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Tiger Woods
Words: 833 / Pages: 4 .... saves him. The friend’s name was Nguyen Phong, and he was good in combat; he was a tiger in combat. Nguyen Phong had the nickname of "Tiger". Earl vowed that if he ever had another son, he would call him "Tiger". After the war, back in the United States, Earl met a Thai woman named Kultida and he married her and had a son. They named the baby Eldrick, but Earl called him "Tiger". took interest in golf at a young age. He would watch from his crib as his father would practice his swing. He began playing golf since before he could walk. When he got a few years older, he began to compete in the Junior Nationals tournaments against old .....
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Harriet Tubman
Words: 947 / Pages: 4 .... When she was well, she was taken in by a woman as a housekeeper and baby-sitter. She was whipped and sent back to Brodas after eating one of the woman’s sugar cubes. (www.teleport.com p.1)
As was the custom on all plantations, when she turned eleven, she started wearing a bright cotton bandana around her head indicating she was no longer a child. She was also no longer known by her “basket name”, Arminta. Now she would be called Harriet, after her mother. (www.teleport.com p.1) By her early teens, Harriet was no longer allowed to work indoors and was hired out as a field hand. Although she was a hard worker, she was considered defiant .....
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August Tubbe
Words: 1483 / Pages: 6 .... after 62 years of his residency in the United States. He considered himself a citizen and had evidence of a good record as a loyal citizen of the United States as well as any natural born citizen would have. professed to have done at all times everything in his power to uplift the country and her people morally and religiously as God gave him light to see it.
The German Emperor nor the German Empire was not in existence until seven years after left his birth place, Prussia. August corresponded with his sister who remained in Europe for only his first twelve years in the United States because his sister died the twelth year that August lived in the .....
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Charles Manson
Words: 2772 / Pages: 11 .... of terror. (Lagarde)
On November 12, 1934, Charles Milles Manson was brought into this world by Kathleen Maddox and Colonal Scott. At the time Kathleen was a 16 year old troublemaker. Charlie never knew his father and never really had a "father figure." His mother was the kind that children are taken away from and put in foster homes. Kathleen had the habit of disappearing for days and weeks at a time, leaving Charlie with his grandmother or aunt. Kathleen Maddox was sentenced to a penitentiary for armed robbery, Charlie was sent to live with his aunt and uncle; who were going to try to straighten him out. When Kathleen was released from jail she d .....
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Sean Gagnon
Words: 658 / Pages: 3 .... the kind. Mouthy, mean-spirited bullies who pick on someone just
because they have nothing better to do. To this day, Gagnon has not
forgotten the worst bully of all. Sean Gagnon said that it was usually
"himself". He never was the one to keep his mouth shut. He was the one
who liked to stir the pot....a lot. He used to get his nose dirty all the
time. The problem was he was smaller than everybody else. Then in turn
he was the one that had gotten in the end. But by looking at Gagnon (gon-
yoe) he is definately all grown up. The skinny kid who once stood 180 cm
as a junior in high school is now a 189 cm, 96 kg monster with a very mean
steak. .....
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John Quincy Adams
Words: 885 / Pages: 4 .... occasion,
when I was appointed minister to Russia, I was the leading negotiator for
the Treaty of Ghent with the British, which ended the War of 1812. These
negotiations gained respect for the United States and me as a diplomat. I
am a likable person wherever I go. When I was a kid, our family was very
closely knit, as we all helped manage the farm, except for my dad, who was
usually away in foreign countries. This didn't affect me very much since I
joined up with him when I was 11 on his operations after my persistent
asking. As President, I worked scrupulously to work out problems and
provide leadership for the country. This was acknowledged .....
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Words: 829 / Pages: 4 .... artistic style was largely unpopular for the next quarter century. Later Da Vinci became the court artist for the Duke of Milan. He completed only six pieces during seventeen years in Milan. They included Portraits of Cecilia Gallerani, "The Virgin of the Rocks", "The Last Supper", a ceiling painting of the Sala delle Asse in the Milan Castello Sforzesco. Also there were three other paintings that either disappeared or never existed in the first place. They are, a "Nativity" said to have belonged to Emperor Maximilian, a "Madonna" that Ludovico Sforza announced as a gift to the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus, and the portrait of one of L .....
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Napolean
Words: 1074 / Pages: 4 .... general, he seized ground where his guns could drive the British fleet from the harbor, and the port fell. As a result Napoleon was promoted to brigadier general at the age of 24. In 1795 he saved the revolutionary government by dispersing an insurgent mob in Paris. Also in 1796, Napoleon was made commander of the French army in Italy. He defeated four Austrian generals, each with superior numbers, and forced Austria and its allies to make peace. In northern Italy he founded the Cisalpine Republic (later known as Italy) and strengthened his position in France by sending millions of francs worth of treasure to the government.
In 1798, to strike .....
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John Dalton (1766 - 1844)
Words: 512 / Pages: 2 .... were later proven to not be true. But his most famous theory "Dalton law" the modern atomic theory was proved true.
John Dalton also published a lot of papers on atoms. His most famous article was on "absorption of gases by water and other liquids," this article contained his atomic theory.
Dalton was the first person to develop a scientific atom theory, the ancient Greeks had ideas about the atom but could not prove it scientifically.
Antoine Lavoisier and Dalton are responsible for the discovery of 90 natural elements. Dalton also explained the variations of water vapor in the atmosphere, the base of meteorology.
Dalton’s atomic theory .....
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Adolf Hitler
Words: 3474 / Pages: 13 .... this deed." (Stewart p.31). Hitler promised to get back at people for those who had been responsible for Germany's defeat. ! With the signing of the Treaty of Versaille, Hitler blamed the defeat of Germany on the Jews, Communists, and the weak Weimar government. This is the government which held power following Germany's defeat. With his strong hatred for the Communists, the Jews, and the weak government, Hitler vowed to fight back, and to change the terrible things, which he believed, had been done to Germany.
After the War, Hitler found a job as a prison guard sixty miles north from Munich. The job was boring, but it provided him with security, .....
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