American West Essays and Term Papers

Gwendolyn Brooks

Writing with uncommon strength, creates haunting images of black America, and their struggle in escaping the scathing hatred of many white Americans. Her stories, such as in the "Ballad of Rudolph Reed", portray courage and perseverance. In those like "The Boy Died in My Alley" Brooks portrays ...

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Comets

Have you ever looked up in the sky and seen a little ball creeping by? If so, did you wonder what it was? That little ball is called a comet. are small, fragile, and irregularly shaped. Most are composed of frozen gas. However, some are composed of frozen gas and non-volatile grains. They ...

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Chester Wilmot

Though this student looked in Who's Who and Contemporary Authors, no information on could be found. One considered searching the Directory of American Scholars, but that would not be helpful since he is from Australia. In The Struggle for Europe, Wilmot seeks to explain several points. ...

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America And The Computer Industry

Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the U.S. and one out of every two ...

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Colorado

State Flag Page 2 Map of Page 3 State Location, Geography and Climate Page 4 U.S. Map with Colorado Location Page 6 State Bird, Flower, Tree, Motto and Seal Page 7 Ancient History of Colorado Page 8 Recent History of Colorado Page 10 ...

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Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington was the foremost black educator of the later 19th and early 20th centuries. He also had a major influence on the southern race relations and was the dominant figure in black public affairs from 1895 until his death in 1915. Born a slave on a small farm in the Virginia ...

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Essat On Taiwan Now And Then

"Taiwan defends plans to develop long range nuclear missiles"(Taipei, Dec 9 1999 AFP). A top Taiwanese official on Thursday defended his government's right to develop long-range missiles after US reports said China was building a new missile base targeting the island of Taiwan. During the ...

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John L Lewis

Allan Breden February 24, 2000 A working man's man John L. Lewis John L. Lewis started life in Lucas County, Iowa February 12, 1880 the son of Thomas Lewis, a coal miner and policeman. John was welsh born. In the 1880's and the 1890's their family lived in a company owned shanty with an outdoor ...

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The Revival Of Jazz In South Africa

Jazz is once again back on its feet in South Africa. After many years of cultural oppression due to Apartheid, jazz is slowly but surely finding its way back to popularity in South Africa. However, the road to reconstruction is apparently not a smooth one, as many jazz musicians and the entire ...

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History Of The Original Lincol

In 1858, there was a great struggle within the state of Illinois for a seat in the Senate. The well know Stephen A. Douglas, the favored candidate, was excepted to win. Abraham Lincoln was not a well known candidate. In a struggle for the possible position, Lincoln proposed that he and Douglas ...

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Alexis De Tocqueville (1805-18

Much can still be learned in Tocqueville's writing. He was a moderate liberal, which is different today then this title was in Tocqueville's day. He was for small government, equality, and liberty. He feared the "tyranny of the majority," which he felt would destroy the freedoms of the people. ...

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General Sir Arthur Currie

LIEUTENANT-- (A brief account of the Lieutenant- was the most capable soldier that Canada has produced. Certainly, he did not look like the great soldier he had become. A very tall man, at six-foot-four, he was also somewhat overweight. Through his successes as the Commander of the Canadian ...

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Cannabis

Our first President, George Washington, grew on his plantation. The he grew was more fibrous and is better known as hemp. Hemp was used to make rope, twine, paper and canvas and was an important crop in the american colonies. In Jamestown, Virginia it was grown for it's fiber qualities in ...

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The United Nations

is an organization of sovereign nations not a world government. It provides the machinery to help find solutions to disputes or problems, and to deal with virtually any matter of concern to humanity. It does not legislate like a national parliament. But in the meeting rooms and corridors of the ...

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Legalizing Marijuana

Marijuana is the name for the drug that comes from the leaves and flowers of the Indian hemp plant. The hemp plant can be found growing as weeds or as a cultivated plant throughout the world. This plant can grow in many soils and climates, but it is most potent when grown in dry, hot, upland ...

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The Asian Crisis

The financial crisis that erupted in Asia in mid-1997 has led to sharp declines in the currencies, stock markets, and other asset prices of a number of Asian countries. It is hard to understand what these declines will actually do to the world market. This decline is expected to halve the rate of ...

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Online Recruiting And Employee

I. Introduction to Online Recruiting There are several methods used by employees to recruit job applicants. Human resource recruiters can use traditional methods such as posting a job listing in a newspaper or hire an employment agency to search for job applicants. They may also choose to ...

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A Brief History Of Ledd Zeppelin And Its Musical Impact

Tell someone to name a band from the 1960s and '70s and you could probably listen to a dozen answers before hearing the same one twice. The overwhelming amount of talent squeezed into these two decades has produced some of the most popular, most powerful, and in some cases, the most bizarre ...

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Cubans

are Hispanics, of course, and 40 years of socialism have not completely erased the traditional Hispanic values that have always held. In fact, there is evidence that the Cuban brand of socialism has been tailored somewhat to complement, or at least not to confront directly, the traditional ...

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Buddhism

By Elizabeth Chandler is recognized as one of the great religions of the world. To call a religion by itself would do injustice. is a school of moral thoughts and principles as well as a religion to worship. Unlike other religions 's' sole purpose is not to worship a god or gods, it is only ...

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