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Paul Revere

... of 700 men. Once there they were to destroy supplies and arrest Adams and Hancock for Treason. On the evening of April 18, 1775 Smith assembled his force on the British Common. His orders were secret, but the patriots had learned of them. Revere and William Dawes were sent to warn Adams and Hancock in Lexington and the patriots in Concord. An arrangement was made for a signal to be flashed from the Old North Church in Boston. Two lanterns meant that the British would be coming by water, and one, by land. Revere directed this signal to be se ...

Number of words: 862 | Number of pages: 4

Sagan

... on Life and Death on the Brink of the Millennium. . wrote with a sense of awe, humility and reverence of nature. This book is an expression of 's passions for the things around. The book is so varied in topic that it is difficult at times to find a unifying factor. Nor does the book reach any sort of conclusion as to the direction of man and things around him. In this we can understand the true sadness of 's death, he was a child who was overwhelmed by the beauty of the universe around him and had not the time needed to express all of ...

Number of words: 1681 | Number of pages: 7

The Life And Career Of Babe Ruth

... a saloonkeeper. Babe was incorrigible so he was sent to an orphanage. Babe was educated at Saint Mary's Industrial School. He drank in the orphanage with his friends. In 1913, Babe was playing baseball with kids older than he was. He began his career in 1914 as a left-handed pitcher for Baltimore's team of the International League. Later, in the same year he played for the Providence team and the International League. He then became a member of the Boston Red Sox in the American League. Babe pitched for Boston until the 1919 s ...

Number of words: 506 | Number of pages: 2

The Life And Works Of Samual Clemens

... remained on the river, as apprentice and journyman pilot, until the civil war. For about two weeks Clemens served as a second lieutenant in Confederate Army, but he some how managed to get out because of diasabilities. After his short military career Clemens went back to his brother who had been appointed secretary of the territory of Nevada. Realizing that he had no money Clemens tried his hand in prospecting, which he found was not his cup of tea. He then became a reporter, but he was quickly moved up to editor of the Virginia City, Nev., ...

Number of words: 976 | Number of pages: 4

Biography Of Genghis Khan

... of Mongolian chieftains proclaimed him Genghis Khan. Which meant Universal or invincible prince. This was a bold move for the assembly. They obviously saw some leadership qualities in Genghis that others didn¹t. When Genghis Khan was little, his chieftain father poisoned. With no leader left, the tribe abandoned Genghis and his mother. They were left alone for many years to care for themselves. Throughout these years, his family met many hardships such as shortage of food and shortage of money. Though unable to read, Genghis was a very ...

Number of words: 1029 | Number of pages: 4

Biography Of Ogden Nash

... at the age of 18 (from 1920-1921). Contemporary American Poets stated that Nash then took a job in the editorial and publicity department at the Doubleday and Doran Publishing Company. He worked very hard at this position, moving up the "executive" ladder very quickly. In only 5 years of work, he became a well-known editor around the publishing business. Nash then realized that his name was known all over the publishing companies; and he started to compose works of free verse. Mindscape Complete Reference Library CD stated that 1931 ...

Number of words: 495 | Number of pages: 2

Aristotle

... of slavery is clearly defined. "The instruments of the household form its stock of property : they are animate and inanimate : the slave is an animate instrument, intended (like all the instruments of the household) for action, and not for productions." This distinction between action and production, is based upon the understanding that 'production' is a course in which a result is desired beyond the immediate act of doing. Where as, the simple act of completing a task is identified as 'action'. Aristotle, who believed that life was action ...

Number of words: 1279 | Number of pages: 5

Julius Caesar Biography

... ability may have come from. He came from a family of patricians, descendants of Rome's early rulers, and was fairly wealthy but was still not as well off as some of the other noble families. Between 81 BC and 79 BC, Caesar served in Asia Minor on the personal staff of Marcus Minucius Thermus, the praetor. He was then sent on a mission to King Nicomedes of Bithynia. During the conquest of the island Lesbos, Caesar gained a prize for bravery. Later he was captured by pirates and paid the usual ransom of 25 talents (500 kg) of silver. Wh ...

Number of words: 796 | Number of pages: 3

Edward Vii

... and beliefs have almost no influence on Saki's writings. is born in London in 1841, at Buckingham Palace. He is the first of three sons born to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Edward belongs to the royal family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and is the first member of the royal family to tour the USA ( Ross, 15). When his father died in 1861, Queen Victoria, Edward's mother, blamed him for the death. Edward then has his seat in the House of Lords as the Duke of Cornwall (www.spartacus.com). In 1863, Edward married Princess Alexandra of Denmark ...

Number of words: 973 | Number of pages: 4

Don Pepe Figueres

... U.S. policy makers during his terms as president. Despite the praise and admiration that Figueres enjoyed, a much darker side to his administration as well as an unmistakable duality in his dealings with the U.S. and democracy itself is seen in his political history. Following a time of democracy in Costa Rica, in the early 40’s, then president Rafael Calderon allied himself with the Costa Rican communist party, Vanguardia Popular as well as the Nicaraguan dictator Somoza. Figueres would then give a radio speech disdaining Calderon and ...

Number of words: 1377 | Number of pages: 6

Ludwig Van Beethoven

... By the time he returned to Vienna in 1792, Mozart too was dead. Meanwhile, Beethoven's career as a pianist made a promising start. Other compositions from the 1790's include piano sonatas, cello sonatas and violin sonatas. The two forms that were to have special significance for Beethoven were still to come: he completed his first symphony in 1800 and his first set of string quartets in 1801. Beethoven was Vienna's first successful freelance musician: he never again held a court position after leaving Bonn. Instead he had wealthy aristocrat ...

Number of words: 524 | Number of pages: 2

Edgar Allen Poe

... He was born in Boston on January 19, 1809, his parents, regular members of Federal street theater, named him Edgar Poe. Shortly before his mother's death in Richmond, Virginia on December 8, 1811, his father abandoned the family. John Allen, a wealthy tobacco merchant in Richmond, brought Poe into the family (at his wife's request), and gave him the middle name Allen as a baptismal name, though he never formally adopted him. Even though Allen´s treatment toward Poe is not exactly known, we know that Allen never treated Poe with sens ...

Number of words: 1970 | Number of pages: 8

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