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- 4021: Adolf Hitler's Traits
- ... he didn’t have a normal amount of education, he still became the leader of Germany. Adolf Hitler, nevertheless, was a great orator and when he spoke, everybody 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 ... work eighteen hour days and no pleasure would be impossible for almost everybody. Ken McVay seems to agree with my assumption when he states, “Hitler was also a man of incredible energy and endurance. His day consists of Sixteen and eighteen hours of uninterrupted work. He is absolutely tireless when it comes to working for Germany and its future welfare and no personal pleasure are permitted to interfere with the ...
- 4022: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... of damage to Napoleons army, Ninty thousand French soldiers were out at once due to sickness. "The Battle of Nations" began at Leipzig with 190,000 French soldiers against 300,000 allies. On the third day, Napoleon started a retreat. Sixty thousand French soldiers fell or were captured in the retreat. All of his armies broke up, and he returned to Paris in hopes of getting more men and funds, but ... back to France in a brig repainted like a British warship. An opportunity had come; the Allied officer that had been put on Elba to monitor Napoleon had to go to the mainland for a day or two. After Napoleon set sail, he was in good spirits. He instructed not one shot should be fired because he wanted to reclaim his crown without bloodshed. As he went inland, the country-folk ... would join with the Prussians (Becke 213-227). It was raining very strongly. Wellington’s army along with the Prussians met Napoleon at dawn. Napoleon boasted he would bring a sound defeat. It was mid-day before Napoleon’s cannons opened fire. The Allies were being pressed hard by the French, but by the afternoon the Prussians were still coming (Becke 2: 20-43). Napoleon sent in the imperial guard ...
- 4023: John F.Kennedy: Biography
- ... blessed with a son an November 25, 1960 and they named him John F. Kennedy Jr. Then another tragic loss, they had another son on August 7, 1963 but was born premature and died two day later. His name was Patrick Bouvier. In June, 1956 J.F.K worked very hard to get the nomination for vice president. He went up against Senator Estes Kefauuver. At the end Kennedy didn't ... forced to order 3,000 federal troops to keep the peace when an African American went to an all white school. On August 28, 1963, over 200,000 white and black people marched on Washington D.C. to demonstrate their demands on equal rights. Kennedy had to do something, so he asked Congress to pass legislation making it so all hotels, motels, and restaurants to allow anyone inside regardless of race ...
- 4024: Cyrano de Bergerac and Mother Teresa: Heros?
- ... a hero. I know your thinking yeah that’s great, but what did she do? At a young age, Mother Teresa joined the Loreto nuns where she learned English and became a teacher. One miraculous day in 1946, Mother Teresa heard the call of God telling her to help the poor while living among them (Le Joly 9). This call is probably the most important one I’ve ever heard of ... I’m just winging it. Most students probably wouldn’t say this, but I do commend you for putting together a project that lets us the students express our opinions in a way that we’d like to. And even though I haven’t gone out of the house ALL WEEKEND at least I learned a little while I was here. Work Cited Chawla, Navin. Mother Teresa The Hilgress, Cliff. Cliff ...
- 4025: The Short Life Of Tupac Shakur
- ... friends of Shakur are in an altercation over what police call a "misunderstanding." Tensions are calmed with help from a female friend of Shakur's and four men originally handcuffed during the scuffle are release d. No one was arrested. Police have been patrolling outside the hospital out of concern for retaliation after the shooting. Wednesday, Sept. 11 6 p.m. - Knight, accompanied by his attorneys speaks to METRO Police for ... culture. It saddens me. I hope this is a wake up call for a lot of us. I pray for him and his loved ones."-- Recording Artist, actor and Uptown Records Chief Executive Officer Heavy D "This is so, so sad. Sometimes the lure of violent culture is so magnetic that even when one overcomes it with material success, it continues to call. He couldn't break the cycle."-- Rev. Jesse ... rapper Coolio "I hope in the on over what police call a "misunderstanding." Tensions are calmed with help from a female friend of Shakur's and four men originally handcuffed during the scuffle are release d. No one was arrested. Police have been patrolling outside the hospital out of concern for retaliation after the shooting. Wednesday, Sept. 116 p.m. - Knight, accompanied by his attorneys speaks to METRO Police for ...
- 4026: Martin Luther King Junior
- ... to give up her seat on a municipal bus to a white man. King was chosen to organize a boycott (1955-56) to end racial segregation in public transportation. In the course of the 381-day action he was arrested and jailed, his home was bombed, and many threats were made against his life. The boycott ended with a mandate from the Supreme Court outlawing all segregated public transportation in the ... his speeches increasingly alluded to his possible death. He was undeterred, however, for as he put it on April 3, 1968, he had "been to the mountain top and seen the Promised Land." The following day he was shot and killed in Memphis, Tenn. Some 100,000 people attended his funeral in Atlanta, black and white. His funeral could be considered King’s last statement, an example of how one man ... third Monday in January was designated a federal legal holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday ; his Atlanta birthplace and grave site were made a national historic site. Martin Luther King Jr. day is celebrated in many communities across the nation as a sign of racial equality. People know that, had there not been a man who had the bravery to live the life and die the ...
- 4027: The Traits of Adolf Hitler
- ... he didn’t have a normal amount of education, he still became the leader of Germany. Adolf Hitler, nevertheless, was a great orator and when he spoke, everybody 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 ... work eighteen hour days and no pleasure would be impossible for almost everybody. Ken McVay seems to agree with my assumption when he states, “Hitler was also a man of incredible energy and endurance. His day consists of Sixteen and eighteen hours of uninterrupted work. He is absolutely tireless when it comes to working for Germany and its future welfare and no personal pleasure are permitted to interfere with the ...
- 4028: Howard Stern: The King of Mass Media or the Anti Christ?
- ... off when I got boring, when I got too dull, by “You’re not making sense; you sound stupid” (Interview with Stern 36). This type of upbringing created the Howard Stern that you see to day. It created a man who ha sno respect for others. Howard’s disrespect for others is a strong indicator that he has no self-respect. Stern constantly abuses his co.-workers and peers on his ... Stern started this radio revolution by seeing how far he could go, how much he could say before something was said to him. The limits are constantly being pushed on the Howard Stern Show. Every day Stern tries a little more to see how far he can push the FCC before they tag him with another fine. He is a pioneer in his own way. The Howard Stern Show was the ... entertainer. Anybody can sit in a dark room and hide behind sunglasses and make light of everything and every one. Stern claims to be a tolerant and likable guy, but the people he slanders every day would tend to oppose that idea. The message that is trying to be sent here is that Howard Stern and people like him should not have the right to pollute the world with their ...
- 4029: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- ... his congressional district therefore he began his campaign two years before the election, meeting with hundreds of thousands of people in Massachusetts. "Kennedy defeated Lodge by 70,000"1 votes despite the fact that Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican Presidential candidate, carried the state by just over 200,000 votes. As a candidate for the Senate, Kennedy promised the voters that he would do more for Massachusetts than Lodge had ever ... quarantine zone, while Khrushchev and Kennedy discussed the issue through diplomatic channels. Khrushchev, realizing his weak military position, sent one of two messages to Kennedy in which he agreed to remove the missiles. The following day, before the United States could respond to the first note a second was sent by Khrushchev to try and negotiate terms. Kennedy responded to the first message and an agreement was met for the Soviet ...
- 4030: The Life and Rule of Cleopatra
- ... by boys in Cupid costumes. Anthony, an unsophisticated, pleasure-loving man, was very much impressed by this display of luxury, as intended by Cleopatra. She entertained him that night on her barge and the next day he invited her to dinner, hoping to outdo her magnificence. He failed but later joked about it in goodnature. Cleopatra didn’t seem to mind his tasteless humor and in fact she joined right in ... a thousand. Were Anthony serious to mirth, she had at any moment some new delight or charm to meet his wishes; at every turn she was upon him, and let him escape her neither by day nor by night. She played at dice with him, drank with him, hunted with him; and when he exercised in arms she was there to see. At night she would go rambling with him to ... him with a royal splendor. After the funeral she took to her bed, sick with grief. She had wanted to kill herself, but Octavian wouldn’t allow that and kept her under close guard. One day he visited her and he she flung herself at his feet, nearly naked, and told him that she wanted to live. Octavian was lulled into a false sense of security. Cleopatra was determined to ...
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