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    Henry Heimlich Biography

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    (Henry Heimlich Biography). Used widely by the military during the Vietnam War‚ the device allowed soldiers who were shot in the chest a good chance to Henry 3 survive for the first time in history. (Henry Heimlich Biography). More than four million Heimlich Chest Drain valves have been sold since that time. (Henry Heimlich Biography). In the early 1970’s‚ after learning that nearly 4‚000 Americans die each year from choking

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    essay - art of biography

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    Biography is concerned with the pattern of action woven by a human character. It is concerned with creating not simply recording. The writing of biography is not a cut-and-dried affair‚ the assemblage of known facts in a chronological order. Much of the work of the biographer consists in unearthing and collecting the facts. But after the facts have been assembled and classified‚ the business of interpretation remains. The biographer must put the facts with which he deals into some sort of pattern

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    Buster Keaton Biography

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    Works Cited 1. "Buster Keaton Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television‚ n.d. Web. 26 Mar. ___2014. 2. Dale‚ Alan S. "Comedy Is a Man in Trouble." Comedy Is a Man in Trouble: Slapstick in ___American Movies. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota‚ 2000. 1-4. Google Books. ___Google. Web. 22 Mar. 2014. 3. Goodwin‚ Martin. "Dr. Toon: The Evolution of Animated Comedy." Animation World ___Network. N.p.‚ 6 Feb. 2012. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. 4. Hall‚ Grey. "A Cartoon History: 70 Years of Tom and Jerry."

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    Voltaire Biography

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    Voltaire Today France is known as as a place of beauty and democracy. The France that can be seen today is a result of the French Revolution and the many writers that protested their government. One example of a revolutionary writers is Voltaire. Voltaire’s childhood and his multiple exiles influenced why and what he wrote. Voltaire’s career in writing was made possible by his childhood and the rest of his early life. He was born into an upper class family in November of 1694. His father was a well-to-do

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    Plato biography

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    so famous. So‚ do you know where words “Academy” and «Benefit» came from or who created “Metaphysics” as field of science? Unfortunately‚ the extant data‚ which showed dates and place of Plato’s definitely were sweep away by wind of history‚ but majority of historians and sources indicate what it was in period between 429 to 423 BC in Athens. As well as we know‚ Athens was city-state in Ancient Greece‚ also many historians calling it “Heart of Greece” or “Cradle of knowledge”. We can

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    Pen Biography

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    The Pen Mortality is a fact of life for everyone and has been since Creation. As humans‚ we have the intelligence to realize and understand this because we possess the ability to reason and to learn. This ability‚ when combined with the presence of Life that keeps us in existence‚ beckons us to secure the future in some way and for some reason(s). We need not only the chance at life beyond our own which comes with the birth of our children‚ but also to leave our own names‚ our own ideas and beliefs

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    Cleopatra Biography

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    dire straits and had to cross enemy borders in order to speak with Caesar. This brief occurrence in her history can give us a somewhat hazy view of Cleopatra’s body size. (Fraser 36) If she was able to fit into Egypt’s tightly rolled carpets this may imply that Cleopatra was small and lithe. This is just rationalization. Cleopatra may not have been attractive as it is suggested throughout history. Her supposed "beauty" may have been one of the rare instances where intelligence‚ wit and personality

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    Mao Biography

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    In the millennia across which China has existed relatively few forms of political and economic systems have dominated the scene. For nearly all but the last fifty-two years‚ China was ruled by a feudal system under an Emperor‚ the Son of Heaven. In the late 19th century‚ the feudal warlords had usurped nearly all of the actual power of the Emperor and had led the country into an age of decadence‚ economic chaos‚ and a class system that consistently denied the majority of the population any real

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    Will Ferrell Biography

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    He was nominated for 40 awards including the Emmy Award in 2001 and won a total of 9 awards; he was one of the few cast members to ever be so honored in the show’s twenty-six-year history. At $350‚000 a year‚ he became one of SNL’s highest wanted/paid stars ever. As he discussed the ramifications of leaving SNL‚ he was asked to play the main role in a comedy film entitled Old School‚ which was an undeniable hit at the box office. Towards

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    who died when George Washington was only 11 years old. Before Washington’s birth‚ Augustine married his first wife‚ Jane Butler and had three children‚ but sadly Jane died in 1729 and Augustine remarried to to Mary Ball in 1731 (George Washington Biography) . George Washington was the eldest

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