Biographies
Study the biographies of people who have significantly influenced global change. Such people have appeared at all times throughout human history to give the world something new and unexplored.
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Colin Powell
Colin Powell is a strong individual that has over come hardships of his own and that of his country. He is a man that was never satisfied with average and still excels in everything he does. Colin Powell is a leader and a role model to African Americans and the rest of the world. On April 5, 1937 a true hero was born by the name Colin Luther Powell. He was born in Harlem, New
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College Essay
My parents are officers in The Salvation Army, so I grew up knowing about God. But as a young girl I had a ‘borrowed faith’ from my parents. I had never really thought about a personal relationship with the Lord and I hadn’t accepted him into my heart. Then, when I was about twelve years old, I attended a youth summer camp at The Salvation Army Camp Mihaska. It occurred to me that I
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Collin Powell
Secretary of State Colin Luther Powell served as national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan, and under President George Bush became the first African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-1993). In 2001 the U.S. Senate confirmed him as the Secretary of State. Colin Luther Powell was born in Harlem, New York City on April 5, 1937, the son of a shipping clerk and a seamstress, both of whom were
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Color Balance
"Color Balance: The Paintings of Felrath Hines" Felrath Hines was one of the leading African American abstract painters of the late twentieth century. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, Hines subsequently trained to become a paintings conservator. He worked for several museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. In so many of his works, Hines takes
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Color of Water
Voice and Point of View One part of the story is told from Rachel's point of view. Rachel tells her story in an interview of her past life. She describes the hardships she went through as a child all the way until she became an adult. Her voice of sadness and despair are in her words. It would be right to be sympethetic to her autobiography because not many people go through the pain she
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Color Theory
Color Theory Josef Albers Josef Albers was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany. He studied in many places such as Berlin, Essen, and Munich. In 1920 he enrolled at the famous Bauhaus in Germany, by 1922 he was teaching at the Bauhaus, and by 1925 he was promoted to professor. When the school was forced to close in 1933 by the Nazi’s, Albers immigrated to the United States where he found work
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Columbus
Perhaps the most famous explorer was Christopher Columbus. Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451 to a weaver, young Columbus first went to sea at the age of fourteen. As a young man, he settled in Portugal and married a woman of noble background. After his wife's death in 1485, Columbus and his young son, moved to Spain. He theorized that since the earth was a sphere, a ship could eventually reach the Far East from
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Columbus, Christopher
Columbus, Christopher (Italian Cristoforo Colombo, Spanish Cristуbal Colуn) (1451-1506), Italian-Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a route to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall, instead, in the Caribbean Sea. Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. His father was a weaver, and it is believed that Christopher entered this trade as a young man. Information about the beginning of his seafaring career is uncertain, but the independent city-state of
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Comfornity
1. Conformity plays a huge role in this story. The people in the village blindly follow the customs of the ritual, for the most part, without question. The black box that is used to draw the names is literally falling apart, but when asked if it should be replaced, the people never get around to it. It is what has always been used, and the villagers do not feel they should change it. The children
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Coming of Age
Drake Richmond October 8, 2015 Coming of Age To this day I can remember every morning my dad kissing me and my brother on our foreheads, hugging our mom, and buttering his burnt piece of toast before he left home. He would say to us, “See y’all when I get home,” and I would ask my mom, “Where does dad go every morning?” and I vividly remember her looking into my eyes and saying to
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Commentary Margaret Atwood
The poem titled �Variations on the Word Love’ by Margaret Atwood touches on and briefly discusses uses of the word love. The word love has many different interpretations, describing ones personal feelings, and at the same time has been overused by the media as a marketing tool. In today’s society the word love is highly overused and can have many different interpretations. In this poem Atwood explores these meanings and different interpretations of the word
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Commodus
Some claim that Commodus was the worse emperor in the history of Rome. The fact that his father, Marcus Aurelius, was a popular and successful ruler may have raised the precedent that Commodus had to live up to. But for whatever reason, Commodus proved a disconnected and self indulgent leader. At the age of five Commodus was named Caesar, and at the age of seventeen he became co-Augustus with his father. He spent his childhood
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Comparative Analysis
Comparative Analysis Frederick Douglass in his essay “Learning to Read and Write” explains all the difficulties he had to face when he learned to read and write in 1830s. Being a slave, it was against the law to learn to read and write, yet Douglass by risking his life, using all opportunities managed to learn reading and writing. Richard Rodriguez, on the other hand, was a child who was born 150 years later in a
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Compare and Contrast : Brad Vs. Kurt
In this essay I will be comparing the life of two valuable musicians of the entertainment industry, Brad Nowell and Kurt Cobain. Bradley James Nowell was born to Nancy and James Nowell on February 22, 1968. The family resided in Long Beach California. Growing up, Brad was a bright and intelligent boy, but disliked school. In fact, he hated it so much that he would have his younger sister do his homework for him. His
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Compare Nuclear Fusion Vs. Nuclear Fission
Compare Nuclear Fusion vs. Nuclear Fission Nuclear energy must be a consideration for the future with the rapidly depleting supply of fossil fuels. This type of energy can be created through nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear fission is the splitting of a heavy atom into two or more parts, releasing huge amounts of energy. The release of energy can be controlled and captured for generating electricity. Nuclear fusion involves bombarding hydrogen atoms together to
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Comparing William Blake and William Wordsworth
Comparing Blake and Wordsworth William Blake and William Wordsworth were two of the most influential of all of the romantic writers, although neither was fully appreciated until years after his death. They grew up with very different lifestyles which greatly affected the way they as individuals viewed the world and wrote about it. Both play an important role in Literature today. Despite their differences, with their literature backgrounds they cannot help but have a
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Comparison and Contrasting Experience of Drama
Comparison and Contrasting Experience of Drama Everyone has a preference when entertaining one’s self with a drama. Live theatrical performances, video production, and reading novels or poems are a few examples of how an individual may want to expand the mind. Personally, I feel that reading a drama is the best way to experience a story, depending on the author. The mind can produce extraordinary images that a live performance or video productions are limited
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Comparison Between Crito and Apology
Comparison between Crito and Apology For these two articles that we read in Crito and Apology by Plato, we could know Socrates is an enduring person with imagination, because he presents us with a mass of contradictions: Most eloquent men, yet he never wrote a word; ugliest yet most profoundly attractive; ignorant yet wise; wrongfully convicted, yet unwilling to avoid his unjust execution. Behind these conundrums is a contradiction less often explored: Socrates is at
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Condalisa Rice
After the militant terrorist group Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and held them in Lebanon, Israel reacted by bombing Lebanon. Although this was mainly an attack on Hezbollah, inevitably Lebanon was caught in the cross fire and ended up far worse off than Hezbollah. This cartoon, drawn by Mark Knight and published in the Herald Sun on 25th August 2006 presents Knight’s personal stance towards U.S. involvement in this crisis, showing that he thinks the
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Condoleeza Rice
Condoleezza Rice At this point in time the name and image of Condoleezza Rice is commonplace among the majority of informed Americans. As the first female to serve as the National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, Dr. Rice was propelled even further into the spotlight following the attacks on America on September 11th 2001. I too, like most Americans, saw a lot more of Condi, as she is known by
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Condoleezza Rice: A Woman like No Other
Condoleezza Rice: A Woman Like No Other “I lived in a place where you couldn’t go have a hamburger at a restaurant, but my parents were telling me I could be president,” says one of the most powerful and prominent leaders in today’s society (www.nicholaskralev.com). As a former international studies scholar and a Stanford University provost, and now President Bush’s national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice has drawn both fire and praise for her extraordinary mixture
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Condolezza Rice
Introduction I. When I say the words “Condoleezza Rice”, some of you are wondering what it was that I just said. A. Some may think I’m speaking another language. B. Others may know that this is a person’s name. II. When I first heard the name Condoleezza Rice, I didn’t know who she was either. III. Today, I am here to tell you about Condoleezza Rice, our Secretary of State. IV. I will tell you
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Connections
Rich uses the images of preparing for a dive into a shipwreck to symbolize how one must prepare oneself for the journey of relooking at a painful memory. In order to prepare for the dive, the speaker of the poem “read[s] the book of myths, load[s] the camera and check[s] the edge of the knife blade” (1-3). By reading the book of myths, people must familiarize themselves with the false memories that they have created
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Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi The biggest sculptor of the XXth century, Constantin Brancusi the central figure in the modern art movement and a pioneer of abstractization is considered to be the father of modern sculpture. The uniqueness of his sculptures comes from their elegance and the sensible use of his materials combining the simplicity of popular Romanian art and the elegant Parisian avangardism. The most important characteristics of Brancusi’s art are probably the verticality, horizontality, the density
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Constantine
Constantine was well known as the first emperor that supported Christianity. He is also known as Constantine the Great. He was born to Constantius Chlorus, a Roman general on 272 in Serbia. Constantine began his carrier in charge of Britain, Gaul and Spain. He was in charge of this part of the empire from 306 to 316. He guarded the Rhine during this time from the Germans. During his time ruling his part of the
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Control Issues
2001: A Space Odyssey is just that: a long wandering voyage of the body and mind. Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark collaborated brilliantly. In examining both works, the film and the novel, there are certainly differences, yet the theme and overall idea coincide thoroughly. That this was made in the 1960's augments both accomplishments. The visuals, seen in 2004, are still captivating. What they must've seemed like in 1968! I flout those who received
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Contruction a Victimogly
Information from these financial records would also be indicative of their lifestyle. The records may show more income then their employment would allow, for example. The records may shed light on gambling activities, infidelity, and other indiscretions. For example, if there is a credit card charge for flowers or gifts that the spouse states they never received, then that may be indicative of an extra-marital affair. Once again, interviews with the staff at the businesses
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Cool Kids
In many countries, acts of terrorism are legally distinguished from criminal acts done for other purposes, and "terrorism" is defined by statute; see definition of terrorism for particular definitions. Common principles among legal definitions of terrorism provide an emerging consensus as to meaning and also foster cooperation between law enforcement personnel in different countries. Among these definitions there are several that do not recognize the possibility of legitimate use of violence by civilians against an
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Corazon Aquino
Lead and Manage People Leadership is the key dynamic force that motivates and co ordinates an organization to accomplish its objectives. A leader creates a vision for the others and then directs them towards achieving that vision. To be a leader you must have followers who have confidence in you and who give you their support and commitment to a goal. My Leadership Role I have been employed at Harley Nursing Home since September 1997
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Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen’s poetry was extremely motivated by race. He produced poetry that celebrates his African American Heritage, dramatizes black heroism, and reveals the reality of being black in a hostile world. In “Harlem Wine,” Cullen reveals how blacks overcome their pain and rebellious inclinations through the medium of music (Shields 907). James Weldon Johnson said that Cullen was always seeking to free himself and his art from these bonds (Shields 905). In “Yet Do
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