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Ernest Hemingway Hemingway Wrote
661 words
His books are seldom read today, and his legend
almost a faded memory. But in the 1930 s and 1940
s Ernest Hemingway was a literary island role
model for young writers who imitated his sparse
prose and adventurous lifestyle. Fame came to
Hemingway early; while in his twenties he wrote
The Sun Also Rises, a novel about American
expatriates in Paris. The people he wrote about
had survived the First World War. They were
unconcerned with money or materialism and instead
were content to while away th...
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Billie Holiday Louis Armstrong
633 words
Billie Holiday Holiday Billie Holiday Billie
Holiday was born April 7 th, 1915, in Baltimore.
Her original name was Eleanor Fagan. Although her
father, Clarence Holiday, was a guitar / banjo
player in Fletcher Henderson s band, she didn t
break into the music world until her late teens.
After being signed by Columbia Records John
Hammond in 1933 for her debut record. Holiday went
on to work with Teddy Wilson, Buck Clayton and
Lester Young, who gave her the nickname Lady Day.
He also toured the w...
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Homeric Hero Strives Looked For Honor Achilles
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The Iliad outlines and explains the qualities of
a? Homeric Hero? . The Homeric hero strives to be
the best among his peers. His goal is to achieve
the greatest glory in order to earn the highest
honor from his peers, his commander, and finally
from his warrior society. This is because honor is
the Greeks? main ambition in life as well as in
the afterlife. The Homeric hero strives for
excellence in particular areas of human behavior,
such as strength, skill, and determination. These
are necessar...
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Hall Of Fame Department Of Defense
996 words
Necessity is the mother of invention? or is it?
The real mother of invention is not necessity, but
curiosity. From the discovery of electricity, the
invention of the light bulb, car, airplane, and
air conditioning to Global Positioning Satellite
systems curiosity has been the reason behind the
invention. One of the greatest discoveries ever
was the discovery of electricity. Ben Franklin has
been given the most credit for the discovery of
electricity. Before the legendary kite experiment
in 1752 ...
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Mp 3 File Steady Increase
866 words
During the last seven years, there has been a
market boom with the use of the Internet and
e-commerce to manage business tycoon companies to
the everyday mom and pop stores. Also, there has
been a steady increase in the annual sales
reported by big record labels and independent
recording companies during the Internet explosion.
Since technology was created to benefit mankind in
facilitating our lives, computerized audio
extraction programs (known as burning appz's) have
been developed in order t...
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Low Self Esteem Eating Disorders
817 words
The Ms. Perfect Ms. Perfect The thin trend makes
headlines of newspapers and magazines; being thin
is a topic discussed by television talk shows and
top stories in the news. Companies like Snackwells
and Nutragrain base their existence on women? s
cravings to be thin. The media? s attention on the
thin and beautiful has opened women? s eyes up and
sparked a craving for this perfection. Models and
actresses are who television has taught us to
believe are beautiful. Trying to live up to this
has c...
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French Revolution Church Authorities
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Nostradamus For four centuries Nostradamus
prophecies have inspired fear and controversy. His
followers say he predicted the French Revolution,
the birth and rise of Hitler, and the
assassination of John F. Kennedy. Did he, as his
believers claim, predict some of history's most
monumental events from the Great Fire of London to
the launch disaster of the space shuttle
Challenger? Nostradamus was typical of the
Renaissance time period. He made many prophecies
and was a major contributor to not on...
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Weeks Ago February 2001
472 words
Subject: NASCAR and Perspective (the true
tragedies) Please read. I think this puts things
into perspective for mainstream America On 18
February 2001, while racing for fame and fortune,
Dale Earnhardt died in the last lap of the Daytona
500. It was surely a tragedy for his family,
friends and fans. He was 49 years old with grown
children, one, which was in the race. I am new to
the NASCAR culture so much of what I know has come
from the newspaper and TV. He was a winner and
earned everything he...
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Natural Born Killers O J Simpson
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Natural Born Killers In 1994, Oliver Stone left
movie-goers and critiques alike in awe. His film,
Natural Born Killers, was released to theatres all
over America. The story, originally written by
Quentin Tarantino, was one of two mass-murders who
go on a killing spree across the country. At a
glance, the title suggests the theory that killers
are born to be just that killers, naturally.
Oliver Stone wastes no time at all as he tears
this theory to shreds. He claims that killers are
born from soc...
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Princess Diana Money Money Paparazzi
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Joe The Paparazzi The Paparazzi Joe hit it big;
his music single hit number one on the Billboard
and hes signed deals with Virgin Records. His time
has come to be bombarded with riches, bathed in
fame, and stalked. Where stalking is referring to
being hounded day and night by those whose job is
to be indecent and bothersome. The aptly named
stalkerazzi are to blame. Their career rewards
them millions for a single piece of paper that
shines these four words; tabloid, scandal, money
and gossip. Th...
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Browning Dramatic Monologue
1,054 words
Robert Browning, an English poet, was born May 7,
1812, to Robert browning Sr. , Sarah Anna Wiedmann
Browning. Sarah Browning, from German-Scottish
descent, was a musician, a lover of nature, and a
devout evangelical Christian. She was the stronger
of the two parents, and also guided Robert through
his developmental stages. Mrs. Browning was a
woman of common sense and stability. Browning? s
sister Sarianna, who was born in 1814, inherited
his mothers? qualities. Browning? s father was
employed ...
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Cezanne Color Years
617 words
Paul Cezanne was born in 1839 in the southern
French town of Aix-en-Provence. He was the son of
a wealthy banker. He became interested in art at
an early age, which did not please his father.
Cezanne was educated at the College Bourbon at
Aix, where he befriended Emile Zola. Both Cezanne
and Zola decided they would like to devote
themselves to art. Zola settled down to a literary
career in Paris, but Cezanne, after a short period
as a law student, decided to go with his father s
wishes that he s...
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Adrienne Rich Third Stanza
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Phantasia for Elvira Shatayev Love, fear,
jealousy, courage and death all have a major role
in Adrienne Rich's Phantasia for Elvira Shatayev.
Adrienne Rich takes us inside Shatayev's head and
depicts her joys and feeling of triumph along with
her lingering undertones of jealousy. The use of
the journals helps to relate the comradery and
love within the team but also serves to paint a
picture of an ungrateful Shatayev. Throughout this
poem there are repeated declarations of love and
friendship fo...
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Princess Diana British Royal
488 words
One of the most loved and remembered women leaders
of this century was Diana, Princess of Wales.
After she came into the publics life by marrying
into the British Royal family, and leaving it ten
years later, she decided her life to helping the
unfortunate victims of land mines, AIDS, cancer,
cerebral palsy and many others. These are the
things she will be mostly remembered for. By
looking at the story of Diana's life, you can see
it is a somewhat tragic ending. Diana was born on
July 1, 1961 in...
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Louis Farrakhan Anti Semitism
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Prophet of Rage: Louis Farrakhan Prophet of rage?
Louis Farrakhan is exactly that. He is the
fearless spokesman for black America, who is
unafraid to speak for his people. This is Louis
Farrakhan. This book is authored by Arthur J.
Magic, and speaks the controversial truth about
Mr. Farrakhan's life, and the nation he works for.
Louis Farrakhan was born a Christian to a black
mother and a white father. His mother
unsuccessfully tried to abort her pregnancy. Mr.
Farrakhan believes this is a typic...
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Men And Women Dramatic Monologue
1,204 words
Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in
Camberwell, which is now a part of London. He had
no real formal education so he was largely self
educated. His father was a smart man with an
extensive library. His mother was kindly,
religious minded woman, who loved music and her
brilliant son. He lived at his parents house
almost until the time of his marriage. He attended
a boarding school near Camberwell and spent a
little bit of his time traveling to places like
Russia and Italy. But he preferre...
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Men And Women Dramatic Monologue
1,210 words
The Life and Work of Robert Browning Robert
Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell,
which is now a part of London. He had no real
formal education so he was largely self educated.
His father was a smart man with an extensive
library. His mother was kindly, religious minded
woman, who loved music and her brilliant son. He
lived at his parents house almost until the time
of his marriage. He attended a boarding school
near Camberwell and spent a little bit of his time
traveling to places l...
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Death Of His Wife Type Of Writing
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Upton Sinclair was an American writer whose works
reflects not only the inside but also the
socialists view on things. Upton sinclair was born
in Baltimore, Maryland. He was born into a family
which held to it? s Southern aristocracy in every
thing that was done. When Sinclair was ten years
old, the family packed up and moved to New York
City (Where there were more opportunities to
succeed). Upton Beall Sinclair began writing when
he was 15 years old. He mostly wrote ethnic jokes
and fiction for...
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50 Years Ago Hall Of Fame
682 words
Can you name a toy that was inducted into the
National Toy Hall of Fame this year, along with
the Tonka Truck, beating over 80 other classics
nominated last year, including Raggedy Ann and G.
I. Joe, and that even has two different crayon
colors named after it? That toy is Silly Putty, my
friends. Now Silly Putty can add its name to that
honored hall of fame, which includes
time-cherished toys such as the Hold Hoop, Crayola
Crayons, Lincoln Logs, and the Monopoly Game.
Silly Putty is a pretty un...
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Robert E Lee Battle Of Bull Run
538 words
Stonewall Jackson, born January 21, 1824 was one
of the most famous confederate generals and one of
the best officers to serve for General Robert E.
Lee. But Jackson wasn? t just born a general, he
earned it. Since his parents died when he was very
young, life was very rough for him. He was raised
by his uncle, Cummins Jackson, a miller who lived
near what is now known as Weston, West Virginia.
Later on, he was appointed to the U. S. Military
Academy. He had to work several times harder than
the...
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