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Harcourt Brace Warning Labels
791 wordsCharles Bradlaugh revealed the reality of censorship beautifully when he stated, "Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful... Better a thousandfold abuse free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race. " Bradlaugh realized the importance of restraining censorship from destroying truth. Censorship continues to be increasingly present in our everyday lives. ...
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Ponyboy And Johnny One Of The Socs Gang
411 wordsAuthor: S. E Hinton Publishing Company: Puffin books Copyright Date: 1967 Number of Pages: 180 Price: $ 5. 99 ISBN: 0 - 14 - 038572 -X In a small town a gang made up of seven people are called Greasers. Ponyboy, the main character in this story is different from the others in his gang. Ponyboy's brothers, Garry and Sodapop, support their family because their parents died in a car accident when Ponyboy was very young. The Greasers are at a constant war with the Socs, or the Socials, the richer we...
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Civil War Began Robert E Lee
1,290 wordsOn February 11, 1861, Lincoln left Springfield to take up his duties as president. Before Lincoln reached the national capital, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederate States of America. When Lincoln reached Washington on February 23, he found the national government incapable of meeting the crisis. Congress fruitlessly debated compromise. The national treasury was near bankruptcy; the civil service was a riddled with secessionists; and the miniscule armed forces were bei...
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Choose In Favor Benjamin Franklin
784 wordsRoad trip companions If I had a chance of having a car ride with three historical figures of my choice, I would choose in favor of Benjamin Franklin, Gary Kasparov and Buddha, as people that I respect subconsciously. Benjamin Franklin used to be referred to as the most outstanding intellectual of its era, which is why I think that it would represent an immense pleasure talking to him, since I consider myself as person who share the same psychological traits with the first companion of my choice....
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Declaration Of Independence Gettysburg Address
1,042 wordsLINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG The Battle of Gettysburg was the largest battle in the Americas history, raged from July 1 to July 3, 1863. It was a crucial event in the Civil War ended the Confederacy's second invasion of the North. After the battle, the community of Gettysburg was packed of dead and injured men. The Governor of Pennsylvania authorized the purchase of a cemetery for the reburial of the Union dead. The cemetery was dedicated in a ceremony on November 19, 1863, where Edward Everett, a dist...
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Write Adventures In The Music Adventures In The Music Press Gorman's
714 wordsLets talk about me As a public announcement that the heyday of the music press was officially over, Cameron Crowes movie Almost Famous couldnt be bettered. Its story of a teenage journalist on his first assignment for Rolling Stone cloaked the music press and early- 1970 s rock music in rose-tinted blandness. Its coy hints about sex and drugs were carefully airbrushed. Perhaps worst of all was its depiction of rock writer Lester Bangs. The real-life Bangs (now deceased) was a loud, scruffy, dysf...
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Ten Thousand Captain Smith
1,835 wordsLeaping over the side of the boat, passengers splash into the icy waters below. With one lifeboat left, people are fighting to get on. All of a sudden, a thunderous crack is heard, and a crewman screams out, The boat has cracked in two! Now the frightened travelers are moving frantically toward the stern. (This might have been the scene 86 years ago. ) The unsinkable Titanic went down catastrophically and the safety on the liner as well as the prevention of the incident became issues after the s...
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