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Helen Keller
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1584.... and stomach; this is now known as scarlet fever. As a result, she was left blind, deaf, and mute. For many of her earlier years Helen lived in darkness with very few ways to communicate with others around her. Obviously her attempts were not always successful. When she failed to communicate she would throw fits and have outburst that would upset not only her, but her family as well. Because of these violent fits, she appeared to be a very unruly child, but underneath all of the tragedy was a future inspirational figure that would surprise the world with amazing and c .....
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Jim Thorpe
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1501.... into the American culture. They hired Glenn S. "Pop" Warner as a football coach. When Jim went there, in 1904, he was learning a trade as an electrician.
One day in the spring of 1907 Jim walks by the athletic fields and watches the track team practicing the high jump. Jim's only 5'9" and 144lbs. He asks if he can try. So wearing a pair of overalls he clears the jump. The boys run and tell Pop Warner that Jim just broke the school record. Soon enough Jim's on the track team. That year Jim dominated the field at the PA Junior College Interscholastic meet in Harrisburg.
In fal .....
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Robert E Lee
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 648.... had their second child, Mary Curtis. Mrs. Lee was put on bed-rest for many months due to illness. They had five more children: William Henry Fitzgerald, Annie, Agnes, Robert and last Mildred. When he was home, they all attended episcopal Church where he was raised.
On May 13, 1846 the United States declared was on their southern neighbor. When Lee was 39, he headed for Mexico. Lee's will said that he was worth about $38,750 with few depts. He only had few slaves: Nancy and her children. And they were to be freed "soon as it can be done to their advantage and that of others. .....
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 515.... religious freedom, enacted in 1786. Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France in 1785. His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington's Cabinet. He resigned in 1793. Sharp political conflict developed, and two separate parties, the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, began to form. Jefferson gradually assumed leadership of the Republicans, who sympathized with the revolutionary cause in France. Attacking Federalist policies, he opposed a strong centrali .....
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Salvatore “The Bull” Gravano
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 355.... he was hiding from
the mafia in the Witness Protection Program until nineteen ninety seven.
This self-confessed mafia underboss helped to put away 36 fellow
mobsters. Among these 36 men one really stuck out. That man was Gambino
crime boss John "The Teflon Don" Gotti. The feds have been after Gotti
since he orchestrated the hit on former boss Paul Castellano also known as
"Big Pauly". That’s when John Gotti came into power. Gotti and the Bull
were responsible for over twenty-six murders . Gravano confessed to as
many as nineteen of those twenty-six murders includin .....
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Eduard Munch
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 821.... to capitalize on the 19th century literary obsession with vampires. The intense switch in meaning plays on the mind of the viewer very curiously. It turns from compassion for the two lovers to sympathy and sorrow for the victimized man. The woman’s red hair becomes almost demonic and the background’s darkness transforms from a sorrow-filled unity between the two figures to a desolate ambiance of confusion. The dark green in the background is tranquil, but the viewer’s knowledge of the situation happening to the vulnerable man leaves the viewer in a state of ambiguity. A .....
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The Life Of Emily Dickinson
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1126.... this philosophy.
When she was young she was brought up by a stern and austere father. In her childhood she was shy and already different from the others. Like all the Dickinson children, male or female, Emily was sent for formal education in Amherst Academy. After attending Amherst Academy with conscientious thinkers such as Helen Hunt Jackson, and after reading many of Emerson's essays, she began to develop into a free willed person. Many of her friends had converted to Christianity, her family was also putting enormous amount of pressure for her to convert. N .....
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Vincent Van Gogh
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1232.... chance with the firm. His harsh behavior toward the costumers continued. In 1876, the Goupil’s managers had to let him go.
Van Gogh, being the son of a Lutheran minister, was very much drawn toward religion. Van Gogh decided to prepare himself for ministry by training in the study of theology. He failed at the courses and could not be the minister he hoped to become. Even though he failed the courses, he still had the desire to be a minister. His superiors sent him as a lay missionary to Belgium instead. There he wanted to be like his father and help out the unfortuna .....
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