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The Life Of Kurt Vonnegutwas filled with great accomplishments and
great tragedies. The biggest tragedy that he faced had to be the fire
bombing of Dresden in World War II. This is the topic of his book
Slaughterhouse-Five. The book talks about one of Vonnegut's friends who
slips in and out of reality, having ...
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The New DealDuring the 1930's, America witnessed a breakdown of the Democratic and
free enterprise system as the US fell into the worst depression in history. The
economic depression that beset the United States and other countries was unique
in its severity and its consequences. At the depth of the ...
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LasersDid you know that some laser beams are small enough and powerful enough to drill two hundred holes on a spot as tiny as the head of a pin?
The first major advancement in laser development came in 1954. This was the year that Charles H. Townes, an American physicist, created a device that amplified ...
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Corruption Of Dorian Gray (TheLord Henry who is "not at all surprised that the world says that he is a extremely wicked man," (248) plays an important role in destroying the one essence of Dorian's being that will remain after death. He not only plants nefarious ideas into Dorian's head but he also gives him a copy of a most ...
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History Of Athens, GreeceAthens has been around for 2,500 years. Athens is the capitol of
Greece and largest city of Greece. Athens is on a small plain that lies
southward to the Saronic Gulf, a branch of the Aegean Sea. Athens has an
area of 427 sq./km. (165 sq./mi. ) and a population of 3,096,775. Athens
is ...
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Ethics In CyberspaceCyberspace is a global community of people using computers in networks.
In order to function well, the virtual communities supported by the Internet
depend upon rules of conduct, the same as any society. Librarians and
information technologists must be knowledgeable about ethical issues for ...
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Ban Smoking In Public PlacesBefore people start smoking they have a choice, but once you are a smoker that choice goes and you then become an addict.
Smoking is the inhalation and exhalation of the fumes of burning tobacco.
The dried leaves of plants are smoked in a pipe or in cigar form, but mostly in cigarettes.
European ...
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Thomas JeffersonThe third president of the United States, a diplomat, statesman, architect,
scientist, and philosopher, is one of the most eminent
figures in American history. No leader in the period of the American
Enlightenment was as articulate, wise, or conscious of the implications and
consequences of a ...
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The Shelter Of Each Other, A BThe Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families
Chapter 1: Thirsty In the Rain
Families are being blamed for our cultural crisis. This is due to the media. Non-reciprocal relationships are being developed with celebrities. This prevents families from developing relationships within a ...
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Bonds And The Bond MarketGiven today's uncertain economy, many people are taking time to examine various options for their financial future. Different types of investments are investigated and bonds can be one of the more popular choices considered. Many of the same people who talk about investing in bonds, however, do ...
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If I Cant Have Her, No One CanMost people, when forced to give up the one thing they truly love, would rather see it be destroyed than in the hands of another person. In “Old Woman Magoun,” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, the old woman is in that position. She is burdened with relinquishing custody of her ...
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Andrew Carnegie 2Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1835. His father, Will, was a weaver and a follower of Chartism, a popular movement of the British working class that called for the masses to vote and to run for Parliament in order to help improve conditions for workers. The exposure to such ...
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HaitiGeographical Information:
The independent republic of consists of the western third of
the island of Hispaniola, the second largest island in the Caribbean.
shares the island with the Dominican Republic. Covering a total area of
10,714 square miles, Haiti has a northern and southern peninsula ...
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Catcher In The Rye 4Ever since its publication in 1951, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye has served as a firestorm for controversy and debate. Critics have argued the moral issues raised by the book and the context in which it is presented. Some have argued that Salinger's tale of the human condition is ...
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ConstantinopolisArchitecture, the practice of building design and its resulting products; customary usage refers only to those designs and structures that are culturally significant. Architecture is to building as literature is to the printed word. Vitruvius, a 1st-century BC Roman, wrote encyclopedically about ...
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Mark TwainA onetime printer and Mississippi River boat pilot, became one of America's greatest authors. His 'Tom Sawyer', 'Huckleberry Finn', and 'Life on the Mississippi' rank high on any list of great American books. (Compton's Concise Encyclopedia)
was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on Nov. 30, 1835, in ...
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Catcher In The Rye - CharacterEver since its publication in 1951, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye has served as a firestorm for controversy and debate. Critics have argued the moral issues raised by the book and the context in which it is presented. Some have argued that Salinger's tale of the human condition is ...
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1984 Ignorance Is StrengthThe novel 1984 reveals a society comparable to that of the
year 1984. This society has progressed, and continues to progress
in the direction pointed out by George Orwell. “Impossible!”,
everyone says. “We would never allow ourselves to be controlled
that way!” These ...
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Bus Boycott 2During the first half of the twentieth century segregation was the way of life in the south. It was an excepted, and even though it was morally wrong, it still went on as if there was nothing wrong at all. African-Americans were treated as if they were a somehow sub-human, they were treated ...
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