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Karl Marx
<view this essay>.... where several
teachers and pupils were under suspicion of harboring liberal ideals. Marx
himself seemed to be a devoted Christian with a "longing for self-sacrifice
on behalf of humanity." In October of 1835, he started attendance at the
University of Bonn, enrolling in non-socialistic-related classes like Greek
and Roman mythology and the history of art. During this time, he spent a
day in jail for being "drunk and disorderly-the only imprisonment he
suffered" in the course of his life. The student culture at Bonn included,
as a major part, being politically rebellious and Marx was involved,
presiding over the Tavern Club and joining a club for poets .....
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The Political Career Of Richard Nixon
<view this essay>.... 1942 he took a job with
the Office of Price Administration. Two months later he applied for a Navy
commission, and in September 1942 he was commissioned a lieutenant, junior grade.
During much of the war he served as an operations officer with the South Pacific
Combat Air Transport Command, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander.
After the war Nixon returned to the United States, where he was assigned
to work on Navy contracts while awaiting discharge. He was working in Baltimore,
Maryland, when he received a telephone call that changed his life. A Republican
citizen's committee in Whittier was considering Nixon as a candidate for
Congress in the 12th C .....
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Malcolm X
<view this essay>.... underworld of drugs, prostitution, and confidence games.
In prison for burglary from 1946 to 1952, he read widely and was
converted to the teachings of Elijah MUHAMMAD. On his release, he embraced
the BLACK MUSLIM movement and changed his name to Malcolm X. Following his
initial training, Malcolm became the leading spokesman for the Black
Muslims to the outside world.
An ideological split developed between Malcolm and the more
conservative Elijah Muhammad, and in 1963 Malcolm was suspended as a
minister of the Black Muslims. After a pilgrimage to Mecca, he announced
(1964) that he had become an orthodox Muslim and founded the rival
Organization .....
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Genghis Khan
<view this essay>.... He was born to his mother, Hoelun, and his father, Yesugei, who was the chief of a small Mongolian tribe. Genghis was originally given the name of Temujin, after a leader of another tribe who was defeated by his father. However, when Temujin was still young his father was poisoned by members of an enemy tribe and died. Temujin inherited his father’s position, but the rest of his tribe did not accept their new leader and abandoned a teenaged Temujin and his family. For a short time the family lived in poverty, owning only a few sheep and other livestock and digging up roots for food. Temujin, however, managed to somehow preserve a considerable fund of pres .....
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Biography Of Frank Zappa
<view this essay>.... the extra drummer that got fired from the group for playing so badly. His next year he formed his own group called The Blackouts which was named after some members drinking Peppermint Schnapps and going wierd. Carl (his brother) sold Frank his first guitar for $1.50 that he got from an auction. From there Frank concentrated on guitar solo records so he bought lots of records like Howlin' Wolf with Hubert Sumlin and Muddy Waters. On June 13th, 1958 Frank graduated from high school, but the thing was that when he graduated he left with 20 units less than the rest of the students. They let him graduate because the teachers said they didn't want to see him there ne .....
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On J.J. Thompson
<view this essay>.... were waves traveling in a hypothetical invisible fluid called the ether (similar to the quintessence of Aristotle). At that time, many physicists thought that this ether was needed to carry light waves through apparently empty space. Maybe cathode rays were similar to light waves? Another possibility was that cathode rays were some kind of material particle. Yet many physicists, including J.J. Thomson, thought that all material particles themselves might be some kind of structure built out of ether, so these views were not so far apart.
Experiments were needed to resolve the uncertainties. When physicists moved a magnet near the glass, they found they co .....
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Ida B. Wells
<view this essay>.... to learn a lot about lynching. She was fueled by her natural drive to search for the truth.
Wells was born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Her father, James Wells, was a carpenter and her mother was a cook. After the Civil War her parents became politically active. Her father was known as “race” man, a term given to African Americans involved in the leadership of the community. He was a local businessman, a mason, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Shaw University. Both parents provided Ida with strong role models. They worked hard and held places of respect in the community as forward-looking people. James and Elizab .....
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Marie Curie: A Pioneering Physicist
<view this essay>.... parents were. Manya's mother was a headmistress of a
girls' school. The Russians insisted that Polish schools teach the Russian
language and Russian history. The Poles had to teach their children their own
language and history in secrecy.
Manya enjoyed learning but her childhood was always overshadowed by
depression. At the young age of six, her father lost his job and her family
became very poor. In the same year of 1873, her mother died of tuberculosis.
As if that wasn't enough tragedy for the family already, two of her sisters died
of typhus as well. Her oldest sister, Bronya, had to leave school early to take
care of the family. Despite all .....
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