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Jim Morrison
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1665

.... Clara Clark Morrison. He had two younger siblings, Anne and Andrew ("James" 1). His father was an officer in the United States Navy and his mother remained a housewife to act as the "dominant parent" over the three kids (Hopkins 22). After graduating from Florida State University, he attended film school at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1964, where he met Ray Manzarek. A year later, the two form a band called The Doors with Robbie Krieger and John Densmore after Jim reveals to Ray some songs that he had written (Rocco 172). was o .....


Albert Einstein 4
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 865

.... teaching methods and would often skip classes in order to study physics on his own or to play his violin. Although his professors did not think highly of him, Einstein graduated from school in 1900 by studying the notes of a classmate. For the next two years Einstein resorted to substitute teaching and tutoring because his superiors did not recommend him for a university position. In 1902, he was secured a position as an examiner in the Swiss patent office in Mern. During this time he had fallen in love with Mileva Maric who he later married in 1903, and became a father to t .....


The Henchmen: German Government Officials In WWII
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1522

.... Roehm started to grow tired of the Free Corp's non- violent style, and he was tempted to be more of an activist in government reform. Hitler, looking to recruit fellow officers in his plan, then in it's infancy, liked Roehm's strong presence and personality. Roehm, jobless and nowhere to go, joined Hitler's office. After Hitler was elected into office some years later, he split his dictatorship into different divisions. Roehm, being one of the original officers, was chosen as head of the Sturmabteilung, or SA, commonly referred to as the Brownshirts and storm-troopers. .....


Muhammed Ali
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1604

.... when he started boxing as an amateur; he weighed only eighty-nine pounds. Clay would soon become the man to see at the Columbia Gym. Joe Martin’s wife said that Clay was an overall nice guy. He was polite and always did what he was asked to do. He carried his Bible with him all the time, read when he could, and loved it. Throughout his amateur career and high school, Clay worked at the Nazareth College Library. Clay also was viewed as a kid obsessed with boxing. Clay got bigger and stronger as his talents grew. Sometimes, to keep in shape, Clay would race the city buses .....


Dante Alighieri: A Poetic Descent Into Metaphorical Hell
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1653

.... on his own. He seemed to be influenced greatly by Brunetto Latini, who has a large part in The Divine Comedy. His early writings attracted the attention of Guido Cavalcanti, a popular Italian poet of the day, as Dante's skill became more defined the two became friends. It is also thought that Dante studied at the university in Bologna around the year 1285. He became involved in some political altercations, he joined the Guelphs, as opposed to the Chibellines, and he was involved in a battle and emerged victorious. It was around this time, 1290, that Beatrice died, afte .....


Charles W. Chesnutt
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 946

.... when few educational opportunities existed for black Americans, he studied math, music, literature and languages. He left Charlotte to take a job as assistant principal of the State Normal School. By age 22, he was its principal. “There's time enough, but none to spare.”(1) Lack of opportunity to advance led him to go to New York City to find work at Dow, Jones and Company and also writes a financial news column for the New York Mail and Express. Later that year his son Edwin J. Chesnutt is born. In November, he leaves New York for Cleveland where .....


The Life Of John F. Kennedy
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 709

.... Sirhan had been hired by the mob to kill Kennedy(This relates to the theory in J.F.K.’s assassination that the mob had hired Lee Harvey Oswald). At the time of Sirhan’s arrest, he had $400 on him which made it seem as if he might have been hired. It was later learned that the money was from a $1,100 settlement that he had won a few months earlier. Several people thought that a woman in a polka dotted dress was involved with Sirhan. She had been seen with Sirhan earlier in the evening and one witness said that she saw the woman run out moments after the shooting saying, “We .....


James Watt
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1292

.... introduced to several scientists who at the time encouraged him later to travel to London to further himself in instrument making. In 1755 he set out on horseback and arrived in London after either twelve days or two weeks. He tried to get a job in the instrumentation field although the shopkeepers could not give him a job as he did not do an apprenticeship and was too old. Finally though he found John Morgan of a company called Cornhill who agreed to bend the rules and offer an apprenticeship for a year. knuckled down and wanted to learn everything he wanted in one year that .....



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