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Term Papers on Biographies
George Frideric Handel
Number of words: 624 - Number of pages: 3.... called a clavichord.
This was like a forerunner of the piano. With the help of one of Handel's
friend, they smuggled the instrument up to his attic in his house. Every
night he would sneak up to the attic after everyone was asleep and he'd
play it until he finally mastered it. The instrument could not be heard
through the closed doors. When he was about twelve, he went to Berlin to
study and while there he became well-known for playing the Harpsichord.
Handel's parents wanted Handel to grow up in the profession of law, but
music was in Handel's blood. When Hand .....
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Adolf Hitler
Number of words: 1946 - Number of pages: 8.... time he tried to get admission and in the next year, 1907 he tried again and was very sure of success. To his surprise he failed again. In fact the Dean of the academy was not very impressed with his performance, and gave him a really hard time and said to him "You will never be painter." The rejection really crushed him as he now reached a dead end. He could not apply to the school of architecture as he had no high-school diploma. During the next 35 years of his live the young man never forgot the rejection he received in the dean's office that day. Many Histori .....
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Michael Faraday
Number of words: 635 - Number of pages: 3.... that chlorine could be liquefied and in 1825 he discovered a new substance known today as benzene.
However, his greatest work was with electricity. In 1821, soon after the Danish chemist, Oersted, discovered the phenomenon of electromagnetism, Faraday built two devices to produce what he called electromagnetic rotation: that is a continuous circular motion from the circular magnetic force around a wire. Ten years later, in 1831, he began his great series of experiments in which he discovered electromagnetic induction. These experiments form the basis of mode .....
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Tiger Woods: The Making Of A Champion
Number of words: 502 - Number of pages: 2.... he brought out a record
attendance of over 15,000 spectators. Woods was also the first African-
American to win the U.S Juniors. He quotes " when I am up at the tee all I
think about is where I want my ball to go". During this whole time Tiger
attended Stanford college and maintained straight A's in his sophomore year. He
had originally planed to graduate from Stanford before going pro, but when Nike
offered him a 42 million dollar deal to wear their clothes for 5 years he couldn'
t resist. This was not the only reason he decided to go pro. After an exc .....
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Albert Einstein 1879-1955
Number of words: 835 - Number of pages: 4.... the mission was accomplished: a weapon
yielding the force of thousands of tons of dynamite was tested at a government
installation test site in Nevada.
Soon after the United States used this weapon on Japan twice, The Soviet Union
developed their own nuclear weapon. The Arms Race was on. Suddenly both
countries expended large amounts of resources on making these bombs useful in
combat. Three hundred billion U.S. dollars2 were spent to ignite this project
and produce only a small number of functional bombs. The Soviet Union was
thought to have spent about eq .....
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Booker T. Washington
Number of words: 571 - Number of pages: 3.... method, Washington revealed the political proficiency and accommodational philosophy that were to characterize his career in the wider arena of race leadership. He convinced southern white employers and governors that Tuskegee offered an education that would keep blacks "down on the farm" and in the trades. To prospective northern donors and particularly the new self- made millionaires such as Rockefeller and Carnegie he promised the instillment of the Protestant work ethic. To blacks living within the limited distances of the post- Reconstruction South, Washi .....
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Henry VIII's Divorce From Catherine Of Aragon
Number of words: 2911 - Number of pages: 11.... and buxomness; yea, and of all
good qualities pertaining to nobility she is without comparison."(Albert, p.
32). Catherine was looked at by many people as a brave woman, without mercy.
The people of England not only loved her as their Queen, but as their
friend. Catherine of Aragon came into Henrys life as a sister-in-
law. She was married to Arthur, Henry's brother. Arthur soon died after
their marriage and Catherine was left a widow. Two years after his death,
Catherine soon realized her love for Prince Henry. Although a few years
younger than she, Henry .....
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Bill Clinton And His Many Problems
Number of words: 566 - Number of pages: 3.... all about this. That is
what she has told, we are still waiting to hear Bill Clinton's statement.
Another big problem to Bill is that he has been unable to fulfil those very big
promises he gave during his election campaign in 1992. That has given his
credibility and the polls a big push down. One of his promises was his health
program, the purpose of this was to give people with not so many money a chance
to get treated at a hospital. In US you are supposed to pay hospital-bills
yourself. It is something like our public health insurance where the government
pa .....
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