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Brian Lopes
Words: 417 / Pages: 2 .... the early 90's he exploded onto the Mountain bike scene. He soon picked up sponsorship with bike giants Mongoose and Intense Frame Works. His skills in BMX racing soon became apparent, with his beautiful cornering techniques and car like acceleration.
An important part of Dual Slalom racing is jumping. Through out a course there can be up to 5 jumps. These jumps can make or break your run. Knowing how to jump is a very important, a skill has mastered. He has a five-foot vertical bunny hop, which means he can get his tires 5 feet off the ground from standing still. Jumping is also a big part of BMX racing, where you can get an edge over an opponent .....
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Aldous Huxley
Words: 962 / Pages: 4 .... and headmaster of Rugby school (-Biography). When Huxley was fourteen years old, his mother died of cancer. He said his mother’s death “gave him a sense of the transience of human happiness” and “he felt that heredity made each individual unique, and uniqueness of the individual was essential to freedom” (-Biography). From 1908 until 1913, Huxley studied at Eton College (Aldous (Leonard) Huxley). While at Eton, Huxley developed a condition of near blindness that plagued him until his death (Philosopher’s Corner Presents: ). After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in English at Balliol College, Oxford, Huxley worked in the War Office in .....
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Charles Manson
Words: 1566 / Pages: 6 .... to practice guerrilla tactics and they did so, without question.
Manson sad he taught love because in love there is no hatred, but John
Flynn, a man who testified at his trial, testified to some very
incriminating admissions by Manson. Barbara Holt, a "Family" member, fled
the group before a raid. She later showed up as a prosecution witness, a
potential danger to Manson, so faithful members of the "Family" tried to
kill her with a hamburger laced with LSD. Before her testimony, another
"Family" member, Gary Hinman, who had also fled he group, was killed
because he had betrayed the "Family." As you can see, the punishment for
crossing the "Family" wa .....
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Young And Beutiful
Words: 908 / Pages: 4 .... by her appearance when she came into my office to introduce herself “I shouldn’t jump to conclusions” I thought to myself “ She could be the supervisor from the organization “ , then she spoke.
“Hi, my name is W/rt Beza Getachew. I’m the new legal adviser for the agency.” She said in a very friendly voice ”you must be the manger”.
“Well it says on the door” I said as I introduced myself. I gave here the papers she needed for her work and told my secretary to help her organize her office.
The rest of the day I couldn’t do anything but think about this woman.
After work I .....
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Jules Verne
Words: 1035 / Pages: 4 .... appointed as the Secretary of the
Theatre Lyrique in Paris. He made some letters to his mother commenting on his
shabby clothes compared to the clothes poets there. He started to become a very
busy people.
Verne was married on January 10, 1857 to Honorine de Viane. He only had 1
child, a boy named Michel, who was born on August 3, 1861. Verne also had 2
stepdaughters, Valentine, and Suzanne. Michel grew up to be a very disobedient
child. Verne tried many means of stopping this delinquency. He put Michel in
jail in an attempt to stop the "madness". He was really unhappy over his son's
behavior problem. Late 1879, Verne ended up throwing Michel ou .....
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Arnold Schönberg
Words: 264 / Pages: 1 .... Berlin was very important for Schönberg's further artistic development. In 1902, he received on Richard Strauss' recommendation the popular Liszt-scholarship as well as a, apprenticeship at the Stern conservatory. Before returning to Vienna in 1903, he composed the symphonic poem "Pelleas und Melisande" op 5, where the limits of tonality were appreciably extended.
Schönberg revolutionized modern music by establishing the 12-tone technique of SERIAL MUSIC as an important organizational device. After the end of the war, Schönberg founded the "Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen" (society for private music performances), a new forum for .....
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Tom Clancy: His Life, His Style, His Books
Words: 1899 / Pages: 7 .... that I like about Mr. Clancy, he doesn't give up. Clancy once said,
"In America, there ain't no excuses. You can go out and do anything you
damn well please if you try hard enough."2 Finally, this author, was the
only one that didn't put me to sleep with a warm cup of milk.
Thomas L. Clancy Jr., son of a mailman and department store credit
employee, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1947. He attended a local
catholic parochial elementary and secondary school. Most of his friends
were interested in sports, and following their favorite teams throughout
the season, but Tom had more important things on his mind like guns, tanks,
and p .....
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Greatest Anti-Transcendentalist Writer
Words: 883 / Pages: 4 .... the only other Anti-
Transcendentalist writer of his period -- Herman Melville. His most
popular book, The Scarlet Letter, earned Hawthorne international fame. He
died in his sleep while on a walking tour in New Hampshire.
The period of time during which Hawthorne wrote was the New England
Renaissance in America. By the year 1840, it was clear that the American
experiment in Democracy had succeeded. England, trying again to retake
their old land in ‘The Second American War for Independence', was no
longer a threat to the survival of the republic. Andrew Jackson, the
first “people's president”, had served 2 terms in office. New states w .....
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The Life Of George Washington
Words: 620 / Pages: 3 .... frontier. George Washington was elected president of the United States in 1789, and in New York City on April 30, 1789, he took the oath of office as President of the United States at age 57. He was extremely influential in the initial operation of the new government. After the ballot he wrote, "My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feeling not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution." Washington's task was to organize a government but also create a role for the highest officer of the new nation. Both tasks earned him enemies. One of Washington's first duties of office was establishing a cabinet. .....
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John F Kenendy
Words: 735 / Pages: 3 .... ,towed a wounded man 3 miles through rough seas.For several days he risked his life swimming into dangerous waters,trying to find a rescue ship.Then he encountered two friendly islanders.He sent them to find people with a message he carved on a coconut.They were rescued and he received a Purple Heart,Navy and Marine Corps medal,but his earlier back injury was aggravated and he contracted Malaria.He had to have an operation on his back which was successful but he would not be able to walk for months,and after that would have to walk with crutches,and he had to leave the war.While having the operation he found out that his oldest brother Joe jnr was .....
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