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Second World War First World War
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489 wordsIt would cast light over thirty-six miles around, a welcoming sight for any lost sailor. The sailor then knew he was coming in toward the bustling city of Alexandria. Alexandria was a large, ancient city. The island, Pharos, on which the lighthouse stood got its name from one mans mishearing and another's misunderstanding. Helen and her husband Menelaus were returning home from Troy when they were blown off course and had to land there. Menelaus found an old man and asked, What island is this? T...
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Small Cell Lung Cell Lung Cancer
824 wordsLung cancer is an uncontrolled, extremely deadly division of cells in the lung (World Book, Lung Cancer). The two major types of lung cancer include small and non-small cell. Many different risk factors contribute to lung cancer. There are numerous symptoms that are difficult to detect in the early stages of lung cancer. Doctors use special machines to detect the severity of each stage. Treatments and cures differ in each individual case. Lung cancer is a huge problem because it is the leading c...
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Lee Harvey Oswald John F Kennedy
1,389 wordsJohn F Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in May 29 th 1917. He was the second of nine kids. He graduated from Choate School then entered Princeton College. Then quickly transferred to Harvard. After Harvard Kennedy joined the Navy in 1914. In august 1943 he was a commander of a U. S. Navy torpedo boat PT- 109. He rescued several crewmen after their boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer off the Solomon Islands. He was shoot and received an honorable discharge. For all his bravery he ...
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Edgar Allan Poe Poe Edgar Allan
1,593 wordsEvil has been described throughout time and in all places of the world in numerous ways. Tradition has taught both scholars and average individuals to appreciate the delicate balance between good and evil; right versus wrong; bad versus good. Hell has long been feared by many as the permanent resting place for tortured souls that committed unforgivable sins on Earth. To some, it is the simple fear, such as a monster underneath one's bed, which lingers from that person's childhood continuing to c...
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1,781 words"If all of this seems long ago and far away, it is worth remembering that the past is never past. " (Faulkner cited in Ellison, P. 274) Many different groups today are seeking the sovereignty of Hawaii. The reason being that these mostly Native Hawaiian groups feel that they suffered a severe injustice when they were annexed into the United States against their own free will. They feel that since they were treated like objects rather than human beings with rights and emotions, they now deserve r...
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1,535 wordsThe world has come to accept that William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, during the year of 1564. The register of Holy trinity, the parish church in Stratford, records his baptism on April 26. According to the custom at the time, infants were baptized about three days after their birth. William's father was a glover, trader, and landowner who married Mary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowner of Wilmcote. Therefore, the generally accepted date for Shakespeare's birt...
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Brave New World George Orwell
696 wordsPeople use their knowledge of the power, inherent in the mastery of discourses, to manipulate others. Many texts show evidence of this. In fact, some texts actively criticise those, who less than ethically utilise their mastery of discourses to achieve their own ends. The media actively utilise their understanding of the dominant discourse to support many agendas. Novelists over the years have shown the ill-effects on individuals who might suffer through not mastering the dominant discourse. Tho...
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Vincent Millay Anne Sexton
838 wordsEdna St. Vincent Millay defied the times in which a woman was to operate, in her life style, and in her poems, Renascence, My candle burns at both ends, and I forgot in Camelot, the man I loved in Rome. She was one of the best known poets of the 1900 s. Her poems were said to be delicate but outspoken (World book 1968). While in school in addition to being an exceptional student her teachers also considered her to be a particularly bad student, because teachers would give lectures and she would ...
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936 wordsItalian Renaissance Arts Affect on Todays Culture World History David 1 Many of us today have things in our culture that we appreciate without thinking about where they have come from. The things we enjoy so much could be from another culture, and even another place in time. This document will explore the influence of Italian Renaissance art on todays civilization, which has greatly changed the art of today. The Renaissance was a time period that began in the early 1300 s and lasted into the 160...
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1,050 wordsJ Johnson 11 - 14 - 01 KPE 3345 Female Pioneers in Sport: Softball For this Women of Diversity Group Project, my group chose to write about female pioneers in sport. Within that category I chose female pioneers of softball. During this paper I will discuss the history of the sport and female participation in the sport. I will also give some statistics and make comparisons between females and males involved in softball and baseball. Softball was developed as an indoor game in 1887 by George W. Ha...
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1,174 wordsRevolutions evolve in definite phases. At first they are moderate in scope, then they become radical to excess and finally they are brought to abrupt conclusions by the emergence of a strong man to restore order. Discuss this statement with specific references to the French Revolution. The French Revolution brought about great changes in the society and government of France. The revolution, which lasted from 1789 to 1799, also had far-reaching effects on the rest of Europe. It introduced democra...
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1,124 words? World War II marked a wide dividing line between the old and the new in American society and the nation? s literature? (The World Book Encyclopedia 427). When world War II ended there was a pent up desire that had been postponed due to the war. Post war America brought about a time when it seemed that every young man was doing the same thing, getting a job, settling down and starting a family. America was becoming a nation of consumers. One group that was against conforming to this dull Americ...
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1,672 wordsPuritans- Who Were They and What Are They Doing in My Kitchen? Puritans are indeed among us in society. They are in our drug stores, our laundromats, and yes, our kitchens. They are purists. Puritans want to make society a dull place where everyone works hard and no one has too much fun. Although they think they know what is good for everybody, their way of life not only disagrees with modern society; it contradicts itself. The Puritan movement began in England in the 1500 s (Puritanism World Bo...
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