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Toni Morrison Reconstruction Era
1,143 wordsToni Morrison was born in Loraine, Ohio on February 18, 1931. She has accomplished many things from then until now. From writing several books to being a trustee of the National Humanities Center, she finds the time to remain grounded and stable. She has written many books, one namely Beloved which focuses on one womans trials and tribulations. Beloved is about a woman named Sethe, now living in the Reconstruction-era farming country of Ohio. Proud and beautiful, she escaped from slavery, but is...
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20 Th Century Air Conditioning
1,438 wordsThe architectural design of the 20 th century skyscrapers has been redefined due to the advancement of our modern technology. Humanity 450 Dr. Maureen Schmid 17 May 1999 The architectural design of the 20 th century skyscrapers has been redefined due to the advancement of our modern technology. In our modern society, the architectural design of skyscrapers is changing the downtown landscape of metropolitan areas. Due to the change of technologies, it has changed the architectural design of skysc...
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W G One Author
680 wordsMaggie Cookman September 27, 2000 The Reid House was designed by W. G. Clark and Charles Menefee and built in John's Island, SC in 1986. Menefee and Clark designed primarily in the American South. Clark and Menefee are known for their "tripartite vertical organization. " The base level normally consists of secondary bedroom (s) /studio spaces and services. The First floor is a "piano nobile of principal rooms with a double-height living space. " The attic level usually consists of the master bed...
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One Of The First Compton Interactive
1,504 wordsThe Chinese have long since been an enterprising group of people. Long before the introduction of Western technologies and ideas, this country has had a history of local industry dating back some 2000 years. These innovative people, from an early time, produced paper, gunpowder, and silk, and printing with one of the first movable type. In all, the manufacture of luxury items, fine handcrafts, metal crafting and the manufacture of tools were all well established businesses long before the onset ...
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Iron Ore Great Lakes
504 wordsPenetrating 3, 540 kilometers (2, 200 miles) into interior North America, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Sea-way navigation system, completed in essentially its present form in 1959, was regarded as one of the great engineering accomplishments of the 20 th century and an outstanding example of international cooperation... It was intended to remove much of the disadvantage of the continental interior in importing and exporting overseas. It was also designed to meet the increasing needs for electric...
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Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere
1,382 wordsAlgonquin Park is the oldest and most famous provincial park in Ontario and one of the largest in Canada. It stretches across 7, 725 kilometers of wild and beautiful lakes and forests, bogs and rivers, cliffs and beaches. This is why Algonquin is also known as a canoeist's and camper's paradise as far as the eye can see. From August 27 th to September 5 th a group of university students mainly ranging between the ages of 22 to 25 will be experiencing the park first-hand. As far as the weather, t...
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Planet From The Sun Solar System
1,232 words... eld, it is so week that no instrument has been able to detect it. Mars like the Earth is tilted on its rotational axis. Liquid water cannot exist on Mars's surface because of the low temperature and pressure' water exists only as ice deposited at the poles and perhaps trapped below the surface and as vapor in the atmosphere. Mars is very desolate and barren and is covered in craters and are prone to violent sandstorms. The UV radiation of Mars would kill any known life. Mars has the largest ...
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Set Price Range Buying A Used Car Good
826 wordsThere are many successful steps a person can take when buying a used car so that the car will last as long as it is expected to, without having to put thousands of dollars into it to keep it running and maintained. The last thing that a person wants is a car not worth what was paid for it. A problem for many people who rush into buying the first good looking car or truck on the lot, without taking the proper steps to make sure the car is in The first order of business when buying a used car is t...
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Nuclear Reaction Naked Eye
1,061 wordsSTARS A star is a large celestial body composed of gravitationally contained hot gases giving off electromagnetic radiation, especially light. The sun is actually a star. Unlike the sun the stars seem to be fixed, but in fact stars are in rapid motion, but their distances are so great no relative changes can be seen with the naked eye. The sun is a typically star, with a visible surface called a photosphere, which an atmosphere of hot gases, and above them an outlawing stream of particles called...
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Love Of God Ha Ha
1,231 wordsInsane Or Not Insane? That Is The Question Some people wonder is Montressor was insane in the short story of The Cask of Amontillado. Well to me, he was. I say this because would a sane man want revenge on a person? Would a sane man want to kill someone in such a slow and painful way? That is the idea that is going to be discussed in this essay. I must not only punish but punish with impunity (p. 149) That line in itself just says that he is not a normal thinking human being. This is when he sta...
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Historical Figures Modern Drama
1,995 wordsAmadeus-Accuracy of the Film The film Amadeus that was based on the play of the same name by Peter Shaffer has some wonderful moments unmatched anywhere else on film. However, there are some things to keep in mind while you are watching this film. First, while the characters are two actual musical figures-Mozart and Salieri-Amadeus is a work of fiction. In spite of its title, the film is more about Antonio Salieri-and really more still about the elusive gift of creativity, a gift that seems to c...
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Bottle Of Wine Love Of God
1,446 wordsThe thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. Now Montresor began to develop the perfect plan of retribution. During this time, Montresor was careful not to arouse Fortunato's suspicions. [N]either by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued to smile in his face, and he did not...
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Dust Particles Solar System
1,011 wordsNeptune is the Neptune Neptune Neptune is the outermost planet of the gas giants. It has an equatorial diameter of 49, 500 kilometers (30, 760 miles) and is the eighth planet from the sun. If Neptune were hollow, it could contain nearly 60 Earths. Neptune orbits the Sun every 165 years. It has eight moons, six of which were found by Voyager 2. A day on Neptune is 16 hours and 6. 7 minutes. Neptune was discovered on September 23, 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle, of the Berlin Observatory. Neptune ...
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Mies Van Der Modern Architecture Construction
573 wordsConstruction Technology's Place in Architecture A major question in modern architecture is how construction technology plays into architectural form. Does construction technology validate a building as modern architecture? Can modern architecture exist without construction technology? My answer to both questions is no. This paper will analyze modern architecture and the role technology plays in creating it. Examining the Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe will help support my claim. Architect...
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Stained Glass Gothic Cathedrals
2,306 wordsART APPRECIATION STAINED GLASS I. CONCRETE EXPERIENCE I think my interest in the combination of glass, light and color began as a child when I discovered the colorful images created inside a kaleidoscope. Even as an adult, I cannot seem to resist picking up a kaleidoscope and gazing into the viewer as I rotate the tube to change the design of the colored bits of glass. If you walk into my home, it is apparent that I like to decorate with glass. I have glass flowers, marbles, stones, vases, balls...
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Shah Abbas Reign Islamic Arts London Phaidon Mosque
899 wordsThe Great Shah Abbas and His Buildings in Isfahan The Great Shah Abbas I reigned from 1588 - 1629. He was a ruler who relocated the capital from Saljuq to Isfahan, in the center of the country. This was his attempt to centralize political and religious authority, develop capital, and institute Safavid Iran as a world power, both economically and politically. Shah Abbas began his renovations with the transformation of the little Timurid palace into the Ali Qapu, or sublime port an entrance to the...
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19 Th Century 12 Th Century
1,294 wordsEiffel Tower Eiffel Tower, wrought-iron tower in Paris, a landmark and an early example of wrought-iron construction on a gigantic scale. It was designed and built by the French civil engineer Gustave Alexandre Eiffel for the Paris Worlds Fair of 1889. The tower, without its modern broadcasting antennae, is 300 m (984 ft) high. The lower section consists of four immense arched legs set on masonry piers. The legs curve inward until they unite in a single tapered tower. Platforms, each with an obs...
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Avenge His Fathers Laertes And Hamlet
877 wordsHamlet Revenge: A Chain Reaction In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the theme of revenge is repeated numerous times throughout the play and involves a great deal of characters. Of these characters, eight are dead by the end of the play by result of murder which was initiated through revenge. Shakespeare uses the revenge theme to create conflict among many characters. Shakespeare uses the revenge theme to create conflict between Hamlet and Claudius. In Act I, scene 5, Hamlet is visited b...
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House Of Usher Fall Of The House
1,284 wordsThe Haunted Palace In The Fall of the House of Usher, the house and its possessions play a key role in the story. The house itself is a main contributor to the all around theme of death and evil surrounding this story. There is a section of the story where different mediums of art painting, poem, and other various novels are introduced to the reader. These stories are somehow in its own way parallel to the story of The Fall of the House of Usher. Throughout the story, the house and the inanimate...
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Lot Of People Herbert Hoover
1,298 wordsMasterminds of the Hoover Da Imagine creating a dam 726 feet high and almost 1, 244 feet long. Critics said it couldnt be done that it was impossible. To many people it was a challenge of great magnitude. From Herbert Hoover the president of the United States in 1928, to a 69 year old guard, the Hoover dam was created. The only way to under stand the Hoover dam is to know its masterminds. During the early 1920 s when the legislation was thinking of authorizing a building of a dam on the Colorado...
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