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People and Biographies Term Papers and Reports
Tony Kronheiser
1219 Words - 5 Pages

.... as insignificant as a restaurant changing on him unexpectedly and reports about it so that the common man can relate. He is The Washington Post's Jerry Seinfeld. He blends the slang of the street man with the poetic verbs and fluid adjectives of an English teacher. For example, in "In A Real Fixe," Kornheiser says, "George was beginning to suspect that we had entered (doo-doo, doo-doo). . . The Nouvelle Dining Zone." Most people who have watched the Twilight Zone before can relate this statement as a reference to the famous TV show, so Kornheiser's slang was effective in grabbing the reader, even if a large majority of them have no idea what the word "nouvelle" means ....


Grace Hopper Biography
523 Words - 2 Pages

.... Vassar College Fellowship. With that she progressed to earning her MA in mathematics at Yale University in 1930, and her Ph.D. in 1934, along with two Sterling Scholarships and an election to Sigma Xi. While finishing her college education she married the New York University English teacher Vincent Hopper. Her computer technology life would soon begin following her graduation. Upon graduating, Grace was accepted to the Bureau of Ordinance at Harvard University. That is when she was introduced to and assigned to work on Mark I -- the first large-scale U.S. computer and precursor of electronic computers. Her first assignment with Mark I was to "have the coefficients for th ....


Communism - From Marx To Zemin
2273 Words - 9 Pages

.... the cause of the poverty and degradation of the proletariat. Therefore, he came to settle on the idea that no one person should have control over production of good, ownership of land, and management of funds. In that same token then, no one class should be allowed to have control over these things. He went onto comment that the exploitation of the working class must come to an end. That end would be achieved through revolution. Once this was achieved, everybody would work according to their abilities and then be paid accordingly (Capital, 586-617). Soon after, however, technical innovations would create such abundance of goods that "everyone works according to his abilitie ....


Simone De Beauvoir
682 Words - 3 Pages

.... has created, and in doing so women feel it is necessary to reshape their ideas to meet the expectations of men. Women are still compelled to please men in order to acquire a higher place in society - however, in doing this they fall further behind in the pursuit of equality. All people are forced to see themselves as society has shaped them, both male and female. Although progress for gender impartiality has been made, it can still be said that societal maxims enforce the incorrect notion that women are inferior to men. In matters of economics, women are offered far fewer employment opportunities, and I believe that this can be validated by the fact that many women have be ....


Comparing Adolf Hitler And Saddam Hussein
2508 Words - 10 Pages

.... and terrorized political foes with his personal bodyguard force known as the sturmabteilung (storm troopers). “He soon became a key figure in Bavarian politics, aided by high officials and businessmen” (Dorpalen 1). In November 1923, a time of political and economic chaos, he led an uprising known as the Putsch in Munich against the postwar weimenrepub proclaiming himself chancellor of a new authorization regime. Without military support, however, the Putsch collapsed. As leader of the plot, Hitler was sentenced five years imprisonment and served nine months writing his book Mein Kampf (my struggle). “The failure of the uprising taught Hitler that the Nazi ....


Michael Crichtons Life
290 Words - 2 Pages

.... Henderson Crichton and Zula(Miller) Crichton. Oldest of four children. II. Growing up A. Lived in Roslyn, New York when he was 6. B. Was a star basketball player in high school. C. Graduated in 1960, from Roslyn high school. D. Decided to go to Harvard University and become a Writer. III. Life at Harvard A. Writing was severely criticized, had grades around a C. B. Thought Harvard was an error. IV. Persuing other options A. Decided to study anthropology. B. Became a visiting lecturer in Anthropology at Cambridge university. C. Came back to the US and begun training as a doctor. D. Every year he tried to quit. He didn’t. V. Writing Thrillers A. ....


Albert Einstein
1826 Words - 7 Pages

.... Geometry. Einstein hated the dull regimental and unimaginative spirit of school in Munich. ('s Early Life) His parents wisely thought to transfer him out of that environment. Although Einstein's family was Jewish, he was sent to a Catholic elementary school from 1884 to 1889. He was then enrolled at the Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich. In 1894, Hermann Einstein's business failed and the family moved to Pavia, near Milan, Italy. Einstein was left behind in Munich to allow him to finish school. Such was not to be the case, however, since he left the gymnasium after only six more months. Einstein's biographer, Philip Frank, explains that Einstein so thoroughly despised formal ....


Ralph Waldo Emerson
582 Words - 3 Pages

.... ministry, partly because of the death of his wife after only 17 months of marriage. In 1835 he married Lydia Jackson and started to lecture. Then in 1836, he helped to start the Transcendental Club. The Transcendental Club was formed for authors that were part of this historical movement. Emerson was a big part of this and practically initiated the entire club. As we know he was already a major part of the movement and know got himself involved more. Many people and ways of life throughout his career including Neoplatonism, the Hindu religion, Plato and even his wife influenced Emerson. He also inspired many Transcendentalists like Thoreau. Emerson didn't win any major award ....



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