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Mahatma Gandhi
Words: 519 / Pages: 2 .... immigrants to South Africa. He then committed himself to the struggle for elementary rights for Indians.
Gandhi remained in South Africa for twenty years, suffering imprisonment at times. In 1896, after being attacked and beaten by a mob of white South Africans, Gandhi began to teach a policy of passive resistance to, and noncooperation with, the South African authorities. For this, Gandhi coined the term Satyagraha, a Sanskrit word meaning truth and firmness. In 1914, the government of the Union of South Africa made important concessions to Gandhi’s demands including recognition of Indian marriages and abolition of poll taxes for them. .....
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Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879-April 18, 1955)
Words: 231 / Pages: 1 .... violin lessons, which he had from age six to age thirteen, he also had religious education at home where he was taught Judaism. Two years later he entered the Luitpold Gymnasium and after this his religious education was given at school. He studied mathematics, calculus in particular, beginning around 1891.
Many people did not know that Einstein would be as successful as he came out to be. In 1895 Einstein failed an exam that would have allowed him to study for a diploma as an electrical engineer at ETH. After failing the exam, he got excepted in to a lower class school. In 1905 Einstein showed how mass and energy were equivalent. In 1921 he r .....
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Alexander The Great
Words: 672 / Pages: 3 .... and strengthen the Greeks" and it was answered as the Greeks won.
Even if Alexander was backed by the gods, the extent of his accomplishment could never have been so great if he was not as intelligent as he was, both as a military leader as well as a political leader. "We can see that it was Alexander's leadership and training which made the Macedonians incomparable in war and in administration and enabled them as rulers of the so-called Hellenistic kingdoms to control the greater part of the civilised world for a century or more". He believed in Homonoia and wanted all peoples to be united as one. He was able to gain the respect of the people he .....
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Frank Lloyd Wright 2
Words: 2879 / Pages: 11 .... influence was to look at the Japanese architecture. Their culture had the respect for the natural environment. The Japanese people see their architecture as a reflection upon nature. The designers approach their architectural design by involving the oriental designs either an oblique or a volute. All the Japanese architecture appears to be individualistic. The elegance of the architecture draws the attention for the viewer to observe the building. The Japanese society were in the part of the industrial revolution and the start of the modern architecture. Japanese people would need to integrate with the modern architecture to show the new revolution .....
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Rachel Carson
Words: 2293 / Pages: 9 .... of Silent Spring with
some reluctance, feeling that others were better qualified to investigate
the pesticide industry. Despite the book’s enormous impact, she remained
modest about her accomplishment; as she wrote to a friend, “The beauty of
the living world I was trying to save has always been uppermost in my mind
- that, and anger at the senseless brutish things that were being
done....Now I can believe I have at least helped a little.”1
Rachel Louis Carson was born on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, PA.
Her childhood was characterized by a love of nature and literature. Her
family said she was born with a “seashell in her ear”. She gradu .....
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Theodore Roosevelt And Saddam Hussein Comparison
Words: 347 / Pages: 2 .... for Kuwait. Thus these two men who performed similar actions with similar reasons are viewed in totally different lights.
Their personal habits are equally suspect. Roosevelt gathered about himself a group of friends and associates who while not elected into decision making positions were often party to the creation of US policy. Hussein is known to have done much the same however his friends have been dubbed co-conspirators. These practices are fairly common thorough the world, however when someone other than the US has one of these circles then they are an evil aristocracy which is oppressing the populace.
Thus with these examples it is shown th .....
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The Marriage
Words: 390 / Pages: 2 .... said that he had lost some files off his computer. I asked what he had done to lose everything. Tony assured me that he had done nothing . So off I go again to work on another computer, only to find that he had deleted more than one file and a few more things. He had also changed the ports on the computer as well . I reset everything and headed back for the shop.
And of course we have the wild one ,Sam . Now Sam has mice.And as mice go, they love to eat. The mice had eaten almost all of Sams I.D.E. cables and tinkled over the rest.which in fact ruined most of her computer.Sam and I sat talked and decided to rebuild what she had . The parts that she d .....
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The Biography Of Kurt Donald Cobain
Words: 1038 / Pages: 4 .... relative. This caused a great deal of stress for Kurt and he became
secluded.
Kurt expressed his inner thoughts and emotions through music, by
listening and empathizing with bands such as Black Sabbath and the Sex
Pistols.
While in high school Kurt met Buzz Osbourne and Matt Lukin of the
Melvins, musical heroes and inspirations to Kurt. Also while in high
school he met future band mate with Nirvana, and many other groups,
Krist(Chris) Novoselic. Krist was an immigrant from Croatia and he and
Kurt became friends instantly. Later Kurt and Krist formed Nirvana with
Chad Channing as drummer and recorded Bleach in 1989 for only $600.
Chann .....
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Words: 645 / Pages: 3 .... with being a leader. He never argued, he only communicated efficiently and peacefully with the opposition. King realized that all around him there was hostility, so he counteracted this with an anti-violence approach. He had plenty of commitment to his cause and showed unquestioned patience at all times, even going to jail and undergoing racial abuse to further his beliefs.
Martin Luther King, Jr. had plenty of authority, power and efficiency to get his ideas across to millions, as is evident in The March on Washington. A good leader is able to induce respect, loyalty, and cooperation from others, and King was able to do all of those things. K .....
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Paul Revere
Words: 862 / Pages: 4 .... William Dawes were sent to warn Adams and Hancock in Lexington and the patriots in Concord. An arrangement was made for a signal to be flashed from the Old North Church in Boston. Two lanterns meant that the British would be coming by water, and one, by land. Revere directed this signal to be sent to friend in Boston. ("'s Ride: Explanation:) Revere borrowed a horse and left Boston around 10 p.m. He arrived in Lexington at midnight. Around 1 a.m. Revere Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott left for Concord. On their way they were surprised by the British Calvary patrol. Prescoot and Dawes escaped, but Revere was captured. Only Prescoot got to Concord. Re .....
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