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James "Jimmy" Earl Carter
Number of pages: 1 | Number of words: 273.... senior grade
lieutenant. When his father died he was "stationed" not too long after that
back in Plains. During this time he became extremely interested and
involved with his community.
He eventually, in 1971 he became the 76th governor of Georgia.
While in office, his fellow governors selected him to serve as a chairman
of the Southern Regional Education Board, the Appalachian Regional
Commission, the Coastal Plains Regional Action Planning Commission, and the
Southern Growth Policies Board.
In 1973 he became the Democratic National Committee campaign
chairman .....
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Billy Sunday
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2343.... God’s mouthpiece, calling Americans to repentance. Sunday’s critics said that at best he was a well-meaning buffoon whose sermons vulgarized and trivialized the Christian message and at worst he was a disgrace to the name of Christ (Dorsett 2).
There are elements of truth in both of these views. He was often guilty of oversimplifying biblical truths, and at times he spoke more out of ignorance than a heavenly viewpoint. He was also a man with numerous flaws. He spoiled his children, giving them everything that they asked for. He put enormous responsibility on .....
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Gaius Marius: Savior.. Or Destroyer?
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2481.... volunteers from the capita censi, while saving
Rome in the short run, ultimately led to the downfall of the Republic.
Born into an unimpressive equestrian family, Marius found himself
better suited to the life of a warrior than that of a philosopher. He had
little tolerance for the aesthetic, finding more use with the sword than
the pen. He cut his military teeth under Scipio Aemilianus in the
Numantine war In Spain c.134, making an excellent impression on his
commander as did another up-and-coming young officer, Jugurtha, who would
later become king of Numidia and a hated e .....
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John Adams
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1571.... private schools in Paris, Leiden, and Amsterdam, early developing his penchant for omnivorous reading." He was able to speak several languages. At the age of fourteen, he was asked to serve as secretary and translator to Francis Dana, the first US ambassador to Russia. "Despite his age, young Adams was a valuable aid to the consul; he enjoyed Russia and the exposure to diplomatic circles." He later returned to the United States and attended Harvard. "He graduated in two years and entered the law offices of Theophilus Parsons in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Passing the bar in .....
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 378.... at Vienna. His
exploitation to the people of the court forced Mozart to leave! In 1782 Mozart
married Constanze Weber, Aloysia's sister. Poverty and illness endangered the
family until Mozart's death. While Mozart was working on the "Magic Flute" in
1791 an emissary requested a requiem mass written by Mozart but he never got to
finish this because he died. He supposedly died of typhoid fever, in Vienna on
December 5, 1791. His funeral was attended by a few friends. Mozart died young
and had an unsuccessful career, but he ranks as one of the greatest composer of
all time. .....
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