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    Rough Draft Hernan Cortes Hernan Cortes sailed the vast‚ deep‚ blue ocean throughout his life‚ searching for land‚ money and power. The astonishing leader born in Spain in 1485 developed many armies and navigated through rough terrain. To many people he was respected‚ although feared a good leader. Hernan Cortes was an accomplished conquistador who improvised leadership by overpowering the Aztecs‚ which affected the country of Mexico for their language and religion by spreading the culture of

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows the story of Gatsby‚ a man whose desire to be one of the elite led him to acquire a great deal of money to create an idealistic dream life for himself of loving Daisy in a perfect world. Author might have written the title "great" ironically‚ meanwhile Gatsby is still great personally in many ways and much better than the society he lived in. Gatsby is one of the wealthiest people in West Egg and any of his parties would qualify as a legendary event

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    Abraham Lincoln was a man of humble beginnings who‚ though self-taught‚ rose to greatness through the many leadership qualities that he possessed. Quality traits that Lincoln possessed were honesty‚ integrity and a great devotion towards the rights of the people. It was probably through his impoverished upbringing that he formed such a bond with common folks. Lincoln was able to show the country that an ordinary person‚ with strong character and integrity‚ was capable of inspiring others to greatness

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    A Comparison of Great Women Leaders Queen Victoria and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher are well known women leaders of England who each in her own manner and in her own generation shaped her country. These women led their countries with conviction. Each lady was dedicated to her position. Even through difficult situations‚ they were strong and true to their beliefs. Queen Victoria and Prime Minister Thatcher were both forceful women in a time when it was not popular for women to be in control

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    Brittany Hall May 4‚ 2009 Professor Drummond Western Civilization Charlemagne the Great Military Leader Charlemagne’s reign was consumed with wars in which he was successful. He never had to confront a first-class enemy in battle. Charlemagne inherited a well-trained Frankish Kingdom from his martial father and grandfather. His wars‚ however‚ were of high importance for history; especially the conquest of the Saxons and the Lombards which implied the bringing of much of Germany and Italy

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    incredible Leader is very not quite the same as being an extraordinary chief. When you consider duties Leaders of Disney‚ you need to trust that there is nothing more essential than making and keeping up a sheltered situation for our visitors and for our kindred cast individuals. Wellbeing is everybody’s obligation. All through Disney Great Leader Strategies‚ you will discover vital data to enable you to be an incredible pioneer in the region of wellbeing. It is crucial that we‚ as Leaders‚ remain caution

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    Delhi‚ India | Political party | Indian National Congress | Spouse(s) | Kamala Kaul | Children | Indira Gandhi | Alma mater | Trinity College‚ Cambridge Inns of Court | Profession | Barrister | Religion | None[1][2][3] | Signature | | Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindustani: [ˈdʒəʋaːɦərˈlaːl ˈneːɦru] ( listen); 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian

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    Odysseus was a great man as the story put it. He showed a lot of traits‚ great traits. He shows them in very different ways. He is a great leader‚ he made sure his men weren’t doing all the work. Odysseus was Great at everything he has done. He gets what he wants done too. He made sure he was taking just as many risks as them. He sometimes even put himself into more danger than his men. Like he could have had one of his men walk up and give the “one eyed beast” the wine‚ but instead he did it.

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    which they hunted with each other. In the tribes‚ they still need a leader‚ who can guide them during those hunting journey. Time goes by‚ the develop of human society makes we need another type of leader who can dominant‚ confident‚ aggressive‚ creative‚ and long term view‚ etc. Many great leaders were born to guide the human society develop to higher level; but anything has two sides of it‚ and sometimes we have some leaders who tried to destroy the society. Those people are Julius Caesar‚ Genghis

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    Marie Antoinette‚ A Great Leader By : Sarah Joan Every leader throughout history has effected the world in some way. Regardless if it was positive or negative‚ short-term or long-term‚ they did have an impact. The greatest leaders are remembered throughout history and the rest of time. The worst leaders are the ones who are completely forgotten‚ or worse‚ remembered for all time as the leader who messed up. There are different opinions as to what really makes a great leader‚ but something that

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