Papers on People and Biographies
Poore Brothers
Words: 1396 - Pages: 6.... sampling and word of mouth advertisement. It wasn’t long before the large grocery stores in the valley began to authorize sale of their products. It was also right around this time they had a couple of bold flavors that were real winners, Salt & Vinegar and Jalapeño. Soon, all of Arizona could buy their products. In order to serve all their Arizona customers they started a distribution company. Today Distributing is the premier snack food distributor in the State of Arizona.
It was only a matter of time until the products found their way across the Arizona border into California and other states. Eventually Don and Jay license .....
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Janet Jackson
Words: 774 - Pages: 3.... worthy, fraudulent. And that’s how I grew up feeling."(2) Despite problems with other family members Janet was always close with her mother. She said in the same interview with Steve Pond, "Mother always could feel when I wasn’t doing well, and she was incredible supportive." In Janet’s
life, as well as in the lives of the other Jackson’s, there seemed to be so much pressure for success, but they all seemed to lack self-esteem.
By the time she was twenty-one, Janet was breaking away from the shyness she once possessed, and stopped living in the shadows of Michael and the other Jackson family members. She produc .....
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Benjamin Franklin Was A Man Of Many Accomplishments
Words: 2071 - Pages: 8.... something about history, and had
knew a few Orthodox Catechism scriptures by heart (McMaster 3).
“The story of the life of Ben Franklin began at a time when Queen
Anne still ruled the colonies; when the colonies were but ten in number,
and when the population of the ten did not sum up to be four hundred
thousand souls; ... when pirates infested the Atlantic coast; when there
was no such thing as a stage coach in the land; ...and when Ann Pollard,
the first white women that ever set foot on the soil of Boston, was still
enjoying a hale old age” (McMaster 1).
“It was when he seven that Franklin had another experience he often
recalled. .....
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Ernest Hemingway Vs. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Words: 1206 - Pages: 5.... Although the works that these two literary masters are so uniquely different, one thing that they have in common are their melancholy and often tragic conclusions.
To explore the two distinct writing styles, one can begin with how the stories do. (That is, how they begin too.) The opening paragraphs of Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams" and Hemingway's "Indian Camp" epitomize the basic difference between their writing styles. "Winter Dreams" begins, "Some of the caddies were poor as sin and lived in one-room houses with a neurasthenic cow in the front yard, but Dexter Green's father owned the second best grocery-store in Black Bear-the bes .....
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John D. Rockelfeller
Words: 380 - Pages: 2.... his fortune away. I also felt he was a Captain of Industry because
of Allen Nevins (Historian). He talked about Rockelfeller being a "Bold
Innovator in industry and philanthropy" he also said he was "an organizing
genius." Allen Nevins, Historian 1940. Another person who swayed my
decision was William H. Vanderbilt. He felt Rockelfeller had a monopoly
because he was "Enterprising, Shrewd, Able, and Smart." Pg. 128 promise of
America volume 3. Vanderbilt knew that Rockelfeller had a successful
business because of his good skills. The last thing that helped me decide
was a excerpt from Rockelfeller's biography. His opinion was like
V .....
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Shakespeare: Biography
Words: 917 - Pages: 4.... were well respected prominent people. When William
Shakespeare was about seven years old, he probably began attending the Stratford
Grammar School with other boys of his social class. Students went to school
year round attending school for nine hours a day. The teachers were strict
disciplinarians.
Though Shakespeare spent long hours at school, his boyhood was probably
fascinating. Stratford was a lively town and during holidays, it was known to
put on pageants and many popular shows. It also held several large fairs during
the year. Stratford was a exciting place to live. Stratford also had fields
and woods surrounding it givin .....
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George Washington
Words: 2481 - Pages: 10.... of action, he was a superb horseman and enjoyed the robust sports and social occasions of the Virginia planter society. At the age of 16 he was invited to join a party to survey lands owned by the Fairfax family (to which he was related by marriage) west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. His journey led him to take a lifelong interest in the development of western lands. In the summer of 1749 he was appointed official surveyor for Culpeper County, and during the next two years he made many surveys for landowners on the Virginia frontier. In 1753 he was appointed adjutant of one of the districts into which Virginia was divided, with the rank of m .....
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Adam Smith
Words: 1033 - Pages: 4.... prestige, friendship, love, power, helping others, and many other things. In a successful market, the competition between businesses would create enough goods for everyone. Supply and demand for desired goods would determine which businesses would be successful. It would also determine the price of the goods. This is how the market worked at Smith’s time. However, the flaws with this theory are apparent in the examination of modern society.The second book that wrote was titled An Inquiry into the causes and Nature of the Wealth of Nations. It is believed to be a guide to the formulation of most governmental economic policies today. It .....
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Cyrano De Bergerac And Mother Teresa: Heros?
Words: 2303 - Pages: 9.... Now what was I going to do? I needed to figure out why these people were still known today. Again, how hard could that be? Cyrano de Bergerac, a wonderful masterpiece play including a captivating character. Mother Teresa, someone who helped the poor and dying across the globe. Sounds like two heroes to me, right? But still I was perplexed. There had to be more.
So, Cyrano de Bergerac...hmmm...from my first readings he just sounded like this eccentric fellow with a large schnozzle. Why was he even put on the list of heroes? I decided maybe the techniques learned in class could possibly help me out with my dilemma. I read again. .....
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Laura Secord
Words: 1072 - Pages: 4.... James Secord. After dating for a long period of time, James asked Laura to marry him. They married in 1797 at the Church of England. They were very wealthy. Laura was a big help to James in his business since she came from such an affluent family. By 1812, the Secord's had five children, two servants, a small pleasant house and a wealthy store. When they first got married, they lived in St. Davids and after being married for a while they moved to Queenston. Laura did not work but James was a Merchant. Life was good for Laura, James and their family, and it seemed the future held nothing but happiness.
On June 18, 1812, war was offi .....
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