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Papers on People and Biographies
Charlie Chaplin 3
Number of words: 589 | Number of pages: 3.... the medium of film. His first film, in 1914, was aptly titled Making A
Living, and it was directed by Henry Lehrman. He starred in many of his
Keystones along side Mabel Normand, who also directed three of his films,
but it wasn't until Twenty Minutes of Love that he had a taste of directing
himself, and this quickly became the only way he worked.
His success was such that he was able to move from one company to
another, each time into a better deal. In 1915, after thirty-five films, he
moved to Essanay, and it was here he really found his feet, not to mention his
longest serving leading lady, Edna Purviance. Notable .....
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St. Joan Of Arc
Number of words: 1670 | Number of pages: 7.... born into a family of healthy parents, she did her housework, worked in the fields, tended the cattle and took part as a member of a country family. With these tasks, one might expect Jeanne to have rough hands, dark skin from spending so much time in the sun, and strong muscles. It would be expected that a future soldier must be tough and sturdy in order to lead the life which she led for herself.
The people of Domremy, testified that Jeanne 'had moral character and a sweet nature.' Consistent accounts are given that Jeanne's hair was short and black, that she had brown eyes and her complexion was dark and sun-burnt. As Jeanne ar .....
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Cesar E. Chavez
Number of words: 1432 | Number of pages: 6.... child and had encountered the reality of being poor, as well as a member of a discriminated class of people (Altman, p.87). The land shaped the thinking and emotional being of Cesar Chavez. The reality of hard work in the hot fields at low wages, the planting, hoeing and harvesting of the agricultural produce that was the foundation of a multi-billion food chain industry impressed Cesar. He discovered his place in the whole enterprise and that the workers were merely expendables obtained at the lowest price with the least personal protection and job benefits. Cesar Chavez had realized the workers were too weak to fight the agricul .....
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Theodore Roosevelt
Number of words: 3342 | Number of pages: 13.... conservatives worried about Roosevelt overextending his powers, and, on at least a few occasions, he was guilty thereof. Yet did not wish to abuse his office, though he might have. The decisive and benevolent—if possibly unconstitutional—actions that took benefitted America by making it a more equal and progressive place.
had several negative examples for commanding the couny. In 1798, in the wake of the French Revolution and to stave off Republican criticism, John Adams’s Federalist adminisation passed some of the most resictive acts in the United States’ history: the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Naturalization Act man .....
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Bill Clinton's Affair With Monica Lewinsky
Number of words: 595 | Number of pages: 3.... Every
time you see him with his family the Clinton's are always happy, and he is
usually hugging his daughter or wife. The Americans never hear anything bad
about his wife and daughter on the news or in the newspapers. When
Clinton's administrative people heard about his impeachment, some of them
walked out, but most of them stayed and kept their loyalty to him. That
shows that he is a good person. When he meets people in real life, he
never pushes them away. On a recent meeting with congress Clinton was
telling them that “We have to be there for the American people.”. This is
a way of showing his loyalty to the American pe .....
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Rosa Parks
Number of words: 759 | Number of pages: 3.... often avoided many segregated activities such as traveling by bus, preferring to walk home from work when she was not too tired to do so. Busses were a constant irritation to all black passengers. Front rows of busses were reserved for whites only and off limits to blacks even if the bus was very crowed and there weren't enough whites to fill them. The always-crowded back seats were for blacks, but only if no whites wished to occupy these seats. If the white section was full and a new white passenger stepped on the bus, a whole row of black seats had to be vacated so the one white person could sit down.
On the evening of Decemb .....
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My Secret Confessions From The Grave: Al Capone
Number of words: 906 | Number of pages: 4.... and I took over Torrio’s uncles business and added the selling of illegal alcohol, see I always get what I want. After Torrio was gunned down and almost killed by a rival gang, he retired from the underworld, which left me to run the empire alone. At the age of 26, I was managing more than 1,000 employees, which included a payroll of more than $300,000 a week. I demanded total loyalty from all of my numerous employees. During this time I became so rich that I gave out free food for Chicago’s unemployed which made me look like I had a heart of gold.
By 1927, I was grossing about $105,000,000 a year from various illegal oper .....
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John Gough
Number of words: 670 | Number of pages: 3.... it.
Take care
Sincerely,
Jonathan Dalton
Mr. John Gough was the blind son of a wealthy tradesman who taught Dalton almost every thing you possibly could have needed to acquire the brilliance that John Dalton had. Dalton really flourished with Mr. Gough and they were very good friends during this period of learning for Dalton.
Any further research can be found on John Gough on my reference to this subject.
Resume of John Dalton
Date of Birth: 6 September 1766
Place of Birth: Cockermouth, England
1772-1777 Attended Quaker School at Pardshow Hall
1778-1780 Opened a school in Eaglesfield, England .....
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Roald Dahl
Number of words: 568 | Number of pages: 3.... seven years old Dahl and his friends passed by a sweet shop. Unable to resist the lure of "Bootlace Liquorice" and "Gobstoppers"- the children would pile into the store and buy as much candy as they could with their allowance. It is memories like this that contribute to Dahl's work. This specific memory is much alike his book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a boy named Charlie is very poor. Charlie hears of a contest concerning golden tickets. Willie Wonka made the contest where there is a golden ticket hidden in five chocolate bars. After buying several chocolate bars, Charlie g .....
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Johannes Brahms
Number of words: 489 | Number of pages: 2.... next five years he spent travelling to various towns, such as Hamburg, Baden Baden, and Zurich. In 1868 he was back in Vienna and he spent three years conducting orchestral concerts of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. .
After more travel in Germany, Brahms again made his home in Vienna in 1878. Meanwhile, his fame as a composer was growing and growing. In 1886, he was made a Knight of the Prussian “Orde pour le merite,” and was also elected a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 1889, Brahms was presented with the freedom of his native city, Hamburg, an honor which was the most sacred to him.
While all of this was .....
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