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Niels Bohr
<view this essay>.... He became the director of the university's Institute for Theoretical Physics in 1920, to which he attracted many world-renowned physicist. In 1922, he won the Nobel Prize for his work on the atomic structure. When he visited the United States in 1939, he brought the knowledge that the German scientists were successful in splitting the uranium atom. In the winter of 1939, Bohr worked at Princeton University, were he developed the theory of atomic fission that led to the first atomic bomb, and then returned to Denmark in 1940. In 1943, he was still in Copenhagen when the Nazis occupied his country. He left Copenhagen, because of his Jewish background, and w .....
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The Life And Rule Of Cleopatra
<view this essay>.... brother Ptomely XIII took over the thrown.
Cleopatra became queen when she was around the ages of 17 or 18.She
really was not all that pretty even though today we make her out to seem
really beautiful. She was pictured on ancient coins with a long hooked
nose and very masculine features, but still she was a very seductive woman.
Cleopatra had an enchantingly beautiful voice and exuded charisma and also
quite intelligent. She spoke nine different languages, the first Plotemy
pharaoh to actually speak Egyptian, and was also a very shrewd politican.
Going along with the Egyptian tradition she married her brother and co-
ruler, Ptolemy XIII, who was only .....
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Pete Rose And The Hall Of Fame
<view this essay>.... of baseball fame. The players listed are remembered forever. This brings me to my argument. Pete Rose should be allowed induction into the Hall of Fame.
Now, most of the baseball critics and brass do not want Pete Rose inducted. They claim that his illegal betting on baseball games should keep him out of the Hall of Fame. Almost all of the "highly questionable" evidence that Commissioner Bart Giamatti held was derived from former friends and associates of Rose. "Up to $30,000 per day", so some of Roses' "close" friends say. These former friends of Rose are Tommy Gioiosa, Donald Stenger, Mike Fry, and Paul Janszen. This evidence is what prompted the banishm .....
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
<view this essay>.... nomination
and was consequently awarded the post of assistant secretary of the navy.
In the summer of 1921 he was stricken with poliomyelitis. Although his
family's wealth allowed him to have a respectable retirement, the recovery
was slow and he lost the use of his legs permanently. In 1928 Roosevelt
was persuaded to run for New York governor by, then governor and Democratic
nominee for president. He won that election and in 1932 he won the party's
presidential nomination. Despite his opponents claiming that he was
physically and mentally unfit for the presidency, he flew to Chicago and
pledged to the people at the Democratic National Conventio .....
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Biography Of William Shakespeare
<view this essay>.... of a local farmer, she
was related to a family of considerable wealth and social standing. Mary
Arden and John Shakespeare were married in 1557.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in 1564. He was one of
eight children. The Shakespeare's were well respected prominent people.
When William Shakespeare was about seven years old, he probably began
attending the Stratford Grammar School with other boys of his social class.
Students went to school year round attending school for nine hours a day.
The teachers were strict disciplinarians.
Though Shakespeare spent long hours at school, his boyhood was
probably fascinating. Stratford was a lively tow .....
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
<view this essay>.... politics in 1910. During 1913 to 1920, he was the assistant secretary of the US Navy. In 1920, FDR was the vice-president candidate with James M. Cox. In 1921, he was diagnosed with polio. After recovering, he got back into law and became the vice president of Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland. He took over the NY branch where it was the most important handling of bonds for public officials. FDR became NY governor in 1929 with the help of his friend Alfred E. Smith.
In 1932, FDR was the leading Democratic candidate with James Nance Garner beside him. FDR won only losing six out of 48. (New England- Republicans) His inauguration day was March .....
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Jane Erye
<view this essay>.... is this beggars actually, four of them in front of the church who knew everything in the town. They were students of expressions of young as they went into confession. When they got into the house of the doctor Kino hesitated a moment because this doctor was not of his people. The gate was closed a little and the servant refused to speak in the old language. They never got to speak to the doctor with Kino’s anger. He struck the gate a crushing blow with his fist.
Kino own a canoe which was owned by his Grandpa and give it to his father and passed to Kino it was the one thing of value he owned in the world. Kino found a pearl a silvery pearl he seemed to saw .....
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Lee Iacocca
<view this essay>.... for his heritage. An his senior year in high school Lee came down
with rheumatic fever. He had a harsh bout with the disease because there was no
modern medicine to aid in the recovery. In 1941 during the World War he was
very excited about joining the military. Ironically, the illness that had almost
killed him, saved him from going to war. Most of his classmates that joined the
service had been killed over-seas and abroad. For college Lee chose Lehigh
University for its engineering program, although he wanted to go to Purdue, he
did not get a scholarship. Lehigh University was one of the sights that Ford
Motor Company used to recruit new employe .....
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