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Louis Xiv Three Companies
1,435 wordsA History of Ballet in Canada Magnificence, extravagance, artificiality, a tiny society in which everyone knew every detail of everyone s life. The preceding sentence best described the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King, and it was into that world that professional ballet was born. Louis was an accomplished dancer and appeared in many court ballets from the age of twelve until he was thirty-two. Though he continued to perform his favorite ballroom dances, various affairs, such as his sense of roy...
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El Barrio Puerto Ricans
1,436 wordsSearch for Respect In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio was published in 1995. It is a straight forward, insiders look at life in the East Harlem neighborhood known as, El Barrio. Philippe Bourgois moved his family into El Barrio in 1985 to study the impact of imposed racial segregation and economic marginalization, on the inner city Puerto Rican population (intro pg. 1). He first went there to look at the entire (untaxed) underground economy, from baby sitting, off-track betting, to...
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Inherit The Wind Harrison Brady
548 wordsInherit the Wind The main theme of Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee is taking a stand. The play begins in Hillsboro, Tennessee when a man named Bertram Cates breaks the law by teaching the forbidden Darwin s Theory. The most famous orators of the time, Matthew Harrison Brady and Henry Drummond came to this small religious town of Hillsboro. Brady is prosecuting against Cates and Drummond is defending him. After days of battle, the verdict is finally decided and Bertram Cates...
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Watergate Scandal President Kennedy
907 wordsInside The Oval Office is a book written by William Doyle that explores the differences in the occupational tendencies of the Presidents of the United States since Franklin D. Roosevelt. The actual transcripts from calls and discussions from within the oval office walls in the White House give you a behind the scenes look at the Presidency in a manner that has never before been expressed, to my knowledge. Reading books of this nature are not only interesting, but they bring to light new perspect...
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Army Of The Potomac York State
596 wordsMore than 170, 000 Irish-born Americans fought under the flag of the United States between 1861 and 1865. Society in the United States had, up to that time, displayed a marked anti-Catholic sentiment, and most newly immigrated Irish occupied close to the lowest rung of the economic ladder, but this did not dissuade many from rallying to the colors at the beginning of the war. When President Lincoln made his first call for volunteers following the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the 69 th NYSM (New Y...
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President Of The United States Funeral Procession
361 wordsThe tragedy I will discuss is the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. President Kennedy was the 35 th President of the United States. He was born in 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the second of 9 children, born to wealthy parents. From 1941 - 1945, President Kennedy served in the Navy and was decorated for heroism. He saved the lives of 3 of his men after his P. T. boat was sunk by a Japanese destroyer. In 1957, President Kennedy won a Pulitzer Prize for the book he wro...
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Secretary Of State James Buchanan
699 wordsJames Buchanan James Buchanan was born in April 23, 1791 in a cabin in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania. James father came to America as a Scotch-Irish in 1783. At the age of six his family moved to Mercersberg PA. where his father would open a general store. James was the second of eleven in his family. James was able to go to school where he lived but when he was not studying he was helping his father in the shop. James father made James work hard and taught James that he must be ready to take care for ...
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President Of The United States Jimmy Carter
397 wordsJimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr. ), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr. , was a farmer and businessman and his mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse. He was educated in the Plains public schools, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B. S. degree from the United States Na...
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Running Mate Vice President
773 wordsThe nations twenty-seventh vice president during William Howard Taft's presidency was James Schoolcraft Sherman. Being a member of the House of Representatives for almost two decades, he stood firmly for the Republican Party as an influential role during the Progressive Era. He was nicknamed Sunny Jim for his genial demeanor and civility, and was the first Republican vice president to be renominated. However, he didnt live long enough to see the election day. James was born in Utica, New York on...
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John Paul Ii Pope Paul Vi
974 wordsJon Russian Period 8 3 - 30 - 00 Pope John Paul II Karol Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 at Wadowice, Poland. For many years Karol believed God was calling him to the priesthood, and after two near fatal accidents, he responded to Gods call. He studied secretary during the German occupation of Poland, and was ordained to the priesthood on November 1, 1946. In these years he came to know and practice the teachings of St. Louis Marie Montfort and St. John of the Cross. He earned a doctorate in th...
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Conspiracy Against Caesar Julius Caesar
658 wordsJulius Caesar: Betrayed by His Peers Julius Caesar was the great leader of the Roman Empire. He was a tragic hero with a tragic flaw. Many thought he was well suited for his position, but his fellow politicians thought otherwise. The tragedy of Marcus Brutus should be of great importance because his jealousy showed disloyalty and how friends can be traitors, especially in Caesars case. Friendships will cease eventually, jealousy will last forever. Tragedy is best described as a play, novel or ot...
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Woodrow Wilson Vice President
306 wordsThomas Riley Marshall was born in North Rochester, Indiana on March 14, 1854. He graduated from Wabash College in 1873 where he studied law. Afterwards he was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1875, practicing his profession in Columbia City. His father was a physician. He was also a popular public speaker and active in local Democratic politics. Marshall was a small town lawyer when he received the nomination for governor in 1908, a compromise dark horse candidate. His political party for governor...
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Act V Scene Murder Of Banquo
1,272 wordsMacbeth In Shakespeare? s lifetime he wrote many plays. Many of them were critically acclaimed and others cast aside. The crowd always wanted to be more thoroughly entertained and Shakespeare always tried to keep up with the people? s needs. In 1605, Shakespeare was being hounded for another work of genius. Hamlet and King Lear had just been completed and the people of England begged for more. He knew not of what to write and like many playwrights did some research. He found two stories from Hol...
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Witches Lady Macbeth Influence On Macbeth
908 wordsIn all genres of literature different character types might be found. Some bring humor or comic relief, while others bring both pity and fear to the audience. A tragic character is one who gives evidence to the audience concerning his or her tragic flaw that causes a change in fortune, from happiness to misery. In a tragedy the main character rises to greatness, then continues to fall down, until reaches his or her downfall. Macbeth is a tragic hero in the play Macbeth by Shakespeare. The proces...
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Act V Scene Act Ii Scene
1,827 wordsIn Shakespeare? s lifetime he wrote many plays. Many of them were critically acclaimed and others cast aside. The crowd always wanted to be more thoroughly entertained and Shakespeare always tried to keep up with the people? s needs. In 1605, Shakespeare was being hounded for another work of genius. Hamlet and King Lear had just been completed and the people begged for more. He knew not of what to write and like many playwrights, he did research. He found two stories from Hollinshed? s Chronicle...
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Father And Uncle Kublai Khan
775 wordsMarco Polo (1254 - 1324) is probably the most famous Westerner traveled on the Silk Road. He excelled all the other travelers in his determination, his writing, and his influence. His journey through Asia lasted 24 years. He reached further than any one before him. Beyond Mongolia to China. He became a confidant of Kublai Khan (1214 - 1294). He traveled all of China and came back to tell stories about his travels. It is not certain whether Marco Polo was born on the island of Curzola or in Venic...
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Fell In Love Queen Of Egypt
1,000 wordsMark Antony (83? - 30 BC), Roman statesman and general, who defeated the assassins of Julius Caesar and, with Gaius Octavius and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, formed the Second Triumvirate, which ultimately secured the end of the Roman Republic. Antony was born in Rome and educated for a short time in Greece. From 58 to 56 BC he served as a leader of cavalry in Roman campaigns in Palestine and Egypt, and from 54 to 50 BC he served in Gaul under Julius Caesar. Subsequently, with Caesars aid, he attain...
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Julius Caesar Bc Antony
422 wordsMark Antony was a Roman statesman and general who defeated the assassins of Julius Caesar and with Gaius Octavius and Marcus Aemilius Lepidusformed the Second Triumvirate, which lead to the end of the Roman Republic. Antony was born in Rome and educated in Greece. From 58 to 56 Be served as a leader of cavalry in Roman campaigns in Palestine and Egypt and from 54 to 50 BC he served in Gaul under Julius Caesar. With Caesars help he made it into the offices of questo, augur, and tribune of the peo...
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Negro Women South Carolina
481 wordsMary McLeod Bethune Mary McLeod Bethune was born, on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina. She was the fifteenth out of seventeen children, but the most successful. Her parents were slaves and they considered education to be very important. She entered the local Presbyterian Mission School for Negroes. With the help of scholarships, part-time jobs, and familial sacrifice she was able to attend, from 1888 to 1894, Scotia Seminary (now Barber-Scotia College) in Concord, North Carolina. Asp...
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Fast Food Restaurant Taco Bell
1,094 wordsThe way that Burger King and other fast food restaurant chains do business and markets their products to consumers is due to the change in our society to where the consumer wants the biggest, fastest, and best product they can get for their money. This change in society can be attributed to a process known as Mcdonaldization. Although Mcdonaldization can be applied to many other parts of our society, this paper will focus on its impact on Burger King and Taco Bell restaurants. My belief is that ...
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