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Lillian Gish Silent Film Stardom
1,042 wordsThe history of the great talent Lillian Gish is immeasurable. She has acted in more productions per decade then anyone else in this century. She has been in one hundred and five films alone, thats not counting all the on stage productions she has performed in. The amazing talents of this once beautiful young actress can be seen in any of her early silent films too. Way Down East and Orphans of the Storm are two of her earlier films that portray her exquisite skills. Yet none of this would be kno...
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Women And Children Atlantic Ocean
765 wordsThe non-fiction novel A Night To Remember by Walter Lord is about the well known disaster that the luxury cruse ship the "Titanic" went thorough. This story takes place on the ship and on its many decks. During the story the Titanic sails along the Atlantic Ocean. Walter Lord wrote this book in 1955, but the famous collision occurred on April 14, 1912 at 11: 40 P. M. In this novel the author, Walter Lord wants to show what happened at every moment on the cruse liner. The Novel also has not one m...
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First Annual Message First Annual Message To Congress Roosevelt
1,168 words... irm place in American history as one of the nation's foremost political reformers. However, his domestic reputation would soon be overshadowed by his record as a wartime president who led his country to victory but could not hold the support of his people for the peace that followed. Conservation as the Guardian of Democracy Fast Fact: Theodore Roosevelt, nature lover and conservationist, championed the strenuous life. Biography: With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Rooseve...
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Recommend This Book 00 P M
696 wordsTitanic was the biggest ship ever made. It was a miracle of twentieth century technology. The ship consisted of the most sophisticated safety devices of its time. Yet on Sunday, April 14, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg, which soon led to disaster. I read the book, A Night To Remember written by Walter Lord. The book is a minute by minute account of the Titanic's fatal collision with an iceberg and how the tragedy brought out the best and worst of human nature. There were 2, 207 passengers aboa...
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The Beginning Of Modern Olympic Games
1,231 wordsThe Beginning of the Modern Olympic Games From the earliest that historians can trace back which was nearly since the beginning of time, people have been putting on and celebrating some type of a festival. The festivals held in the foot hills of College and Erymanthus at Olympia were considered to be religious and athletic. Some historians believe that in the beginning of time, two gods, Zeus and Kronos, the most powerful gods of all, battled for the earth and the games and religious celebration...
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Warm Springs Georgia Eleanor Roosevelt
1,653 wordsRoosevelt was born at his family's estate at Hyde Park, in Dutchess County, New York on January 30, 1882. He was the only child of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. James Roosevelt was a moderately successful businessman, with a variety of investments and a special interest in coal. He was also a conservative Democrat who was interested in politics. His home overlooking the Hudson River was comfortable without being ostentatious, and the family occupied a prominent position among the so...
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Woodrow Wilson Fourteen Points
1,107 wordsWoodrow Wilson; From Passive Progressive to War-time President Woodrow Wilson was a great president. His early administration was very much a part of stabilizing the disintegrating American economy at the time, as well as channeling foreign concerns, with peaceful realities. He was elected president in both 1912, and 1917, both trips to Whitehorse meant something different to Wilson. The country was also in different moods and circumstances. Looking at Wilson's first and second Innagurational ad...
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Man And Beast Example Of Chagall Composition
1,400 wordsMarc Chagall as an artist and as a person cannot be categorized. He was born in Vitebsk, Russia, learned to paint in St. Petersburg and lived in Paris, Berlin, and the United States. His career is influenced by many different factors. His Hasidic Jewish upbringing reflected in the content of his paintings greatly. The lyrical fairy tales of Jewish mysticism, the stories of the Bible, and the Rabbis and scholars who surrounded him in his childhood come out onto his work. When he went to art schoo...
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Hall Of Fame Bessie Smith
983 wordsKnown as the Empress Of Blues, Bessie Smith was said to have revolutionized the vocal end of Blues Music. She showed a lot of pride as an independent African-American woman. Her style in performance and lyrics often reflected her lifestyle. Bessie Smith was one of the first female jazz artists, and she paved the way for many musicians who followed. Bessie was born April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to a part time Baptist preacher, William Smith, and his wife Laura. The family was large and...
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The Life Of William Carlos Williams
1,147 wordsNothing whips my blood like verse. These are the famous words of the great poet, William Carlos Williams. Williams was born on September 17, 1883 in Rutherford, New Jersey. He spent most of his life in Rutherford, so today he is a local hero. Williams mother was Puerto Rican and almost had pure Spanish blood. His father was American. As a child, Williams dad was a salesman and was often away from home. Thus, they didnt see each other very much. When Williams was four, he attended school in Switz...
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Austria Hungary German Army
1,686 wordsFirstly, we must proceed to explain the nature of Article 231 in order to be able to analyse its judgement about Germany's responsibility for the war. After the war had ended, Europe's, especially Frances economy was devastated. There was also a general desire for such a war never to repeat itself, as the first proof of modern warfare proved to be ruinous. To deal with this two issues the allied powers made Germany sign the war guilt clause which made it accept all the guilt for the war and beca...
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Cross Country Olympic Games
839 wordsThe Modern Pentathlon The Pentathlon is a contest of 5 sports- jumping, running, wrestling, throwing the discus and hurling the spear or javelin that occurred between the same contestants on the same day. The contestant who won three events was considered the victor; but that was in the Ancient Greek times, now the modern day Pentathlon is very different. The sports The sports that make up the modern Pentathlon became part of the Olympic Games in 1912 at Stockholm, Sweden. The modern contest inc...
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Flag Of The United States President Eisenhower
329 wordsNo one knows with absolute certainty who designed the first stars and stripes or who made it. Congressman Francis Hopkinson seems most likely to have designed it, and few historians believe that Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress, made the first one. Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual arrangements of the stars and odd proportions, these f...
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First World War Economic And Political
1,719 wordsWord Count: 3298 On 2 March, 1917, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in favour of his brother Michael (1). With the stepping down of the Tsar, the autocratic regime that had ruled since the inception of Russia many hundreds of years earlier came to a final end, replaced by a provisional government that was itself to be replaced shortly with communists that held power until 1991. The downfall of the autocracy in Russia was undoubtedly one of the most important events of the twentieth century. It is no s...
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The Autobiography Of An Ex Colored Man
1,725 wordsThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Although the book title The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man might suggest that this is a true story, this is a fictional story written by James Weldon Johnson about a biracial man referred in the book as an Ex-Colored Man. The book was written in 1912 and its story line is based on the time period of the post reconstruction era of the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century and deals with the forced choice the biracial man has ...
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20 Th Century Picasso And Braque
1,858 wordsPicasso and Cubism Pablo Picasso was considered the greatest artist of the 20 th century because of his unique styles and techniques. Pablo Ruiz y Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881 to a professor of art named Jose Ruiz Blanco and his wife Maria Picasso Lopez. Because of his fathers occupation, Picasso's talent was quickly noticed and appreciated. Don Jose, an art teacher, moved Picasso and his family to La Coruna and then to Barcelona were he was Picasso's instructor at the f...
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Franz Kafka Hunger Artist
1,048 wordsFranz Kafka Franz Kafka did not exactly live a kings life. His life was full of frustration and confusion. That is probably the main reason for his twisted stories. He began life in Prague on July 3, 1883. He was the oldest of six children. Kafka had three surviving sisters; Valli, Elli, and Ottawa; as well as two brothers; Heinrich and George; who died in infancy. He was 6 feet tall, weighed between 140 and 100 lbs. (fluctuated due to illness), had gray-blue eyes, and had black hair (Kafka 1). ...
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Nobel Peace Prize Russo Japanese War
1,525 wordsHow Influential Was Theodore Roosevelt In American How Influential Was Theodore Roosevelt In American Politics In The Period 1898 To 1912? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Theodore Roosevelt was the 26 th President of the United States of America. He succeeded McKinley as President, on his assassination in 1901. Roosevelt became? very popular and became famous for tackling business monopolies, initiating the conservation of natural resources, his role in the development of the Panama Canal and his part in th...
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Young Girl Young Women
1,082 wordsJuliette Low: Founder of Girl Scouts An owl calls off in the distance, the yellow moon is full to bursting. Little kids dressed up as ghosts, parading around town collecting candy. Eleanor Gordon is stuck in the hospital giving birth to her second child. Juliette Gordon Lows difficult, but rewarding life began on the dreary day of Halloween. Unaware of the obstacles in the path she would follow, Low spent most of her life without a care in the world. It took her a couple hardships to realize lif...
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Florence Nightingale String Quartet
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