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Catherine The Great
... speak
correctly and without accent.
At the age of 33, Catherine was not only a handsome woman (whose
numerous love affairs dominate the popular accounts of her life), but also
unusually well read and deeply involved in the cultural trends of her age.
She was a tireless worker and knew how to select capable assistants--for
example, Nikita PANIN in foreign affairs, Aleksandr SUVOROV in the
military, and Grigory POTEMKIN in administration. Imbued with the ideas of
the Enlightenment, Catherine aimed at completing the job started by Peter
I--westernizing Russia--but she had different methods. Unlike Peter, she
did not forcibly conscript society into the se ...
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Important People In History
... a system of therapy
called individual psychology. Adler believed that a persons goals and
values is what guided them.Adler later on introduced the concept of the
inferiority complex. He believed that everyone once in their life feels
inferior, espically children.He also said the people who feel inferior
would try to do things to make them feel better like trying to seek out
power or maybe going out and spending a large sum of money. Adler wrote a
book called "Understanding Human Nature". In his book he laid out his basic
theories. Like Freud he too did believe that dreams were really inportant
in understanding one's personality, however he did not believe that dream ...
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Heinrich Himmler
... He married Margret Boden in 1926.
In 1929, Hitler appointed him head of the SS, which at that time numbered about 300 men and served mainly as a bodyguard for Hitler. A superb organizer, he had already expanded the SS to 50,000 men by 1933
By 1936, he had consolidated police power in Germany and was named Chief of the German police on June 17 of that year. With all organs of the police, especially the Gestapo (secret state police), now under his control, his power was virtually without limit. In addition to his other responsibilities, he was also responsible for the security services (Sicherheitsdienst) and the concentration camps, which up to that time ...
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Teddy Bear
... he was born in New York city on October 27,1858 into a wealthy family, but he too struggled--against ill health. When Theodore was about 12, his father told him that he would need a strong body to give his mind a chance to develop fully. The next year, while on a trip to Maine, Theodore was tormented by two mischievous boys. He felt ashamed because he was not strong enough to fight back. Roosevelt's father built a gymnasium in the family home, and Theodore exercised there regularly. He overcame his asthma and built up unusual physical strength. Roosevelt studied under tutors until he entered Harvard University in 1876 at the age of 18. He earned good grades ...
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Hannibal
... ’s promise to visit Roman injustice back on Rome a hundred fold. For Carthage to take the town of Sagunto was completely within the rights of the Carthage and the treaty but Rome at the time was getting too big and becoming very imperialistic. All Rome could see was that they had to have all of the Mediterranean and the only thing that stood in their way was a single General and his men. The way in which the Romans were unconsciously straying from “mos maiorum” to manipulate the course of events was disturbing. Though these actions were not entirely the “evil” work of Rome. from his earliest memories could recall nothing but hatred for Rome. ’s Father had instilled ...
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Richard Linklater: Man Of Youth
... the technical aspects of Richard Linklater's films only the
scene in The Newton Boys where numerous bank robberies go on at once,
sticks out. There is dissolves everywhere to connect the processes and
explosions to the getaways for the robberies.
The music in all Richard Linklater's films is what I noticed the
most. He takes period music and uses it to raise the scene to another level.
In the cases of The Newton Boys all new music was written for this film
set during Prohibition. With the music in Dazed and Confused it is able to
make me excited about them going to the party in the woods. The music is
able to complete the cruise scenes. Suburbia had a mu ...
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George Lucas
... and turned it into a hot rod. Each day following, he went cruising around town, drag racing often. However, this passion led him to a drastic change in his life. It ultimately led him to success.
Lucas was in a car crash in 1962, which ended his racing career before it even started. He missed his graduation ceremony at his high school, but joked that the only reason he got a diploma was because his teachers felt sorry for him. As a result, Lucas looked for other options to fill his void in life. Since his grades were not good enough for a four-year college, he decided to go to junior college. For the first time in his life, he hit the books. He fell ...
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Life Of Charles Robert Darwin
... eggs, shells, rocks, coins, and flowers. He learned the names of the species he found, and recorded the differences in the same kinds of species. Nature fascinated him.
When Charles was only eight years old, his mother died. She had had poor health since the birth of her second child, Caroline. Dr. Darwin became grumpy, and impatient after the death of his wife. At the age of nine Charles went to Shrewsbury School, where his older brother Erasmus was already attending school. The school was very strict, and Charles found the lessons mindless and boring. No Science was taught, and perhaps the only thing he felt joy in was famous literature. He read all the ...
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Robert E Lee
... $103.58 in cash and he started a home.
On July 26, 1829, Lee's mother died. Robert was at her bed when she died. Then on June 30, 1831 Lee married Mary Curtis. On September 16, 1832, Mary gave birth to George Washington Curtis Lee. Then in 1835 they had their second child, Mary Curtis. Mrs. Lee was put on bed-rest for many months due to illness. They had five more children: William Henry Fitzgerald, Annie, Agnes, Robert and last Mildred. When he was home, they all attended episcopal Church where he was raised.
On May 13, 1846 the United States declared was on their southern neighbor. When Lee was 39, he headed for Mexico. Lee's will said that he was worth about $ ...
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Viete
... two books on astronomy have never been published.
In 1573 Vičte was appointed to the parliament of Brittany and in 1589 he worked for the French state as a parliamentary councillor.
During the war with Spain (1590), Vičte served Henry IV of France and deciphered the Spanish code in intercepted messages.
Vičte introduced the first systematic algebraic notation in his book In artem analyticam isagoge (1591). He demonstrated the value of symbols by using plus + and minus - signs for operations, and letters to represent unknowns. He suggested using letters as symbols for quantities, both known and unknown. He used vowels for the unknowns and consonants for known qu ...
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