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Pitikwahanapiwiyin (poundmaker)
753 Words - 3 Pages.... Pitikwahanapiwiyin to replace one of his own sons who had been killed in battle.
In August 1876 Pitikwahanapiwiyin, as headman of one of the River People bands, was influential enough to speak at the Treaty No. Six negotiations held at Fort Carlton. Pitikwahanapiwiyin emerged as one of the spokespersons for a group critical of the treaty. Though Treaty No. Six was amended to include a 'famine clause,' Pitikwahanapiwiyin continued to express concerns and agreed to sign the treaty on 23 August only because the majority of his band favored it.
In the autumn of 1879, Pitikwahanapiwiyin, now chief, accepted a reserve and settled with 182 followers on 30 square miles along ....
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Edgar Allan Poe
1466 Words - 6 Pages.... was from a Baltimore family. He was an actor by profession
and a heavy drinker. Soon after Edgar Allan Poe was born, he left his
family. Poe's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a widow at the age of
eighteen. Two years after his birth, she died of tuberculosis
(Asselineau 409). When his mother died, Poe was adopted by John Allan
(Perry XI) at the urging of Mr. Allan's wife. In 1815, John Allan
moved his family to England. While there, Poe was sent to private
schools (Asselineau 410).
In the spring of 1826, Poe entered the University of
Virginia. There he studied Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin. He
had an excellent scholastic record. ....
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Isaac Newton
690 Words - 3 Pages.... had to be drug out of school
to help with the farm. Farmwork was not for him though. He couldn't do
chores very well. When an idea that got in his head, that's all he cared
about. One time his mother sent him out in a storm, to close the barn
doors so they would not be torn off. His mother came looking for him, half
an hour later, to see what was taking him so long. She looked at the barn,
and saw the doors were blown right off the hinges. She found Isaac jumping,
again and again, from an open window. He would measure the length of the
jump, and measure the force of the wind.
Soon she realized that Newton was not cut out for farmwork, and
sent him back to King's Sc ....
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Madonna
1384 Words - 6 Pages.... Gustafson, the family’s housekeeper, three years after his wife’s death. The child resented her father’s betrayal and wouldn’t accept her step-mother authority.
While going through tough times, Ms Ciccone developed a passion for the arts. acted in high school productions, but ultimately dance became her interest in her childhood life. In addition to being a cheerleader, took up ballet classes while attending Rochester Adams High School. She found a mentor in dance instructor Christopher Flynn, who introduced her to the world of spunkiness and sophistication at Detroit gay clubs. ’s wild sexuality made her fly sky high! She went on dates with guys, had her fi ....
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R. L. Stine: It Came From Ohio! My Life As A Writer
355 Words - 2 Pages.... got into high school, he became
a magazine writer and he wrote three more magazines. One of them was
called Eloquent Insanity, another one was titled Uproarious Utopia, the
last one was named Stories and Gags.
R.L. Stine got a scholarship to Ohio State University -- only two
blocks from his home. He joined the Sundial as a writer, and later applied
to be the editor and got the job. When he made up Jovial Bob (a way to
introduce himself and humor to the readers) to help The Sundial because
people weren't buying the paper; which they did once they met “Bob”.
Jane became his girlfriend after meeting her at a party in Brooklyn
and became his wife on June 22, 1969. The ....
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Franz Kafka
1592 Words - 6 Pages.... that he greatly disliked his own cultural status, and even his family. Even though, this man was one accompanied by great wisdom, which was shown in the writing of Metamorphosis. Kafka was a political genius who showed all his political beliefs through his one great work, Metamorphosis. All of the experiences in Kafka’s life are portrayed through Gregor, a person who wished he was dead at the end of Kafka’s words.
Distant from the poor, meager, and mostly un-vivacious reality of life and it’s hardships stands one man, Gregor, a provider of financial resources for his family. Such a young man is making his way in society, and the world in general. Through Gregor ....
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James Clerk Maxwell
1673 Words - 7 Pages.... to study at the University of Cambridge in 1850, graduating with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1854. He became a professor of natural philosophy at Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1856. Then in 1860 he moved to London to become a professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at King's College. On the death of his father in 1865, Maxwell returned to his family home in Scotland and devoted himself to research. In 1871 he moved to Cambridge, where he became the first professor of experimental physics and set up the Cavendish Laboratory, which opened in 1874. Maxwell continued in this position until 1879, when illness forced him to resign. Maxwell had many theories.
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Rick Pitino
1837 Words - 7 Pages.... 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 success
Building your self-esteem is the first step to achieving. The first part that you must remember is that you are in control. You are the one that will be deciding how good you are, or if you deserve to win. He talks about one of the first players that he coached in college and ho ....
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