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Bill Gates
1294 Words - 5 Pages.... somewhere before but you are
on holiday so it is either this or the guide book).
The third type of book is a rare breed indeed. This is the book you read and
then read and then read some more. It is the type of book that you miss things
for. If you like computers and want to know more about them, about the history,
and about the most important figure in this industry, then this is definitely
"the third type of book."
The book that I was able to read was Gates by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews.
It was about how man named Bill Gates became the foundation of computing
industry and how he reinvented an industry- and made himself the richest man in
America.
William (Bill) G ....
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Nat Turner
349 Words - 2 Pages.... to be apprehended.
Turner’s rebellion started with seven fellow slaves whom he trusted greatly. Travis and his family were murdered in their sleep, and Turner marched to the county seat. After only the first two days of the rebellion, about 60 whites had been brutally murdered. On October 24th, an armed militia and local forces totaling over 3000 men cam to challenge Turner and the 75 slaves that supported his efforts. This force encountered Turner’s force a few miles outside of Jerusalem. Most of Turner’s force was killed or captured, however, many other innocent slaves and free blacks were killed in the confusion that followed.
While Turner’s rebellion was p ....
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Malcolm X
1415 Words - 6 Pages.... to send out her husband.
She came out of the house and stood where all the KKK could see that she
was pregnant and told them that Mr. Little was in Milwaukee preaching. The
KKK, disappointed, shouted threats and told them to leave town. After this
they broke every window in the Little's home and left. When Mr. Little
came home and heard what happened, he decided to move as soon a Malcolm was
born to Lansing, Michigan. Here was where Malcolm's father died at the
hand of the Black Legion (X 4-13). After Malcolm's father's death, his
mother who had to take care of eight children and endure threats from the
KKK, suffered a nervous breakdown. As a result, Malcolm and his siblin ....
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Dr. Harvey Wiley: Courageous Pioneer And Crusader
894 Words - 4 Pages.... to an industry based society. The food supply was following the trend. People who had once lived in farms and small villages, became concentrated around factories and industrial areas. The family no longer raised it's own food, or depended on it neighbors - the town baker, butcher and druggist - for it's simple needs. Food supply was now distanced from the source, making preserved and canned foods necessary. Corporations and large manufacturers took on the business of supplying food and were prepared to make more profit at any cost. Honest manufacturers were put at a competitive disadvantage and were forced to adopt the practices that could enable them to meet the price ....
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The Works And Life Of Charles Dickens
2273 Words - 9 Pages.... these tales, though at times fictional, Dickens
seems to portray his life as a child through his books. The time period
about which Dickens' books were written is the mid nineteenth century.
They were written as if through the eyes of a child no more than twelve
years old. The response that the reader may have to this situation is that
of a warm and understanding feeling. The joy and bliss of the main
character is rarely showed; the main attitude is the overwhelming
complexity of situations that a boy of that age must face. The reader's
reaction to this may be to feel depressed because Dickens' has not showed
more blissful times in the lives of his main characters. In ....
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Nelson Mandela
251 Words - 1 Pages.... Nelson Rolihlahla Mandla was born on July 18, 1918 at Transku area of
South Africa.
Nelson Mandela gave a speech Sestember 21, 1953. The quotation was adapted
from an article by Jawaharlal Nehru:
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to
pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach
the mountainouss of our desires.
Growing Up
Nelson had a tribal name Rolihlahla. Rolihlahla means one who brings
trouble on his self.
He grew up in Transku territy of South Africa. Qunu, the valleyhe grew p
in, is surrounded by hills that are covered with grass. Nelson was the youngest
out of fou ....
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Salvatore “The Bull” Gravano
355 Words - 2 Pages.... he admits taking part in
nineteen Mafia style slayings, including the murder of his brother-in-law.
His reward for ratting on his boss, John Gotti, was a sentence of less
than five years for a life of crimes that includes nineteen murders. He
has been free since March Nineteen ninety five although he was hiding from
the mafia in the Witness Protection Program until nineteen ninety seven.
This self-confessed mafia underboss helped to put away 36 fellow
mobsters. Among these 36 men one really stuck out. That man was Gambino
crime boss John "The Teflon Don" Gotti. The feds have been after Gotti
since he orchestrated the hit on former boss Paul Castellano also known ....
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Desiderius Erasmus
573 Words - 3 Pages.... all
these facts hidden, confusing modern day historians. He died in 1536.
Erasmus's writings included The Praise of Folly, a satire which pointed
out major problems in the clergy, saying that monks were beggars, the
clergy was greedy, and that the pope had no resemblance to the Apostles. He
also wrote a short satirical skit in which Pope Julius II had trouble
getting into heaven. In the skit, Pope Julius II is made out to be more of
a Muslim than a Catholic. Writing this had to take considerable courage,
for, though the Church was in decline, it still had considerable power. He
also published the Greek version of the New Testament in Latin, so
Europeans could read it ....
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