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Bill Gates
Words: 1634 - Pages: 6.... sixties and early seventies computer time was expensive. "This is what drove me to the commercial side of the software business"(Gates 12). Gates, Allen and a few others from Lakeside got entry-level software programming jobs. One of Gates early programs that he likes to brag about was written at this time. It was a program that scheduled classes for students. "I surreptitiously added a few instructions and found myself nearly the only guy in a class full of girls"(Gates 12). In 1972 Intel released their first microprocessor chip: the 8008. Gates attempted to write a version of BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) for the .....
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Malcolm X
Words: 1415 - Pages: 6.... Milwaukee preaching. The
KKK, disappointed, shouted threats and told them to leave town. After this
they broke every window in the Little's home and left. When Mr. Little
came home and heard what happened, he decided to move as soon a Malcolm was
born to Lansing, Michigan. Here was where Malcolm's father died at the
hand of the Black Legion (X 4-13). After Malcolm's father's death, his
mother who had to take care of eight children and endure threats from the
KKK, suffered a nervous breakdown. As a result, Malcolm and his siblings
were taken by the welfare department. Malcolm was later enrolled in a
reform school and did very well grade wise .....
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Biography Of Anne Frank
Words: 405 - Pages: 2.... a diary. A few short weeks later Margot, Anne’s older sister, received a notice from the Nazi SS to report for work detail at a labor camp. On July 5, 1942, the Frank Family, the van Pels Family, and Fritz Pfeffer moved to the “Secret Annex”.
The relationships in the annex were tense because everyone had to live in the same place under the threat of being caught. Sometimes the groups of people would have arguments over things Anne thought were petty, like the usage of potatoes. On day Anne asked Mr. Pfeffer if she could use the table they shared for her afternoon studies. There was a big conflict about that and it had it be ended th .....
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Lines - William Wordsworth
Words: 836 - Pages: 4.... see what is living and breathing and whether or not he enjoys it. Wordsworth makes it seem appealing to want to go and do this through his descriptions and thoughts, so that you get a feeling of what is there and what is being lost. He makes the reader want to go and see if those things, the budding twigs, the hopping birds, and the trailing periwinkle, really do exist and if they really are as alive as he says.
Wordsworth’s line “What man has made of man” (7) refers to what human men are doing to the other man on Earth, Nature, whom man is fighting for the top spot. To Wordsworth, Nature is alive and has feelings, th .....
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Henry Carey
Words: 3355 - Pages: 13.... in detail while examining Carey's principle theories. However, before tackling the unprecedented theories of Carey, a description of the man's life and career, and writings should first be examined.
The Life of
He was born in 1793 in Philadelphia. He was the son of a self-made Irish immigrant, Mathew Carey. His father, whom was a leader in early American economic thinking, emigrated from Ireland on account of the political upheaval during the time. Henry Carey was also self taught and in 1821 at the age of twenty-eight assumed ownership of his fathers printing press. Carey who was a largely self-educated man, retired from active b .....
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Martin Luther
Words: 598 - Pages: 3.... over the "individual conscience". He strongly believed that everyone is a free spokesperson in his relation with God. Luther believed that all the church authorities from the pope down must be overthrown.
Luther placed emphasis on personal Bible study. He was the first to bring personal Bible study to the life of the "common people". Because Luther had found the true way of salvation by studying the Bible, he wanted all the people to have the same opportunity. However, the Bible was not written in German, thus the people had to rely on what the Catholic Church thought about its content and doctrine. Thus, Luther's believes of role of .....
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Emperor Hadrian Of Rome
Words: 719 - Pages: 3.... )." Hadrian was well-educated, and known throughout Rome as a military man. For instance, " He rose through the ranks as befitting of one of his position in life and became a well-respected general (Internet Hadrian 4)." Soon after, Hadrian was married to a thirteen year old girl named Sabina. Thirteen years of age was very young even in Roman terms of marriage. Hadrian became emperor in 117a.d. This occurred when Trajan, Hadrian's deceased father's cousin and guardian, made Hadrian his successor on his deathbed. "Certainly Hadrian's relationship with the Senate was not a good one(Coleman-Norton 674)." At the beginning of his reign, he pu .....
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Words: 2831 - Pages: 11.... grew up on Park Avenue. She greatly resembled her father who was considered to be a very handsome man and was also often mistaken for Clark Gable. They both shared the same dark flowing hair, wide-spaced delicate eyes, and blunt nose. The father and daughter also shared the same large, square face.
Even when Jacqueline was a child, she graced the presence of others with her natural social skill. At her second birthday party, Jacqueline played hostess and offered to share her toys and pony rides with all her little guests. At the age of two, she also participated in a dog show in Easthampton with her Scotty dog named Hootchie. Th .....
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Paul Revere
Words: 1170 - Pages: 5.... of the Revolutionary War were be gossiped about around the town. On the Sunday morning in which he was to toll the bell of Christ’s church a young boy heard the first gun of the revolution. Revere didn’t know this yet but his honorable duty lay within that revolution. On the twenty-second day of July, 1754 Reveres father died in his sleep. He was buried in the Old Granary. Paul was very distraught over losing his father. They were close, more like friends than father and son. After his fathers death Paul became the man of the house. He had to take on more responsibilities and work harder to support his large family. After a while the str .....
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Aaron Copland
Words: 799 - Pages: 3.... here that Copland developed much of his neo-classical
style. Although he enjoyed the precise structure that Boulanger had taught him,
Copland's heart was truly in creating music that people other than musicians
could appreciate. It was upon his return to America in 1924 that he decided that
he would write ". . .truly American music." He traveled throughout America,
getting a taste of what the "common man" was listening to. During these travels
he strayed into Mexico, and wrote the highly successful El Salon Mexico. A quote
from the fall of 1932 sums up his intentions in writing this piece: "Any
composer who goes outside his native land w .....
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