the
appearance of a New Star (now known as "Kepler's supernova") in 1604. In a personal
letter written to Kepler (1571 - 1630) in 1598, Galileo had stated that he was a
Copernican (believer in the Theories of Copernicus). No public sign of this belief was to
appear until many years later.
In the summer of 1609, Galileo heard about a spyglass that a Dutchman had shown
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in Venice. From these reports, and using his own technical skills as a mathematicians and
a workman, Galileo made a series of telescopes whos .....
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Number of words: 486 - Number of pages: 2.... In 1953, King met and married Coretta Scott in Boston. They had four children named Yolanda, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott, and Bernice. In 1954, King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Later, in 1959, he became co-pastor, with his father, of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
King’s serious behavior and positive requests to a Christian relationship that will end discrimination between black and white people made a positive impression on whites outside the .....
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Woodrow Wilson
Number of words: 445 - Number of pages: 2.... dollars an hour.
One of the parts of the book that I liked was when Woodrow Wilson won the
Presidency.One of the things that helped him win was when he made two
alliances.One alliance was made with Colonel Edward M. House.The other was made
with William McCombs.
Both of these alliances profound effect on his future.
A sad incident that happened in this story was when Woodrow suffered his
paralytic stroke.Rumors spread that Woodrow was incapable of handling even the
smallest duties.Wilson kept succeeding though.
There was still many people t .....
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Malcolm X
Number of words: 1415 - Number of pages: 6.... broke every window in the Little's home and left. When Mr. Little
came home and heard what happened, he decided to move as soon a Malcolm was
born to Lansing, Michigan. Here was where Malcolm's father died at the
hand of the Black Legion (X 4-13). After Malcolm's father's death, his
mother who had to take care of eight children and endure threats from the
KKK, suffered a nervous breakdown. As a result, Malcolm and his siblings
were taken by the welfare department. Malcolm was later enrolled in a
reform school and did very well grade wise. He was the best st .....
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Revelation By Flannery Oconnor
Number of words: 2340 - Number of pages: 9.... characteristic to have. She claims to treat blacks well, but she refers to them as "niggers" and clearly states that she is above them. Mrs. Turpin is grateful to be a "superior" white landowner who is above the white trash in the waiting room and the black helpers on her farm. She is repulsively guilty of pride and obsessed with status and property She believes you have to "have certain things before you can know certain things"(344).
Her "revelation" is brought on by an unattractive, yet well educated young woman in a doctor¹s office. Mary Grace ends u .....
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Jack Kevorkian
Number of words: 1717 - Number of pages: 7.... in them.
Janet Adkins led a very productive life up to and even after she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer¹s, but she couldn¹t handle losing control of her brain (Filene 188). She was 54 years old and lived in a wealthy Oregon suburb with her stock broker husband, Ron. She was also the mother of three sons, taught English and piano, went hang gliding, trekked in Nepal, climbed Mount Hood, and generally behaved with a lot of energy (Gutmann 20). She and her husband were longtime Hemlock society members, which advocates Euthanasia in some cases (Betzold .....
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Sigmund Freud: 1856 - 1939
Number of words: 820 - Number of pages: 3.... private practice with a specialty in neurology.
During his training he befriended Josef Breuer, another physician and
physiologist. They often discussed medical cases together and one of
Breuer's would have a lasting effect on Freud. Known as Anna O., this
patient was a young woman suffering from what was then called hysteria. She
had temporary paralysis, could not speak her native German but could speak
French and English, couldn't drink water even when thirsty, and so on.
Breuer discovered that if he hypnotized her, she would talk of things she
did not rem .....
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Thomas Jefferson'S Life: Tell It The Way It Is!
Number of words: 961 - Number of pages: 4.... is full of hypocrisy and a lack of consistency. The third spoke of his slave ownership. The author spoke of the biracial relationships that he had with his slaves as well as his biracial children. The last essay dealt with the similarities in the essays of John Locke and the Declaration of Independence. After Wood summarizes these essays he tells it how it is. Jefferson was not perfect, but he wanted what is best for the common good for all and the future for Americans.
Wood then picks these essays apart by describing Jefferson as a virtuous, trusting, rati .....
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