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John Rocker
Words: 764 / Pages: 3 .... Those are only a couple opinions that are swirling around on what Major League Baseball should do. I, in no way agree with what Mr. Rocker is saying, however he is being treated is fair.
In order to fully understand where Mr. Rocker was coming from, we have to go back to the MLB Playoffs. The Cinderella New York Mets take the Braves into extra innings in the 5th game of the National League Playoffs. In comes , bursting with energy to try and shut the Mets down and take the Braves to the World Series. The Mets had other ideas and laced a couple base hits off Rocker, which eventually lead to the homerun that ended the game. Then when the Br .....
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Mackenzie King - Canadian Prime Minister
Words: 1027 / Pages: 4 .... Second World War. Like every other prime minister, he had to possess ambition, endurance and determination to become prime minister and, in spite if appearances, his accomplishments in that role required political acuity, decisiveness and faultless judgment.
William Lyon Mackenzie King was born in Berlin (later renamed Kitchener), Ontario in 1874. His father was a lawyer and his maternal grandfather was William Lyon Mackenzie, leader of the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada. From an early age, King identified with his grandfather, an association that influenced him throughout his political life.
King studied economics and law at the University of Toron .....
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An Autobiography: Tom Landry
Words: 388 / Pages: 2 .... him the Word. They
wanted to teach him other stuff. Tom ended up playing high school football,
which led to his love for pro football.
He ended up coaching for the Dallas Cowboys. He led them to many
playoffs and Super Bowls. He was a great coach for them. After he had been
coach for twenty-nine years there was a controversial firing. It was a
controversy because the great things that he was doing for the Cowboys.
Jerry Jones, coach of a Florida college team, had plans for buying the team.
After he bought it, he fired Tom Landry. The firing happened on February
25, 1989. Jerry Jones named himself head coach. Up to this day Jerry
Jo .....
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The Henchmen: German Government Officials In WWII
Words: 1522 / Pages: 6 .... had a strong impact on Roehm's personality. Though Roehm never
graduated, he joined the Free Corps, a group of soldiers dedicated to
changing injustices in the German government. After a while, Roehm started
to grow tired of the Free Corp's non- violent style, and he was tempted to
be more of an activist in government reform. Hitler, looking to recruit
fellow officers in his plan, then in it's infancy, liked Roehm's strong
presence and personality. Roehm, jobless and nowhere to go, joined
Hitler's office. After Hitler was elected into office some years later, he
split his dictatorship into different divisions. Roehm, being one of the
ori .....
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Words: 1522 / Pages: 6 .... in school, but at home as well (Gardiner, 1975,
p.13).
As a child, thrift and practicality were instilled in Margaret's
character. The Methodist church played an active part in the lives of the
Roberts. She attended good schools as a child and spent her years studying with
the intent of attending Oxford. Margaret arrived at Oxford in the autumn of
1943. During her years here, Margaret worked in a canteen for the war effort,
continued her interest in music by joining various choirs and joined the Oxford
University Conservative Association where she became very active in it's
political activities.
After Oxford, Margaret became the younge .....
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Biography: William Gibson (1914- )
Words: 238 / Pages: 1 .... For the Seesaw opened on Broadway in 1958. The highly
successful play was later made into a film and a musical called simply
Seesaw (1973).
Early works include I Lay in Zion (1943) and A Cry of Players (1968), a
play about Shakespeare which he rewrote in 1968.
Gibson collaborated on the book of the musical Golden Boy (1964) He also
wrote a book of Shakespeare criticism called Shakespeare's Game (1978).
He returned to the Helen Keller story with his play Monday After the
Miracle (1982).
Plays and musicals
Two For the Seesaw (1958).
Dinny and the Witches (1959).
The Miracle Worker (1959).
Golden Boy (1964): musical, .....
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Ben Franklin 2
Words: 1270 / Pages: 5 .... children. His parents, Josiah and Abiah Franklin, were hard working, devout Puritan Calvinists. Since the Franklins were so poor, Benjamin could not go to school for more than two years. He began an apprenticeship in his brother James's printing shop. James was the printer for a Boston newspaper, so Ben not only learned how to print but he read everything in the shop. When Ben was seventeen, he left his family and moved to Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Ben was on his own and became very accomplished. He did a little bit of everything.
Ben Franklin as a scientist and inventor is perhaps the most interesting. "Flying a kite in a lightning .....
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Dennis Rodman
Words: 361 / Pages: 2 .... was in depression at the time because the Detroit Pistons were
doing very poorly that year considering they were Champions of
the World just three years before that. The NBA had changed
Dennis Rodman into someone he didn't even know. It seemed as
though Dennis spent his life trying to be what others wanted him
to be. Once he realized he had to start living for himself,
people perceived him as being rebellious and as most people say
weird. Dennis Rodman just wants everyone to know who he really
is and to accept him for himself and to let him do his job.
Theme:
I learned that Dennis Rodman is not as crazy as
everyone thinks he is. .....
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Words: 2831 / Pages: 11 .... in business in London (“Kennedy”).
Jacqueline grew up on Park Avenue. She greatly resembled her father who was considered to be a very handsome man and was also often mistaken for Clark Gable. They both shared the same dark flowing hair, wide-spaced delicate eyes, and blunt nose. The father and daughter also shared the same large, square face.
Even when Jacqueline was a child, she graced the presence of others with her natural social skill. At her second birthday party, Jacqueline played hostess and offered to share her toys and pony rides with all her little guests. At the age of two, she also participated in a dog show in Easthampton .....
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Thomas Jefferson
Words: 4784 / Pages: 18 .... severe
plainness of speech and the sober garb of the Quakers.
"What is the date of your birth, Mr. President?" asked an admirer.
"Of what possible concern is that to you?" queried the President in turn.
"We wish to give it fitting celebration."
"For that reason, I decline to enlighten you; nothing could be more
distasteful to me than what you propose, and, when you address me, I shall
be obliged if you will omit the 'Mr.' "
If we can imagine Washington doing so undignified a thing as did President
Lincoln, when he first met our present Secretary of State, (John Sherman)
and compared their respective heights by standing back to back, a sheet .....
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