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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Words: 390 - Pages: 2.... vice president of Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland. He took over the NY branch where it was the most important handling of bonds for public officials. FDR became NY governor in 1929 with the help of his friend Alfred E. Smith.
In 1932, FDR was the leading Democratic candidate with James Nance Garner beside him. FDR won only losing six out of 48. (New England- Republicans) His inauguration day was March 3, 1932. He said the famous lines; " We have nothing to fear but fear itself." His "hundred days" started by calling a session in Congress to talk about the Depression. On March 6, FDR made a "banking holiday" which was the st .....
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Modibo Diarra
Words: 670 - Pages: 3.... to see him perform on the court, but there is a different type of fan cheering when Modibo is out there. Friends close to him will tell you that Modibo has a following in and around Boston. People who don't even follow basketball still go to games and watch him play just because they met him and hope he succeeds. Modibo is some one special He has a gift on and off the court.
Modibo is no stranger to basketball. In his home country in Mali, Africa he was able to catch a glimpse of USA basketball through satellite. Just like any kid in America who has dreams of making it to the NBA, kids in Africa do have that dream as well. They have goa .....
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John Dalton
Words: 632 - Pages: 3.... started doing lectures and answering questions for mens magazines. John found a mentor in John Gough,who was the blind son of a wealthy tradesman. John Gough taught Dalton languages,mathematics,and optics. In 1973 John moved to Manchester as a tutor at New College. He immediately joined the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society and in the same year he published his first book: Meteorological Observations and Essays. In his book Dalton stated that gas exits and acts independantly and purely physically not chemically. After six years of tutoring, John resigned to conduct private research while still doing tutoring at 2 shillings a .....
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Mozart
Words: 2020 - Pages: 8.... Austria, Empress Maria Theresa introduced a greater measure of tolerance and freedom among her subjects, laying a foundation for the democratic revolutions that followed. Wolfgang’s father Leopold came from a family of Augsburg bookbinders. He received a solid Jesuit education, more intellectual than evangelical after a year at the Benedictine University in nearby Salzburg; Leopold stopped attending classes to pursue a career as a musician. "Leopold figured as ’s most important first model. He taught his son the clavier and composition"(Mercardo 763). Wolfgang’s mother Anna-Maria brought as much talent to her 32-year marriage .....
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Martin Luther King Jr
Words: 2258 - Pages: 9.... of other nations. It has been suggested by such writers as Weber and Smith that the Protestant work ethic first developed around the word "calling." Basically, this term has a religious connotation which is a task set by God. However, gradually this term was expanded to the point where it covered many of man's activities. During the Protestant Reformation, the term "calling" started to take on a new meaning. Fulfilling one's duty in worldly affairs became a task of extreme importance. gradually, fulfilling one's duty was not only important but it became the moral obligation of every individual (the highest form of moral activity). Be .....
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Reflections Of Milton In Is Works
Words: 1034 - Pages: 4.... had not yet completed his mission of
writing a memorable work of literature. Soon after, he continued his work
with the help of his daughters. He dictated to them a sonnet he called "On
His Blindness" in which he asks how God expects him to do his work blind.
Milton's ambitious side says that his writing talent is "lodged with [him]
useless"(Text 417). His religious side soon realizes that he is
"complaining" to God and he takes it back. He discovers that God will not
look down on him if he does not write a masterpiece. He granted Milton a
great talent, and he expects Milton to be happy. He has to learn to do his
work in a dark world. Th .....
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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Words: 2199 - Pages: 8.... interest as a child and young adult were reading, sketching, writing poems and short stories, riding horses, ballet and studying the French culture and language (23).
Jackie’s first job was the “Inquiring Camera Girl” for the Washington Times-Herald. She would spend her working day walking around the city with her camera capturing citizens’ reactions to issues of the day. At a Georgetown dinner party, Jackie was first introduced to John F. Kennedy who was a newly elected senator from Massachusetts. From there, Jackie and John’s relationship progressed. Upon her return from Europe, where she covered the Coronation of Que .....
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The Life Of Malcolm X
Words: 957 - Pages: 4.... Alone and without money, Louise Little got more and more desperate, before the white authorities sent her to a mental hospital. Malcolm attended school until eighth grade living with different families. When his teacher stopped him from trying to become a lawyer, he dropped out of school and went to his older half sister, Ella, who lived in Boston. There, he took a job as a shoeshine boy at the Roseland Ballroom. A career as a hustler seemed a more tempting option, and he was soon peddling narcotics. He met a white girl named Laura who quickly became his girlfriend. Having a white girl and being a very good dancer, he soon was a noto .....
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David Hume
Words: 979 - Pages: 4.... or natural theology. Besides his chief work, A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), he wrote Political Discourses (1752), The Natural History of Religion (1755), and a History of England (1754-62) that was, despite errors of fact, the standard work for many years.
"Nothing seems more unbounded than a man's thought," quoted Hume. Hume took genuinely hypothetical elements from Locke and Berkeley but, rejected some lingering metaphysics form their thought, and gave empiricism its clearest and most rigorous formulation. (Stumpf) Hume wanted to build a science of a man, to study human nature by using the methods of physical science. But, with c .....
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Catherine The Great
Words: 742 - Pages: 3.... numerous love affairs dominate the popular accounts of her life), but also
unusually well read and deeply involved in the cultural trends of her age.
She was a tireless worker and knew how to select capable assistants--for
example, Nikita PANIN in foreign affairs, Aleksandr SUVOROV in the
military, and Grigory POTEMKIN in administration. Imbued with the ideas of
the Enlightenment, Catherine aimed at completing the job started by Peter
I--westernizing Russia--but she had different methods. Unlike Peter, she
did not forcibly conscript society into the service of the state, but
rather encouraged individual initiative in pursuit of self- .....
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