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Alexander Hamilton Continental Congress
1,496 wordsAlexander Hamilton was born as a British subject on the island of Nevis in the West Indies on the 11 th of January 1755. His father was James Hamilton, a Scottish merchant of St. Christopher. His grandfather was Alexander Hamilton, of Grange, Lanarkshire. One of his great grandfathers was Sir R. Pollock, the Laird of Cambuskeith. Hamilton's mother was Rachael Fawcett e Levine, of French Huguenot descent. When she was very young, she married a Danish proprietor of St. Croix named John Michael Lev...
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The Shore Road Mystery
1,107 wordsThe Shore Road Mystery The Hardy boys, Frank and Joe, were taking a casual drive down Shore Road when they heard a report about a stolen car. Frank and Joe raced towards the scene and actually saw the stolen car. Suddenly, a big red produce truck came right into the middle of the road. The boys had no choice but to slam on their breaks. They ended up crashing into a fence and were dazed but uninjured. The driver came out of the truck and apologized. "Something seems fishy about that guy. " Said ...
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Wanted To Make Von Papen
1,740 wordsAfter WWI, Germany was in a exceedingly unpleasant state. It had been forced, by the Treaty of Versailles, to take full blame for the war. This meant that Germany would have to pay reparations for all of the other countries. Reparations were even harder to pay since Germany was in the midst of one of the worst stagflation epidemics in history. Not to mention a brand new government, one that had nothing to do with the signing of this treaty, had taken over power. All of the people of this once su...
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J D Salinger World War Ii
1,312 wordsEveryone struggles to find their place in society. Some follow the rules society has set for them exactly, while others have a hard time dealing with the transition from childhood to adulthood. The Catcher in the Rye was written post World War II, and magnifies some of the problems Americas youth was going through. Salinger uses everything from comedy and obscenity to violence and death to get his point across. J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in The Rye exemplifies the struggles a forlorn and confu...
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Youre A Ghost Group Of People Standing Back
1,257 wordsHold on, I said lazily to my mother, Ill be there in just a minute. Today was the day we would go to the beach for our family reunion. It was the third family reunion this year! Right now Im fourteen, and so far in my lifetime, I have had twenty-six family reunions! Thats two every year! As I got into the van, and my started to take off. The trip to the beach takes about and hour, and three-fourths of the way there I realized I had forgotten my swimming trunks! Mom, I forgot my trunks! Well, I g...
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Mountain Walking In The Andes
1,085 wordster> Assignment title: To write a first person narrative and description account of a holiday based on personal experience (give own title). Dear Pilot, I couldnt believe that I won the competition! And I was given a chance to travel to any of the destinations they mentioned as tracking rare mountain for gorillas in Uganda, bush walking with guides in Kenya and there were so much more but I chose to travel to the Andes on a major treks with expert guides who will just be following behi...
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Commander In Chief House Of Burgesses
1,279 wordsWashington, George (1732 - 99), commander in chief of the Continental army during the American Revolution, and later the first president of the United States. He symbolized qualities of discipline, aristocratic duty, military orthodoxy, and persistence in adversity that his contemporaries particularly valued as marks of mature political leadership. Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the eldest son of Augustine Washington, a Virginia planter, and Mary Ball...
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Runnin' Down Some Lines Book Review
1,387 wordsDeprived of opportunities for advancement in mainstream society, [black ghetto] teenagers elevate their personal style into a philosophy of life. Their exemplars are pimps and gangsters... Gangs develop to bolster self-identity through psychological control of the streets; hip "threads" and "freaked out" cars also serve as outward signs of inner creativity. Both sexes consider coitus ("doin' the do") a natural and desirable part of adolescence; soft drugs, primarily marijuana ("tea"), also offer...
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Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Finch
775 wordsThree students kicked out of a high school for threatening to bring a gun to school. Why would they? Because people were prejudice against them because other students thought they were losers. Moral: You shouldnt not like a person because they arent like you. Prejudice was far much worse in the time period of To Kill A Mockingbird. But, Prejudice is the reason for much social injustice. Three characters named Nathan Radley, Atticus Finch, and Aunt Alexandria show us this in the novel, To Kill A ...
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The Propaganda Of Drink Driving
920 wordsEach year numerous lives are lost due to careless and irrational driving. The disregard for safe driving has been a predicament to Queensland for years. For many years police have relied heavily on speed cameras, breathe testing and heavy fines as a deterrent against unlawful drivers. Over the years fatality rates have increased, so Queensland Transport has composed a series of safe driving campaigns. On many occasions the transport department informs and advises the public about the importance ...
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Krabbes Disease Beauty Salon Life
1,172 wordsI firmly believe in the powerful message of Ecclesiastes 3: 1, which states that every endeavor man can undertake has its own time and meaning. Looking back on my own life, I see these different seasons as stages of growth that have helped me to understand my own potential and the path that I wish to take in life. I feel that I have lived deeply and fully, and now wish to apply the valuable life lessons I have gained to what I feel is my true calling. Now is the season to explore the fascinating...
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Soccer Game Ramon Wanted
1,094 words... l, partly because I knew my boyfriend would never understand and partly because he kissed me so hard that his teeth busted my lips. After a short session of him devouring me, I pulled back and we stopped. We had places to be. Looking around at all my fellow graduates I felt we all shared sameness. It might just be the fact that we were all wearing the same costume but I felt I could relate to every one of them. With the exception of Skyler Thomas who had pink hair and drove an Oldsmobile. I ...
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Tom And Daisy Wilsons Garage
925 wordsOver the years, the Buchanan's continued to live their lavish, carefree lifestyle free of hardships. Tom came into considerable luck and inherited the estate of a rich uncle whom he never knew, nevertheless Tom and Daisy gladly accepted these assets. They put the money to good use by building a large palace on the south end of East Egg. The erecting of this mansion was due to the fact that Daisy could no longer stomach the idea of living across from a villainous louse, which was the new title sh...
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Parley With Thorin Magic Door Bilbo
1,062 words... things and send them down the forest river to Esgaroth or lake-town on the long lake. On the night of a big feast, Bilbo wearily played out his plans, he got each of the dwarves out of their cells and packed each of them away into barrels and they are pushed into the river by elves. Finally they arrive at Esgaroth and Bilbo unpacks them, most are in a most very bad mood from being tossed about by the river. They are welcomed by the folk of Lake-town and given food and stores for the rest of ...
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Nuclear Warhead Due Date
1,284 words... as been delayed or cancelled, but a closer examination shows that the decision is pretty consistent with the rest of the affair. Cold War paranoia was a very real thing, and unless a sensitive piece of technology could be thoroughly protected, it couldnt just be left lying around. While the Arrow was clearly an advanced project, it seemed to have been conspicuously bereft of any friends who would be willing to spend the necessary sums on its maintenance. Its name, it appears, was mud. The to...
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Full Of Life Moulin Rouge
992 wordsPaul Czanne, Still life I really liked Czanne's still life because; it is full of life, like the fruits are just taken from the tree. It is very different from the Holland's still lives. There everything is like a picture, no life just an image. In Czanne's painting fruits look like every one of them has a soul. When I look at this picture it always make me happy and put smile on my face is so full of life and joy. Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin-Rouge This picture is one of my favorites, becaus...
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Political And Social Ottoman Empire
1,279 wordsThe first genocide of the 20 th Century occurred when two million Armenians living in Turkey were eliminated from their historic homeland through forced deportations and massacres. For three thousand years, a thriving Armenian community had existed inside the vast region of the Middle East bordered by the Black, Mediterranean and Caspian Seas. The area, known as Asia Minor, stands at the crossroads of three continents; Europe, Asia and Africa. Great powers rose and fell over the many centuries a...
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Piece Of Paper Valentines Day
1,019 words... parts of the kingdom celebrate their own customs and as the day approached all magazines were readying for the day that they published sonnets and verses to commemorate St Valentine's Day. Valentines Day in Denmark The Danish valentine days card known as a lover's card came in the form of a transparency. When held up to the light showed a picture of a lover handing his love a gift. Valentines Day in France In France a custom of drawing for would occur, this was were young unmarried people as...
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First Time Voice Create
736 wordsHOW TO ATTRACT GIRLS Sometimes girls and boys seem to avoid the company of one another, but finally everyone find something common in each other and fall in love at least once. Actually You are just afraid of making serious relationship, because You do not know what the girl thinks and feels about you. In general the first time is always more complex. The men are so confused about what women think about them that it can create some obsessions. It can lower Your self-esteem. Do not let it happen!...
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Quot Everyday Western Union
1,222 wordsNancy Berke " Everyday Alchemy" has an interesting publishing history. It originally appeared in Taggard's first collection of poems, For Eager Lovers (1922). Later she republished the poem in her Depression-era collection Calling Western Union, along with " Revolution" also from For Eager Lovers. With the exception of a few changes in punctuation, the poems appear much like thier original versions. Yet these poems would be read in a different light, within the pages of a rad...
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