Cark Gauss
.... the question. He invented the shortcut formula on the spot, and wrote down the correct answer. Carl came to the conclusion that the sum of the integers was 50 pairs of numbers each pair summing to one hundred and one, thus simple multiplication followed and the answer could be found.
This act of sheer genius was so astounding to Herr Buttner that the teacher took the young Gauss under his wing and taught him fervently on the subject of arithmetic. He paid for the best textbooks obtainable out of hi .....
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Carl Gauss
.... the question. He invented the shortcut formula on the spot, and wrote down the correct answer. Carl came to the conclusion that the sum of the integers was 50 pairs of numbers each pair summing to one hundred and one, thus simple multiplication followed and the answer could be found.
This act of sheer genius was so astounding to Herr Buttner that the teacher took the young Gauss under his wing and taught him fervently on the subject of arithmetic. He paid for the best textbooks obtainable out of hi .....
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Cervantes
.... writing in an impractical, idealistic, and exaggerated way.Cervantes is well-known throughout the world because of his book Don Quixote. He influenced many people during the Renaissance because of his difficult life and his wonderful skills and talents of writing.
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Cesar E. Chavez
.... of Guadalupe on banners during their Huelgas (strikes) and other marches.
Cesar Chavez never wavered from his task of helping the migrant workers. He knew personally the suffering experienced by the field workers. So, in 1966, the powerful agricultural enterprises were now challenged by the smallest, weakest and poorest agricultural labor union. The NFWA merged with the Filipino labor union changing their name to the Farm Workers Association Committee (UFWOC). Both unions had been on strike since 196 .....
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Charles Darwin
.... had graduated from Cambridge he was taken aboard the English survey ship HMS Beagle, largely on Henslow’s recommendation, as an unpaid naturalist on a scientific expedition around the world.
Now Charles Darwin was around the age twenty-two while he was on the HMS Beagle. Darwin’s job as a naturalist aboard the Beagle gave him the opportu-nity to observe the various geological formations found on different continents and islands along the way, as well as a huge variety of fossils and org .....
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Charles Dickens 3
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In 1829 he was a reporter for the Doctor's Commoner's Courts. In 1832 he ,was a reporter on the Parliamentary debates in the House of Commons, and he became a reporter for a newspaper. In 1834 he adopted his famous pseudonym " Boz." Soon his father was put in jail for another count of debt and he came to his aid time. During his lifetime Charles' family would always be on his back for money.
In 1836 the first series of the "Sketches of Boz" was released , also during this year he was hir .....
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Charles Dickens 4
.... and the United States. Dickens’ “American Notes created a furor in America”(Internet Site #2). In these writings, he presented in a disgusting way the American practice of chewing tobacco and spitting out the juice, which he considered to be quite distasteful. He also wrote Martin Chuzzlewit, which portrayed America in not a very attractive way. These two works did not make Dickens very favorable in America.
Dickens’ Christmas Carol presented many of Dickens’ crit .....
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Charles W. Chesnutt
.... thirst for knowledge. At a time when few educational opportunities
existed for black Americans, he studied math, music, literature and
languages. He left Charlotte to take a job as assistant principal of the State
Normal School. By age 22, he was its principal. “There's time enough, but
none to spare.”(1)
Lack of opportunity to advance led him to go to New York City
to find work at Dow, Jones and Company and also writes a financial
news column for the New York Mail and .....
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Charlie Chaplin 3
.... that he was head hunted by Mack
Sennett and his Keystone Film Company, and Charlie was thus introduced
into the medium of film. His first film, in 1914, was aptly titled Making A
Living, and it was directed by Henry Lehrman. He starred in many of his
Keystones along side Mabel Normand, who also directed three of his films,
but it wasn't until Twenty Minutes of Love that he had a taste of directing
himself, and this quickly became the only way he worked.
His success was such that he was .....
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Christopher Columbus - American Hero Or Portuguese Idiot ?
.... different. India usually suffers from drought conditions for most of the year. When it does rain, it is during monsoon season. The storms are harsh and brutal. Flooding is not uncommon. The weather in the Americas is moist and lush. Rainstorms happen at least once every two weeks, and they are usually just a light, easy rain.
Upon review, it is easily determinable that Columbus was not a bright man. Give him credit for discovering the New World. Give him credit for proving the world was not flat .....
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Christopher Columbus 2
.... his discoveries and the mother country, the title of Admiral of the Ocean Sea, permanent position of governor of all new territories, and a long list of other personal demands. Columbus understood the importance of helping others get what they wanted. He presented the royalty with dreams of wealth and glory. He even appealed to their desire to spread their religious faith. He demonstrated to them that funding his voyage was the way to get what they wanted most in life. It had taken him seven yea .....
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Chronicle - Life And Times Of Sula And Nel
.... It was an accident, but like most secrets between friends, it only made the bonds that bind them even stronger. The accidental death of Chicken Little at the hands of Sula had a profound effect on the friendship. Sula had not meant to kill Chicken and Nel knew this, and therefore made the unspoken pact of silence with her. The incident only exemplified the bonds that made two disparate people appear as one. While Sula delved in anguish and Nel in logical thought, they both failed to grieve or feel .....
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Cicero
.... the tribune Milo, he was recalled on August 4. Cicero landed at Brundisium on that day and was acclaimed all along his route to Rome, where he arrived a month later. Pompey renewed his compact with Caesar and Crassus at Luca in April 56. Cicero then agreed, under pressure from Pompey, to align himself with the three in politics. He was obliged to accept a number of distasteful defenses, and he abandoned public life.
In 51 he was persuaded to govern the province of Cilicia, in south Asia Mino .....
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Coco Chanel
.... But there was one story that proved her intent to participate in fashion, and that was the habitual action of cutting up the curtains in the living room to make dresses for her dolls (1). What a magnificent way to prepare for a life of style.
In February, 1895, Chanelšs mother, Jeanne, was found dead, presumably because of her constant pregnancies (Chanel, A Woman of Her Own 9); her father, Albert, left for good, abandoning Gabrielle and her four siblings. They were placed into an orphanage in Aub .....
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Colonel Oleg Vladmirovich Penkovsky
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While in Turkey Penkovsky was noticed by the British intelligence agency known as Military Intelligence department 6 (MI6), more precisely a man named Greville Maynard Wynne. Wynne felt that they could possibly use Penkovsky since he showed dissatisfaction in the Soviet Union's communist system of government (Volkman, Warriors 98). When Penkovsky returned to Moscow in 1956 his military career came to a screeching halt. By 1960 he had had enough and decided to take matters into his own hands (R .....
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