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Papers on People and Biographies
Descartes 2
Number of words: 10519 | Number of pages: 39.... later. The
second was the scepticism that had made a sudden impact on the
intellectual world, mainly as a reaction to the scholastic
outlook. This scepticism was strongly influenced by the work of
the Pyrrhonians as handed down from antiquity by Sextus
Empiricus, which claimed that, as there is never a reason to
believe p that is better than a reason not to believe p, we
should forget about trying to discover the nature of reality and
live by appearance alone. This attitude was best exemplified in
the work of Michel de Montaigne, who mockingly dismissed the
attempts of theologians and scientists to understand .....
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Lorenz's Work In The Chaos Field And Basic Chaos
Number of words: 1075 | Number of pages: 4.... of the
middle of the last run. The numbers were not very close and growing farther
apart as the sequence progressed. Lorenz then thought there was a bug in
the system. After much double checking, he found the problem. When he had
entered the data into the second run, he had shortened one decimal. He had
cut 0.506127 at 0.206 thinking it would not make a difference. Having
understood the importance of one thousandth of a part, Lorenz had
understood the basis for a chaotic, non-linear system.
Another very important experiment of Lorenz's is known as “the
dueling calculators.” Lorenz used two calculators to perform the same .....
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Kenichi Ohmae
Number of words: 424 | Number of pages: 2.... He is the founder of "Reform of Heisei", a citizen's political
movement estavlished on November 25, 1992, to promote and catalyze the
reform of Japan's political and administrative systems. This organization
has two elect Diet members commited to this program.
Reform is almost unheard of in Japan. He is doing rallies, television
appearances, and bus tours, to recruite members across the country, who'll
support his organization with contributions of 10,000 yen($90).
Ohmae is also the founder and Managing Director of the "Ohmae and
Associates". Since October 1996, Ohmae has been a visting professor of the
Global .....
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John Gotti: The Man Behind The Mob
Number of words: 1420 | Number of pages: 6.... the age of 16 Gotti dropped out of school, and began to model
his life after Anastasia. John got a job with the gang he had earlier
joined, as a debt collector. He was required to bust a lot of heads to
complete his job. This got him noticed by Angelo Bruno, who was a soldier
under none other than Anastasia. John was required to do many odd jobs for
Bruno.(Davis 63-64).
In 1957 Carlo Gambino had Anastasia killed(Davis 72). Gambino took
in Gotti as an apprentice at the age of twenty. John soon married Victoria
DiGiorgio. The two later had four children. He now began to spend his life
in and out of prison which was nothing new t .....
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Robert Francis ("Bobby") Kennedy
Number of words: 906 | Number of pages: 4.... was
being criticized by the media for his “harsh measures” such as his
extensive use of wiretaps .
In 1964 he resigned as Attorney General to subsequently gain a Senate
seat from New York. While being a Senator, his views on government slightly
changed. He was now paying more attention to the needs of the poor
minorities, and was criticizing the involvement of the United States in the
Vietnam War.
In March of 1968, he announced that he would be running for President
on the Democratic ticket. His charismatic personality appealed to voters of
all ethnic backgrounds and ages. This helped him to win the primaries in
Indi .....
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Comparison Of John F Kennedy And Abraham Lincoln's Lives
Number of words: 1790 | Number of pages: 7.... the 35th
President of America(O’ Sullivan 10). He established the Peace Corps Of
America which was an agency that promoted world peace and friendship by
training American volunteers to perform social and humanitarian service
overseas (“John” 1). Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963
and was succeeded by Lyndon Johnson. Many historians have found several
interesting similarities through research about two of America’s greatest
presidents.
Researchers and historians have compiled many interesting
similarities on Kennedy and Lincoln. There are many numerical coincidences
between both of the presidents and .....
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Philophers David Hume And Descartes
Number of words: 1473 | Number of pages: 6.... this line failed, however, was in the proof or disproof of the external world.
Once Descartes established himself as a “thinking thing”, his attention turned to the external world. Descartes reflects upon his dealing with physical objects, and questions the state of corporeal nature, dealing directly with the senses. Re-stating the fact that Descartes believes that these sensations of taste, touch, smell, and the like can be fooled, he attacks these bodily perceptions, not from the point of “what makes them true”, but rather “what makes them false”. Descartes asks, “What is there in all of this that is not every b .....
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A.A. Milne
Number of words: 1623 | Number of pages: 6.... 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. Ridiculous.’ ” (WWW) Barry and A. A.’s relationship worsened as Alan watched Barry’s wife, Connie, suffer through Barry’s unfaithfulness. Also, as their father John was dying, Barry deceitfully convinced him to change his will. This gave Barry th .....
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Luis Gutierrez
Number of words: 1128 | Number of pages: 5.... Housing and Community
opportunity; Veteran Affairs and Hospital and Health Care. Mr. Gutierrez's
addresses in Washington and in Chicago are: 408 Longworth House office Building,
Washington Dc 20515; 3181 North Elston Avenue, Chicago 60618; 1715 west 47th
street, Chicago 60609; 3659 Halsted Chicago 60609; and 2132 West 21st street
Chicago 60608.
Luis Gutierrez start the road to politics by being a strong supporter on
our former late mayor Harold Washington. With the backing of Washington,
Gutierrez won the race for Alderman in 1986. After the death of Washington,
Gutierrez soon supported Richard Daley for mayor and was appointed to .....
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Augustus Caesar
Number of words: 1399 | Number of pages: 6.... At the age of 14 Octavian had finally met his great-uncle and hero when he came back from Asia Minor and said the 3 famous words that summed up his victory, "Veni, Vidi, Vici." Latin for "I came, I saw, I conquered" In Caesar's will, Octavian's dream had finally come true. Caesar had adopted him as his son. In Caesar's will he left his money to a man named Marc Anthony. He was a powerful general at the time. He was a consul of Rome and successor to Caesar. Octavian knew he couldn't just get the money from Anthony. Octavian had no military experience or political experience. But he was now Julius Caesar's son.
As Rome .....
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