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- 12691: Napoleon I
- ... most, rising to rule a huge empire, and then finally being destroyed by his own arrogance and ending his life humbled, remembering what he had doe, and leaving it all in his memoirs for the world to read. Napoleon was born in 1769, on the Island of Corsica. His parents, Carlo and Letizia Bonaparte, were poor nobles. When Napoleon was just 10 years old, his father helped to get him a ... Ottoman's and Austrians) were defeating French forces in Europe, so Napoleon decided to return to France. When Napoleon arrived in Paris, he began a conspiracy to overthrow the government. He succeeded, and created a new government called the consulate, of which Napoleon became the first consul. As consul, Napoleon made many good changes in France. He created the Napoleonic code, which set up a complex code of civil law in ...
- 12692: Socrates
- ... At first, the connection between philosophy and death is not clear. However, as we unravel Socrates' argument backing up his claim, the statement makes a lot of sense. In order for Philosophers to examine their world accurately and learn the truth accurately, they must remove them selves of all distractions. These not only include physical distractions, but they include mental distractions and bodily distractions as well. Philosophers must get used to viewing and examining the world with out any senses. Senses merely hinder and obscure the truth. Sight for example can be fooled easily with optical illusions which occur normally in nature. Sound can be very distracting as well when a philosopher is trying to concentrate. All of these cloud the judgement, and must therefore be detached from the soul. Socrates argues that philosophers must view the world around them with their souls in order to accurately learn about it. However, by detaching their souls from all bodily functions, philosophers may as well be in an induced state of death. In mortem, ...
- 12693: Robert E. Lee
- ... books on all types of rifles, shotguns and small arms, such as Modern Rifles, Shotguns and Pistols, and Modern Small Arms. He is an acknowledged expert on infantry weapons and is thought to be the world's leading expert on this and artillery strategies. He is a well known author of military history, and works as a weapons evaluator in addition to his writing. Robert E. Lee was born in Stratford ... and it was by this time surrounded by a military cemetery - as it still is (pg. 75). Under Lee's guidance, Washington College prospered. The student body increased to four-hundred. The curriculum was widened, new buildings were gradually added, and as the fame of the college spread, students came from all over the United States. As the months went by, Lee's health began to fail. He was treated fro ...
- 12694: John Steinbeck: A Common Man's Man
- ... results of his five years spent there. His books display a considerable reading of the Greek and Roman historians, and the medieval and Renaissance fabalists and the biological sciences (Shaw 11). He then moved to New York and tried his hand as a construction worker and as a reporter for the American. (Covici , xxxv). Steinbeck then moved back to California and lived with his wife at Pacific Grove. In 1934, he ... us today as they were sixty years ago, and are also important as documentation of social history. Bibliography Benet's Readers, Encyclopedia of American Literature. 1991 ed. Bowden, Edwin T. The Dungeon of the Heart. New York, NY: The Mcmillan Company, 1961. Covici, Pacal Jr. The Portable Steinbeck. New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1963. McWillams, Carey, "California Pastoral, Antioch Review, March, 1942: 103-21. Rundell, Walter Jr. Steinbeck's Image of the West, 4-17 Shaw, Peter. "Steinbeck: The Shape of a ...
- 12695: Jesse Jackson: a Brief Biography
- ... Greensville, South Carolina. He has since run for president in two elections, one in 1984, and one in 1988. In the 1984 elections, he received over three million popular votes, and registered over one million new voters. In 1988 he received over seven million votes, and registered over two million new voters.He never got one electoral vote. He sees himself as the leader of African-Americans, women, unionists, the homeless, the unemployed, and the underemployed. He is offended that Bill Clinton has a large amount ... owners, and segregationists." Another time he publicly remarked, "In Germany, they call what's going on "fascism". In South Africa they call it "racism". Here in America we call it conservatism." He even once called New York City, "Hyme-town." Hearing that remark coming from a civil rights leader shocked everybody, and cost him millions of votes. Another scandal came along when he led over five hundered Stanford University students ...
- 12696: Jerry Seinfield
- ... re using it for fast punchlines... I can put a joke together well enough that I don't need dirty words. Jerry has a role model for kids and comedians to follow. He started a new genre in comedy. Here's an example of Jerry's humor Dogs are broke all their lives. You know why they have no money? No pockets. They see change on the street -there's nothing ... maybe just make a person smile, then his mission is complete. Jerry Seinfeld gives people the gift of happiness, and as far as I'm concerned that's one of the best gifts in the world
- 12697: Hank Williams Jr.
- ... and his ability to overcome setbacks, have propelled him to a legendary status. Born May 26, 1949, in Shreveport, Louisiana, Randall Hank Williams, Jr. was destined to become a star. Tragically, his father died on New Years day, 1953, at the young age on twenty nine ("Official Home Page," Biography). However, his mother, a country singer in her own right, helped Hank Jr. start one of the earliest, and most successful ... invited. Hank is a mixture of a Southern rocker and a "pure" country artist. He has recorded with various artists from Willy Nelson and Johnny Cash, to Huey Lewis and Tom Petty. Hank pioneered the new standard for country music concert tours by making them both an audio and visual experiences. It was once said, When music historians reflect on country music in the 20th century, two names will, no doubt ... the father who created a legend and his son who took the legend, continued it and then molded it to fit his own formidable talent-subsequently blazing a path and opening doors for a whole new generation of platinum-selling country performers(qtd. in "Bosephus Background," The Top Ten Reasons). There is no doubt that Hank Williams, Jr. will always be considered one of the greatest country singers of all ...
- 12698: Grover Cleveland
- Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland , the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States, was born in Caldwell, New Jersey on March 18, 1837. He was the first Democratic President who served two terms that did not directly follow each other. He also was the first President who was elected after the Civil War ... school like he wanted to do, so he studied by himself and became an attorney in l859. Grover Cleveland became interested in politics and held several small offices, including sheriff. He became Mayor of Buffalo, New York, in 1881 and attacked corruption and dishonesty in govwenment. He then became Governor in 1882 and was a huge success because of his reputation for honesty. Grover Cleveland got married in 1886 to Frances ... next (even though winning the popular vote), and then win the next year. He was respected for his honesty and hard workmanship. In 1879, after Grover Cleveland's second term in office, he returned to New Jersey where he lived a private life with his family. Occassionally he gave lectures at Universities. He died in 1908 at the age of 71.
- 12699: George Meade
- ... Everyone knows what the Second Battle of Bull Run is but who was the general? Works Cited Cleaves, Freeman. "Meade, George Gordon." Collier's Encyclopedia. Vol. 15.1989. Sefton, James E. "Meade, George Gordon." The World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. 1994. "Meade, George G." Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. Version 2.01vw. Carlsbad, California: Compton's New Media, 1994. CD-ROM. "Meade, George Gordon." Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 18. Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier, 1990. "Meade, George Gordon." Who's Who in American History. Historical Volume. St. Louis, Missouri: Van Hoffman Press,1967.
- 12700: Frank Lincoln Wright
- ... firm. When Wright left the company, Sullivan's quantity of contract declined quickly. Sullivan soon ran into economic troubles and his international reputation dwindled by 1920. Sullivan was soon reguarded as worthless to the architectural world. He resorted to alcoholism and died in 1924 without regaining the glory of what was held in their early years of Chicago. LIFE AFTER THE FIRM Wright quickly built up a practice in residential architecture ... Wright soon left to Japan. WRIGHT'S ACCOPLISMENTS IN LIFE By the time Frank Lloyd Wright died in 1959, he had produced architecture for more than seventy years. Wright has changed many styles and set new standards. His Organic approach has put influence on many drafters of today. In the design of the house he would use materials to blend the house into the setting. He manipulated stone, brick, glass, wood ...
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