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The Life Of Alexander HamiltonBefore earning such a glowing acclamation from the French statesman,
Alexander Hamilton would have a rocky road to travel. He was most likely
born on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies in 1755. The exact
date of his birth is unknown, and even his year of birth is an item of
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King ArthurA Connecticut Yankee in 's Court Hank Morgan, a Connecticut Yankee working in a munitions factory near Hartford, is tapped on the head by a crowbar during a quarrel with a fellow worker. He awakens in the early part of the sixth century, A.D. Captured by the knight Sir Kay, he is taken to Camelot, ...
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Robert Fultonmade many contributions to the American economy. Fulton was the American inventor who brought steamboating from its mere experimental stage to its complete and successful stage.
Fulton was born on Nov. 14, 1765 in Lancaster County, P.A. He was the son of Irish immigrants. He and his family ...
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The Hippie Movement That Arose From Vast Political ChangesMassive black rebellions, constant strikes, gigantic anti-war demonstrations,
draft resistance, Cuba, Vietnam, Algeria, a cultural revolution of seven hundred
million Chinese, occupations, red power, the rising of women, disobedience and
sabotage, communes & marijuana: amongst this chaos, there ...
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Vincent Van GoghVincent was born on March 30, 1853, in the village of Groot Zunbert in the Dutch province of North Brabant. His father, Theodorus, was pastor of a small Dutch Reformed Church. Vincent's mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus, was a similarly mild and uninspired soul. It is common for biographers to ...
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Nikita KhrushcevNikita Khrushchev rose to power after the death of Stalin. He was a leader who desperately worked for reform yet his reforms hardly ever accomplished their goals. He was a man who praised Stalin while he was alive but when Stalin died Khrushchev was the first to publicly denounce him. Khrushchev ...
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Cancer: The Costs, Causes, And CuresCancer is a major killer of people all around the globe. We do not have a
definite cure, but the amount of research done on this one disease costs on the
average of $1.2 billion dollars annually, and $20 billion annually in care of
cancer patients.
What is Cancer?
Cancer is a broad ranging term ...
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Leonardo Da Vinci(1452-1519), Florentine artist, one of the great masters of high Renaissance, celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. His profound love of knowledge and research was the keynote of both his scientific and artistic endeavors. His innovations in the field of painting ...
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Jane Eyre - NatureCharlotte Bronte makes use of nature imagery throughout "Jane Eyre," and comments on both the human relationship with the outdoors and human nature. The Oxford Reference Dictionary defines "nature" as "1. the phenomena of the physical world as a whole . . . 2. a thing's essential qualities; a ...
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Break StalinDestalinization: A Wise Political Strategy Although many of his ideas did not bring the expected results, Nikita Khrushchev policies of de-Stalinization were politically wise. He went against many of Stalin’s tyrannical policies and gave the people a much greater sense of freedom. In the ...
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Alice WalkerBest known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple, portrays black women struggling for sexual as well as racial equality and emerging as strong, creative individuals. Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, the eighth child of Willie Lee and Minnie Grant Walker. ...
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John Steinbeck - The Author AnHe didn't know it at the time, but John Steinbeck started getting
ready to write The Grapes of Wrath when he was a small boy in
California. Much of what he saw and heard while growing up found its
way into the novel. On weekends his father took John and his three
sisters on long drives out ...
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Medieval CastlesIn 1494 the armies of the French king, Charles VIII, invaded Italy to capture the kingdom of Naples. They swept through the country and bombarded and destroyed many castles. This invasion signaled the end of the castle as a stronghold of defense. For centuries it had been the dominant ...
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Mexico, officially the United States of , is a huge country rich
in cultural diversity where the past plays an important role in shaping the
present day development. When “discovered” was home to 10 million
people living in highly disciplined and organized societies. The native
civilization became the ...
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RubensPeter Paul is considered one of the most important Flemish painters of the 17th century. His style became an international definition of the animated, exuberantly sensuous aspects of baroque painting. Combining the bold brushwork, luminous color, and shimmering light of the Venetian school with ...
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Medieval CastlesIn 1494 the armies of the French king, Charles VIII, invaded Italy to capture the kingdom of Naples. They swept through the country and bombarded and destroyed many castles. This invasion signaled the end of the castle as a stronghold of defense. For centuries it had been the dominant ...
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The Farm LifeThe oldest man that I am close to is my grandfather who’s name is Albert and he just turned seventy-two. He used to own his own farm and when my dad was growing up he helped him run it. My grandfather believes very strongly in respect, and when my dad didn’t show him any he knew it and learned ...
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Crusades 4Introduction In the year of our lord 1095, Pope Urban II started what we know as the Holy Wars or the Crusades. Over the period from 1095-1464, a series of military expeditions were fought to take back the Holy Land, Jerusalem, from the Seldjuk Turks. There were eight crusades which were spurred ...
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Revolution In A Tale Of Two CiIt was the year 1789, when the flood started. The flood known as the French Revolution. The revolution brought France all the change, we desired for a long time. The success of the revolution can not even be expressed in words. I only wish that the flood was started earlier.
The flood was not some ...
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Abnormal PsychologySummarize in your own words the history of psychopathology from early demonology to the end of the twentieth century.
In order to understand where we have been it is helpful to know where we have come from.
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