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Ty Cobb
<view this essay>.... stubborn and hated men. The Georgia Peach,
so-called, was a creature of extremes. Ty Cobb is, by bald statistics,
measurably the greatest hitter ever; he was, by the reckoning of virtually
everyone who met him, personally the most despicable human being ever to grace
the National Pastime (Deford 56). Cobb's playing career, with the Detroit Tigers
and the Philadelphia Athletics, was arguably the best anyone ever had. He won
twelve batting titles in thirteen years, including a record nine in a row. He
also holds the records for the most runs scored with 2,245 and the highest
lifetime batting average at .367, a number nearly unreachable even in just one
season b .....
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Charles Manson: Orgins Of A Madman
<view this essay>.... He soon
abandoned the both of them.
Manson's mother often neglected Charles after her husband left her.
She tried to put him into a foster home, but the arrangements fell through.
As a last resort she sent Charles to school in Terre Haute, Indiana. Mrs.
Manson failed to make the payments for the school and once again Charles
was sent back to his mother's abuse. At only fourteen, Manson left his
mother and rented a room for himself. He supported himself with odd jobs
and petty theft. His mother turned him into the juvenile authorities, who
had him sent to "Boys Town," a juvenile detention center, near Omaha,
Nebraska. Charles spent a total of three days .....
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King Henry Viiii
<view this essay>.... the first 20 years of his reign he left the shaping of policies
largely in the hands of his great counselor, Cardinal Wolsey (See Wolsey,
Cardinal). By 1527 Henry had made up his mind to get rid of his wife. The
only one of Catherine's six children who survived infancy was a sickly
girl, the Princess Mary, and it was doubtful whether a woman could succeed
to the English throne. Then too, Henry had fallen in love with a lady of
the court, Anne Boleyn.
When the pope (Clement VII) would not annul his marriage, Henry turned
against Wolsey, deprived him of his office of chancellor, and had him
arrested on a charge of treason. He then obtained a divorce th .....
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Jean Sartre
<view this essay>.... captured by the Germans, and was later released. After his return to France he taught in Neuilly, and Paris. He became fond of and later joined the French Resistance. There he developed his major philosophic work " Being and Nothingness (1943)" In 1945 he gave up teaching and founded the political and literary magazine Les Temps Modernes. He was very profound in his struggle against Socialism. Later he supported Soviet positions but criticized their policies. In the 1950’s he wrote many pieces of literature on political problems. In 1964 Sartre won the Nobel Prize in literature, saying that he refuses to compromise his integrity as a writer, he ref .....
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Marco Polo
<view this essay>.... about the personal life of . It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family of merchants. He also lived during a propitious time in world history, when the height of Venice's influence as a city-state coincided with the greatest extent of Mongol conquest of Asia(Li Man Kin 9). Ruled by Kublai Khan, the Mongol Empire stretched all the way from China to Russia and the Levant. The Mongol hordes also threatened other parts of Europe, particularly Poland and Hungary, inspiring fear everywhere by their bloodthirsty advances. Yet the ruthless methods brought a measure of stability to the lands they controlled, opening up trade routes such as the famous .....
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The World View Of Bertrand Russell
<view this essay>.... Copleston adds that one should look for the existence of God and saying not to is dogmatic (129). Copleston then questions Russell's view of the universe. Bertrand Russell answers that "The word "universe" is a handy word in some connections, but I don't think it stands for anything that has meaning (129)." He then goes on to state that "The universe is just there, and that is all (131)."
In another debate with F. C. Copleston, Bertrand Russell is questioned on the subject of morals. Russell believes to understand if a man's morals are to be a sign of believing in God that must be proven (138). He believes that distinguishing between good and bad are like .....
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Saddam Hussein
<view this essay>.... government policies in agriculture, and improving education and the status of women. Hussein first began a successful development program of Iraq’s huge petroleum resources. However, this development and economic and social advances were at risk when Iraq went to war with Iran from 1980 to 1988. Hussein started this war to control Arab-inhabited areas and especially for oil resources. Hussein is also known as a ruthless leader who used chemical weapons on Kurdish people seeking freedom in the 1980’s. In August, 1990, Hussein invaded and annexed Kuwait for violating oil production laws set by the Organization of Petroleum Exports Countries(OPEC). (Kuwait .....
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Mozart
<view this essay>.... in front of aristocrats until he moved to Vienna in 1782 and wed Constaze Weber (The Symphony pg.2). Although he would only live for nine more years spending the last two with an ill wife and in poverty some of his greatest works would come through the symphonies he composed during this time. He had a glorious childhood career that would eventually as he got older fizzle, as the public would grow tired of him. From there on he would live in poverty until he died in Vienna. Wolfgang would write nearly a thousand works in his lifetime, with the significant ones to include over fifty symphonies, twenty seven piano concertos, and seven of the greatest o .....
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