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    John Dillinger

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    I. Introduction: Historical and iconic Bank robber and “America’s First Celebrity.” II. Identifying the start of his life and family history a. Born John Herbert Dillinger June 22‚ 1903 b. Indianapolis‚ Indiana i. Oak Hill Section c. John Wilson Dillinger and Mary Ellen “Mollie” Lancaster d. One sister‚ Audrey Dillinger ii. Born March 6‚ 1889 e. Mary Ellen dies in 1907 iii. Dillinger is nearly four years

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    John Fowles

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    John Fowles (1926-2005) innovative British novelist‚ author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) and other allusive‚ archetypal stories that address the collision between individual psychology and social convention. John Fowles was born in Leigh-on-Sea‚ England‚ a middle-class suburb of London. He attended the Bedford School and the University of Edinburgh‚ then studied French at New College at Oxford. After serving in the Royal Marines from 1945 to 1946‚ Fowles taught at schools in London

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    John Keats

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    B. What kind of education did this person receive? Early Life  John Keats was born on 31 October 1795 to Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats. Keats and his family seemed to have marked his birthday on 29 October‚ however baptism records give the birth date as the 31st. He was the eldest of four surviving children; George (1797–1841)‚ Thomas (1799–1818) and Frances Mary "Fanny" (1803–1889). Another son was lost in infancy. John was born in central London although there is no clear evidence of the

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    Elton John

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    Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer‚ composer and pianist. In his four-decade career‚ John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music‚ especially during the 1970s. He has sold more than 250 million albums[citation needed] and over one hundred million singles‚[3] making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive #1 U.S. albums‚ 59 Top

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    John Coltrane

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    Experimental Music of John Coltrane John Coltrane the Experimental Musician Jazz‚ taking its roots in African American folk music‚ has evolved‚ metamorphosed‚ and transposed itself over the last century to become a truly American art form. More than any other type of music‚ it places special emphasis on innovative individual interpretation. Instead of relying on a written score‚ the musician improvises. For each specific period or style through which jazz has gone through over the past seventy

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    John Calvin

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    On July 10‚ six days after our own Independence Day‚ the world will celebrate the birthday of John Calvin‚ the man most responsible for our American system of liberty based on Republican principles of representative government. It was Founding Father and the second President of the United States‚ John Adams‚ who described Calvin as "a vast genius‚" a man of "singular eloquence‚ vast erudition‚ and polished taste‚ [who] embraced the cause of Reformation‚" adding: "Let not Geneva be forgotten or

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    John Cage

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    Jacklyn Gonzalez John Cage Double Music "I can’t understand why people are so frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones." John Cage questioned all music perceptions of the 19 th century. His professor Arthur Schoenberg once called him "not a composer but an artist.". He was known for all his antics with music ‚and many more pieces. He believed that music could not just be played in a fashionable manner. If altered a completley unexpected sound would arise and change the quality

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    John Keats

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    This landmark biography of celebrated Romantic poet John Keats explodes entrenched conceptions of him as a delicate‚ overly sensitive‚ tragic figure. Instead‚ Nicholas Roe reveals the real flesh-and-blood poet: a passionate man driven by ambition but prey to doubt‚ suspicion‚ and jealousy; sure of his vocation while bitterly resentful of the obstacles that blighted his career; devoured by sexual desire and frustration; and in thrall to alcohol and opium. Through unparalleled original research‚ Roe

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    John Keats

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    Report Theme: John Keats’ life and creativity work Presented by Checked by Contents: I. Introduction II. 1. General Information 2. Biography 3. Work * Early Poems (1814 to 1818) * 1814 * 1815 * 1816 * 1818 * 1819 * Letters 4. Criticism 5. Poem desiccated to John Keats III. Conclusion IV. Bibliography Introduction This work has

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    John Updikes

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    Student 1 Sally Student English 1302 Frances D. Suarez 20 February 2013 The Folly of Youth in John Updike ’s "A & P" A cavalier attitude can lead to disaster is the dominant theme in John Updike ’s entertaining short story‚ "A & P." Sammy is a nonchalant adolescent working at a large grocery chain located on the east coast. His thoughts and actions display his shallow personality as self-centered and intolerant. As a result‚ he has little regard for women or authority. Updike develops

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