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Gaius Marius: Savior.. Or Destroyer?
2481 Words - 10 Pages.... poverty of surviving sources during both the year
100 and the brief civil war in 88, and in fact during most of this period,
insight into Marius' day-to-day political activities is difficult. However
this much is certain, his military reforms, such as offering la nd to
veterans and accepting army volunteers from the capita censi, while saving
Rome in the short run, ultimately led to the downfall of the Republic.
Born into an unimpressive equestrian family, Marius found himself
better suited to the life of a warrior than that of a philosopher. He had
little tolerance for the aesthetic, finding more use with the sword than
the pen. He cut his military teeth under Scipio Ae ....
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John Lennon
782 Words - 3 Pages.... two days after Best
was fired.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney shared the credit of songs written by
either one of them. The credit simply read Lennon-McCartney. The two as song
writers were a perfect mix. John had a quick artistic sense and he was easily
excited by new challenges, he projected a sarcastic and rebellious tough-guy
personality, who was actually a vulnerable romantic. While Paul projected the
sweet image and who was underneath an injured, controlling, perfectionist.
By 1964, The Beatles arrived at JFK Airport. They were greeted with
mass hysteria. Two days later, more than 73 million people watched them perform
live on the Ed Sullivan Show. Four weeks l ....
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Ben Carson
557 Words - 3 Pages.... before, but never anything really serious. One day he was outside with his friend. They got into an argument and Ben drew his camping knife on his friend. He thrusted the knife at the boy and his belt buckle. In the same instant as the knife broke Ben ran. He ran into his house and locked himself in the bathroom. He stayed in the bathroom and read his bible until he came to a revelation. Ben realized that his temper would destroy him and vowed to not let it ever control him again. The change in Ben's attitude only led to better thing for him. Later in high school he joined the ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) program. He did so well in ROTC that Ben was offered a f ....
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Billy The Kid
664 Words - 3 Pages.... no match for the much bigger and older blacksmith he drew his gun and shot the blacksmith who died the next day. He was arrested but the escaped and began running from the law, something he did all of his life.
eventually moved to Lincoln County, New Mexico were he began working for J.H. Tunstall. Tunstall was a rich farmland owner who had an ongoing feud with L.G. Murphy and J.J. Dolan over farmland and grazing rights. looked at Tunstall as a father and would do anything for him. But on February 18, 1878, Tunstall was gunned down by a group of deputies who were under the authority of Sheriff William Brady who was a major Murphy and Dolan supporter. swore revenge and ....
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Charles Manson: Orgins Of A Madman
2727 Words - 10 Pages.... her.
She tried to put him into a foster home, but the arrangements fell through.
As a last resort she sent Charles to school in Terre Haute, Indiana. Mrs.
Manson failed to make the payments for the school and once again Charles
was sent back to his mother's abuse. At only fourteen, Manson left his
mother and rented a room for himself. He supported himself with odd jobs
and petty theft. His mother turned him into the juvenile authorities, who
had him sent to "Boys Town," a juvenile detention center, near Omaha,
Nebraska. Charles spent a total of three days in "Boys Town" before
running away. He was arrested in Peoria, Illinois for robbing a grocery
store and was then ....
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Jefferson Davis: Leader Of The Confederacy
1377 Words - 6 Pages.... on June 3, 1808 in Christian county Kentucky. He was
born the 10th and last child of Samuel Emory Davis. When he was growing up
his father wanted him to have every opportunity he could, so against his
wife's wishes he enrolled Davis in a number of private schools. He spent
two years in St. Thomas College in Kentucky. He also attended local schools
near home. He was always a perfect student getting the top grades in all of
his classes until he was 13 and entered Transylvania College. While in
college he studied just enough to pass, and graduated 23 out of 32 in his
class from West Point Military Academy. After his schooling Davis took up
his commission as second lieutenant ....
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Dizzy Gillespie
2858 Words - 11 Pages.... bandleader and politician of mostly the early 40's to mid 50's. This was a time period in Jazz called Bebop, Bop or sometimes known as Rebop. Bebop got its name from the musical language musicians would speak to one another while trying to explain a rhythm. "Bop, Bop, Doba sho ba, Bop, Bop." this was also a common style of singing which was first introduced by Louis Armstrong, called scatting (Kerfeld, 137). This fast tempo music was pioneered by saxophonist Charlie Parker, drummer Max Roach, pianist Thelonious Monk and trumpeter "Dizzy" Gillespie. Gillespie was one of the chief innovators of this new style of music as well as an important figure to all musicians to follo ....
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Byron's Don Juan
795 Words - 3 Pages.... mother moved to Aberdeen, Scotland. His father soon
followed, but it wouldn't be long before he would disappear to France and
end up dying in 1791. It was just as well because his parents never got
along very well.
In Lord Byron's early years he experienced poverty, the ill-temper
of his mother, and the absence of his father. By 1798 he had inherited the
title of 6th Baron Byron and the estate of Newstead Abbey. Once hearing
this news, he and his mother quickly removed to England.
All of Byron's passions developed early. In 1803 he had his first
serious and abortive romance with Mary Chaworth. At the age of15 he fell
platonically but violently in love with a young d ....
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