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Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk
443 wordsOn December 17, 1953, the fiftieth anniversary of the worlds first airplane flight, the papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright were welcomed into the world with appropriate fanfare, including a picture story in Life magazine. Fred Howard. Wilbur and Orville Wright, A biography of the Wright Brothers At 10: 35 a. m. , Orville made the first heavier-than-air, machine-powered flight in the history of the world. In a flight lasting only 12 seconds and covering just 120 feet, Orville did what men and wo...
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World War Ii Equal Rights
675 wordsJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29 th, 1917 and died on November the 22 nd, 1963. He was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, and was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald as his limousine drove by the Texas School Book Depository building and through Dealey Plaza. He was in office from 1961 - 1963, he was the youngest man elected President, and the youngest to die in the office. Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard...
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Double Helix X Ray
784 wordsBorn on July 25, 1920 in London, England, Rosalind Elise Franklin was a catalyst to many other scientists in the field of genetics. Using coal and carbon as subjects, Franklin discovered the double helix of DNA, the shape that two linear strands of DNA assume when bonded together. In 1945, Franklin received her Ph. D in physical chemistry from Cambridge University. The next year she went to Paris and worked in the Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques de Left until 1950 where she concentrat...
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Kim Il Sung 38 Th Parallel
856 wordsThe Korean War For hundreds of years Korea was dominated by the Chinese empire. After Japan was defeated by the allies in WW II. , Korea became occupied by the Russians in the North and the Americans in the South. Both the U. S. and the Soviets realized that Korea was a strategic country. It was important to occupy because it lay between China, Japan, and the Soviet Union. North and South Korea were divided by the 38 th parallel, it split the country into two regions. Russia and America became p...
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The Marriage Of John And Kennedy
1,145 wordsThe Marriage of John and Jacqueline Kennedy. THESIS: Although the relationship of John and Jacqueline Kennedy evolved from friendship to love, their marriage was filled with tragedy, shame, and change. I. The relationship of John and Jacqueline Kennedy evolved from friendship to love. A. They met at a dinner party thrown by Charles and Martha Bartlett. B. Their marriage was called "the wedding of the year. " II. Their marriage had many tragedies. A. Although three children survived birth, Jackie...
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J D Salinger F Scott Fitzgerald
1,544 wordsJ. D. Salinger The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. -James Bryce In 1945, a novel was published that would forever change the way society views itself. The book, entitled The Catcher in the Rye, would propel a man named Jerome David Salinger to fame as one of the most famous authors of the twentieth century. This same man, not ten years after the publication and while still in the peak of his career, would depart from this society- the one that he so greatly ...
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Miles Per Hour National Hurricane Center
940 wordsA hurricane is Hurricanes Hurricanes A hurricane is one of the most severe storms areas in our country have to endure. They can easily damage millions of dollars of property and even kill anyone in their paths. A hurricane is a tropical low pressure area and has winds over 74 miles per hour (120 kilometers per hour). Hurricanes are formed when heat is released as large quantities of water vapor condense. When the heat is released, it warms the air and reduces the air pressure near the surface of...
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John F Kennedy World War Ii
280 wordsJohn F. Kennedy was the thirty-fifth president of the United States and the youngest to be assassinated. He also served in World War II on a PT boat. He also helped to solve the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas. He also started the peace corps to help 3 rd world countries better themselves. He was born of Irish decent in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. In 1940 he entered the second World War and he served on a PT. In 1943 when his PT was rammed and su...
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John F Kennedy World War Ii
307 wordsJohn F. Kennedy was the thirty-fifth president of the United States and the youngest to be assassinated. He also served in World War II on a PT boat. He also helped to solve the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was assassinated in 1963 in dallas texas. He also started the peace corps to help 3 rd world countries better them selves. He was born of Irish decent in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. In 1940 he entered the second World War and he served on a PT. In 1943 when his PT was rammed and su...
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Cuban Crisis Equal Rights Kennedy
530 wordsJohn F. Kennedy graduated from Harvard in 1940, and soon after he entered the Navy. In 1943, when his PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy, despite serious injuries, led the survivors through perilous waters to safety. Back from the war, he became a Democratic Congressman from the Boston area, advancing in 1953 to the Senate. He married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953. In 1955, while recuperating from a back operation, he wrote Profiles in Courage, which won the ...
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Act Ii Scene Act I Scene
1,238 wordsJulius Caesar is a tragic play by William Shakespeare, the most famous dramatist of all time. In this essay, I will be comparing Shakespeare s original version to Robert Furnival and Stuart Burge s film adaptation. Despite a good effort, the film version of Julius Caesar just doesn t compare to Shakespeare. The 1970 movie Julius Caesar, with a better job of casting and direction, could have been a great adaptation of the Shakespeare classic. Had the casting director casted the right actor for th...
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Great Leap Forward Republic Of China
1,326 words+Mao 2 History + October 1, 1949 The People s Republic of China was formed with its nationalist capital at Beijing. + 4 social classes: Workers, Peasants, the petite bourgeoisie, and the National-Capitalist, which were led by CCP. + In February 1950, after months of hard bargaining, China and the Soviet Union signed the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance, valid until 1980. The pact also was intended to counter Japan or any powers joining Japan for the purpose of aggression. + ...
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Marilyn Monroe Elle Est
242 wordsMarilyn Monroe elle est n? e le 1 er juin 19 (Vingt six)? Los Angeles, s? apple en r? at? Norma Jean Mortenson. Elle d? but de sa car? re quand un chasseur de talents du Twentieth Century Fox la r? pere, en 19 (Qaurent six). Elle est engage? e pour (Soizante-dix cinq) dollars par semaine, et c? est? ce moment qu? elle change de nom, pour devenir Marilyn Monroe. En 19 (Cinquant deux) et 1953 la star Marilyn Monroe not variant? partir de 1952 et 1953, avec? Monkey Business? et surtout? Niagara? . ...
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Six Day War War Of Independence
621 wordsMoshe Dayan Israeli general and statesman. For 25 years, he figured prominently in all of Israels wars and more than anyone else personified his countrys determination to survive. He was born on a kibbutz (cooperative farm) near Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) on May 20, 1915. At the age of 14 he joined the Haganah (Jewish militia), which defended Jewish settlements from Arab attacks, and later received special anti guerrilla training from the British. When the British outlawed the Haganah in 193...
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Million Years Ago Highest Point
378 wordsBang! 50 million years ago India collided with Eurasia. The land buckled and crunched upward the birth of the mighty Himalaya. 100 million years ago, a vast sea seperated Eurasia and India. Then, India started drifting north ward at a rate of 4 inches a year. In geological time that is break neck speed. Like other pikes in the region, Mt. Everest has long been revered by the local people. It s most common Tibetan name, Chomolungma, means Goddess mother of the world. It s identity as the highest ...
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Nobel Prize For Literature South African
904 wordsGordimer (1923 -) South African novelist and short-story writer, who received Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991. Gordimer's main themes are exile, loneliness and strong political opposition towards racial segregation. She was a founding member of Congress of South African Writers, and even at the height of the apartheid regime, she never considered leaving her country. Nadine Gordimer was born into a well-off family in Springs, Transvaal, an East Rand mining town outside Johannesburg. It was th...
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Cold War South Korea
560 wordsPost WWII the cold war began and many problems came about. U. S. officials, concerned over Soviet pressures against Iran and Turkey, interpreted a 1946 speech by Stalin as declaring ideological war against the West. In 1947 the president proposed the Truman Doctrine, which had two objectives: to send U. S. aid to anticommunist forces in Greece and Turkey, and to create a public consensus so Americ 8 ans would be willing to fight the cold war. He achieved both goals. That same year, journalist Wa...
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Bukharin Kamenev Lenin Stalin Party
427 wordsStalin, Joseph Vissarionovich 1879 - 1953, Russian revolutionary, head of the USSR (1924 - 53). A Georgian cobblers son named Dzhugashvili, he joined the Social-Democratic party while a seminarian and soon became a professional revolutionary. In the 1903 party split (see BOLSHEVISM AND MENSHEVISM) he sided with LENIN. Stalin attended party congresses abroad and worked in the Georgian party press. In 1912 he went to St. Petersburg, where he was elected to the partys central committee. About this ...
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Bukharin Kamenev Lenin Stalin Party
428 wordsStalin, Joseph Vissarionovich 1879 - 1953, Russian revolutionary, head of the USSR (1924 - 53). A Georgian cobblers son named Dzhugashvili, he joined the Social-Democratic party while a seminarian and soon became a professional revolutionary. In the 1903 party split (see BOLSHEVISM AND MENSHEVISM) he sided with LENIN. Stalin attended party congresses abroad and worked in the Georgian party press. In 1912 he went to St. Petersburg, where he was elected to the partys central committee. About this ...
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Flexible Response Soviet Union
858 wordsStrategies Of Containment A Critical Appraisal Of Strategies Of Containment A Critical Appraisal Of Postwar American National Security Policy Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security Policy In Strategies of Containment, John Lewis Gaddis looks to analyze the United States national security policy since World War II. Gaddis divides the postwar years into five distinct geopolitical codes, which he analyzes in depth. Gaddis systematic analysis asks the f...
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