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World War Ii Cold War
503 wordsWhy was the Cold War named the cold war? It was named the Cold War because it possessed the longest length of time of any war, in modern history, in which two nations were at odds without engaging in direct battle. The Term Cold War was used to describe the shifting struggle for power and prestige between the Western powers and the Communist syndicate from the end of World War II until 1989. After World War II, the West felt threatened by the continued expansionist policy of the Soviet Union. Th...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt World War Ii
564 wordsAbout 60 years ago one of the most important monuments in history was completed. This famous monument is Mount Rushmore. The big rock where 4 faces are carved. This big rock is located in the Black Hills in South Dakota. Gutzon Borglum and 400 other workers spend 15 years carving the four presidents into history. For the past 60 years the same faces are still there. What if we carved 4 new faces into the monument? Whom should we select? The four people I have selected have played an important ro...
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Rose For Emily Short Stories
1,027 wordsWilliam Cuthbert Falkner was born on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi. He was the eldest of four brothers from Murry and Maud Butler Falkner (later in his life he restored the "u" to the family name). As a child William always had a strong interest in the arts. He enjoyed painting, writing poetry and other forms of art. During his elementary years William excelled and skipped the second grade (Helmster). However during his early teens he began to waiver and lost interest in school, ...
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Immortal Life Vs Name Gilgamesh And Beowulf
1,456 wordsDeath. Fate. Immortality. Destiny. All are subjects that we tend to avoid. While most of us hope for life after death, we tend not to dwell on this subject because we are uncomfortable with the unknown. On those rare occasions when we allow ourselves to think about the fact that our days are numbered, we wonder if death can be cheated and immortality gained. Some have suggested that being remembered is just as enduring as living forever. Thoughts of destiny and the here after are not new. They h...
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High School Students Library Of Congress
1,403 words... nternational, fundamentally, as a useful and well-organized book stack "encircled with work spaces. " It was designed by the Washington architectural organization of Pierson & Wilson with Alexander Buel Trowbridge as a consulting designer. The contract was completed by June 24, 1938, but the structure was not ready for use until December 2, 1938. The move of the Card Division started on December 12, and it opened its doors for production to the public in the new building on January 3, 1939. ...
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Recreation Of The Eiffel Tower In California
1,183 wordsSome may ask, Why should the Eiffel Tower be recreated in California? A good answer for this is why not? The Eiffel Tower is the one monument that can easily be identified internationally without the usage of words, only a picture of itself. Its beauty attracts around six million visitors each year; however, many Americans are unable to visit due to the fact that it is so far away. If it were recreated in California many more Americans would be able to visit and have the experience of visiting a...
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One Of The Greatest Control The Future
1,056 wordsThis monument of Egyptian architecture and technique covers a landmass of 13. 1 acres. At the top of the once gold capstone the pyramid stands 482 feet high, now it is 31 feet shorter due to other projects taking stone from the handy source. The sides at the base are an astounding 756 feet long. There is even strange tales and theories about the Egyptians being able to see the future. One theory is from the Scottish astronomer Charles Pizza Smyth. Smyth believed that the pyramid reflected measur...
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Deceptively Simple In Design Four To Nine Ratio Parthenon
737 wordsParthenon Those who have seen Parthenon with their own eyes claim that every picture or slide of the building is nothing compared to the real site, and they are definitely right. Parthenon in Athens, which is probably the most famous and most studied building on earth has had an incredible influence on modern and ancient architecture. Buildings even now continue to borrow parts of the Doric order of which it is built. The Parthenon while deceptively simple in design is in fact an intricate and c...
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Space And Time Thomas R
1,973 wordsTiticut Follies For over 30 years Frederick Wiseman has trained his camera on American life and institutions, having no obvious polemical stance but merely observing, sometimes in minute detail, what he finds. He shoots for many hours, so that his subjects begin to ignore the camera, and edits the collected material for much longer. The surprise is that what he finds is often nothing like what we, or even he, might expect. (reserves. library) Wiseman have been criticised deeply for his first and...
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Fights Between Gladiators End Of Rome Colosseum
661 wordsColosseum The Colosseum, the grandest amphitheater ever made, stands as a symbol of the epic Roman Empire. The Flavian Amphitheater, commonly called the Colosseum, got its nickname because of its colossal dimensions and because of a colossal statue of Nero that was nearby. Construction of the amphitheater began in 70 A. D. and was completed in 80 A. D. It is known for its multi-level system of vaults made of concrete. The elliptical amphitheater is 156 meters long, while its circumference is 527...
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Rose For Emily Passage Of Time
1,070 wordsEmily's Enemy Because of its vast influence on human affairs, time is a major theme in the lives of humans. Consequently, time is a major theme in many literary works. In William Faulkner's short story A Rose for Emily, time is an essential underlying theme. Faulkner teaches the reader that the march of time is unstoppable. Faulkner shows this using descriptions in the story, through Miss Emily's inability to adapt to changes in time, and through heavy symbolism and contrast. Faulkner uses descr...
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Statue Of Liberty Ellis Island
609 wordsEllis Island was a United States reception center for immigrants for more than 60 years. The island is located in New York Harbor, less than 1 / 2 mile (0. 8 kilometer) north of Liberty Island, the home of the Statue of Liberty. Over 12 million people first entered the United States through Ellis Island. The island is named for Samuel Ellis, a merchant and farmer who owned it during the late 1700 s. The United States government bought the island in 1808. The government began using Ellis Island a...
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Time Life Books Ancient Egyptians
862 wordsWhen most people think of Ancient Egypt they think of Pyramids. To construct such great monuments required a mastery of architecture, social organization, and art that few cultures of that period could achieve. The oldest pyramid, the Step-Pyramids, grow out of the abilities of two men, King Djoser and Imhotep. Djoser, the second king of 3 rd dynasty, was the first king to have hired an architect, Imhotep, to design a tomb (Time-Life Books, 74). Imhotep was known as the father of mathematics, me...
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Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key
636 wordsFort Fort Mchenry Fort McHenry Fort McHenry was an American military installation built on a peninsula in Baltimore harbor in 1799. During the War of 1812 it was attack, September 13 - 14, 1814 by a British fleet, an attack that inspired Francis Scott Key, a prisoner aboard a British ship, to write the Star- Spangled Banner. Later, Fort McHenry was used as a storage depot and military prison, Fort McHenry was established as a national park in 1925. It was re-designated a national monument and hi...
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Rose For Emily Emily Grierson
691 wordsErick C. 11 / 14 / 99 Eng. 102 Deterioration A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner is a remarkable tale of Emily Grierson, whose funeral drew the attention of the entire population of Jefferson a small southern town. Emily was raised in the ante-bellum period before the Civil War in the south. An unnamed narrator, who is consider to be the town or at least the collaborative voice of it, aligns key moments in Emily's life, including the death of her father and her brief relationship with a man for...
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Entered The Service Palazzo Vecchio
741 wordsLeonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in the small town of Vinci, in Tuscany. He was the son of a wealthy Florentine notary and a peasant woman. In the mid- 1460 s the family settled in Florence. In 1466 Leonardo was apprenticed as a garzon to Andrea del Verrocchio, the leading Florentine painter and sculptor of his day. In Verrocchios workshop Leonardo was introduced to many activities, from the painting of altarpieces and panel pictures to the creation of large sculptural projects in marble and b...
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Quot Quot Selected Poems
1,077 wordsJay Print Strand was born in Canada on Prince Edward Island. He studied at Antioch College, where he took a BA. He also received a BFA from Yale, where he studied painting. At the University of Iowa, he worked closely with poet Donald Justice, completing an MA in 1962. He spent a year in Italy on a Fulbright scholarship, and later taught at Iowa for three years. In 1965 he spent a year as Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Brazil, where he was deeply influenced by contemporary Latin America...
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Mount St 000 Acres
213 wordsMount Saint Helens Mount Saint Helens, A volcanic peak in the Cascade Range, Mount St. Helens is situated in southwestern Washington State. Dormant since 1857, it erupted on May 18, 1980, in one of the most violent volcanic eruptions ever recorded in North America. An explosive steam eruption on March 27, 1980, was followed by alternating periods of inactivity and minor eruption. A severe earthquake on May 18 opened a crack along the mountains north side. The north slope fell away in an avalanch...
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Volcano Is Formed Minerals And Fragments Helens
289 wordsMt. St. Helens Top of Volcano Blown Off In Blast! 18 / 04 / 82. 60 people were killed today when Mt. St Helens blew its top Mt. St Helens erupted two years ago today in a blast that caused the volcano to be reduced by 451 metres (1313 feet). The volcano is south-western Washington and is part of the Cascade Range. Mt. St Helens had been dormant since 1859 and has let off its first blast since then today. The volcano killed all life in an area of 180 sq. cm (70 sq. miles) including at least 60 pe...
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Fourth Dynasty Sun God
1,190 wordsDuring this great Sphinx Bull-headed During this great age of information and transportation, in a world moving so fast that our reflections are nothing save a blur on the cosmic mirror, who has the time logically dispute the dating of ancient monument. Egyptologists have done the research and concluded that the monuments located in the Giza plateau can be attributed to the fourth dynasty (2900 - 2750 BC). Why should we waste our limited time re investigating what appears to be a closed case? Eg...
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