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Benito Mussolini
Words: 900 - Pages: 4.... Italy after the war Mussolini’s
influence grew swiftly. Mussolini and other war veterans founded
Fasci di Combattimento in March of 1919. This Nationalistic
antisocialist movement attracted much of the lower middle class and
took its name from the Fasces, an ancient symbol of Roman
discipline. The Fascist movement grew rapidly in the 1920’s,
spreading through the countryside where it’s Black Shirt Militia won
support of the land owners and attacked peasant leagues of Socialist
Supporters. To take advantage of the opportunity Fascism shed it’s
initial Republicanism gaining the support of the King and Arm .....
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A Critique Of C. S. Lewis
Words: 2021 - Pages: 8.... Renaissance Literature.1
C. S. Lewis was a man dedicated to the pursuit of truth who" believed in argument, in disputation, and in the dialectic of Reason. . ."2 He began his pursuit of truth as an atheist and ended up as a Christian. His works the Problem of Pain and Mere Christianity dealt with issues he struggled with. Mere Christianity consists of three separate radio broadcasts. One of the broadcasts was titled The Case For Christianity.
In The Case For Christianity, Lewis discussed two crucial topics in his apologetic defense of Christianity. They were the "Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe" and "What Christians .....
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Richard Nixon
Words: 431 - Pages: 2.... He soon
set his sights on the US Senate. He defeated the expected senator: Ms.
Douglas. Thereafter he wanted more; vice-president was the next goal. He
was voted in with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He went through many
political high points, such as the Caracas Mob incident, where Nixon was
taken hostage. The "Kitchen Debate", noted as a high point for Nixon,
where he and the Russian leader discussed issues in a kitchen. With
Eisenhower, he served two terms. Nixon's next goal was to become the
President of the United States.
In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon ran for the presidency. As it
turned out, Kennedy and Johnson won .....
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Rocky Marciano
Words: 2772 - Pages: 11.... of exercising to his limit." After spending countless hours hitting and chasing after baseballs, he would often go home and do chinups and lift homemade weights until he was totally fatigued."
After supper, "Rocky and his pals often spent hours pummelling a stuffed mail sack that hung from an oak tree in the Marchegiano's back yard....In hot weather, they usually finished their workouts by racing over to Saxton's Spring to get a cold drink of water."
Unfortunately, Rocky's experience of growing up in a multi-ethnic, working-class setting contributed to his involvement in a number of "altercations." Although most were territor .....
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Pythagoras
Words: 897 - Pages: 4.... and we hear of many struggles. himself had to flee from Kroton to Metapontion, where he died.
It is stated that he was a disciple of Anaximander, his astronomy was the natural development of Anaximander's. Also, the way in which the Pythagorean geometry developed also bears witness to its descent from that of Miletos. The great problem at this date was the duplication of the square, a problem which gave rise to the theorem of the square on the hypotenuse, commonly known still as the Pythagorean proposition (Euclid, I. 47). If we were right in assuming that Thales worked with the old 3:4:5 triangle, the connection is obvious.
argued that .....
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The Life And Work Of Chaim Potok
Words: 588 - Pages: 3.... 1957 to 1959. He
was on the faculty of the Teachers Institute, Jewish Theological Seminary from
1964 to 1965. He was also editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society of
America 1965 to 1974. He is currently the chairman of the Publication Committee
at The Jewish Publications Society. Chaim Potok also served his people and
religion through all of his writings which are all in some way related to or
involve Judaism.
Now, to go in-depth into his writings. First, his novels. The first
novel Potok wrote was The Chosen, which won him the Edward Lewis Wallant award,
in 1969, here is a quotation about that book:
"So why did Potok's book ma .....
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Horace Mann
Words: 665 - Pages: 3.... to be available to everyone. He wanted it to be available to people that were rich, poor, and of different backgrounds. Public schools try to be this today; they are free to everyone and nondiscriminatory. Mann believed in public support and control of schools.
Mann thought that education was a right that was passed on from generation to generation. Denying children this right was horrible to Mann. Today in the United States, education of the public is seen as a right and is partaken in by countless young people every year. thought that if children were taught well they would make good goverrment officials.
Mann thought t .....
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The Life Of Mohandas Gandhi
Words: 1244 - Pages: 5.... Gandhi was sent to work for an Indian firm in Durban South Africa,
which served to be one of the major turning points in his life. (Ramana
607) While in Durban Gandhi found himself being treated as a member of an
inferior race, thus drawing him into the struggle for Indian freedom.
While studying philosophy he came across “Civil Disobedience” by Henry
David Thoreau and John Ruskin's plea to give up capitalism for farm life
and traditional handicrafts (Sharpe 1979 43). These opinions stimulated
Gandhi's ideas for non-violent resistance.
The main principle behind all of Gandhi's teachings is the concept
of Satyagraha (Sharp 1 .....
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Benito Mussolini
Words: 1434 - Pages: 6.... sat in the back of the classroom and read a book. He rather do that than play with the other children in his class. He got kicked out his first boarding school. When he was growing up he was surrounded by many political philosophies. There was anarchism, socialism, and others. Both Benito and his father Allesandro had very bad violent tempers.
When Benito grew up, he became a teacher in an elementary school in his nearby town; he spread the party of doctrine. He was an editor, Fascist leader, laborer, soldier, politician, and revolutionary. He also became a socialist. He graduated at a teacher training school in Forli, Italy. Then he mo .....
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Geroffrey Chaucer
Words: 2544 - Pages: 10.... he was approximately 14 years old, he was old enough to enroll as a page in a noble household- the household of King Edward's son Prince Lionel and his wife Elizabeth. This is known from “…an entry in Countess Elizabeth's household account book, which records the purchase of a suit of clothes for Geoffrey Chaucer, including a pair of red and black hose and a pair of shoes.”1 This being his first connection with royalty, he was trained to be a civil servant and a diplomat; at the same time he leant the ways of the court and the use of arms.2 Those days must have been lively days for the young page, for old records sho .....
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