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Saddam Hussein
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 579.... is also known as a ruthless leader who used chemical weapons on Kurdish people seeking freedom in the 1980’s. In August, 1990, Hussein invaded and annexed Kuwait for violating oil production laws set by the Organization of Petroleum Exports Countries(OPEC). (Kuwait had lowered the price of oil.) The Iraqi forces killed many Kuwaiti people and stole or destroyed much property. Hussein apparently wanted to use Kuwait’s vast oil resources to help Iraq’s economy. Many people believed that Iraq would next invade neighboring countries such as Saudi Arabia. Some of the countries t .....
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The Life Of Adolf Hitler
Number of pages: 97 | Number of words: 26653.... about five years old, Maria Schicklgruber married Johann Georg Hiedler. The marriage lasted five years until her death of natural causes, at which time Alois went to live on a small farm with his uncle.
At age thirteen, young Alois had enough of farm life and set out for the city of Vienna to make something of himself. He worked as a shoemaker's apprentice then later enlisted in the Austrian civil service, becoming a junior customs official. He worked hard as a civil servant and eventually became a supervisor. By 1875 he achieved the rank of Senior Assistant Inspector, a big .....
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Kurt Cobain
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 925.... Washington. But the happiness, soon interrupted in 1975 when Kurt's parents got divorced. Kurt was ashamed. He longed for the typical "Brady Bunch" family, but instead he lived in a trailor with his mother. In result of this Cobain became extremely anti-social, he had few friends, and was beat up alot.
On his 14th birthday Kurt recieved his first guitar. He had been writing poetry since he was 13, so he started using his poetry to write songs. He was in several bands throughout highschool, some of them were named Fecal Matter, Skid Row, Brown Cow, The Sellouts, and .....
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Sammy Davis Jr.
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 518.... artists talked with the audience. It was as if the black artists were not fit to talk to the audience. Sammy changed this at a nightclub in Hollywood. He "touched the audience". This got him a record deal with Decca.
When Sammy was a rising star, he was driving from Las Vegas to L.A. He had an accident that took away his left eye. This gave him publicity and boosted his career. After this, he converted to Judaism and started to refer to God as "The Cat Upstairs".
Sammy worked hard. You already know he had many talents. What you probably did .....
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Robert Frost: Biography And Review
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 712.... Harvard as a special student only to leave without a degree. Over the next ten years he would write more poetry. Frost would live on and operate a farm in Derry, New Hampshire that his grandfather had purchase for him with the condition he live there for a minimum of ten years. He would also take a teaching position at Derry’s Pinkerton Academy to receive another form of income. Frost would not stay there long, as he felt the need to once again move.
In 1912, when Frost was nearly forty he sold the farm and used the proceeds to take his family to England, where he could de .....
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Saint John Bosco
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 632.... boys who needed a home. He believed that prayer and Holy Mass and Communion and confession are the best ways for children to attain a sense of personal responsibility.
In a short time, other priests joined him in his work and by 1852 they were caring for over 600 boys. John dealt with them by using a minimum of restraint and discipline, lots of love, keeping careful watch over their development and encouraging them personally and through religion.
John's preaching and writing, as well as the charitable support of wealthy and powerful patrons allowed for expansion of his wor .....
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Martin Luther And His Teachings
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 357.... the amount of books printed increased seven times and between 1517-1520, thirty Lutheran tracts sold 300,000 copies. Another reason was the financial and political difficulties experienced by the Church of Rome. Many people were worried about the prevalence of corruption and bribery and also critical of certain practices such as indulgences. The papacy was open to considerable amounts of criticism. Peasants also questioned why they had to pay tithes and why they couldn't elect their own priests. There was also social tension at the time. The Peasant's War, the issue o .....
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William Lloyd Garrison
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2553.... life his mother gave him a tin pail and told him to go ask for scraps of food at the back doors of mansions on High Street. (Faber 15) William was humiliated and teased by other children. He didn't feel shamed in being poor but felt a wealth in shame that he did not have a father. He knew that someday he would make his mark and show everyone that he was someone.
Eventually William's mother decided she couldn't keep the family together any longer. She moved to Lynn, Massachusetts, and left William in Newburyport to live with the family of Deacon Ezekiel Bartlett. (Faber 19) .....
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