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Bruce Lee
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 836.... the streets, so he made him take Cha-Cha dancing. For four years Bruce was dancing and taking Kung-Fu lessons. “At the same time he entered the 1958 Boxing Championships and defeated the reigning three year champion, Gary Elms.”(1-2) Bruce was involved in many street fights because of his experience in boxing. His parents decided to have him move back to San Francisco.
In 1959 Bruce returned to America and lived with an old friend of his fathers. Bruce worked on some odd jobs around the Chinese community. He lived there for two years then decided to move to Seattle with a .....
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Ted Bundy
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2043.... mother Eleanor Louise Cowell felt forced by the norms of society to have her parents raise Ted as their own and she portrayed herself to be her son's older sister. As for Ted's natural father Lloyd Marshall, who was an Air Force veteran was unknown to him throughout his life. When Ted turned four, his mother, Louise took him with her and moved to Tacoma, Washington where she married Johnnie Bundy. felt nothing towards his stepfather, he was very bitter that he was forced to move across the continent from his grandfather, the only man he looked up to. Although, a psychi .....
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Ferdinand Prosche: Life And Achievements Of A Pioneer
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 592.... member of the board of directors,
and designed the famed S (Sportlich) and SS (Super Sportlich). Prizes and
university degrees did not take long to appear, and in the same year he joined
Daimler, 1923, he was named Sir Ferdinand Porsche by the Italian government and
recieved an Honoris Causa from the Stuttgart Technical Institute.
Porsche worked in the design of Mercedes-Benz cars until 1928, when he
left because of disagreements the other other chief engineer of the factory,
Hans Nibel. But his last development in the factory was probably one of the most
important .....
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General George Patton
Number of pages: 14 | Number of words: 3667.... soldier; he had his sights fixed on becoming a combat general. He had one major obstacle to overcome, however. Though he was obviously intelligent (his knowledge of classical literature was encyclopaedic and he had learned to read military topographic maps by the age of 7), George didn't learn to read until he was 12 years old. It was only at age 12 when George was sent off to Stephen Cutter Clark's Classical School that he began to catch up on his academic skills; he managed to find plenty of time for athletics as well. While at school, the path toward his goal became focus .....
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Biography Of Genghis Khan
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1029.... such as shortage of food and shortage of money. Though unable to
read, Genghis was a very wise man. His mother told him at a very early age
the importance of trust and independence. "Remember, you have no
companions but your shadow" Grolier Encyclopedia. (1995) CD ROM
This quote was to mean to Genghis, donąt put to much trust in anyone,
trust no one but yourself and if you must go your own way then do so. In
1206, Genghis Khan proclaimed the ruler of Mongolia. Genghis was a very
respected leader. Like other leaders he knew what his people wanted. They
want everyth .....
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John DeLorean And His Acomplishments
Number of pages: 19 | Number of words: 5137.... for high school, he chose to attend Cass Tech which was
where his best friend was going. Since his grades at the time weren't of
the highest caliber, he was entered as a probationary student. He excelled
at Cass, and won a scholarship to Lawrence Institute of Technology in
Detroit. Two years later, he was drafted and spent three years in the Army.
After that, John worked as a draftsman for the Detroit Public Lighting
Commission to save up enough money to continue at Lawrence. During this
time, he also had to partially support his mother and brothers, and did so
by directing .....
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Locke Vs. Locke
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1173.... that property is not a "thing", rather, it is a relationship between an individual and an item. Property is a natural condition in John Locke’s state of nature, meaning it was present since the beginning. "Thus labor, in the beginning, gave a right of property, wherever anyone was pleased to employ it upon what was common, which remained a long while the far greater part, and is yet more than mankind makes use of." (Locke, 27). In order for property rights to exist, they must be recognized by other individuals through the act of mixing physical labor with nature. The .....
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 2
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2357.... to kill the Tsar. Lenin changed from, "an apolitical schoolboy into a radical to be reckoned with." (Reddaway and Schapiro, pg 40) His brother's death influenced his tactics and thoughts about revolution throughout his lifetime.
Lenin was admitted to the University of Kazan but did not stay long. He was expelled for having his name on a petition of grievances. The school authorities looked up his background, and the connection with his brother was made, he was kicked out of school because of it. Not only did they expel him he was exiled from the city too. His mother .....
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