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Biography Of Pocahontas
Words: 1527 - Pages: 6.... not savages as John Smith would later claim in his General Historie of Virginia...&c. Instead, they were a ceremonious people who greeted important visitors in a formal manner with a large feast and festive dancing. Although they did occasionally put prisoners to death in a public ceremony, it was no more savage than the English customs of public disembowelment of thieves and the burning of women accused of being witches.
In May of 1607, English colonists arrived on the Virginia shoreline with hopes of great riches. They established a settlement that they named Jamestown. Little Pocahontas watched as these strangers built forts and sea .....
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Charles Shultz
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First off, of course, is Charlie Brown. He wins your heart with his losing ways. It always rains on his parade, his baseball game, and his life. He’s an stong willed boy who is afraid of arguments. Although he is concerned with the true meaning of life, his friends sometimes call him “blockhead.” Other than his knack for putting himself down, there are few sharp edges of wit in that head of his; usually he’s the butt of a joke, not the joker. He can be spotted a mile away in his sweater with the zig zag trim, head down, hands in pockets, headed for Lucy’s psychiatric booth. He is considerat .....
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Eisenhower
Words: 897 - Pages: 4.... to captain, and he was assigned to training duty at Fort Oglethorpe and also Fort Leavenworth as an instructor in officer courses. In 1918 he commanded 6,000 men at Tank Training Center at Camp Colt, near Getttysburg, Pennsylvania and was promoted to temporary major and then lieutenant colonel when he commanded the Tank Brigade at Camp Meade. Even though he never went overseas, he was given the Distinguished Service Medal for his work.
After the war he was reverted to rank of captain and soon after, he advanced to major and commanded the 301st Tank Battalion. In 1922 he was again reverted to rank of captain and was again promoted to .....
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Stephen King: The King Of Terror
Words: 2029 - Pages: 8.... his unique stories.
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21,
1947, at the Maine General Hospital. Stephen, his mother Nellie, and his
adopted brother David were left to fend for themselves when Stephen's
father Donald, a Merchant Marine captain, left one day, to go the store to
buy a pack of cigarettes, and never returned. His fathers leaving had a
big indirect impact on King's life. In the autobiographical work Danse
Macabre, Stephen King recalls how his family life was altered: “After my
father took off, my mother, struggled, and then landed on her feet.” My
brother and I didn't see a great deal of .....
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Biography Of Arthur Clarke
Words: 467 - Pages: 2.... science
magazine. After quitting his job as the assistant editor, he decided to become a
full-time science fiction author.
Arthur has never been married, and still, to this day, is a bachelor.
Clarke is a very successful writer. In fact, he is considered to be one
of the most successful science fiction authors ever! He has written many books,
including: Hammer of god; 2001, a space Odyssey; Prelude to Space; The Sands of
Mars; Islands in the Sky; Against the Fall of Night; Childhood's End; Expedition
to Earth; Going into Space; and Earthlight. Arthur has also written a few
Nonfiction books, like Interplanetary Flight, and The Exploration .....
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Essay On The Life Of Frederick Douglass
Words: 1671 - Pages: 7.... date of birth, like most all the other slaves at that time, Douglass was forced to face the dread of being a slave early in his life. The very fact that the slaveholders did not give their slaves an actual birth date was one of the first examples not of brainwashing but a form of brain molding that was customary for all slaveholders to take part of. Since the slaves did not know their birthday, they were more easily treated like cattle or other property of the plantation, which was the objective of the slaveholders. The slaveholders felt that the more ignorant and little minded that slaves were, then the more effective they would be .....
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Timothy Leary
Words: 1002 - Pages: 4.... ‘Turn on’ means to contact the ancient energies and wisdoms that are built into your nervous system. They provide unspeakable pleasure and revelation. ‘Tune in’ means to harness and communicate these new perspectives in a harmonious dance with the external world. ‘Drop out’ means to detach yourself from the tribal game." (Marwick 312). This was not the first time his methods were questioned. Leary was first publicly noticed, and criticized by then fellow Harvard professors, for his interest in LSD when he and friend, Robert Alpert, wrote an article for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientist. In the article they described a circum .....
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Nanak
Words: 706 - Pages: 3.... the world. Practice the repetition of My Name, charity, ablutions, worship and meditation.... My name is God, the primal Brahma. And thou at the divine Guru." Three days later, returned home. He gave all his belongings to the poor. They believed that he was possessed with an evil spirit. A priest later broke that spell.
Later, Nanak took Mardana, a Mohammedan, as a servant. With him as a musical accompanist, Nanak started to deliver more widely about the disciples of the One true God of all people, both rich and poor.
Once, Nanak put on a mangocoloured jacket, over which he threw a white sheet. He had a hat of a Muselman, Qalandar .....
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Gauss
Words: 415 - Pages: 2.... he
generously supported Gauss until his death in 1806.
Gauss conceived almost all his basic mathematical discoveries between the ages
of 14 and 17. In 1791 he began to do totally new and innovative work in
mathematics. In 1793-94 he did intensive research in number theory, especially
on prime number. He made this his life's passion and is regarded as its modern
founder.
Gauss studied at the University of Gottingen from 1795 to 1798. He soon decided
to write a book on the theory of numbers. It appeared in 1801 under the title
'Disquisitiones arithmeticae'. This classic work usually is held to be Gauss's
greatest accomplishment. Gaus .....
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Theodore Roosevelt
Words: 3342 - Pages: 13.... the first “ust-busting” President; he established many national parks; he sengthened the position of labor forces in sike negotiations; and he began the consuction of the Panama Canal. Often in his seven years in office, Roosevelt interpreted his executive duties broadly, to say the least. Many 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 negat .....
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