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Doc Holliday
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1383.... as a fashion accessory, because rumor has it that although Doc was a mans man, he still liked to look as good as possible no matter where he went. This handkerchief in his eyes may have shown people his intelligent, well educated side. This educated side is a side of Doc that few people know about today. Usually when someone hears the name , they think about fighting, drinking, and gambling, all of these are true of Doc, but these people had barely scratched the surface. As a young man Doc attended Valdosta institute where he became knowledgeable of the Greek, Latin, and .....
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Biography Of Arthur Clarke
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 467.... 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 of Space. Also, one day, he had an argument with a
colleague, and said, “ When a dist .....
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D.H. Lawrence
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 779.... U.S. and the Mediterranean region. Also, the most significant of his early fiction, Sons and Lovers, dealt with life in a mining town. Another
wonderful example of the nature in ’s writing would come from The Shadow in the Rose Garden. In this book, the images he has given to a person, make it seem like they really are there. "She closed her sunshade and walked slowly among the many flowers. All around were rose bushes, big banks of roses, then roses hanging or tumbling from pillars, or roses balanced on the standard bushes." The nature in his books truly surrou .....
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1154.... fact that Fitzgerald's mother, rather than his father, was the financial foundation for their family influenced Fitzgerald greatly. Even as a young boy he was aware of this situation. The theme that arose from this about a wife's inherited money appears frequently in Fitzgerald's writing (Magill 679). When the Fitzgeralds fell into financial trouble, the family had to depend on Mollie's family's money. When times like that came Mollie "abandoned the attempt to Tarleton 2 keep up her personal appearance (neglecting both grooming and fashion), which embarrassed her fastid .....
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David Letterman
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 993.... every night to see
Dave rip to shreds anyone who dare challenge him. Another thing that was
important to him was his mother and father. His father, Joseph Letterman, and
Dave went fishing quite often when he was young. Dave looked up to his father
tremendously. When Joseph had his first heart attack when he was thirty-six,
Dave and his father started to drift away. Later, Dave's Dad died when he was
fifty-three. One of David's top regrets was never spending a lot of time with
his dad. As for his mother, she is the classical conservative mother of the
fifties. She wa .....
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Computer Nerds: Wozniak, Jobs, Gates, And Allen
Number of pages: 1 | Number of words: 257.... of Apple Computer, Inc. Steve Wozniak also designed the Apple II, the
first ready made computer and one of the most popular ever made. It was a
complete computer with keyboard and power supply. After he retired from Apple,
Steve returned to the University of California at Berkeley and got his
bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Computers. At the age of 25 he
was worth over 100 million dollars. He was fascinated by the effects of
computers. He was also amazed that a computer could take your ideas and
translate them into informati .....
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Genghis Khan & The Mongol Empire
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2295.... 1176, lead to his family\'s loss of support with relatives isolating Temuchins family. His mother and her four sons, and a few retainers were abandoned to fend for themselves. They lost their herds of animals and
the economic support of their kinsmen, forcing them to fish, eat roots and mice to survive. Temuchin and his brothers grew to early adulthood in extreme poverty. It was during this time that Temuchin showed his ruthlessness by killing his half-brother Begter over not sharing a fish that had been caught. When Temuchin claimed his wife-to-be Borte, who had been p .....
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Obituary On George Washington
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1095.... Mount Vernon, after his commanding officer, Admiral Edward Vernon of the British Navy.
George enjoyed listening to Lawrence talk about the time he served in the military with the British. He also liked to hear Lawrence and his friends talk about the Virginia frontier. George learned that Lawrence's friend, George William Fairfax, was going to the frontier to survey land. George wanted to go. He had learned a little about surveying and had practiced by measuring Lawrence's turnip field. Although he was only 16 years old, Mr. Fairfax allowed him to join the group.
George le .....
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