|
» Biographies Essays and Papers
Bill Clinton And His Many Problems
<view this essay>.... the
president, when he was governor in Arkansore, came to a hotel where she was
a waitress or something like that. He should then have asked her to come to
his room later that day. When she arrived he tried to force her to have sex
with him. He should also have showed her his thing. She turned him down and
he gave up and said that she should forget all about this. That is what she
has told, we are still waiting to hear Bill Clinton's statement. Another
big problem to Bill is that he has been unable to fulfil those very big
promises he gave during his election campaign in 1992. That has given his
credibility and the polls a big push down. One of his promises wa .....
Number of words: 567 | Number of pages: 3 |
|
Ray Charles Robinson
<view this essay>.... and organ, though his preferred
instrument is still the piano.
When Charles was 15, his mother died from food poisoning. He decided to
become a musician soon afterwards and he set out on his own. He played with
various band throughout Florida until he was seventeen. He then wanted to
get as far away as possible from Tampa and also stay in the United States,
so he bought a bus ticket to Seattle and left. Eventually Charles dropped
his surname.
There he entered a contest and was given a job at a nearby Elks club.
After a numerous amount of months, a record producer noticed him and
Charles had his first album: "Confession Blues." Afterward Charles went .....
Number of words: 528 | Number of pages: 2 |
|
Stalin
<view this essay>.... Wether it was diplomatic plotting, economic maneuvering, or just plain brute force, used every tool in his vast arsenal. The following are some of the more important decisions and methods that employed. was forced to consolidate his power through harsh means to better rule the Soviet Union. He ordered the five year plans to industrialize the nation and ordered one of the largest military build up plans ever. attempted many times to reach a diplomatic solution and ways to delay war with the Axis powers while at the same time trying to guarantee security from the West.
wanted nothing less than to rule the Soviet Union and make her the greatest country .....
Number of words: 3008 | Number of pages: 11 |
|
Elie Wiesel
<view this essay>.... He became an American citizen almost by accident. After being in New York City on an assignment, he was hit by a taxi, and confined to a wheelchair for a year. A friend convinced him to apply for U.S. citizenship, and he eventually decided to remain in America. Elie has written more than thirty-five books, including Night, The Accident, A Beggar in Jerusalem, The Forgotten and From the Kingdom of Memory. His wife, Marion, has translated most of his books into English. His books have won numerous awards, including the Prix Medicis for A Beggar in Jerusalem, the Prix Livre Inter for The Testament and the Grand Prize for Literature from the City of Paris for T .....
Number of words: 448 | Number of pages: 2 |
|
Twain
<view this essay>.... were destined to figure in many of Clemens's books, (Wister xxv).
Clemens grew up in a strong lower class family. His father was a good, but unsuccessful lawyer. His mother was a proper church-going southern woman, who was kind and compassionate to others, (Anderson 5). Both of his parents would inspire Clemens¹s writings. Significantly so when his father died, around when he was 12. It was then that Clemens decided to leave his small river town and his ailing scholastic career, and head of by himself.
Clemens soon become a printer's apprentice. Interesting enough, it was working around the printing press that helped push Clemens into publishing .....
Number of words: 1402 | Number of pages: 6 |
|
Nationalism And Patriotism
<view this essay>.... much different person. Most men and women identify themselves with the country of their birth. They have the sense of belonging to that country and supporting its principles and institutions. At the same time, immigrants from other lands frequently learn to feel patriotism or appreciation for their adopted country far beyond that of the average citizen who has always lived in that country. This love of one's adopted country is especially true of persons who have fled from the restrictions and controls of a dictatorship to a free or democratic country. These citizens are often willing to make unusual sacrifices for their new homeland.
The first thing that .....
Number of words: 743 | Number of pages: 3 |
|
The Biography Of Ernest Hemingway
<view this essay>.... that caused the army to reject his repeated efforts to enlist in WWI. Boxing also gave Hemingway a lasting enthusiasm for prize fighting, material for stories, and a tendency to talk of his literary accomplishments later in boxing terms.
He edited the high school newspaper, twice ran away from home, and on graduating from high school, Hemingway headed for Kansas City Star, a national newspaper, where he added a year to his age and was hired as a reporter. (For that reason Hemingway’s birth date is often given as 1898 rather than the correct 1899.)
Hemingway joined a volunteer American Red Cross ambulance unit as a driver. He was so seriously wounded at Fossalta .....
Number of words: 744 | Number of pages: 3 |
|
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream For America
<view this essay>.... He is showing great moral character by doing this. However, King points out the Blacks are still not free. This country is still segregated and the Afro-Americans are being discriminated against. Rev. King is appealing to the people's emotions and is showing his reason for the argument. He wants everyone to know this is why they are all coming together; they need to let the people of the United States know what is still going on.
In the third paragraph, he is using personification. He declares, “We have come to our nation's Capital to cash a check” (King, 1996, p. 358). A Capital is not a bank and therefore it cannot cash a check. Rev. King is compa .....
Number of words: 915 | Number of pages: 4 |
|
|