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Mother Teresa
<view this essay>.... merchant and a partner to an Italian merchant. He owned several houses and was a member of the Skopje town council. Whenever Agnes’ father would return from a trip, he would always bring his children presents. Also, he promoted his daughters’ education, which was uncommon in that time period. Nikola also was involved in an underground organization that worked to gain independence for the Albanians from the Ottoman Turks, who ruled Macedonia around the time Agnes was born. Agnes grew up around much fighting. When she was born, there were Albanian protests against the Turkish government. When she was two, she witnessed the First Balkan War. In that war, the O .....
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Celine Dion
<view this essay>.... perfume is Channel #5, and her favorite colors are black, white and red. Celine collects miniature cups and crystal objects. She also collects shoes, having over 400 pairs! She enjoys snow and water skiing, and roller blading. Her second career choice would be to be a professional model, and her favorite musical instrument is a piano. Celine’s favorite female singers are Natalie Cole, Barbara Streisand, and Ginette Reno, and her favorite male singers are Stevie Wonder and Micheal Jackson. Micheal Jackson even sent her a signed photo stating “To Celine with love.”, (Http://www.celineonline.com/bio1.html.) and the hat he wore in th .....
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The Henchmen: German Government Officials In WWII
<view this essay>.... for trouble and didn't express hatred towards anyone,
mostly because his parents were Libertarians and never paid attention to
the politics in Germany's heartland. In college, Hitler's ideas and
notions had a strong impact on Roehm's personality. Though Roehm never
graduated, he joined the Free Corps, a group of soldiers dedicated to
changing injustices in the German government. After a while, Roehm started
to grow tired of the Free Corp's non- violent style, and he was tempted to
be more of an activist in government reform. Hitler, looking to recruit
fellow officers in his plan, then in it's infancy, liked Roehm's strong
presence and personality. Roeh .....
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Albert Einstein
<view this essay>.... Jewish parents in Ulm, Germany. He disliked school because of the mindless drilling. He much preferred to study at home, especially geometry and books on popular science. At the age of 12, these studies came into conflict with his deep religious feelings when he realized that the Bible could not be true. He blame his lifelong distrust of authority. This no doubt led to the ease with which he was able to discard long-standing scientific prejudices.
Around 1886 went to school in Munich. He also learned how to play the violin from the age 6 to 13, he also had religious education at home where he was taught Judaism. Two years later he entered the Luitpo .....
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Rene Descartes
<view this essay>.... Netherlands, with the intention of following
a military career. In succeeding years Descartes served in other armies, but
his attention had already been attracted to the problems of mathematics and
philosophy to which he was to devote the rest of his life. He made a pilgrimage
to Italy in 1623-24, and spent the years from 1624 to 1628 in France. While in
France, he devoted himself to the study of philosophy and also experimented in
optics. In 1628, having sold his properties in France, he moved to the
Netherlands, where he spent most of the rest of his life. He lived for varying
periods in a number of different cities in the Netherlands, including Amst .....
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Jackie Robinson
<view this essay>.... College (“Robinson, Jackie”). He went
on to University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (1). Jackie was a
standout in school sports at UCLA, he played football, baseball,
basketball, and track (1). He later left college in the middle of his
junior year to join the Army in 1941 (1). Four years after entering the
Army Jackie was discharged because of a confrentation with another officer
when he would not give up his seat on a military bus (1). He was
discharged as a first Lieutenant (1).
After leaving the Army Jackie wanted to play baseball, his
favorite sport. He tried out for many teams and was drafted by the Kansas
City Monarchs Negro Le .....
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Abraham Lincoln 2
<view this essay>.... her single sister to New Salem he had to promise to
marry her. When she arrived he was not to pleased with her because her
skin was full of fat. Around seven months later he asked Mrs. Orville
Browning to marry him but she said no. Lincoln met his wife to be, Mary
Todd, at the grand cotillion in honor of the completion of the new capital
building in 1839. They got engaged and a while later he broke off the
engagement because she was seeing other men. Around a year later in
Springfield on November 4, 1842 Abraham and Mary got married. In 1844,
Abraham and his wife were able to purchase their own house in
Springfield. It was a one-and-a-half s .....
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Richard Nixon
<view this essay>.... and Duke University Law School before beginning the practice of law. In 1940, he married Patricia Ryan; they had two daughters, Patricia (Tricia) and Julie. During World War II, Nixon served as a Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific.
On leaving the service, he was elected to Congress from his California district. In 1950, he won a Senate seat. Two years later, General Eisenhower selected Nixon, age 39, to be his running mate.
As Vice President, Nixon took on major duties in the Eisenhower Administration. Nominated for President by acclamation in 1960, he lost by a narrow margin to John F. Kennedy. In 1968, he again won his party's nomination, and went on .....
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