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Louis War King
542 words
16381715, king of France (16431715), son and
successor of King Louis XIII. After his fathers
death his mother, Anne of Austria, was regent for
Louis, but the real power was wielded by Annes
adviser, Cardinal Mazarin. Louis did not take over
the government until Mazarin's death (1661). By
then France was economically exhausted by the
Thirty Years War, by the Fronde, and by fiscal
abuses. But the centralizing policies of Richelieu
and Mazarin had prepared the ground for Louis,
under whom absolute ...
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British East India Company
689 words
The British East India Company was the main source
of trade between the east and Britain for more
that 200 years. I chose to do my research paper on
the British east India Company. The British east
India Company was the most important of the
various East India companies; this company was a
major force in the history of India for more than
200 years. Queen Elizabeth I granted the original
charter on December 31, 1600, under the title of
"The Governor and Company of Merchants of London
Trading int...
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South Africa Nationalist Party
544 words
During the 17 th century, South Africa was
colonized by the English and Dutch. The Dutch
descendants - called "Boers" (from the Dutch word
for 'farmer') or "Afrikaners" - revolted against
English Rule in 1899. This war was called the Boer
War (also known as the South African War) and
lasted until 1902. In 1910, the Transvaal, Orange
Free State, Cape Colony, and Natal were all
combined to form the Union of South Africa which
was allowed semi-independent status from Great
Britain. In 1948, the Afr...
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Assisting Suicide Relieve Suffering
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Euthanasia Euthanasia: killing the dying. Its OK -
isnt it? Euthanasia is the intentional killing of
a person, for compassionate motives, whether the
killing is by a direct action, such as a lethal
injection, or by failing to perform an action
necessary to maintain life euthanasia to occur,
there must be an intention to kill. The most
common suggestion is for voluntary (or "active")
euthanasia, where the person asks to be killed.
Although those who advocate euthanasia do not like
the use of the ...
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Continental Congress West Indies
2,032 words
The Continental Congress met in one of the most
conservative of the seaport towns from which the
revolutionary movement stemmed. Philadelphia
patriots complained that there was more Toryism in
Pennsylvania than in all the colonies combined;
certainly the Quakers who dominated the province
were more concerned in putting down radicalism at
home than resisting tyranny from abroad. The
character of the delegates who assembled in
Philadelphia in September 1774 was likewise a good
augury to the conser...
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Graphic Design National Gallery
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ter> (1949 -) Tim Storrier was born in
Sydney Australia in 1949. He spent his early
childhood on his family's sheep station at
Umagarlee, near Wellington, NSW. His mother and
grandmother were interested in art, and he would
draw a lot. He drew military heroes and rural
subjects such as woodsheds. At the age of ten he
went to boarding school in Sydney, where he spent
a lot of time in the art room, painting under the
influence of his teacher Ross Doig. Storrier
attended the National Art ...
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Character Analysis Of The Short Story Fleur
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Louise Erdrich is a writer who is of both Native
American and French heritage. Story telling is a
part of the Native American oral tradition.
Erdrich furthers this tradition in her novels and
short stories. Upon reading her short story,
Fleur, in which the central character is Fleur
Pillager, Erdrich captures the readers attention
immediately and forces her character upon the
reader with the first line of the story. The first
time she drowned in the cold and glassy water of
lake Turcot, Fleur Pi...
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Political And Religious Church Of England
1,702 words
The Spanish Armada set sail from Spain in 1588.
King Phillip II wished to invade England for both
political and religious reasons. Spain put a
tremendous amount of money into the Armada and
planned for years, but in the end the fleet was
defeated. The building of and the defeat of the
Spanish Armada led to Spain's downfall as a world
power, and England's subsequent rise in power.
King Phillip II had many political and religious
reasons to invade England. Because Phillip had
been named as Marys s...
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Rip Van Winkle Sir Walter Scott
1,068 words
Washingtons work is ended, said Mrs. Irving, and
the child shall be named after him. And so,
Washington Irving, the last of eleven children,
was born on William Street in New York City on
April 3, 1783, to a prosperous merchant family
headed by William and Sarah Irving. He lived in a
town of about 25, 000, from which he drew much of
the material for his stories and sketches. He
spent his childhood days wandering the town and
listening to the Dutch descendents as well as
reading a great deal in h...
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Meyer Lansky Lucky Luciano
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Charles "Lucky" Luciano, without doubt the most
important Italian-American gangster this country
ever produced, left a far greater impact on the
underworld than even the illustrious Al Capone. In
1931, Luciano created what can be called the
American Mafia by wiping out the last important
exponents of the Sicilian-style Mafia in this
country. Together with Meyer Lansky, Luciano was
also a founder of the Mafia's "parent"
organization, the national crime syndicate, a
network of multi-ethnic crimina...
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Societal Debate On Cloning
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... them for the better. From that perspective,
Jan Existed, said "Thank God for Dolly. " A fierce
and intelligent debate is necessary to define and
keep track of the ethical borders of modern
technology. Dolly not just led to a discussion on
human cloning. In some countries it eventually
transformed into a wider debate on biotechnology,
which is still going on. The Dolly event shows it
to be unwise to ignore the initial public
outcries. The task is to go beyond the populist
and symbolic charact...
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Menara Syahbandar Inter Trade Jakarta
583 words
Menara Syahbandar was built 1839 to replace the
old flagpole in ship dock located right on the
side across a river. From the pole and later the
tower, officials observed ships about to anchor
gave signals. The tower then is used a meteorology
post. To the West of the Lookout Tower, we can see
the view of the present Museum Bahai. The museum
represents a very old and strong edifice with
Dutch architecture. The museum also provides
several maps of the city, with stages of the city
development show...
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Side By Side Rich And Poor
1,680 words
The paper describes Jakarta, the capital of
Indonesia. The aim of the paper is to develop
essay writing habits. The paper should be
interesting for the reader at the same time it
should include narration, exposition, definition,
classification, description, process analysis,
division / classification and persuasion
paragraphs at once. Outline Introduction Body
History Architecture Culture Indonesian food Urban
development Environmental management City of
contrasts Peoples life Reasons to visit C...
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Political Correctness American Medias
1,514 words
Media Bias in Politics The Medias are being
traditionally referred to as the democracy's
fourth column, in the sense that they influence
peoples minds to a great extent, which is often a
single factor that defines citizens political
affiliation. One of the most important principles
of democracy is independence of Medias. In theory,
Media owners biggest goal is to deliver honest and
unbiased information to the people, while leaving
it up to them to come to their own conclusions. Of
course, it is ...
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Sri Lanka Tsunami A Social Autopsy Part 1
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Sri Lanka Tsunami: A Social Autopsy What this
paper is about: The country of Sri Lanka was hit
my a huge Tsunami December of 2004, and it still
has not recovered. This paper will describe the
country before and after the tsunami hit and
analyze what should have been done, what can be
done now and the outlook for the future. Before
the Tsunami, Sri Lanka, which used to be Ceylon,
was a peaceful and relatively prosperous island
country in the Indian Ocean, near to India across
the Page Strait. It ...
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20 Th Century Allied Forces
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Indonesia is the country that I have selected to
conduct my research. I will research the following
5 topics all in the 20 th century. 1. The
important aspects of the Indonesian culture
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago, that
achieved independence from the Netherlands in
1949. The Indonesian archipelago despite rich
historical and cultural heritage is extremely
influenced by the XX century world issues.
Indonesia is emerged in widespread poverty,
ever-growing external debt to the USA,...
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Gatsby Believes Tragic Flaw
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A tragic hero can best be defined as a person of
significance, who has a tragic flaw and who meets
his or her fate with courage and nobility of
spirit. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a
tragic hero. Jay Gatsby is an enormously rich man,
and in the flashy years of the jazz age, wealth
defined importance. Gatsby has endless wealth,
power and influence but never uses material
objects selfishly. Everything he owns exists only
to attain his vision. Nick feels inclined to
reserve all judgements (p....
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18 Th Amendment Meyer Lansky
1,930 words
Imagine living in a world where crime ruled. A
world where gangsters were more powerful than
politicians, owned the police, and ran the city in
whatever way they felt. They robbed whom they
wanted and killed when they didnt get their way.
Now stop imagining and realize that this happened
here in the United States of America in the 1920
s. It was run by an organization made up mainly of
Italians called the Mafia. The word Mafia itself
has many meanings. In Arabic it means refuge,
which refers to ...
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End Their Lives People Around The World
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Introduction Over The American Dream Euthanasia
Introduction Over the past couple of decades,
changes in medical technology have allowed
physicians to prolong an individuals life than
ever before. Individuals are now able to live a
longer and healthier life with the help of
respirators and other medical machines. We may
consider that living longer maybe be beneficial to
us, but people fear of having their lives
dependent upon machines, being unconscious, or in
terrible pain, and these people wou...
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German And French Alot Of Things Netherlands
615 words
The Netherlands shares borders to the south with
Belgium and to the east with Germany, while the
North Sea lies to the north and west. Large areas
of The Netherlands have been reclaimed from the
sea and consequently one-fifth of the country lies
below sea level. The country is flat and level and
is criss-crossed by rivers and canals. Areas
reclaimed from the sea, known as polder's, are
extremely fertile. The landscape is broken by the
forest of Arnhem, the bulb fields in the west, the
lakes of t...
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