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Papers on People and Biographies
Alexander The Great And His Impact On Greek Civilization
Number of words: 1313 | Number of pages: 5.... by Aristotle he told Alexander, "First, men could wage war in order that... they may themselves avoid becoming enslaved to others; (second) so they may seek control for the benefit of the subject of people... and thirdly to hold despotic power over those who deserve to be slaves" ( Nardo 79). As well as the other knowledge he had gained from his teachers he used this concept in his ruling.
In 336 BC after Phillip was assassinated, Alexander took his place as the leader of the Greek League of Nations and the Kingdom of Macediona (Roebuck 349). When Alexander became ruler, Phillip with the help of Alexander himself, had .....
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George Bush
Number of words: 2548 | Number of pages: 10.... of George W. Bush.
When looking at a possible future President of the United Sates of America it is not uncommon to start with their past and work forward to see their progress and failures. George W. Bush attended a preparatory school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Like many young men he was interested in sports and he selected to the men’s basketball team at Phillips Academy. Envied by his peers the young man was chosen to be part of a team that was exclusive to the best. However young George sat on the bench that year and only played one game. The next year he opted not to try out for football and inst .....
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Mary Warren
Number of words: 602 | Number of pages: 3.... against Elizabeth, Mary willingly explains that the poppet is hers. She also makes a vain attempt to comfort John Proctor as the court officials drag his wife away in chains.
A basic sense of honesty is another of ’s traits. In Act I she goes to Salem to convince Abigail to tell the truth about what really happened in the woods. When the witchcraft scare gets out of hand, Mary joins Abigail and the other girls in falsely accusing women of being witches. These false accusations are motivated by hysteria. There is evidence that Mary really believes that the women in court are bewitching her. She tells the judge that she thought sh .....
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Number of words: 2869 | Number of pages: 11.... from the Senate majority leader,
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. However, Johnson was strong only among
Southern delegates. Kennedy won the nomination on the first ballot and then
persuaded Johnson to become his running mate.
Two weeks later the Republicans nominated Vice President Richard Nixon for
president and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who was ambassador to the United
Nations and whom Kennedy had defeated for the Senate in 1952, for vice
president. In the fast-paced campaign that followed, Kennedy made stops in
46 states and 273 cities and towns, while Nixon visited every state and 170
urban areas.
Another important element of the .....
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Baron De Montesquieu
Number of words: 786 | Number of pages: 3.... the only reason a despotism starts is because of a corruption in a republican or monarchy government.
Montesquieu believed that all things were made up of rules or laws that never changed. He set out to study these laws with the hope that knowledge of the laws of government would reduce the problems of society and improve human life. He was very active in his economy and had a joy for doing so. This made him a very influential person in his society.
Despite Montesquieu’s belief in the principles of a democracy, he did not feel that all people were equal. Montesquieu approved of slavery. He also thought that women we .....
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The Grotesque In Flannery O’Connor
Number of words: 906 | Number of pages: 4.... good vs. evil. O’Connor’s characters struggle in their daily lives to overcome their violent inner conflicts. In “Good Country People,” O’Connor begins with the grotesque description of Joy, also known as Hulga, and her missing leg. Her leg was shot off in an unfortunate hunting accident when she was only ten. For more than twenty years, she has been limping with one leg. Hulga has never experienced those things valued by others growing up; she never danced, never knew what it was like to experience “normal good times” (O’Connor 173). Joy/Hulga’s missing leg becomes the focus for a Bible selling con man who .....
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Macario Sakay
Number of words: 646 | Number of pages: 3.... some Katipunan chapters and advocating its principles from town to town. Freed in 1902 as the upshot of an official pardon, Sakay began with an assembly of other Katipuneros the Republika ng Katagalugan in the mountains of Southern Luzon. Sakay held the presidency and was also called "Generalisimo." Francisco Carreon was the vice-president and dealt with Sakay's correlation. Julian Montalan was generally the administrator for military functions. Cornelio Felizardo took charge of the northern part of Cavite (Pasay-Bacoor) whereas Lucio de Vega controlled the rest of the province. Aniceto Oruga operated in the lake towns of Batang .....
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The Henchmen: German Government Officials In WWII
Number of words: 1522 | Number of pages: 6.... to recruit
fellow officers in his plan, then in it's infancy, liked Roehm's strong
presence and personality. Roehm, jobless and nowhere to go, joined
Hitler's office. After Hitler was elected into office some years later, he
split his dictatorship into different divisions. Roehm, being one of the
original officers, was chosen as head of the Sturmabteilung, or SA,
commonly referred to as the Brownshirts and storm-troopers. By 1932, the
Brownshirts had reached more than 400,000 members. All types of men who
Hitler saw fit enough to join were members. Among them were ex-Free Corps
soldiers like Roehm, students who weren't a .....
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Biography Of Moshe Dayan
Number of words: 599 | Number of pages: 3.... which greatly enhanced his reputation. He was, however,
blamed for Israel's unpreparedness in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and he
subsequently resigned (1974). Named foreign minister in Menachem Begin's
government in 1977, he played an important role in negotiating the peace
treaty with Egypt signed in 1979. Later that year he resigned in protest
against Begin's policies concerning the disputed West Bank territory.
Moshe Dayan made great contributions to the state of Israel. On May
18, 1948, Major Dayan, during Israel's War of Independence, successfully
defended a Jordan Valley sector against a much larger Syrian Army. On
October .....
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Andy Warhol
Number of words: 2813 | Number of pages: 11.... " and that's how Andy dropped the "a" in his last name. He continued doing ads and illustrations and by 1955 he was the most successful and imitated commercial artist in New York. In 1957 he won the Art Directors Club Medal for a giant shoe advertisement. In 1960 he produced the first of his paintings depicting enlarged comic book characters - such as Popeye and Superman - initially for use in a window display. 3
gained his early fame by such things as repetitive paintings of Campbell's Soup cans and sculptures of Brillo soap pad cartons. He mass-produced his art in a workshop called the Factory by a process whereby an enlar .....
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