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The Life Of Jackie Robinson
... graduation from John Muir Technical High School, Jackie attended a Junior College called Pasadena J.C. . He continued to participate in track and field, and helped lead his basketball, baseball, and football teams to championships. Once in a track and field meet in Pomona, California, he competed in the long jump. His final jump was twenty five feet and six inches. Not only did he win the meet, but he also set a new record. (Stealing Home)
After his impressive performance that day, several major universities offered him scholarships for his last two years of athletic eligibility.
Jackie chose the University of Ca ...
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Wendell Phillips
... 1865 he attacked the
Constitution. He attacked it because it supported slavery.
He had married Ann Terry Greene. Greene had been taught by William Lloyd
Garrison. Garrison and Phillips became friends.
As the Civil War approached he became more and more certain that
violence must be employed to abolish slavery. When the war came he was at the
head of the emancipation movement.
In the years after the war Wendell Phillips demanded that actions be
taken to protect blacks and loyal whites in the South. He also became
more involved in workers rights. His speeches and lectures soon became
published. On ...
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A Little Bit About Einstein
... was a very bright child; a magnetic compass sparked his interest in the natural world, at the young age of four.
Einstein began his formal education at a school in Ulm. Contrary to what you would think Albert hated formal schooling. He often did poorly in subjects such as Geography, Language, and History, but excelled in Mathematics and Science. He generally did his real studies at home where he concentrated on physics, mathematics, and philosophy. One year one of Einstein’s teachers suggested that he leave school, so at mid-term the 15 year old boy quit school. Einstein then moved to Italy to help hi ...
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Herbert George Wells
... The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, and The Shape of Things to Come; each of these fantasies was made into a motion picture. Wells also wrote novels devoted to character delineation. Among these are Kipps and The History of Mr. Polly, which depict members o! f the lower middle class and their aspirations. Both recall the world of Wells's youth; the first tells the story of a struggling teacher, the second portrays a draper's assistant. Many of Wells's other books can be categorized as thesis novels. Among these are Ann Veronica, promoting women's rights; Tono-Bungay, attacking irresponsible capitalists; and Mr ...
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Law And Politics
... person has the right to defend – even by force – his/her person, liberty, and property. On this basis, an individual can’t lawfully use force to destroy another person. Furthermore, the people of a nation (possibly through elected officials) should have the right to choose which laws are just and which ones are not.
If a nation were founded on this basis, it seems that order would prevail among the people. Furthermore, such a nation would have the simplest, easiest to accept, most limited, nonoppressive, just, and enduring, government imaginable – whatever its political form might be. Und ...
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Alfred Nobel
... him to learn chemistry in France.
He gained interest in explosive nitroglycerin. And studied until he founded the first ever nitroglycerin factory in the world, but found it was too volatile to work with, and too many miners were dying using it. He began experimenting on how to control the substance. He wanted something that could absorb the nitroglycerin and not still have the same power. He Found that a substance called Kieselguhr. This substance consisted of (diatomeus earth) marine organisms diatoms. This way the explosive could be transported easily and detonated from a safe distance. It saved laves and ...
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Princess Diana
... each individual will be equally mourned. I think it is safe to say that Diana was more popular in the watchful eye of the media. Unfortunately this is how the general public is able to justify their overwhelming support for Diana, rather then Mother Teresa.
was at the peak of her controversial, compassionate, and challenging life. A radical in the Royal family, Diana was able to come to terms with the fact that she is no different then you and I. This may seem like a feeble task, but to a princess, it is a task accomplished by few. Diana broke all traditions embellished into the minds of the modern day royals. ...
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Michael Jackson
... youths’.
Later on that year they performed at an NAACP fun raising dinner in
Hollywood for children in need. Two years later they got an award from the
organization for African Unity for ‘ Strengthening the status of African
Americans’. In Michael Jackson’s childhood years has made an impact on
kids.
Around 1979 and Michael goes solo, but still with the Jacksons. He
began to perform some of his solo hits in benefit concerts. For example,
the UNICEF, The Atlanta Children’s Foundation at the Omni Auditorium in
Atlanta , Georgia and raised $100,000 for the charity. The Foundation is
established in re ...
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Wayne Gretzky: Comparing Two Biographies
... childhood. We knew that Wayne Gretzky could skate at two years
old. He was well known by people at six. When he was ten, he was signing
autographs and had a national magazine article written about him. A thirty-
minutes national television show done on him at fifteen. It also talk about
Gretzky's hero when he was a kid. He was a funny guy. He was Gretzky's hockey
instructor. He was also his lacrosse, baseball basketball and cross country
coach. He was not only coach, but also trainer and chauffeur. Gretzky called
him dad, his name was Walter. However, in the book "Gretzky and Taylor", it did
not show anythin ...
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Benjamin Harrison
... and Harrison set off with his troops. By day he drilled his men; at night he studied tactics. Always he looked after his soldiers' needs. They called him Little Ben.
General Harrison went back to his work at the Supreme Court and his law practice. He also took over again his large Bible class in the Presbyterian church, where his wife taught Sunday school.
In 1876 Harrison ran for governor of Indiana. The Democrats called him "cold as an iceberg" and nicknamed him Kid-Glove Harrison. The Democratic candidate, nicknamed Blue Jeans, won the election.
Four years later the Indiana legislature ...
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