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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Biography Richard Peck is a 78 years old American novelist. He was born April 10‚ 1934 in Decatur in the US-State Illinois. He attended elementary and high schools in Decatur. He writes stories for young adults and won several awards. Peck began to work as a high school teacher before he was transferred to a junior high school to teach English. After a while‚ he decided to cut his career short and write. However‚ these observations about junior high school students proved excellent material
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Ali Shah became the 48th imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims at the young age of 7. He was known as the Aga Khan‚ a title he inherited from his father. He grew up under the care of his mother who took a great interest in his education. Until the age of 18 years‚ Aga Khan III received education in Bombay and Poona. He was later given the title “His Highness” by the British Government. The Aga Khan believed that the poor status of Muslims in India was illiteracy‚ and therefore‚ education was the greatest
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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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Scourfield. (n.d.) Biography in brief. Retrieved 25 September 2012‚ from http://www.stephenscourfield.com/htm/biog_brief.html [v] Stephen Scourfield. (n.d) Publications. Retrieved 25 September 2012‚ from http://www.stephenscourfield.com/htm/publications.html [vi] “He is Travel Editor of The West Australian newspaper in Perth‚ Western Australia‚ and its weekly publication‚ Travel Extra.” (Scourfield‚ 2005‚ p. About the author) [vii] Stephen Scourfield. (n.d) Biography in general. Retrieved
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Anastasia Valeryevna Liukin‚ better know as Nastia Liukin‚ was born in Moscow‚ Russia SFSR‚ USSR on October 30‚ 1989 (biography). Liukin is the only child to Valery Liukin and Anna Kotchneva. She was exposed to the sport of gymnastics at the very young age of just two‚ and because of her love for the sport‚
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MAHATMA GANDHI vs. GENGHIS KHAN E.K ABSTRACT Leader is someone who has the ability to influence people on certain way. In order to become a leader‚ person has to have some skills or abilities. Through the history there many leaders with different characters‚ attributes‚ knowledge and skills. All of them had one common thing: they had ability to influence. Some leaders were better than the others‚ some left positive marks‚ some left negative ones and some left both of them. In this paper
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I am Rose Marlyn . Miares‚ just call me Rose. I’m 20 years old and born on the 31th day of May‚ year 1991. I am the 3rd child among the 3 children of my parents. We live in 200 Kaliraya St.Tatalon Quezon City. I am a 1st year college student of BS Information Technology in System Technology Institute. Dealing with my likes and dislikes. To persons I am usually with or even those I actually don’t know who they are‚ I enjoy company with traits like mine. What matter is I could reflect myself to
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Acid Rain Over to you 1. Lime is basic‚ and it will neutralize the acid in the lake. A smokestack scrubber contains catalysts and other chemicals that help pull harmful substances out of the smoke before it’s expelled into the atmosphere. This won’t reduce the acidity of the lake right away‚ but it will reduce the amount of acid rain. Over time‚ the lake will slowly lose its acidity. Liming of acid lakes is the common solution to the problem. But it is only a temporary fix of the result
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Donatello Donatello is arguably one of the greatest Florentine sculptors of the 15th century. He redefined what if meant to sculpt the human form and his creativity still inspires many artists today. Donatello was the bridge to modern sculpture due to his actions‚ character‚ and realistic human expressions. He is famous for including physical distortions‚ making things purposely “ugly”‚ in his work for artistic effect. Donatello was born as Donato di Niccolo Bardi in 1386 in Florence
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