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Institute Of Technology Hydrogen Bonding
1,257 wordsChemist Linus Pauling; born in Portland, Ore. After taking his Ph. D. at the California Institute of Technology (1925) and then two years of study abroad, he returned to that institution for most of his professional career (1927 -- 63). Details of those years are as follows: At the California Institute of Technology his advisor was Roscoe Dickinson, whose area of expertise was X-ray crystallography. At this time Dickinson was investigating the crystal structure of various minerals. In his work w...
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Tuskegee Alabama Slave Master
402 wordsGeorge Washington Carver was born in 1860 near Diamond Grove, Missouri. He died January 5, 1943 in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was an agricultural chemist and experimenter who became a benefactor of the American South and a cultural hero. He dedicated his life to bettering and improving the economy of the South by improving the soil and crop diversification. Carver and his mother were slaves. Their slave master's name was Moses Carver. George and his mother were sent to Arkansas because it was difficu...
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Women And Children Florence Nightingale
836 wordsOn January 23, 1849, a young woman walked across the stage of the Presbyterian Church in Geneva, NY. She was given a degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Geneva Medical College. And she happened to be the very first woman to earn the degree. Her name was Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England on February 3, 1821. She received her childhood education by private tutor. In 1832, her father, Samuel Blackwell, moved her family to the United States. They lived first in New York ...
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Biography Of Nobel Prize Winner William Butler Yeats
566 wordsWilliam Butler Yeats was not just an extremely well-known Nobel Prize winning author, he was a very influential Irishman in the political and social fields of the time. Although given much more credit for his poetry rather than the social groups which arose from his influence, he was very involved in society. Yeats was born near Dublin, Ireland in Sign on June 13, 1865, into an Anglo-Irish Protestant family. He was educated at Dublin and London. During his education he studied art and writing. A...
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Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Movement
1,328 words... ogs and pinned against buildings by torrents of water from fire hoses were shown in newspapers and on televisions around the world. During the demonstrations, King was arrested and sent to jail. He wrote a letter from his jail cell to local clergymen who had criticized him for creating disorder in the city. His Letter from Birmingham City Jail, which argued that individuals had the moral right and responsibility to disobey unjust laws, was widely read at the time and added to Kings standing ...
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Al Capone Palm Island
560 wordsAlphonse Capone was born in Brooklyn on January 17, 1899, to Gabriel and Teresa Capone. He lived in a tough neighborhood the first ten years of his life. His schooling began not far from the Sands street "stews" at P. S. 7 on Adams St. with a 16 year old teacher. There he became good friends with one of the borough's toughest delinquents Salvatore Lucanio, better known in later life as Lucky Luciano. The two of them became life long friends. Later Capone fell under the influence of an old Navy S...
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The Darker Side Of Industrial Revolution In Europe
1,021 wordsThe Industrial Revolution was a time of drastic change and transformations from hand made items to machine manufactured goods. These changes generally helped make life easier, but it also hindered it as well. During the Industrial Revolution, working conditions in factories declined and the number of women and children working increased. Women and children were used as a cheap source of labor (The Industrial Revolution web). The Industrial Revolution was a terrible experience for women and child...
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Brigadier General Arnold Led
324 wordsBenedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1741 in Norwich, Connecticut and was an American Revolutionary general and Americas most infamous traitor. At the age of 14, Arnold was a druggists apprentice, but he ran away twice to serve in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War. When the American Revolution started, Arnold marched his Connecticut militia to Massachusetts, where he was made a colonel. His force, along with Ethan Allens Green Mountain Boys, captured Ticonderoga on May 10,...
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Rip Van Winkle Sir Walter Scott
1,068 wordsWashingtons 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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Biography Of Marilyn Monroe A Hollywood Beauty
1,298 wordsMarilyn Monroe made a definite impact on todays society. For some it was good, for others, bad. She set high standards for herself and was an inspiration to many young people. Many are expected to be like her, some are forced unwillingly and others force themselves. Marilyn Monroe changed Hollywood's outlook on women forever. Her image, body, smile, and personality are what is looked for in a young actress or any new models today. Now, because of Marilyn's high standards, it is much more complic...
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Spanish American War U S Military
754 wordsAfrican Americans were not always a major part of the Armed Forces. They were not a big factor in the military until the Civil War, when The Emancipation Proclamation opened the door full-fledged for Blacks to participate in the military. Both black slaves and freemen saw this opportunity to serve in the military as a chance to relinquish their chains and to help the nation develop as a whole. There was widespread resistance by whites on both the Union and Confederate sides in accepting Blacks a...
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Eighteenth Amendment Twenty First
758 wordsProhibition was the eighteenth amendment. It prohibited the production and consumption of alcoholic beverages. People would have never thought of excoriating alcohol until the 19 th century (Tyrrell 16). During this time widespread crime and dismay arose. Some beneficial things did come out of this period of chaos such as women were able to prove themselves as people their temperance movements. During this time many things happened that led to Prohibitions strongest point and to its fall. Prohib...
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
434 wordsSince the beginning of the government, people gained and lost their jobs whenever a new president took office. These jobs were political pay-offs for people who supported them. Many people did not take their jobs too seriously because they knew they would be out of their office soon. As Henry Clay put it, government officials after an election are "like the inhabitants of Cairo when the plague breaks out; no one knows who is next to encounter the stroke of death. " Over the years the flaws that ...
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January 26 2005 Web January 26 2005 Chechnya
778 wordsWhat Current World Issue Do You Believe Raises Concern With Regard To Justice Or Ethical Behavior? The concept of post-modern world replaces the notion of abstract philosophic idea, as the main historical driving force, with notion of economical profit. Nevertheless, every political event is first thought of in terms of ethics. For example, if one country attacks its neighbor, we want to know whether such attack was justified, even though that every experienced politician knows that there is no ...
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Sex And Violence Freedom Of Speech
851 wordsSex and Violence in the Media: do we Need Control? The presence of sex and violence has always made truth more difficult to express and harder to understand, especially in mass media. As all the other people in the world, the representatives of the media often face hundreds of problems while trying to achieve success in their profession. This fact is especially true about female representatives of the society they are the weak sex, which can do almost nothing to protect itself and therefore need...
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Cortisol And The Chemical Effects To Body
693 wordsCortisol and the Chemical effects to the body. The hormone cortisol, which is released in the body during stressed or agitated states, has gained widespread attention as the so-called "stress hormone. " (Stoppler, M. C, M. D. , 2005) Cortisol is secreted by adrenal glands. It is the main glucocorticoid hormone, which is produced in response to any physical or emotional stress. Cortisol regulates the level of carbohydrates, muscle proteins and fats. The concentration of cortisol can be increased ...
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Death Penalty Capital Punishment
1,726 wordsDeath Penalty and DNA There are many points of view regarding death penalty in American society. However, the question concerning its necessity and appropriateness has never never been put so sharply before 90 s. In 1999 and 2000 debates were brought into public and politics. Being Texas Governor George W. Bush said politics didnt drive his decision to grant a stay of execution to death row inmate Ricky McGinn, who will get a chance to prove his innocence with a DNA test. People like to read all...
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French Revolution American Revolution
812 wordsThe first thing to tell about these three revolutions is that only The French Revolution was a pure one. While the American and Haitian revolutions appeared to be the wars for independence. Let us view the results of all of them and compare them with each other. The American Revolution started in 1775. The British considered the Colonies more as a resource to be utilized for the benefit of their own economy and had little respect for the Colonialists. This difference in perception led to a vicio...
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Carl Friedrich Gauss Half Of Students Mathematics
1,053 wordsCarl Friedrich Gauss Gauss, Carl Friedrich (1777 - 1855). The German scientist and mathematician Gauss is frequently he was called the founder of modern mathematics. His work is astronomy and physics is nearly as significant as that in mathematics. Gauss was born on April 30, 1777 in Brunswick (now it is Western Germany). Many biographies think that he got his good health from his father. Gauss said about himself that, he could count before he can talk. When Gauss was 7 years old he went to scho...
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Adventures In Wonderland Alice
668 wordsEvents or people in their lives inspire many authors. It is reflected in their writing. Lewis Carroll was inspired to write Alice in Wonderland by the real-life relationship with an Alice and his other child-friends. Lewis Carroll was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Danbury, Cheshire, on January 27, 1832 (Gatt? go, 1976, p. xi). He was the son of a clergyman and the first born of eleven children. Carroll was educated at Rugby from 1846 to 1850 and at Christ Church College, University of Oxford,...
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