Sir Jimmy Savile: Icon in life‚ sexual predator in death Child abuse and pedophilia is absolutely rife‚ not just in Britain but all over the world and most people have no idea the kind of scale we are looking at. Perhaps equally as shocking‚ the people being exposed as ring-leaders in the abuse cases are often high profile celebrities and well known public figures. The information that becomes public over the coming weeks and months could shatter not just the BBC‚ but the whole country from top
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Sir Isaac Newton I am Sir Isaac Newton. I am a mathematician and physicist‚ and one of the foremost scientific intellects of all time. I was born at Woolsthorpe‚ near Grantham in Lincolnshire‚ in 1642. I entered Cambridge University in 1661; then was elected at Fellow of Trinity College in 1667‚ then Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in 1669. I remained at the university‚ lecturing in most years‚ until 1696. Of these Cambridge years‚ in which I was at the height of my creative power‚ I singled out
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Sir Francis Drake‚ an English sea captain‚ navigator‚ slaver‚ privateer and politician. He was second in command of and English fleet against the Spanish Armada. He also accomplished the second circumvolution of the world. A hero to some and a pirate to others let us peek into the life of Sir Francis Drake. In Tavistock‚ Devon year 1544‚ Francis Drake was born. Drake’s birth is not formally recorded‚ but since he received command of the Judith in 1566 when he was twenty-two years old‚ his birth
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I decided to do my civil war paper on a man named Thomas Benton Alexander. In his diaries‚ it almost immediately starts off with gunships‚ shootouts and bombing’s. Thomas explained that this happened almost every day. For a good while at any given moment‚ he would be in gunfight with the opposing army. I cannot imagine how this soldier felt on a day to day basis being attacked and seeing his fellow soldiers‚ and most likely good friends‚ being killed in front of his eyes. Day and night shootouts
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the iPod will be dead‚ finished‚ gone‚ kaput.” they told an interviewer from the Daily Mail in 2005. This entrepreneur had no idea that he had got his statement wrong‚ 350million times over. (Hazelton‚ 2008) (NewsWeek‚ 2010) This entrepreneur was Sir Alan Michael Sugar‚ born 24th March 1947. Notorious for his smash TV show‚ the Apprentice UK‚ Sugar truly epitomises the saying‚ rags to riches. Sugar was born in the decadent town of Hackney‚ East London where a family consisting of very little money
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Sir Francis Drake: The Queen’s Captain In 1548 arguably one of the best captains in England’s history was born. Sir Francis Drake was born to a wealthy family on the Crowndale estate of Lord Francis Russell. What started Drake’s obsession and controversial career for battle and for the sea began when he enlisted as an 18 year old eager young man ready for exploration‚ battle‚ and riches. Drake’s life really began when a peasant Roman Catholic priest accused him of Robbery and theft. These allegations
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Differences are more common than similarities when Beowulf is compared with Sir. Gawain. The Similarities are small things like both lead characters are renound heros‚ both characters have fought galiantly in many battles‚ both characters are mighty warriors‚ both characters were considered perfect by their society’s standards. The differences on the other hand were major things like Sir Gawain was a knight and remained a knight‚ therefore was subject to his king. Beowulf‚ on the other hand‚ started
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inventors and entrepreneurs‚ leaders and thinkers‚ arts and entertainment‚ scientists and engineers and brains‚ with big names in there like Sean Connery‚ William Wallace and Jock Stein‚ but the person which I believe deserves the coveted status is Sir Alex Ferguson. I highly doubt that even one person in the world who has never heard his name. That in its self is just one reason which makes him a perfect fit‚ for The Greatest Scot. Alex Ferguson has been at a few clubs. He started his managerial
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Michael “Chuck” Jacobs 9/19/2012 ENG 261-ND1 Mrs. Kaylor Sir Arthur Evans and the Palace of King Minos In the early 1900s‚ an archaeologist and scholar by the name of Sir Arthur Evans discovered the Palace of King Minos. After Crete claimed its independence‚ Evans purchased five acres of hilly land‚ which he and his assistants began to excavate. This project kept his attention for about thirty years. In this period of time‚ he and his team made many discoveries that are related to the epic
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Sir Francis Drake was an English navigator and explorer‚ born near Tavistock. He served an apprenticeship as a mariner‚ and in 1567 he was given his first command. His ship‚ the Judith‚ was one of a squadron of vessels led by a kinsman of Drake‚ the English navigator Sir John Hawkins‚ on a slave-trading voyage in the Gulf of Mexico. All but two ships of the expedition were lost when attacked by a Spanish squadron. In 1570 and 1571 Drake made two profitable trading voyages to the West Indies. In 1572
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