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W.E.B Du Bois

... Edward Bughardt Du Bois was born three years following the Civil War, on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. His paternal side was French, settling in America in 1674 and, the Burghardts', his maternal side, were descendants of slaves who fought in the Civil War. William' father died when he was a child and was reared by his mother, and judgmental aunts. Massachusetts was predominately white and so were Du Bois friends. As William grew he realized some people thought that his black skin was a disadvantage. ...

Number of words: 1007 | Number of pages: 4

Yamamoto

... an honorable and ancient one in the history of Japan. One such figure was Tatekawa , who fought against the Emperor, and his forces at the Battle of Watkamatsu, during the Bosshin War. Since he was one of the leaders of the rebellion, when he was captured, he was beheaded at Watkamatsu. Since Tatekawa had no sons, Isoroku was also the future of the clan. Not uncommon in Japan was the fact that men got married for the purpose of producing sons to keep the family name alive. This is exactly what Isoroku did. In 1918, he got ...

Number of words: 1920 | Number of pages: 7

Colonel Oleg Vladmirovich Penkovsky

... officer turn on his own country and spy for the west? What were the motives to keep him doing such a thing? To try to answer these various and complex inquiries one must start at the beginning. Oleg Penkovsky was born in a small town on the 23rd of April in 1919. By 1939 he had graduated from a Soviet military school and had been part of a group called Komosomol, meaning "young communists." He also went to war serving as a unit commander of an artillery unit. Penkovsky was decorated four times during his 1939-1940 tour of duty. Aft ...

Number of words: 2824 | Number of pages: 11

King Of Babylonia: Hammurabi

... canals, and fighting wars. Yet later in his rule, Hammurabi organized a unique code of laws, the first of its kind, therefore making himself one of the world's most influential leaders. Hammurabi was primarily influential to the world because of his code of laws. This code consisted of 282 provisions, systematically arranged under a variety of subjects. He sorted his laws into groups such as family, labor, personal property, real estate, trade, and business. This was the first time in history that any laws had been categorized into various ...

Number of words: 562 | Number of pages: 3

Rick Pitino

... into the NBA and what he is even prouder of is the fact that he sent them prepared into the game of life. To identify just four ideas is impossible, being that the book itself is based on what he calls the ten steps to overachieving in business and in life. The ten steps are: 1) Build your self- esteem 2) Set demanding goals 3) Always be positive 4) Establish good habits 5) Master the at of communicating 6) Learn from good role models 7) Thrive on pressure 8) Be ferociously persistent 9) Learn from adversity 10) Survive your own succe ...

Number of words: 1837 | Number of pages: 7

John Rocker

... hell did they get in this country?" These were the words spoken from Atlanta Braves Pitcher in a December issue of Sports Illustrated. Those powerful lines are what people are chatting over. "Should we forgive him, or should we throw him in jail"? Those are only a couple opinions that are swirling around on what Major League Baseball should do. I, in no way agree with what Mr. Rocker is saying, however he is being treated is fair. In order to fully understand where Mr. Rocker was coming from, we have to go back to the MLB Playoffs. ...

Number of words: 764 | Number of pages: 3

Milton Friedman

... of 'professor of economics'. Thirty years later, in 1976, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics, "for his achievements in the field of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilisation policy." Through his life, Friedman has published many books, articles in newspapers and periodicals. He has also appeared on radio and television in countless interviews. Friedman is strictly a monetarist. This means that he believed that inflation was a direct result of growth in the supp ...

Number of words: 774 | Number of pages: 3

Hitler

... were building blocks for the structure he wanted to build. He attacked countries that contained Jews and marched them to concentration camps in order to make them suffer. Some Jews went into hiding so they could survive. They had to hope that they wouldn't have their passages discovered and be marched away to a dreaded extermination camp when they knew that it only meant death. did horrible things to Jewish people because he was inferior and hungry for power. had Jews killed because they believed in the Jewish religion, and he, on the ...

Number of words: 417 | Number of pages: 2

F. Scott Fitzgerald

... difficulties, troubled by lost love, and frustrated by is lack of inspiration. Fitzgerald was the son of well-to-do Midwestern parents. He was a talented child with an early interest in writing plays and poetry. As a young man, he emulated the rich, youthful and beautiful, a social group with whom he maintained a lifelong love-hate relationship(_______). His first stories appeared in Princeton University’s literary magazine, which was edited by his friend and fellow student Edmund Wilson whom Fitzgerald considered his intellec ...

Number of words: 1425 | Number of pages: 6

Galileo

... and his sources] Galileo was one of the first to say that the Earth rotates around the sun, not the sun around the Earth. He did make several speeches about his discoveries which some people said were not true so they got frustrated with his theory. The Roman Catholic Church, led by Maffeo Barberinic, the Pope at the time had him state in a speech that his theory was wrong and that he was sorry that he had mislead the people, but shortly after his speech it was said that he was over heard muttering "nevertheless it moves." ...

Number of words: 561 | Number of pages: 3

Gailileo 3

... Pisa, in 1592 Galileo was appointed professor of mathematics at the university of Padua (the university of the Republic of Venice). There his duties were mainly to teach Euclids geometry in order to make use of astrology in their medical practice. However, Galileo apparently discussed more unconventional forms of astronomy and natural philosophy in a public lecture he gave in connection with the appearance of a New Star (now known as "Kepler's supernova") in 1604. In a personal letter written to Kepler (1571 - 163 ...

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P. T. Barnum

... father, Philo Barnum, dabbled in several trades. His father owned his own dry goods store. Barnum's mom, Irena Taylor, was a housewife. The family was moderately well off. Barnum, as a child was influenced by a strict Protestant work ethic. He fallowed a type of Christianity called Congregationalism. Congregationalism was strict about working, learning and keeping yourself busy. Fun was a scarce commodity. About the only fun the church ever had were lotteries, but even those were rare. Also the town liked one-upping each other with outr ...

Number of words: 1948 | Number of pages: 8

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