Martin Luther King Jr
.... and discussions. Throughout his education, King was exposed to influences that related Christians theology to the struggles of oppressed peoples. At Morehouse, Crozer, and Boston University, he studied the teachings on the nonviolent protests of Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi. King also read and heard the sermons of white ministers who protested against American racism. All of these things were especially important in shaping King’s theological development. While in Boston, King met Coretta Scott, a music student and native of Alabama. They were married in 1953 and would have four children. In 1954 King accepted his firs .....
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Adolf Hitler's Traits
.... listened. He sometimes spoke several times a day, moving from town to town seemingly tireless. Ken McVay had this to say about this subject, “He was a tireless speaker and before he came to power would sometimes give as many as three or four speeches on the same day, often in different cites. Even his opponents concede that he is the greatest orator that Germany has ever known,”[sic](Ken McVay 1995, (Internet)). Though he didn’t have a good education his orator skill, which is a leadership skill, helped him achieve his goal.
Along with being a tireless orator, Hitler also possessed the quality to make everybody .....
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Important African American Figures
.... for black volunteer regiments, and President Abraham Lincoln received her in the White House in 1864; she later advocated a "Negro State" in the West. Sojourner Truth continued to stump the country on speaking tours until 1875. An illiterate all her life, she was nevertheless an effective speaker and was endowed with a charisma that often drew large crowds to her informal lectures.
Allen, Richard, American clergyman, born in Philadelphia. The son of a slave, Allen was freed after his master was converted to Methodism. He was ordained a minister in 1784 at the first conference of the Methodist church in the U.S. During the next .....
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Halberstam
.... of the Century" (Houghton Mifflin), part of an annual series edited by Glenn Stout. This latest installment, published in May, covers the century, an encompassing look at the development of sports writing that parallels the burgeoning popularity of sport in a large part of American consciousness.
'He was such a magical figure'
Collections of writings by different authors seem to be growing in popularity. Witness the onslaught of "Best" books -- short stories, poetry, erotica. It's easy to assume our fast-food culture breeds a growing audience for brevity.
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The Writings Of David Foster Wallace
.... his creation. Frankly, he refuses to denounce any of his creations. Critics may pick here and there at his work, but this does not bother him in the slightest.
Another commonality is that he never truly ends a story. He always leaves it unfinished and for the reader to decide for themselves how it will end. An example of this is also in the story “Girl With Curious Hair”: “...Mr. Wonderful was doing something with the bright thing to the man who was the girl’s father” (Wallace 74). Also in his stories, in the structure category, he comes into a situation very abruptly. This makes the reader have to go back and read th .....
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Henry Kissinger
.... would often call him Machiavelli. In reply he would respond, “Thank you.”), he helped presidents Kennedy and Johnson as a consultant on nuclear policy. It is through this background, and his Nuclear Weapons policy that gained him status as an expert in the field (Kissinger 67) that he was appointed to serve as a special assistant to Nixon for National Security Affairs (hence the origin of the position for a National Security Advisor).
In this compacity, Kissinger reigned supreme. Through shrewd tactics, and skillful political manuvering “he managed to usurp most of the duties for foreign policy into his own hands,” (Kissinger .....
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Leadership Ability Of Robert Kennedy And Lyndon Johnson
.... to have done no wrong, and the nation was still in shock from his untimely death. Johnson, like any good leader, used this opportunity to introduce social legislation in “the memory of Kennedy”, namely the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which Kennedy had not been able to get passed. This was one instance in which LBJ was able to accurately read the emotions of the people, and was able to use this trait to his advantage. However, many of Johnson’s popular social programs were undermined by the growing conflict in Vietnam. Johnson’s handling of the Vietnam War not only damaged his social agenda, but his credibility as well. The numbe .....
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Georg Fredrich Handel
.... while Handel was employed as a household musician to Marchese Francisco Maria di Ruspoli during a sixth month span in 1707. These cantatas were composed for meetings of the Arcadian Academy.
In 1710 Handel became the director of music for the elector of Hanover. Handel then took a position in 1718 as the director of music for the duke of Chandos. During this whole time span Handel had composed many operas and cantatas. Unfortunately, Handel started having trouble with his vision in 1751 and by 1753 was nearly blind. On April 14, 1759, Handel was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Handel left behind many famous operas and can .....
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Viete
.... the value of symbols by using plus + and minus - signs for operations, and letters to represent unknowns. He suggested using letters as symbols for quantities, both known and unknown. He used vowels for the unknowns and consonants for known quantities. The convention where letters near the beginning of the alphabet represent known quantities while letters near the end represent unknown quantities was introduced later by Descartes in La Gèometrie . This convention is used today, often without people realising that a convention is being used at all. (If asked to solve ax = b nobody asks which quantity do I solve for?.)
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Serial Killer: Ted Bundy
.... After Ted was born his mother moved him from the home for unwed mothers to her parents house in Philadelphia. Bundy later referred to his grandparents as his mother and father and his natural mother was known to him as his sister. Bundy grew up believing his mother was his much older sister. When Ted was four, he moved with his mother to Tacoma Washington to live with relatives. A year after the move Ted’s mother married an army cook, Johnnie Culpepper Bundy. Ted assumed the last name and it later become synonymous with murder.
Ted spent much of his youth baby-sitting his four younger siblings. He remained a distant relati .....
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The Life And Times Of Ronald Reagan
.... ancestry, earned his living as a shoe salesman. Alcoholism cursed the life of Jack Reagan. His older son Neil said bluntly that it prevented him form becoming a business success. However, Ronald blames the twin curse of drink and the Depression. Both boys escaped much of the bitterness which can afflict the children of alcoholics because their mother consoled them that their father's drinking " was a sickness" which deserved their compassion.
Nelle Reagan dominated the household and pushed both sons in the direction of education and a better life. She was a determined improver, dragging her husband and her child .....
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Socrates
.... auto industry and its planned obsolescence of cars. If the people in charge of car companies respected the Socratic philosophy, they would do everything in their power to further the development of the industry. It is too bad they aren’t as wise as that. For example, car bodies in Northern states tend to rust away gradually, thus ruining the car even if it were to last longer anyway. Auto companies have the capability to research and implement newer, more efficient engines that save us money on gas and cause less harm to the environment. They refrain, however, from doing anything to drastically improve the state of automobiles be .....
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