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Benito Mussolini
<view this essay>.... (The People of Italy) which
later became the origin of the Fascist Movement. In 1916 Mussolini
enlisted in the military. After his promotion to sergeant he was
wounded and in 1917 he returned to his paper.
During the Chaos that Gripped Italy after the war Mussolini’s
influence grew swiftly. Mussolini and other war veterans founded
Fasci di Combattimento in March of 1919. This Nationalistic
antisocialist movement attracted much of the lower middle class and
took its name from the Fasces, an ancient symbol of Roman
discipline. The Fascist movement grew rapidly in the 1920’s,
spreading through the cou .....
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Harper Lee
<view this essay>.... novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. She came into contact with a literary agent, whom she showed some of her manuscripts. One of these manuscripts was a short story, which her agent encouraged her to expand on. She then quit her job with the airlines to turn all of her energy to her writing. This short story expanded into perhaps one of the most popular novels, and screenplays, in the world. The surprise is, she submitted the work for publication in 1957, and it was rejected. She spent the next 2 years in the rewriting and revising the book, which was eventually published in July, 1960.
Later that year, the book that was originally rejected for publication, .....
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Plato And Confucius
<view this essay>.... advantage of the stronger, which to him was the control of the ruling body of the city by being master over the people and punishing any who broke the laws set down by the regime.(Bloom,338e-339a) Plato to believed that education and rearing of the ruler of the city or regime would create a perfect and just man. And he felt that the ruler must be older, while the ruled younger. Age is something that gives his perfect regime more control than one based on wisdom. He
thought that the philosopher should be seen as the father, over the younger people of the city. He also feels that old men are afraid of death, and therefore less likely to risk torment in th .....
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Cicero
<view this essay>.... lay within Rome itself, from the ideal governing body to the place of divination. does not offer any alternate answers to roman society, which robs him of being truly a unique and bold political philosopher. This is not to say however some of his doctrines are untrue, just that he is somewhat blinded by his roman beliefs and assumptions.
The assumptions of can be noticed when one inspects his view of the ideal governing body, which he expresses through Scipio (in the commonwealth). Although presents very convincing arguments for a Composite government, clearly his view is possibly only due towards his belief in the roman structure of government.1 was l .....
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Miles Davis
<view this essay>.... school but also to locate his musical idol, Charlie Parker. He played with Parker live and in recordings from the period of 1945 to 1948. Davis began leading his own group in 1948 as well as working with arranger Gil Evans. Davis’ career was briefly interrupted by a heroin addiction, although he continued to record with other popular bop musicians.
1955 was ’ breakthrough year. His performance of “round midnight” at the Newport Jazz Festival alerted the critics that he was “back”. Davis form a quintet which included Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, and John Coletrain. In 1957 Davis made the first of many solo recordings with the unusual jazz .....
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Rosa Lee Parks
<view this essay>.... twelth grade. She was unable to graduate because of her grandmother’s illness, Rosa Edwards. After her grandmother’s death she decided to return to school, but her mother got sick so she had to stay at home with her mother. Rosa then married Raymond Parks on December 18, 1932. He supported Rosa’s desire to complete her formal educaton ,and in 1934 she recieved her high school diploma.
The whole boycott started when Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus when the bus- driver told her to move so a white customer could sit down. She was arrested and put in jail for sitting in the front of the bus. Four days after, the black people of Montgom .....
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James Cameron
<view this essay>.... When Cameron moved to Orange County he learned that getting a career in movies might not be the easiest job to obtain. He let the hope of becomming someone in the movie business fade and he started studying physics and english at a local university. He later dropped out of both studies because the math in the physics course had been to hard for Cameron to deal with.
got a job as a miniature model maker at the Roger Corman Studios. The Roger Corman Studios were studios that made B-movies. They were fast and cheap productions, and none of the people working there were professionals so Cameron fit right in. He quickly moved up the ranks in the studio, jum .....
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Alexander The Great: A Life With A Meaning Like No Other
<view this essay>.... grew up in a kingdom north of Greece called Macedon. In our days, no such country exists; however, at the time Macedon was a place of extreme importance, ruled by one of most powerful men in the Ancient World. This man was known as Philip of Macedon, and was no other than Alexander's father. Philip of Macedon had a great influence on his son's way of life, and one cannot begin to understand the magnificent achievements of Alexander's short life without understanding the influence and accomplishments of his father. Before Philip's rule, the Greeks held most of the power and influence over Macedon. Therefore, Macedon's power and influence are due almost entire .....
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