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A Biography On Carl Sandburg
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 480.... on to the city of Chicago.
There, he wrote for the two newspapers, the Daily News and the Daybook.
He liked writing for newspapers some, but his true passion was poetry.
Some of his early poems were published in the Chicago newspapers he worked
for.
With his love for poetry grew, the demand for his poetry also grew.
In the year 1916, at the age of thirty eight, he published the book,
Chicago poems. Two years later, at the age of forty, he published
Cornhuskers. The public loved these two marvelous books. Other poets
accepted them as wonderful. In the 1920's he became .....
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Malcolm X
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1415.... left. When Mr. Little
came home and heard what happened, he decided to move as soon a Malcolm was
born to Lansing, Michigan. Here was where Malcolm's father died at the
hand of the Black Legion (X 4-13). After Malcolm's father's death, his
mother who had to take care of eight children and endure threats from the
KKK, suffered a nervous breakdown. As a result, Malcolm and his siblings
were taken by the welfare department. Malcolm was later enrolled in a
reform school and did very well grade wise. He was the best student in his
class and wanted to become a lawyer. When the school .....
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Bach, Johann Sebastian
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 668.... by the composer Buxtehude (another great writer for the organ) and he left his first job as organist at Arnstadt to go and have lessons with him. This turned into a four-month leave, causing trouble with Bach's employers when he returned. Not only had his presence been missed for four consecutive months, but he had come back writing in an advanced and unusual style that wasn't exactly what was required. It was great music but it was just a little ahead of its time.
So Bach moved on to the job in Weimar, which gave him greater musical freedom. His main duties were court organi .....
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Jane Austen: Her Life And Work
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1378.... a happy, lively,
reputedly good-natured and sweet tempered family. Family squabbles were
almost unknown." (Wright, pg. 6) The Austens spent their nights together.
They played "charades around a candle-lit table. After the game, the girls
sewed or embroidered while the boys read aloud." (Wright, pg. 7)
Jane and Cassandra spent their whole life together, from birth till
Austen's death, where Jane died "with her head pillowed on Cassandra's
shoulder." (Wright, pg. 11) At age 7 , Cassandra and Jane "sent to a small
school run by a relative. (Wright, pg.7) They didn't stay t .....
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Babe Ruth
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2400.... With an increase in the action of the game, the media coverage increased drastically as well, including both paper coverage and radio coverage. The idea of the home run was more of a new concept and with Ruth's improvement it became a symbol of The Babe. The idea of the home run also symbolized the creation of a strong willed nation and self-confident young men, enforcing the idea that innovations and expansion would constantly be occurring.
It was believed that by watching baseball, youngsters would learn to be better people because they would begin to imitate the p .....
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Sir Isaac Newton
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2735.... remarried to the Reverend Barnabas Smith (Internet-newtonia). Isaac and the Reverend never got along and the Reverend would not have a child that was not his living with him. Isaac stayed with his grandparents when his mother went to live with the Reverend in North Witham. His maternal grandmother raised Isaac until he was ten. It is believed that his mother’s second marriage and her leaving caused many problems for Isaac as a child. While living with his grandparents he attended day school nearby in Skillington and Stoke. Isaac was surrounded by many cousins and other family .....
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Ron Howard
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 806.... Griffith Show" which began its eight years on CBS on October 3, 1960. The gentle and subtle comedy of the show was set in the sleepy town of Mayberry, North Carolina, and was centered on the daily lives of sheriff Andy Taylor (Griffith), his young son, Opie (Howard), Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), who was the live in housekeeper and Opei’s surrogate mother, and Barney Fife (Don Knotts), Andy’s deputy. The scenes between Andy and Opie were sensitively written by Ron’s father with similarities of their relationship, some of Opeis lines were also written by his father.
Howar .....
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Confucius
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 576.... of life as a teacher, traveling from place to place with a small group of disciples preaching. His teachings of Chinese ideals and customs soon spread all throughout Lu. In his speeches he also taught the people gathered his view of filial piety and his views of moral values. Then at the age of fifty he was appointed as the minister of crime of Lu. This administration was very successful, and made Lu very powerful and free from crime. never wrote his teachings out on paper himself, however they were passed down through his disciples and later wrote out in text form in a .....
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