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Martin Luther
... who purchased these indulgences were promised freedom form punishment on earth.
Luther believed that salvation is a matter of faith in Christ and neither the church nor the state has the authority over the "individual conscience". He strongly believed that everyone is a free spokesperson in his relation with God. Luther believed that all the church authorities from the pope down must be overthrown.
Luther placed emphasis on personal Bible study. He was the first to bring personal Bible study to the life of the "common people". Because Luther had found the true way of salvation by studying the Bible, he wante ...
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Richard Nixon's Presidency
... Nixon was persuaded by a group of southern
California Republicans to challenge Democratic congressman Jerry Voorhis
(1901-84). Nixon campaigned vigorously, tabbed the liberal Voorhis as a
dangerous left-winger, and won by 16,000 votes. In 1948 and 1949 Nixon
achieved a national reputation in the U.S. House of Representatives as a
member of the Committee on Un-American Activities during its investigation
of what became known as the Hiss case. In 1950 Nixon ran for the U.S.
Senate against Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-80), whom he
labeled th e for what he alleged to be her pro-Communist sympathies. He won ...
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Rosa Parks
... in Montgomery, Alabama. Married to Raymond Parks, she worked as a seamstress in a department store but silently protested segregation by avoiding areas where segregation was most obvious. To her it was humiliating to have to feel so inferior to whites. In addition to her job she also worked with the Montgomery Voters League, an organization which helped African Americans pass the tests which had been set up to keep them from voting. She was also well known for her work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Parks was a hard-working woman and very well respected for her dedi ...
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Gregor Johann Mendel
... and was published the following year. Mendels paper
presented a completely new and unique documented theory of inheritances, but it
did not lead immediately to a cataclysm of genetic research. The scientists who
read his papers of complex theories, dismissed it because it could be explained
in such a simple model. He was rediscovered by Hugo de Vries in The Netherlands,
Carl Correns in Germany, and Evich Tschermak in Austria all at the same time
after 1900. They named the units Mendel described "genes." When the gene has a
slighty different base sequence it is called an "allele."
Mendel also developed 3 laws or ...
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Interview With Karl Marx
... industrialization was the key to the modern world. Lastly, I discovered that history unfolds in a logical sequence. I realized that for each thesis, there is an antithesis and the meeting of the two produces a completely new idea, a synthesis.
So what was your theory and what was human history according to you?
Human history, according to me, was the history of class conflict between competing economic groups in which one exploits the other. The result of that was capitalism, which only led to destruction. The increasing number of workers (thesis) were being exploited by the owners of the means of production (a ...
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Sherwood Anderson Life And Inf
... Camden. His father was a heavy drinker and had a particular hard time keeping a job. His mother was a hard working woman with strict religious beliefs and always taught her children to work as hard as they could. Anderson was the third of seven children, making his family large and hard to support.
Anderson was not an exceptional student, but rather was average grade wise. He graduated grammar school and completed nine months of highschool. Anderson was forced to drop out because he needed to work for his family and bring in more income than his mother and two brothers were making. Anderson worked as a laborer i ...
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Jimmy Carter: The 39th President Of The United States
... problems, and most of
all, significant changes throughout the course of the years. Jimmy Carter
became our 39th president in 1977, amidst some great changing times, with
humans rights and technology. He was later considered the transitional
president of the United States (Hudson1). Jimmy Carter rose in power very
quickly, was elected as president at a transitional period in the United
State's history, and lost most of his power very quickly.
Jimmy Carter's beginning was a very simple and typical "American
style" start. Jimmy was born James Earl Carter, Jr., on October 1, 1924,
in Plains, Georgia. His paren ...
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Archibald Macleish
... of nature and physics which gave him a unique style.
(Falk 24)
BIOGRAPHY
Archibald MacLeish was born in Glencoe, Illinois to an average middle class family. His father, Andrew MacLeish, was a businessman. His mother, Martha Hillard MacLeish, was a homemaker. His parents soon realized they had a very gifted son so they sent him to the Hotchkiss School. This school catered to his many different interests. Of all the things MacLeish excelled at he was the best at writing. Archibald graduated at the top of his class and was accepted to Yale University. While at Yale MacLeish studied law, but continued his wr ...
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Albert Einstein
... stir. A favorite
toy of his was his father's compass, and he often marvelled at his uncle's
explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was intrigued by certain
mysteries of science, he was considered a slow learner. His failure to become
fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachers to believe he was
disabled.
Einstein's post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten.
It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the school's
strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of teaching led to
his reputation as a rebel. It was probably these differ ...
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Clinton Impeachment
... to be a political soap opera and ended with Clinton’s presidency preserved, but it is a soap opera that many believed it could be prevent from happening.
Clinton’s impeachment made headlines news across the nation ever since it was revealed to the public. Unfortunately, many people still have a long way to know what went on behind the close door of the impeachment. The majority do not have an idea if the Congress is making the right move or not to impeach our President. Hence, many do not realize how the impeachment might affect our nation politically. To answer this, I conducted an interview with ...
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