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Dwight David Eisenhower
Number of pages: 20 | Number of words: 5324.... of a
thousand thoughtful executives after a year on the job. But here they were
spoken by the still-young executive in the world's biggest job, and they
showed the difference in attitude and tone that twelve months in the White
House have worked on John F. Kennedy.
Jack Kennedy -- Man of the Year for 1961 -- had passionately sought
the presidency. The closeness of his victory did not disturb him; he took
over the office with a youth-can-do-anything sort of self-confidence. He
learned better; but learn he did. And in so doing he not only made 1961 the
most endlessly int .....
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 321.... despair. After short time he withdrew from most of the social contacts. Once he even tried to commit suicide. However, he overcame his feelings and fears and continued to compose music. By 1820, when he was almost totally deaf, Beethoven composed his greatest works. These include the last five piano sonatas, the Missa solemnis, the Ninth Symphony, with its choral finale, and the last five string quartets.
In the fall of 1826 Beethoven caught a serious cold, which developed into pneumonia. He died on March 26, 1827.
At the time of his death and even now Beethoven is considere .....
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Similarities Between Franz Liszt And Kurt Cobain
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 412.... parents divorced when he
was eight years old. For some time he even lived under a bridge and was
hospitalized for a heroin addiction. It was not entirely unexpected that
Cobain committed suicide. He had had entered a coma by overdosing on a
mixture of champagne and tranquilizers on March 4. Also, Kurt's family
history showed that two of his father's uncles committed suicide, along
with the fact that there were a lot of dysfunctional marriages and
alcoholism present. During a concert, Kurt would jerk around as if he was
being electrocuted. After his death, the sale of Nirv .....
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Abraham Lincoln And Jefferson Davis
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1455.... to have an easy going and joking type attitude.
In contrast, Davis had a temper such that when challenged, he simply could not
back down (DeGregorio 89). Davis had been a fire-eater before Abraham Lincoln's
election, but the prospect of Civil War made him gloomy and depressed. Fifty-
three years old in 1861, he suffered from a variety of ailments such as fever,
neuralgia, and inflamed eye, poor digestion, insomnia, and stress. Lincoln also
suffered from illnesses during the war. He had severe cases of headaches and
stress.
Both presidents had a lot of pressure of them d .....
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Juan Gris
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1115.... The Table and The Open window.
Portrait of Josette was created in 1916 and is now in the Musea del in Prado, Madrid. This was deffinetly one of Gris's greatest achievements. The portrait of Josette is based on his studies after Corot and Cezanne. To perfection he seemed to create a stunning mixture of the foreground and the background. This beauty is accomplished through color patterns that ensemble different spatial planes. The blacks which are used around the bosom, butox and leg are used to enhance this women's shapely figure. The transparency does not result in an i .....
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Emily Dickinson
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1250.... felt works of the nineteenth century.
Miss Dickinson is often compared with other poets and writers, but “like Shakespeare, Miss Dickinson is without opinions” (Tate 86). “Her verses and technical license often seem mysterious and can confuse critics, but after all is said, it is realized that like most poets Miss Dickinson is no more mysterious than a banker. It is said that Miss Dickinson’s life was starved and unfulfilled and yet all pity is misdirected. She lived one of the richest and deepest lives ever on this continent. It was her own consc .....
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Benjamin H. Latrobe
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1535.... public works where he also gained experience and individuality. During Latrobe's partnership with Cockrell he also met other renowned architects of the time. Two of which were Gorge Dance and John Soane. Both of these architects were very influential to Latrobes own work. In fact, all three architects were very influential. They all helped mold and create Latrobe's architectural style. During this advancing time period in architecture there were mainly three distinct styles of architecture. The first style was Old school. This style was strict Palladianism which w .....
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Al Capone
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1691.... at a dance. On December 4, 1918, Mae gave birth to their son, Albert "Sonny" Francis. Capone and Mae married that year on December 30.
Capone's first arrest was on a disorderly conduct charge while he was working for Yale. He also murdered two men while in New York, early testimony to his willingness to kill. In accordance with gangland etiquette, no one admitted to hearing or seeing a thing so Capone was never tried for the murders. After Capone hospitalized a rival gang member, Yale sent him to Chicago to wait until things cooled off. Capone arrived in Chicago in 1919 .....
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