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Louis Armstrong
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1182.... at the age of fourteen he
was released from the center. He went out and got jobs to help get him to be
able to afford an instrument. His jobs included, selling papers, unloading
boats, and selling coal from a cart. On his off times he would go around to
clubs like the Funky Butt Hall to listen to bands play.
A jazz musician named King Oliver saw him and was impressed at his
attendance at so many of the local clubs that he inquired of him as to if he
wanted to learn to play the cornet. Armstrong said yes. He picked it up very
quickly and soon was playing in bands .....
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President Andrew Jackson
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1811.... orphaned at age 14. After studying law and becoming a member of the Bar in North Carolina later he moved to Nashville Tennessee. Their he became a member of a powerful political faction led by William Blount. He was married in 1791 to Rachel Donelson Robards, and later remarried to him due to a legal mistake in her prior divorce in 1794.
Jackson served as delegate to Tenn. in the 1796 Constitutional convention and a congressman for a year (from 1796-97). He was elected senator in 1797, but financial problems forced him to resign and return to Tennessee in less than a year. L .....
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Herman Melville: His Life And Works
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1679.... 23) Allan
Melville was also attached financially to the Gansevoorts for support.
There is a lot of evidence concerning Melville's relation to his mother
Maria Melville. “Apparently the older son Gansevoort who carried the
mother's maiden name was distinctly her favorite.” (Edinger 7) This was a
sense of alienation the Herman Melville felt from his mother. This was one
of the first symbolists to the Biblical Ishamel.
In 1837 he shipped to Liverpool as a cabin boy. Upon returning to the U.S.
he taught school and then sailed for the South Seas in 1841 on the whaler
Ac .....
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Mohandas Ghandi
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 496.... Ghandi saw how England was able to railroad the Indian population with its strangle hold on the cotton market. Ghandi hand-spun his own cloth and inspired others to do as well. By making and using their own cotton the Indian people were protesting the British way of doing things. Ghandi, and his followers, rejected Western style clothing because they had strong feelings of nationalism and proclaimed they were not westerners, thus they would not wear their style of clothing.
The Western style of clothing was just one of many things Ghandi rejected while he was develop .....
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James Cook
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 747.... of this voyage but cook had been given secret orders to find an unknown
continent in the south pacific. He was told to find it because geographers
believed that it kept the world in balance, however Cook was unable to find it.
In October of 1769 Cook became the first European man to visit New Zealand. In
April of 1770 the Endeavor sailed to Botany Bay on the east coast of Australia.
Cook claimed the entire east coast of Australia for Great Britain. He returned
to England in July of 1771. During this voyage, from 1678 - 1771, Cook became
the first ship captain to prev .....
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Martin Luther
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1628.... caused the central economy of Spain to grow at the expense of the
colonies. During the duration of this period, the 1500's through the
1700's, mercantilism had a major effect on the economies in the new
world. English speaking colonies were effected by England's policies
and acts. These policies and acts were means of controling the economy
of the colonies in America and strengthen the central government of
England. Dutch traders had the commercial vessel market well cornered
in the 1640's. It was very difficult for English colonies to compete
with the Dutch .....
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Ronald Wilson Reagan
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1132.... began a 25 year acting career. Some of his noted movies were Knute Rockne-All American, King’s Row, and Bedtime for Bozo. During his acting career, Reagan was elected as the president of the Screen Actors Guild (the union for film actors) six times. He married Jane Wyman, had two children, but divorced her eight years later. He married Nancy Davis in 1952 and they had two more children. As president of the union, he tried to remove communists from the movie industry.
Reagan’s first national political scene was when he did a speech supporting Republican presidenti .....
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Brian Lopes
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 417.... cornering techniques and car like acceleration.
An important part of Dual Slalom racing is jumping. Through out a course there can be up to 5 jumps. These jumps can make or break your run. Knowing how to jump is a very important, a skill has mastered. He has a five-foot vertical bunny hop, which means he can get his tires 5 feet off the ground from standing still. Jumping is also a big part of BMX racing, where you can get an edge over an opponent by being able to jump faster, longer and higher.
Another edge has over any competition is his bike. He now rides for Cannon .....
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