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The Ideal American: Malcolm Little
<view this essay>.... We are despised but accepted. The rest of the world has no choice,
they can't deny us because we are key to their survival and they know it.
This dichotomy plays havoc with how the ideal American is viewed.
Because America and the rest of the world plays to the drum of the moment,
America and what it believes is constantly changing and evolving. It is
this fluidity of acceptance of new ideas, that keeps America vital and a
step ahead of ther rest of the world. It is a place where the adventurous
spirit of the pioneers who settled the west is central to the soul of
America and is valued above most everything else. Change and new ideas is
essential to .....
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Ted Bundy
<view this essay>.... homicides involving multiple
victims is gradually becoming more commonplace, and to facilitate an
understanding of the aforementioned definition, it is helpful to differentiate
serial murder from other types of murder, such as mass murder, which
involves,"four or more victims killed within a short time span," and spree
killings, which Ressler et al. defines as "a series of sequential homicides
connected to one event committed over a time period of hours to days and
without a cooling off period."
Ted Bundy is one of the worst serial killers in history. His antisocial
personality and psychotic character made him feared across the country. After
all was .....
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Steven Spielberg
<view this essay>.... for a forty minute war movie
titled Escape to Nowhere. At the age of sixteen, his 140-minute production,
Firelight, was shown in a local movie theater. In college, his short film,
Amblin was shown at the Atlanta Film Festival and led to the boy genius's
Universal Studios directing contract at the age of twenty.
Spielberg learned his craft doing television work, which included an
episode of the Rod Serling series Night Gallery and the classic cult movie Duel.
His first feature, The Sugarland Express, was released in 1974, and he was soon
offered the chance to direct a thriller about a great white shark terrorizing a
small New England beach town. Jaws cost $ .....
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Charles Goodyear
<view this essay>.... father, building up the family business. On August 24, 1824, while he was still working for his father he married Clarissa Beecher who also lived in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1826 decided to move to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he opened a hardware store where he sold the products that his father made. Four years after opening this store both Amasa and were bankrupt because they would extend credit to customers and the customers would never pay back the money that they owed. Charles’s health started to decline and both father and son owed tens of thousands of dollars. For the next thirty years was thrown in prison over ten times because he didn’t pa .....
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Jim Bridger
<view this essay>.... which became Yellow Stone Park. During the next 20 years Jim trapped
in the west as a partner in fur companies.
In 1843 when fur sales declined he set up a fort in southwest Wyoming as a
way station to supply immigrants on the Oregon trail. In the next 40 years
he married 3 times to American Indian women, none of whom survived with
him. Bridger's vast knowledge of many trails gave him a job as a scout and
he helped the army when fighting the Indians. Bridger strongly opposed the
Mormons and guided United State troops into Utah during a conflict that has
been called the Utah war or Mormon war. In 1865 he guided the powder river
expedition. And al .....
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The Life Of Helen Keller
<view this essay>.... who was deaf and blind. Her case fascinated Anne. She studied up
on the condition of deaf and blindness, and eventually got the job to look
after Helen.
Before Anne came to teach her, Helen didn't know how to communicate
with any one and her parents and family didn't know what to do with her. Mr.
and Mrs. Keller let Helen do what ever she wanted regardless of what it was.
She had an awful temper that could not be controlled by anyone. She would
throw outrageous tantrums because she could not communicate with others
what she wanted.
Anne would not tolerate any of this. After much trial and error she
taught Helen the one handed alphabet which gave her a w .....
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Ignatius Of Antioch
<view this essay>.... martyred for the faith. The last letter was to the faithful of Rome, begging them not to prevent his martyrdom. In the year 107 he was given to the lions in the Coliseum.
In his letters, he dealt deeply with the theology of Christ, with the constitution of the Church and with the Christian life. In all of them he showed his deep wisdom and love of God.
"I am the wheat of God. I must be ground by the teeth of wild beasts to become the pure bread of Christ."
In these words, Ignatius, the third bishop of Antioch, pleaded with his influential friends in Rome not to interfere with his impending martyrdom. Thus on December 20 in the year 107, Ignatius was escorted .....
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Bill Clinton's Affair With Monica Lewinsky
<view this essay>.... the college people in a lot of ways.
Through him we can get different kinds of loans and scholarships, and now
he is trying to pass a bill which will let the people go to college and
keep the money they get from federal grants. That's something the young
kids can look up to, because when they get out of college, they will not
have to worry about paying back a huge amount of money. They can save that
money and get a house or an apartment. They will benefit from it very well.
Secondly, he actually cares about the people and his family. Every
time you see him with his family the Clinton's are always happy, and he is
usually hugging his daughter or wife .....
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