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Bob Dylan
... and a singer. Soon he formed his own bands, The Golden Chords, The Shadow Blasters, and Elston Gunn & The Rock Boppers. His fellow students were shocked to hear such a voice come from the small kid, when he sang at a high school talent show.
After high school graduation in 1959, Dylan enrolled in the University of Minnesota, but never graduated. Instead, he started playing in nearby coffeehouses, and was quickly taken in by the artistic community. There he was introduced to rural folk music of artist like Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly, Roscoe Holocomb, and the great Woody Guthrie. Throughout his life, Dylan will blend these three (blues, rock 'n' roll, and folk ...
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William James
... William got into the field of Psychology was that he got his degree in physiology and also enjoyed studying philosophy in his spare time, in psychology, he found, linked the two together. Before finishing his medical studies, he went on an exploring expedition in Brazil with the Swiss-American naturalist Louis Agassiz and also studied psychology in Germany. During this time, William retired due to illness but that didn’t stop his from excelling in the field. Three years later, in 1872, at the age of thirty, William become an instructor in physiology at Harvard University. In 1875, William started teaching Psychology at Harvard and after 1880 he was teachin ...
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Emily Dickinson 3
... and faith her poems are both expository and puzzling. Her conclusions are often cryptically implicit and largely dependant on the readers ability to put together the pieces - to see the connections and implications. Amy Lowell said "She was the mistress of suggestion....and to a lesser degree, irony" The ruses and riddles in her poems came from her; and as such she too was a riddle.
The riddle was important to Emily Dickinson for several reasons. She wished to reason with her own feelings despite her contradictory beliefs - she wished to be one who "distils amazing sense / from ordinary meanings (#448)".
For her, life, nature and faith were all riddles in ...
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Wyatt Earp
... to Los Angeles, Ca and Prescott, Arizona. Wyatt also hunted buffalo for so me time. There are rumors that it was during this tiem that Wyatt met Bat Masterson.
In 1876 he became chief deputy marshal of Dodge City, Kansas, a lawless frontier town. Within a year, having brought relative peace to Dodge City, he moved on to Deadwood in the Dakota Territoy.
In the fall of 1879, Wyatt and his brothers Morgan and Virgil journeyed by horseback down to Tombstone, Arizona. There he furthered his reputation as a gunfighter, first as deputy sheriff of Pima Co. and later as deputy U.S. marshal for the entire Arizona Territory. Earp and three of his brothers, together wi ...
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Escher
... Rome for 10 years but went on many tours to such places as Calabria, Sicily, Corsica and spain. In 1934 he moved to Switzaland for 2 years and then he moved to brussles for 5 years. Then finaly in 1941 he stayed in Holland for the rest of his life.
THE WORK...
's art work was usally buildings that confused you, he also did lots of architecture. The work he did was very mind boggaling and quite imposible, an example of this imposibillityis demonstraited in the peice Ascending and Desceding where the solders just keep on walking up or down the stairs.
IMPOSSIBILITIES...
The men keep walking up the stairs
The men keep walking down the stairs
The waterfall is runnin ...
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The Biography Of Kurt Donald Cobain
... This was the start of a series of moves from relative
to relative. This caused a great deal of stress for Kurt and he became
secluded.
Kurt expressed his inner thoughts and emotions through music, by
listening and empathizing with bands such as Black Sabbath and the Sex
Pistols.
While in high school Kurt met Buzz Osbourne and Matt Lukin of the
Melvins, musical heroes and inspirations to Kurt. Also while in high
school he met future band mate with Nirvana, and many other groups,
Krist(Chris) Novoselic. Krist was an immigrant from Croatia and he and
Kurt became friends instantly. Later Kurt and Krist formed Nirvana with
Chad Channing as drummer and recorded ...
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Julius Caesar Biography
... 81 BC and 79 BC, Caesar served in Asia Minor on the
personal staff of Marcus Minucius Thermus, the praetor. He was then sent
on a mission to King Nicomedes of Bithynia. During the conquest of the
island Lesbos, Caesar gained a prize for bravery. Later he was captured by
pirates and paid the usual ransom of 25 talents (500 kg) of silver.
When Sulla (the dictator in Rome) died, Caesar felt safe to return
to Italy where he started a career as a criminal lawyer. In 75 BC he went
to Rhodes for more education and was once again captured by pirates, who
asked the usual tariff. Caesar demanded it doubled and threatened to kill
them. After the ransom was paid, he ...
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Niccolo Machiavelli
... is because of the Pisa war. There created absolute necessities and he
had to function as an ambassador with unimportant assignments. On May 1500,
with a more important assignment he was sent to the king of Fr ance and
lived away from Italy for six months. After he returned to his country he
was assigned to many important political jobs in Toscana. One of the most
important of these jobs was the one he got on 1502, June and November, when
Valantino tried to separate the unity of Florence with the help of the
rebellions by Arezzo and Valdi. Machiavelli examined the policy by Caesar
Borgia closely and carefully : Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo,
Signore Pag ...
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Richard III
... Henry Tudor's ascension to the throne. One aspect that almost all of the historian agree with is that Richard did have some moments where his actions were for the better of England. Looking at such actions can shed light on the true characteristics of his rule, and that he quite may have been a beneficial part of English history.
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was the brother of King Edward IV of the House of York. The House of York had been in control of the throne of England for some time now, but with the entry of the Woodvilles, was in somewhat of a decline. Elizabeth Woodville, now queen to Edward, was thought of surrounded by sorcery, influencing Edwa ...
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Saint John Bosco
... youth and instructing them in religion. He was now ready to make his contribution toward the poor and homeless. He rented an old barn in a field which he called "The Oratory." This was the first of many oratories John Bosco founded for helping poor boys who needed a home. He believed that prayer and Holy Mass and Communion and confession are the best ways for children to attain a sense of personal responsibility.
In a short time, other priests joined him in his work and by 1852 they were caring for over 600 boys. John dealt with them by using a minimum of restraint and discipline, lots of love, keeping careful watch over their development and encouraging them p ...
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