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Term Papers on Biographies
Amadeus
Number of words: 2411 - Number of pages: 9.... “sounds throughout all of Europe” (2,3). The reason for Salieri’s success, as well as many musicians of the eighteenth century, is because they have become enslaved by the well-to-do and hence are “no better than servants” (1,3). This applies especially to the king. For example, in , His Majesty forbid any ballet in his operas. Imperial commands such as this are not to be interpreted in any way, in other words, they are to be merely obeyed without any dispute. Since operas tend to the needs of the high society in order t .....
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John Gotti
Number of words: 2142 - Number of pages: 8.... the Fulton-Rockaway Boys, named after two streets in their neighborhood. At an early age he exerted his bad temper, dominance and readiness to engage in fistfights. These were just the right characteristics to develop his potential as a Mafia boss.
In the mid-1960's, Gotti's boss Carmine Fatico moved his headquarters out to Ozone Park near JFK Airport. Gotti, his brothers, Angelo and Willie Boy became relatively successful hijackers. That is, until they got caught in 1968 and landed in prison.
In 1972, when Gotti got out of prison and went back to Ozone Pa .....
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FDR
Number of words: 2985 - Number of pages: 11.... in Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada, which was previously a summer getaway (Conkin 34). Two years later, Roosevelt began his formal education under a governess of Archibald and Edmund Rogers. It was here that Roosevelt learned to speak German and received the opportunity to study abroad the next year. While abroad, however, he contracted a mild case of typhoid fever, the first of a multitude of illnesses that he would battle during his life. He returned to Hyde Park in 1890, and was tutored by Miss Riensberg. On September 28 of the same year, Roosevelt began s .....
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Louise Brooks
Number of words: 1518 - Number of pages: 6.... artist. She is one of the most striking and original film actresses of time. She has something “modern” and timeless about her image and attitude that all attempts to acknowledge her as just another representative of the Roaring 20’s are doomed. The motion picture camera renders her dreamlike; her spirit injects dark blood and ivory flesh into and onto the shadowy image. Onscreen, she is, she lives a merciless, innocent creature, frankly carnal yet whimsically childlike. She is the conscience of a murderer and the expressive generosity of a saint.
Brooks w .....
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A.A. Milne
Number of words: 1623 - Number of pages: 6.... ran. (WWW) As Milne grew up, he and his brother Ken became very close although he showed no affection for Barry. This is how things stayed for the rest of their lives. (WWW) Alan Alexander once said he and Ken shared “ ‘Equally all belief, all knowledge, all ambition, all hope and all fears’ ”. (WWW) While this statement symbolizes how close a bond there was between them he went on to say this about Barry and his relationship, “ ‘ Whoever heard … of two frogs assuming a friendliness which they don’t feel, simply because they had been eggs in the same spawn. Ri .....
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Saint Francis Of Assissi
Number of words: 3721 - Number of pages: 14.... downs.
Moreover, business activities, which today tend more and more to assert their
independence of any ethical code, were then strictly subordinated to accepted
moral standards, as is clearly shown in the writings of Leo Battista Alberti, a
century and a half later, or in the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas.
Bernardone was not in Assisi when his son was born. At first the child was
called John but upon his father's return he was christened Francis, in memory of
France, whence Pietro di Bernardone had just returned. More than any other
character in hist .....
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Karl Marx 5
Number of words: 585 - Number of pages: 3.... result of workers leading the country. The political economy of Britain was another as was his friendship with Engels, both of which had an effect on Marx's transformation from a radical democrat to a communist revolutionary.
Marx's theory of society originates from the simple observation that humans must produce food and material goods in order to survive. As a result of this they must enter into social relationships with others, and production becomes a social enterprise. Alongside this exists the 'forces of production', a technical component to manufacturing .....
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Christopher Reeve
Number of words: 716 - Number of pages: 3.... and had become in such demand that he gave up his last year at Julliard. After screen testing for the nineteen seventy-eight movie Superman, he was given the lead role as Clark Kent/Superman. Reeve was an outstanding Superman both on and off the screen. He made Clark Kent/Superman a believable character, says Reeves "somebody you can take home and introduce to your parents". This part was just like Reeve, A down home good boy with good brains and a great heart.
Reeves went onto appear in a total of 17 feature films, and 12 or so television movies and .....
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