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Hitler's Legacy Still Haunts The World
... and his legacy still
haunts the world and will continue to until the end of time.
When Hitler came to power in Germany he wasn’t the only leader who
had fascist beliefs. Benito Mussolini had Italy in his own grasp and made
it a military state almost. Right behind Germany and Italy was Japan. All
three had their own beliefs and goals but all three were fascist. All
three countries felt Communism was a threat just like the democratic
nations of the time. However, they also knew that the democratic nations
were a threat and that the democratic nations felt the same about them. As
a result the fascists sign ...
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Martin Luther King And Malcolm X - Two Views, One Cause
... to a
common goal. Perhaps their different approaches of violence and
nonviolence stem from their original opinions of how capable the whites are
of being "good".
Not all of the whites involved in the problem of racism supported it.
Some were actually trying to help fight for the blacks. Unfortunately, it
took Malcolm X a long time to figure that out. Malcolm's paper, "The
Ballot or the Bullet," makes that clear. In his paper, he is constantly
criticizing whites as a whole. He does not consider, even for a moment,
that a white could actually support equality for all men. "Usually, it's
the white man wh ...
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Julia Roberts
... had performed and taught workshops on acting and screenwriting. Separation struck these two when they divorced in 1971. Five years later, Julia’s father died. Julia has three siblings: a brother Eric, and two sisters Lisa and half-sister Nancy. Eric and Lisa were both actors. She also has several puppies and a German Shepherd-Husky mix named Diego.
By watching Julia on screen you may be deceived, whereas she is not quite the glamorous, dressy gal you think. Julia’s quite the opposite, she is a fast talking farm girl who often dresses grunge-like. Also, she is not a very competitive but never misse ...
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George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House" - A Fantasia In The Russian Manner On English Themes
... this period he wrote his first five novels, none
of them very successful; the first one was never published and the other
four were sold to periodicals, to be published as serials.
In 1884 he joined the Fabian Society, an utopian movement that was
trying to establish a socialist society through co-operation with the ‘
bourgeois' classes. He wrote a great number of speeches, pamphlets and
articles for the Fabians, and in 1889 he edited the Fabian Essays, an
import document in the history of British socialism. His work with and for
the Fabian Society continued until the end of his life, during which per ...
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Emily Dickinson
... was now under speculation and often doubted. People began to search for new meanings in life. People like Emerson and Thoreau believed that answers lie in the individual. Emerson set the tone for the era when he said, "Who so would be a human, must be a non-conformist." believed and practiced this philosophy. When she was young she was brought up by a stern and austere father. In her childhood she was shy and already different from the others. Like all the Dickinson children, male or female, Emily was sent for formal education in Amherst Academy. After attending Amherst Academy with conscientious thinkers such as ...
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Fredrick Douglass 5
... slavery, he was able to develop the necessary emotion and experiences for him to become a successful abolitionist writer. He grew up as a slave, experiencing all of the hardships that are included, such as whippings, scarce meals, and other harsh treatment. His thirst for freedom , and his burning hatred of slavery caused him to write Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, and other similar biographies. In his Narrative, he wrote the complete story of his miserable life as a slave and his strife to obtain freedom. The main motivational force behind his character (himself) was to make it through another day ...
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Donald Barthelme
... and of course author of short stories and novels (Anderson et al, 919). He is the author of a number of collections of short stories including “Come Back, Dr. Caligari” (1964); “Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts” (1968); “ City Life” (1971); “Sadness” (1972); “Great Days” (1978); “Overnight to Many Distant Cities” (1983); and “Paradise” (1986). He also wrote Snow White, a parody of the popular children’s fairy tale, the novel. He won the National Book Award for Children’s literature for the book titled “Th ...
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John Quincy Adams
... For the next six years he read intensly while he taught school and studied law in Boston. In 1762 he began a fourteen year successful law career.
In 1761 he began to think, write and act against British oppression and for the right of colonies to self-government. He was patriotic and held many local offices. In 1770 he insured that the British soldiers accused of the Boston Massacre received a fair hearing. He defended the soldiers at their trial. He spoke out against mob violence and other forms of social disintegration.
In 1774 to 1776 Adams was a deligate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. He wa ...
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Mark Twain
... first brought him national fame as a writer. His book The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches, published in 1867, was his humorous stories of life that existed on the frontier (Twain 126). That year his humor and satire allowed him to be able to travel around the world to speak to people. He wrote of these speeches and his travels in Innocents Abroad. This piece published in 1869, poked fun at all the European Cultures that usually impressed many American Tourists(126). After being married in 1870, his humor and satire began to improve. This is when he wrote what is thought to be his bes ...
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J.P. Morgan
... and in big business
corporations. Through his leadership, Morgan salvaged America's financial
systems several times during his lifetime. In the railroad industry, he was
known as the great arbiter, saving several railroads with his successful
reorganizations. In the steel industry, Morgan combined many holdings into
one of the successful ventures of the time. In his lifetime, J.P. Morgan
was certainly a captain of industry who saved the American financial system
and numerous companies while overseeing one of the biggest ventures of the
time.
During his career, Morgan bailed out America's financial system
seve ...
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