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George Bush
<view this essay>.... Adams and John Quincy Adams were United States Presidents. It also appears as though former President may be able to watch one of his two Governor sons take the presidential oath in the near future. His namesake child, the current governor of Texas, has recently announced his bid for the Republican nomination on the 2000 ballot. However, even if he makes it past the primaries it will take more than a “brand name” to win this election. According to the June 21, 1999 issue of Newsweek 65% of voters they polled still knew nothing or little of George W. Bush.
When looking at a possible future President of the United Sates of America it is not uncommon to sta .....
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Charles Darwin
<view this essay>.... voyages.His papers about his
discoveries, etc were first read for the Plinian Society at that University.
He was more interested in geology than theology though.
The “Beagle” landed on the Galapagos Islands on September 7th.
Darwin collected specimens and other evidence which was later used for his
theory of evolution by natural selection. Charles married Emma Wedgewood,a
cousin in 1839.His first book, Journal of Researches was published in 1839
as well. Charles and Emma live in England until the end of their lives. He
started to write out parts of his theory in 1842-1844 in Vestiges of
Natural Creation.
Darwin had many volumes of Origin of Species publis .....
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Adolf Hitler
<view this essay>.... a total of 10 years in school. From childhood one it was his dream to become an artist or architect. He was not a bad artist, as his surviving paintings and drawings show but he never showed any originality or creative imagination. To fullfil his dream he had moved to Vienna the capital of Austria where the Academy of arts was located. He failed the first time he tried to get admission and in the next year, 1907 he tried again and was very sure of success. To his surprise he failed again. In fact the Dean of the academy was not very impressed with his performance, and gave him a really hard time and said to him "You will never be painter." The rejection .....
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Hubert H. Humphrey
<view this essay>.... Humphrey was Jimmy Carter once said," From time to time our nation is blessed by the presence of men and women who bear the mark of greatness, who help us see a better vision of what we can become. Hubert Humphrey was such a man."
Humphrey begin his road to sucess at the 1948 Democratic national convention. This where he spoke of Truman's Civil Rights proposals. This lead to his election to the U.S. Senate that same year and gave him the reputation as a fire-breathing Midwestern liberal. Humphrey had a good Vice-Presidential term, he was known as the backbone to the Johnson administration. He ran all foreign conflicts etc.. There was two Presidents during .....
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Wrestling With The American Culture
<view this essay>.... until one either is counted down with
there shoulders on the mat for 3 seconds, till they submit, are knocked unconscious,
or are disqualified. The way to get disqualified in most matches is to bring and
weapon to the ring, have out side interference by a team member, or be outside the
ring for more the a ten second count by the ref. To score these victories they use
some moves that are very technical and precise but other moves our punches and
kicks. The wrestlers dress in mostly bright colored and tight clothes that have there
name or “catch phrase” written on it.
Wrestling goes straight to it’s demographic audience when it gets sponsors
like Castrol .....
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John Rocker
<view this essay>.... the words spoken from Atlanta Braves Pitcher in a December issue of Sports Illustrated. Those powerful lines are what people are chatting over. "Should we forgive him, or should we throw him in jail"? Those are only a couple opinions that are swirling around on what Major League Baseball should do. I, in no way agree with what Mr. Rocker is saying, however he is being treated is fair.
In order to fully understand where Mr. Rocker was coming from, we have to go back to the MLB Playoffs. The Cinderella New York Mets take the Braves into extra innings in the 5th game of the National League Playoffs. In comes , bursting with energy to try and shut the Met .....
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John Wayne
<view this essay>.... Director John Ford, who befriended " the Duke",
recommended him for the lead role in Raoul Walsh’s western
epic, The Big Trail. Wayne did not let the stardom go to his
head. He spent the rest of the decade making his way
through a series of low budget films whose failing budgets
and quick shooting schedules did little to advance his career.
In 1939 John Ford gave Wayne another break by
casting him as the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach. The roll threw
Wayne into the top ranks of the movie stars and finally, in
the 1940’s, his legend began to take shape. Relieved from
military duty due to physical problems, Wayne became the
film in .....
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Knute Rockne - Coach And Legend Of Notre Dame
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a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure."
Knute discovered the great game of football at the age of 7. He played
in games against other teams his age. The team he played on was called the
Tricky Tigers. All of the teams were "sandlot" teams. Knute could not get enough
of the sport. He praticed every chance he got. In fact, the other boys thought
him crazy for practicing so much. This obsession almost got him an education.
Knute never made the starting team until he was a senior, so he played on the
scrubs team.
At the same time, Knute tried playing many other sports. His school
attendance slipped and his grades became mediocre .....
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