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Benedict Arnold
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 668.... so for money, though he may also have resented lack of further promotion.
Whatever his motive, he regularly sent vital military information to the British
and was well paid for it. His wife helped him, often acting as messenger. In
1780 Arnold obtained command of West Point and at once conspired to turn over
the garrison to the British. He met Maj. John Andre, a British spy, and made
final plans. Andre was captured, however, and his papers indicated Arnold's
treason.
Arnold heard of the capture and fled to the British headquarters in New York
City. He was given a comma .....
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Albert Einstein: His Life
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1245.... uncle's explanations of algebra. Although Albert was intrigued by
certain mysteries of science, he was considered a slow learner. His failure
to become fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachers to
believe he was disabled.
At sixteen he attempted to enroll at the Federal Institute of
Technology but failed the entrance exam. This forced him to study locally
for one year until he finally passed the school's evaluation. The Institute
allowed Einstein to meet many other students that shared his curiosity, and
it was here that his studies turned mainly to Phy .....
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Bruce Lee
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1300.... Bruce’s two sisters, Agnes and Phoebe, his older brother Peter, and later to be joined his little brother Robert. Bruce grew up in a very crowded house. He lived in a two bedroom flat. Upon the death of Mr. Lee’s brother, he, as in Chinese custom, had to taken in his whole brother’s Family and had to be the provider. This meant nearly 20 people lived in the flat. It was through his father’s connection that Bruce ultimately became a child film star. His own acting ability was clear from the beginning. Bruce posed as a great natural actor and possessed a great natural ability for .....
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Assassination Of Gaius Julius Caesar
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 352.... and
pacifying the Roman world, Caesar decided to became dictator for life. This
prompted Gaius Cassius and Marcus Junius Brutus to plot an assassination to
preserve the Roman Republic. On March 15, 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was killed in
the Senate house.
The reason behind the assassination of Gauis Julius Caesar was very
clear. He just had too much power. Cassius and Brutus knew that if Caesar
became the dictator he would destroy the Roman republic. Caesar knew that by
becoming the dictator he would have those who did not like him, so he inacted
the Sanctity of the Tribune .....
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Christopher Columbus - American Hero Or Portuguese Idiot ?
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 529.... come close to resembling those found in India. The Indian region was well known for it's unique spices. These spices were not to be found in the Americas.
Perhaps that mental error could be overlooked when studying Columbus' persona. Others may not be so easy. He got off his boats and started to explore. He encountered natives of these new lands. He figures since this is India, these must be Indians. These so called "Indians" were not Indians at all. They were Native Americans. People belonging to local tribes of Iroquois, Cheyenne, Aztec, and Mayans. They resembled Indians in .....
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Walt Whitman 3
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1019.... was comprised of physical and spiritual annex which both contained a self and soul as was characterized by Whitman.
The self that Whitman spoke of was a man’s own individual identity, which has a distinct quality and being, different from the selves of other men, but could be utilized to identify other men. The soul is another type of identity of mankind, which finds its niche in a human, and begins to amplify its personality. This self and soul that embodies every man on this celestial body is a portion of the divine soul also known as god. Whitman’s use of the .....
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Pablo Picasso 2
Number of pages: 11 | Number of words: 2855.... success was accomplished.
Three months later, Picasso returned to Spain and co-founded the short-lived magazine "Arte Joven" (first issue March 31, 1901 - "Young Art"), in Paris. On a second trip to Paris, in the summer of 1901, he exhibited his works at Ambroise Vollard's gallery in the Rue Lafitte and became good friends with the avant-garde poet Max Jacob. It was during this visit that he discovered Vincent Van Gogh, who inspired him to create "The absinthe Drinker" (1901, William Jaffe Collection, New York City) and also the "Dwarf Dancer".
Suddenly, the 20-year-old p .....
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Malcolm X
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 783.... drug dealer named "West Indian Archie" ran him out of New York. And he ended up back in Boston. Where he started a burglary ring, which consisted of friend named Shorty, a pretty boy type of fellow named Rudy, a woman that Malcolm dealt with named Sophia and one of her friends (Alex Haley 168). He soon found out that crime does not pay, when he soon got arrested and stolen items were found in his possession. The Negroes of that group was sentenced to eight years, while the whites of the group were sentenced to only two. This put an image in Malcolm’s head on how the .....
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