W.E.B Du Bois
.... As William grew he realized some people thought that his black skin
was a disadvantage. In high school, his teachers encouraged him as a
student and school work always came easy to him. Du Bois excelled in Latin and
Greek and participated in active discussions about the meaning of Love and Life.
At the age of 15, William began to write weekly columns in the New York Globe
and Springfield Republican.
Attending Harvard was W.E.B.'s longtime dream, however after receiving a
scholarship to Fi .....
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Woodrow Wilson
.... of the parts of the book that I liked was when Woodrow Wilson won the
Presidency.One of the things that helped him win was when he made two
alliances.One alliance was made with Colonel Edward M. House.The other was made
with William McCombs.
Both of these alliances profound effect on his future.
A sad incident that happened in this story was when Woodrow suffered his
paralytic stroke.Rumors spread that Woodrow was incapable of handling even the
smallest duties.Wilson kept succeeding though.
T .....
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Jesse Owens
.... Riley taught him after he first saw him in junior high. He was a
excellent track runner in high school, one of the best in the world. Like
mentioned above, he was excellent in the broad jump, the one-hundred meter dash,
and the two-hundred meter dash. He loved running when he was young, he said “
...it would always get me where I was going...” He would always run. He then
went on to attend Ohio State University and there he set the new worlds record
for the broad jump at the length of 26 feet an .....
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Jim Abbott
.... are not what make him so special; what
makes Jim Abbott even more remarkable is that he only has one hand. As a child
Jim's parents always told him that he could do anything he wanted to do. They
knew that their son loved sports. They hoped that Jim would play soccer, which
didn't require the use of hands, but right from the very beginning, Jim loved
baseball. So, Jim's parents bought him a baseball glove. However, Jim was not
just involved in baseball. He was the top scorer in his school's int .....
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Michael Jordan: The Early Years.
.... Michael was younger he adopted the game of basketball. Mike used
to work with his father in the garage. While working with his father, Michael
picked up the habit of sticking his tongue out in an intense situation. When
Michael reached the ninth grade, he tried out for basketball. Coach Lynch,
Michael's coach, cut Michael which in turn may have made the best player alive
today. Michael then took practicing basketball to another level. He played his
brother Larry whenever he could. Michael .....
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Muhammad Ali
.... an early stage of his boxing career. At the
age of 16, Ali had won two Golden Glove Titles, two National AAU Titles, he was
by now nationally recognized. When the 1960 Rome Olympic Game was about to take
off, Ali was provided with an opportunity to represent his country. At this
point he had fought 103 amateur matches, and had only lost five. Ali went with
the Olympic team to Rome, and he did not only participate, he also won the
precious Olympic gold medal. Ali returned home from Italy, and he felt that .....
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Shaquille O'neal
.... He even
overcame the threat of everyone telling him he would not be able to become a
basketball player to having the highest multi-year contract ever in the NBA.
In conclusion, Shaquille O'neal a.k.a. Shaq has taught me a lot about
being able to do anything that I want and has been a great influence in mine and
many other peoples lives.
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Stefan Edberg
.... hits at the tennis school in the
sommer of 1973. To start with he played once a week. He liked his new sport
but was close to quitting after the first term. -My friend wanted to quit,and so
did I. But my trainer convinced me to continue, Stefan says with a smile on his
face. The young Edberg soon became taken by the sport. Soon he played matches
with the boys' team, and outside his home he played fantasy Davis Cup-matches. In
the sommer holidays he almost lived at the tennis court. At the age of ten he
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The Life Of Babe Ruth
.... at the
age of eight. Ruth, even though he didn't realize it, had come in to a good
thing. Brother Matthais took young Ruth under his wing and taught him to read,
write, play baseball, do needle work, and right from wrong. Ruth showed a
startling natural talent with a baseball bat, so Brother Matthais tried to round
young George into a complete baseball player by teaching him to pitch and field.
Ruth says that, ”Brother Matthais was the greatest man I ever knew.” Ruth was
taught to make shirts and .....
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Ty Cobb
.... arguably the best anyone ever had. He won
twelve batting titles in thirteen years, including a record nine in a row. He
also holds the records for the most runs scored with 2,245 and the highest
lifetime batting average at .367, a number nearly unreachable even in just one
season by today's standards. Other records he set that have since been broken:
3,034 games played, 4,191 hits, 892 stolen bases, 392 outfield assists, 1,136
extra base hits, and 1,961 runs batted in. He also struck out just 357 time .....
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Andrea Dworkin
.... response to Dworkin's fiery rhetoric, Wendy Mcelroy writes that
Dworkin has scientific backing and even cites evidence to the contrary. “In
Japan, where pornography depicting violence is widely available, rape is much
lower per capita than in the United States, where violence in porn is
restricted.” Mcelroy attacks the belief that pornography cause violence,
stating that even if a correlation is present, is does not necessarily mean
there is a causal relationship. (McElroy 102)
Lynne Segal sees in i .....
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Julius Caesar: Military And Political Strength
.... BC. His father
belonged to the prestigious Julian clan. His uncle by marriage was Gaius Marius,
leader of the Populares which supported agrarian reform and was opposed by the
reactionary Optimates. Marius saw to it that Julius Caesar was appointed flamen
dialis which is a archaic priesthood with no power. Caesar marriage in 84 BC to
Cornelia, the daughter of Marius's associate was a political match. When Lucius
Cornelius Sulla, Marius's enemy and leader of the Optimates, was made dictator
in 82 BC, h .....
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Cyrano De Bergerac
.... presence to soften the harsh loneliness of my life. "
When Cyrano admits, "My heart always timidly hides its self behind my mind," the
reader can instantly relate to this dilemma but it is the fact that Cyrano is
able to overcome it that makes him a hero.
Not only is Cyrano filled with emotion, but he also goes out of his way
to live life to the fullest. Cyrano's introduction to the reader definitely
leaves a lasting impression. Not only does he banish an actor from the theater
for performing poorly, b .....
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Edgar Allan Poe: Reflection Of His Pessimistic Moods In His Work
.... with lustrous
black feathers and a straight, sharp beak. Poe could have used any bird, however
he wanted the reader to experience the gloom and despondency that he experienced.
Therefore he wrote about a raven.
Finally, Poe's use of assonance throughout the poem also contributed to
the poem's illustration of despair and gloominess. Assonance is the repetition
of vowel sound. For instance, at the end of each stanza it says, "Quoth the
raven, Nevermore," "This is it and nothing more," or a phrase ending .....
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Richard Lederer: His Works
.... before him,
would become immortal because he recognized that "Elvis Lives" is a two-word
anagram.
Richard Lederer entered Haverford College as a pre-medical student but soon
found that he was reading the chemistry books for their literary value. Mr.
Lederer became an English major and then attended Harvard Law School, where he
found that he read the law cases for their literary value. So rather than
fighting his verbivorous instincts, He switched into a Masters of Arts and
Teaching program at Harvard. .....
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