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Biography Of Arthur Clarke
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then later went to King's College in London, where he made honors in Math and
in Physics in 1948.
After Arthur had finished college, he became a member of the Royal Air
Force.Then later he became the assistant editor of Science Abstracts, a science
magazine. After quitting his job as the assistant editor, he decided to become a
full-time science fiction author.
Arthur has never been married, and still, to this day, is a bachelor.
Clarke is a very successful writer. In fact, he is considered to be one
of the most successful science fiction authors ever! He has written many books,
including: Hammer of god; 2001, a space Odyssey; Prelude to Space; The .....
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Drew Barrymore
<view this essay>.... pushed Barrymore to stardom and was now known as a "Child Star". Throughout the 80’s she worked steadily, appearing in more films and T.V movies.
This young star grew up in a very tough Hollywood lifestyle. She attended many late night parties, publicity events, and clubs. She also was known as "E.T.’s pal, Gertie, parties ‘till 3." Soon Drew started smoking, sneaking sips of her older friends’ drinks, and experimenting with drugs. As her drug use and drinking grew more addicting, she could hardly hide it from the outside world. Drew first started using cocaine when she was 13 years old, at the time she didn’t think she would become addic .....
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Crazy Horse
<view this essay>.... that the American government was forced totake the land from these savage Indians. We should put the blamewhere it belongs, on the U.S. Government who lied, cheated, andstole from the Oglala forcing , the great war chief,and many other leaders to surrender their nation in order to savethe lives of their people. In the nineteenth century the most dominant nation in thewestern plains was the Sioux Nation. This nation was divided intoseven tribes: Oglala's, Brule', Minneconjou, Hunkpapa, No Bow,Two Kettle, and the Blackfoot. Of these tribes they had differentband. The Hunkpatila was one band of the Oglala's . One of the greatest war chiefs of all times came .....
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Frederick Douglass
<view this essay>.... possible reference to Christianity proper; for, between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference-so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked." Frederick has absolutely no hatred toward the religion itself, all his hatred came from slavery. He goes on to say "I love the pure, peaceful, and impartial Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land. Indeed I can see no reason, but the most deceitful one, for calling the .....
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Chronicle - Life And Times Of Sula And Nel
<view this essay>.... effect on Nel’s life. In many ways the trip made her realize her selfness and look at things around her in a different light, eventually sowing the seeds that initiated the friendship between herself and Sula. The two girls met each other at Garfield Primary School after knowing each other at a distance for over five years. Nel’s mother had told her that she could not interact with Sula because of Sula’s mother sooty ways. The intense and sudden friendship between them which was to last many years was originally cultivated my Nel. The period in history and the mentality of the people in their immediate surroundings played an impressive .....
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Elizabeth Blackwell
<view this essay>.... to Elizabeth's mom. Her parents wanted a big family but almost every time her mom gave birth she would lose the baby. This made made Elizabeth sad. Elizabeth was determined that when she grew up she would become a doctor, so that she could help babies and children to stay healthy. She was going to study and work hard to reach her goal.
Elizabeth studied very hard. She read every book in her house and was the teacher's best pupil. She never got bored of learning or trying new things; and years later she became a medical student. All the young men teased her in her class, but she learned to deal with it.
For a long time the Blackwell's ran .....
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Anna Knight
<view this essay>.... poor, but through working together, they were able to build a home and a farm on the land they had bought and make the land prosper.
Life in those days way very hard. When slavery ended, blacks were heavily discriminated against were not normally formally educated. This was also the case for . She did not go to school as a child, and was not taught to read or write. However, through playing with the young white children in her neighborhood, she was able to convince them to teach her to read and write. She learned to write by copying words in the sand. Like a good neighbor, Anna taught the children younger than her the things she had learned. In this wa .....
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Harriet Tubman
<view this essay>.... Canada would be like, that shows she wanted to be free. In the couples of houses she stopped to get food and to get warm, I believe the persons that owned the houses agreed that they should be free, but they were too afraid to make a move. At the start of the story they were searching for Moses who they thought it was a man, which it was not it was , who wanted to run off slaves. The slaves at the story were patience. Harriet had promised them food, and shelter, when they got to the first stop in the farmhouse the man said they were a lot of slaves and that it was not safe, because the farmhouse had been searched a week ago before they arrived there, so the .....
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