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The accomplishments and struggle of Mohandas Gandhi and how he has inspired me.
... and a British soldier came up to him and asked him to get up and move. When Gandhi refused to move, the soldier slapped him on ... the same experiences, although, my experiences came at an earlier time in my life. Another attribute of Gandhi was his superior ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
A short biography of the career of Oprah Winfrey. Not to entertain to to give information.
... in Speech Communications and Performing Arts. In 1976, she moved to Baltimore to join WJZ-TV as a news co-anchor. In 1978 ... In 1991 Oprah initiated a campaign to establish a national database of convicted child abusers. Time Magazine named Oprah Winfrey one ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Ralph Waldo Emerson - A Man of Many Faces. This biography deals with Emerson and his diverse lifestyle and writing practices throughout his life.
... for the following year. In 1877, Emerson took another trip, this time to Europe and Egypt. He spent his last few year in his ... a private girl's school but moved on to bigger things. Within a few years, Emerson was licensed to preach in the Unitarian Church. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Biograph of William Sydney Porter.
... and he was sentenced to five years in prison for bank fraud. While in prison he began using his time to write short stories. When ... he began going by his pen name O. Henry to conceal his true identity. He then moved to New York City with his daughter and in ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Barry Bonds The Greatest Baseball player today.
... to Barry. Free agency meant that Barry could sign for any team that wanted him. But what Barry really wanted was to move to the Bay area to ... players of all time. Right from the start Barry Bonds was surrounded by baseball. He stayed in the dugout to watch ...
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James Langston
... and off" life. She went from one job to another job never having any time to spend with the young Langston. Growing up, Hughes ... United States. After a while in Mexico, Hughes moved back to the United States to study at Columbia University in New York City ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire).
... to his father, fearing that his son was becoming more liberal and neglecting his law studies, he forced him to move from Paris to ... to be exiled to Enlgand. (http://www.ericjones.com/features/candide/voltaire/default.asp) From 1726 to 1729 spent his time ...
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Abraham Lincoln.
... nurturing mother to Lincoln. In 1830, the Lincolns once again moved, this time to Macon County, Illinois ... moved, this time to Macon County, Illinois. In 1831, 22-year-old Abe Lincoln was hired by an Illinoisan businessman named Denton Offutt. His job was to ...
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Henry Ford.
... promoted to chief engineer. Not only was it a boost in position and confidence but it also gave him the necessary funds and time to ... In the year 1879, Henry being a meager 16 years old, he moved to the city of Detroit where he would work as an apprentice ...
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Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood
... if they surrendered to the camps. But the promises could not be kept. Sitting Bull and his people were still unready to move to the ... did not break Sitting Bull's spirits and asked many times to be considered the chief but Sitting Bull was treated like ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies