I want to say about William Henry Gates‚ also known as «Bill Gates». He is the youngest self made billionaire and may be the best businessman in the world. Bill Gates is important not only because he changes the computer technology in America‚ but also created the biggest‚ richest and the most powerful company in the world. Bill was born in 1966 in Seattle‚ USA. His parents‚ Mary and Bill‚ had one other daughter Kristi. When he was young‚ he went to a well-known private school Lakeside in Seattle
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the way we live and see life. His name is William Henry Gate III or as we all know him as Bill Gates. William Henry Gate III was born in Seattle on 1955 and was raised in a wealthy family. His father was a successful attorney and his mother was a top executive at a national bank. This upbringing gave him the opportunity to study in the most prestige school on his state where he discovered his love for computers. The beginning While Bill Gates was at junior high a group of parents raise money to
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Night and The Pianist Compare and Contrast Both‚ the book Night and The Pianist movie‚ depict the Holocaust during the 1940s. In the beginning‚ both are sent to the ghettos to get sent off to the concentration camps. However‚ both suffer different but somewhat similar faiths as Wladyslaw Szpilman is set free from his family‚ to work as a slave labourer for the Germans. While Elie is still sent off to a concentration camp to be a laborer there. You can clearly see the similarities as both still have
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Bill gates was born in Seattle washington. He was son of a lawyer. While growing up Bill had been told he would become a Lawyer like his dad but he didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do in life. At the age of 13 He enrolled into a prep school and began to get a stronger education. During this time there was a small increase in technology not so much computers but other innovations that were coming out to help small businesses and companies. Some of the board members had bought the very first Teleprinter
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On March 26‚ 1997‚ in what has become known as one of the most noteworthy mass suicides in history‚ thirty-nine men and women affiliated with the Heavens Gate cult took their own lives by ingesting a combination of Phenobarbitals mixed with applesauce and alcohol. Each was dressed all in black‚ their faces covered by a purple shroud. Those who wore glasses had them neatly folded next to their body‚ and all had identification papers for the authorities to find. The house was immaculate‚ tidier
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Summary of the Speech "The Fiftieth Anniversary of the March on Washington” by President Barack Obama Even though some people think Martin Luther King is only remembered for helping the African Americans rally for their rights‚ he is responsible for much more. He helped Americans find their strength‚ and subsequently helped us learn that in the face of any odds‚ people who love their country can change it together. Barach Obama’s speech was addressed specifically to the King family‚ President
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Steven Pressfield’s The Gates of Fire is set in the fifth century B.C. in Greece. The story revolves around the famous battle of Thermopylae where three hundred Spartans held off hundreds of thousands of Persians‚ saving Greece. Pressfield creates a fictional story around the battle where one man‚ a squire named Xeones‚ survives to tell the Spartan story of the battle and the events preceding it. Xeones‚ who is the protagonist‚ tells his life story to the royal Persian historian while in captivity
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confidence that comes about from the ambitions others have‚ especially the ones within me. Confidence and certainty are similar in multiple ways. You must be confident to be certain and certain to be confident. A great example in my opinion would be Bill Gates. Of course being the wealthiest man in the world is a great benefit‚ but the adversity he faced was enormous. A person such as him had to be certain that what he wanted to do would be tremendously successful. He was certain enough that he dropped out
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Gates of Fire By: Steven Pressfield Subject Person- Spartan Warriors Place- Greece 480 B.C. Event- Battle of Thermoplae. Concept- Xeones recounts his life leading up to the battle. Object- Greek city-states consisting of 300 Spartan Warriors‚ 400 Thebans‚ 700 Thespian Volunteers And around 900 Helots Fought The Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae. Reason For Choosing Book Prior to reading this novel I had some knowledge of the Battle of Thermopylae. I watched the movie 300last year
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Brandenburg Gate Speech “Mr. Gorbachev‚ tear down this wall‚” stated Ronald Reagan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. June 12‚ 1987 was the day a speech was given that was the start of unity for all of Berlin. Within two short years of this speech being presented‚ the wall that divided freedom and totalitarianism was tore down for good. President Reagan’s purpose was clear to all. His duty was to visit Germany as all of the past presidents had done‚ and promote the means of freedom
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