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World War 2 Masters Degree
1,250 wordsCrispus Attucks was the first American to die in cause of independence. He was born a slave in 1725, in Massachusetts. He was an expert livestock trader. On March 5, 1770, he left dinner after hearing strange fire bells. He then gathered an angry mob and went to where a British soldier was staying. The soldier shot into the crowd killing Attucks and injuring other civilians. Thousands attended his funeral. Madam C. J. Walker was the first American woman to earn 1 million dollars. On December 23,...
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One Last Time George Mallory Step
695 wordsThe cold gray steel of the axe arced one last time through the air, the pick burrowed itself one last time into the frozen blanket of snow, and the hand that held it took a final pull, to ensure a secure placement. After a brief pause, George Mallory took a deep breath, and pulled himself over the crux, and onto the top. Slowly, shakily, he stood up, and took a look around, the first time American eyes had seen the world from this vantage point. This was it. He had done it. He was the first Amer...
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Book Encyclopedia Volume World Book Encyclopedia Volume Map
856 wordsCartography is described by Webster's as the art of making maps, but how is it done? A cartographer doesn't just sit down and draw a map free hand. He has to have techniques and equipment to do the job right and accurately. Maps can be made in three different ways: cylindrical projection, conic projection, and azimuthal projection. These different ways vary the quality and the accuracy of the map. No matter how a map is made it is going to have geographic grids, which help us find and describe l...
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Appalachian National Scenic Trail Appalachian National Scenic Tent
1,045 wordsThe Appalachian National Scenic Trail, is a footpath in the eastern United States for outdoor enthusiasts, extending about 2140 miles from Maine to Georgia, along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. The trail passes through 14 states and is maintained by 34 different trail maintenance organizations. It is the longest marked, continuous footpath in the world, at some points reaching elevations of more than 6000 feet. Wooden signposts and white paint marks on rocks and trees are placed along t...
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Barney Balloon Macy Parade Good
1,219 words... evenings. So he went through a song (which, by the way, is much more musically interesting and educational than the ones on Barney) where he weighed all the fun he had with his friend against the momentary pleasure of a cookie, and decided that he would rather give the cookie to his friend. On Barney, even if the situation came up (which it clearly wouldn't, because there are always enough treats to go around), they would have just smiled and immediately broken the cookie in half. Well, from...
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Men And Women Years To Life
1,338 wordsIn California there is a law known as the 3 -Strikes Law. Other states such as Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, and a few other states have also adopted this law. (2) This 3 -Strikes and Your Out Law, states that if a person has two previous violent or serious felony convictions, he or she is sentenced to a life sentence with no chance of parole. (1) It also states that if a person has one previous violent or serious felony conviction (which includes burglary of an unoccupied dwellin...
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Henry Viii Church Authorities
1,504 wordsIn his book, W. F. M. Prescott makes it quite clear that Mary I has come down in history with the unpleasant name of "Bloody Mary" because of the religious persecutions of her reign. Also called Mary Tudor (well-evidenced by the book's title), she was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. I must ass that Prescott does a bit more to honor Mary and begins well in part by writing how one of her first benevolent" priorities was the return of the ceremonies and physical beauties of the ...
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Miles Per Hour South Pole
358 wordsSince before the United States came to be, during the Revolutionary war, trains were being used to transport soldiers and their artillery into battle. They were the original steam engines of the U. S. of A. and they were at full force traveling around 35 miles per hour. Over a span of a couple hundred years, theyve come to be what they are now. The trains became electric, and now are traveling at a smooth 120 miles per hour. But the rides arent all that smooth. The wheels wear down and the track...
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Yin And Yang Yin Yang
609 wordsThis symbol, known as the Tai Chi Chu symbol, or Yin-Yang symbol has its roots in ancient Chinese cosmology. The original meaning of "yin and yang" is representative of the mountains -- both the dark side and the bright side, or the contrasting shaded and sunlight slopes of the mountain. These two words can possibly be traced back to the Shang and Chou Dynasty, (1550 - 1050 BC). But most scholars credit the "Yin and Yang" to the Han Dynasty (206 B. C. -A. D. 220). At this time, The Yin Yang Scho...
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Life Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1,792 wordsThe main ideas of Elizabeth Barrett Brownings poetic works changed constantly during her life, due to significant events occuring Spirituality was the main focus of Barrett's writing from 1838 until 1844. Poetry became such a large part of her life due to a spinal injury in 1821 which left her relying on opium for a long period of time. As well as the ill-manners of her health, Barrett experienced the tragic death of her brother due to drowning in the year of 1838. These significant events left ...
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Seaweed Cliff Left Past The Seaweed Cliff Left Ribbon
1,536 words... o shore or teach me to swim. Your choice. Ah would like sum dissert after all dat humongous dinner Ah ate jus now! Can yah find me sum clam? Ill help you swim but no town! Not with this fat stomach of a whale! Ribbon sighed in relief. The shark would have eaten her if she wouldnt have been purple or without a knot in her middle. Which reminded her... Yo, Whack! Can you also help me out of this knot Im in? I know that you have probably never gotten tied into a knot, but I can tell you that it...
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Plot Device Second Letter
1,260 wordsA first impression of Walton would be to say that he is extremely ambitious. He desires to go to the North Pole to accomplish some great purpose. He has his own theories on what should be there, and will not rest until he has proved them. This is somewhat a Godlike ambition, in that he wishes to be praised for discovering something new which will benefit everyone else in the world. The language used is also very much like Old Testament, Biblical; Heaven shower down blessings on you. The image of...
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Segregation And Housing In Chicago
1,184 wordsChicago was the best place to live and visit for anyone. Many people traveled from far places to visit and live in Chicago. Long after the World War II many things started reshaping America. One of the most significant was the racial change all over America but specifically in Chicago. Many southern blacks started to move into Chicago. Chicago started to become mostly dominated by blacks and other minorities while whites started to move into the suburbs of Chicago. Beginning in the 1930 s, with ...
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Completing The Quest Hidden Obstacles
767 wordsAn obstacle is an attachment that is a hindrance to a protagonist in any piece of literature. To overcome the hidden obstacles, one has to be focused, never losing sight of the objective or goal. In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the protagonist, Marlow, encounters a number of obstacles that creates a temporary shield from the completion of his quest. Although creating transient setbacks, the breakdown of his steamer, being disliked by the company representatives, as well as the a...
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Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
387 wordsIn Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the author uses the story of a sailor and his adventures to reveal aspects of life. This tale follows the Mariner and his crew as they travel between the equator and the south pole, and then back to England. The author's use of symbolism lends the work to adults as a complex web of representation, rather than a children's book about a sailor. First, in the poem, the ship symbolizes the body of man. The ship experiences trials and...
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Wool Yarn Depictions Show Discs
637 wordsEach century in a cohort had a signum or battle standard. It was carried by the signifies, who wore a bear or wolf pelt over his helmet and hanging down his back. Just what the various discs and crescents indicated is unknown; there is a theory that the number of discs corresponds to the century's number in the cohort, but this is contradicted by a signum shown on Trajan's Column with seven discs. There is also a scene of two signa standing side by side, each with five discs -- they should be in...
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Cetus To Ravage Wife Of Cepheus Cassiopeia
670 wordsCassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, the Ethiopian king of Joppa (now known as Jaffa, in Israel), and the mother of Andromeda. The queen was both beautiful and vain, and the story of how her vanity caused great distress is told in relation to the constellation Andromeda. After promising her daughter in marriage to Perseus, Cassiopeia had second thoughts. She convinced one of Poseidon's sons, Agenor, to disrupt the ceremony by claiming Andromeda for himself. Agenor arrived with an entire army, and...
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Earths Rotation Solar Wind
1,404 wordsTHE MOON Called Luna by the Romans, Selene and Artemis by the Greeks, and many other names in other mythologies. The Moon, of course, has been known since prehistoric times. It is the second brightest object in the sky after the Sun. As the Moon orbits around the Earth once per month, the angle between the Earth, the Moon and the Sun changes; we see this as the cycle of the Moons phases. The time between successive new moons is 29. 5 days (709 hours), slightly different from the Moons orbital pe...
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Germ Cells Daughter Cells
1,558 wordsMore than one celled organisms grow by way of mitosis and the cytoplasmic division of body cells. On the other hand, meiosis occurs only in germ cells, which are put aside for the formation of gametes (sperm and egg). Reproduction by meiosis allows for species survival and it increases genetic variability. The process, during which the germ cells are generated is called meiosis. It represents natures solution to the problem of chromosome doubling that would occur, if two diploid cells, i. e. two...
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