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Papers on People and Biographies
Galielo
Number of words: 652 | Number of pages: 3.... no experiments, and made few calculations. Galileo found their explanations of motion unconvincing. He was particularly dissatisfied because Aristotle had concentrated on why objects move. Galileo wanted to know how they move (9).
As one could see then, how keen this savant individual could work his mind to evaluate and explore anything that appeals to him. His work in physics helped remarkably to make experimental measurements and mathematical calculations more significant in all the sciences today. Although he was censored and imprisoned for his radical ideas about the motion of the earth, he continued in his pursuit of scie .....
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Machiavelli
Number of words: 403 | Number of pages: 2.... rulers with such a mentality have not lasted
very long. It seems that these days the general populace have much less
tolerance for those rulers that believe in doing anything for the sake of
themselves and supposedly the society at large. I believe that such rulers
today are not tolerated (and should not be tolerated) There is no room for this
type of thinking in modern day life. Respect is another factor that was very
important to Machiavelli and his way of thinking. The Prince, as Machiavelli
stated, must do anything to keep his respect with the people, but at the same
time to make sure that he has ultimate control. I bel .....
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The Life And Times Of Peter Straub
Number of words: 1877 | Number of pages: 7.... of the long hours sitting, Peter read even more so than ever. And once able to walk again, his misfortune did not leave him alone. Straub soon developed a severe stutter which accompanied his speech into his twenties, and even now, at 57, still puts in an appearance. Another very unfortunate incident occurred to Peter as a child, which he refrains from speaking about almost entirely; he was sexually abused. He has never spoken of the details, or who had done the reprehensible deed.3
Because of his exceptional learning abilities, Peter Straub went on a scholarship to Milwaukee County Day School and was loved by all his Englis .....
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The Apology Of Socrates: A Closer Examination
Number of words: 1377 | Number of pages: 6.... believe it or if not be able to reject the idea. (Nussbaum, pg. 16).
Three men brought Socrates to trial: Meletus, Anytus, and Lycon. Together they represented the "old school" that was frightened and angered by Socrates philosophies. At the beginning of the text they have finished with their prosecution and Socrates is beginning his defense.
The first step Socrates takes is to prove quite a peculiar point, that he does not possess any knowledge. While at first glance this sounds oxymoronic, but Socrates eloquently proves his point. He tells how his friend Chairephon visited the god at Delphi. There Chairephon asked the god .....
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Charles Manson
Number of words: 2794 | Number of pages: 11.... "Boys Town," a juvenile detention center, near Omaha, Nebraska. Charles spent a total of three days in "Boys Town" before running away. He was arrested in Peoria, Illinois for robbing a grocery store and was then sent to the Indiana Boys School in Plainfield, Indiana, where he ran away another eighteen times before he was caught and sent to the National Training School for Boys in Washington D.C. Manson never had a place to call "home" or a real family. He spent his childhood being sent from one place to another, and trouble always seemed to follow him. His mother’s negligence left Manson without a .....
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Stephen King
Number of words: 2341 | Number of pages: 9.... was full of local news and fictional works by King (Beahm 2). I found this to be quite humorous. I can see two kids sitting at the mimeograph machine printing out their very own five cent newspaper.
When King was at the impressionable age of four, something occurred that King would hold with him for a very long time. King’s family life was typical, for the fifties. King’s mother stayed at home and took care of the home while the father worked. Stephen’s mother and father loved both Stephen and his brother Danny very much. Although one night his father stepped out to buy a pack of cigarettes and he was never seen or h .....
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Clinton Impeachment
Number of words: 689 | Number of pages: 3.... many do not realize how the impeachment might affect our nation politically. To answer this, I conducted an interview with my high school physics instructor, Mr. Arnold Burkert. I interviewed him as a person who strongly dislikes the notion of Clinton’s impeachment. My goal of this interview was to write a paper about the impeachment by using public opinion and attitude toward one of the “weirdest episodes” in our political history. As a supplement to this interview and to write this paper, news magazine articles related to this assignment were also used as in a supporting role.
The first remark my .....
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Agatha Christie
Number of words: 3137 | Number of pages: 12.... anyone enter her beloved secret world (Gill, p.2). Frustrated by her extreme introverted ways, Christie attempted turning to music as a way of expressing herself. This strategy, however, proved to be an ineffective means as she would become stiff and feel inept while performing in front of even small audiences (Gill, p. 3). Christie, feeling like a failure with speech and music, turned to the world of writing. Christie would later say that: "Writing, unlike speaking and playing the piano, is an act of solitude and silence" (Gill, p. 2). Christie thus began to compose with pen. She began with poetry and at age seventeen, the P .....
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Biography: St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
Number of words: 694 | Number of pages: 3.... by following the course at the College
of Barcelona, but without success. His austerities had also undermined his
health. After considerable delay he was finally admitted into the Society
of Jesus as a lay-brother, 31 January, 1571. Distinct novitiates had not as
yet been established in Spain, and Alfonso began his term of probation at
Valencia or Gandia -- this point is a subject of dispute -- and after six
months was sent to the recently-founded college at Majorca, where he
remained in the humble position of porter for forty-six years, exercising a
marvelous influence on the sanctification not only of the members of the
house .....
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Edgar Allan Poe
Number of words: 3264 | Number of pages: 12.... deal with death. When these tittles monopolize the attention, it is only natural that the central body of Poe’s work should seen to be a tissue of nightmares.2 How is it that a subject that is so repulsive to mankind can at the same time attract so many people? Perhaps it wasn’t the subject, but the skill with which it was written that lured people to it. Fish are lured to a deadly hook, but the bait makes it beautiful. In this same manner, people are mesmerized by the beauty and genius of Poe’s work. The better question is, what is it that drove Poe to become so obsessed with death? Why is it that he por .....
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