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Cinderella: A Comparison Of Multiple Cinderella TalesThe number of variants of the classic folk tale \\\"Cinderella\\\" is unknown but over 700 have been recorded, the earliest dating back to the ninth century. In China, during the ninth century, Tuan Ch\\\'êng-Shih recorded a story about a girl, her family, and a magical fish. Eight centuries ...
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George Washington Carverwas born near Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1864 on a plantation owned by a slave owner. His father, Moses Carver, and his mother, Susan Carver, were slaves on that plantation. As a young infant, George along with his mother was kidnapped by Confederate night raiders and was taken to Arkansas to ...
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Lord Of The FliesPieces of the Puzzle: the Island as a Macrocosm of Man
In viewing the various aspects of the island society in Golding's Lord of
the Flies as a symbolic microcosm of society, a converse perspective must
also be considered. Golding's island of marooned youngsters then becomes a
macrocosm, wherein ...
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An Ethical And Practical Defense Of Affirmative ActionAffirmative action has been the subject of increasing debate and tension in
American society. However, the debate over affirmative action has become
ensnared in rhetoric that pits equality of opportunity against the equality of
results. The debate has been more emotional than intellectual, and ...
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Environmental ApocalypseThe environment is in a terrible condition and although an is not imminent we are definitely headed down that road. Some of the reasons for our Earth’s trouble are overpopulation, consumerism, and overconsumption.
The earth’s population is ever increasing; it is only a matter of time ...
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Hidden PoliticsThe Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
By definition, politics is the partisan or functional intrigue within a given group. However, in The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce, there is no such concise definition, as politics are perpetually melded with Roman Catholicism and ...
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Alfred NobelBorn in Stockholm in 1833 of Swedish parents, moved with his family
to St. Petersburg, then the capital of Russia, at the age of nine. There his
energetic and inventive father soon acquired a strong and respected position as
an inventor and industrialist. Nobel subsequently lived in several ...
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Federal Express(FedEx) under the leadership of Fred Smith has been innovative from its very beginning. The very idea of a hub-and-spokes distribution system was revolutionary. Smith saw the air freight industry in the early 70’s as inefficient and unreliable. In the early stages Smith was quoted as saying, “ ...
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Type II DiabetesDiabetes is a disease that effects many people all over the world. There are two types of diabetes, Type I and Type II. Both types of diabetes are caused by a break down in the normal process of insulin production and usage. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that is used in the cells to ...
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Juvenile Crime And PreventionA traditional role of state government has been to ensure statewide standardization of juvenile crime prevention programming so that those at one end of the State can find the same services to meet needs as those at the other end. Even those who are frustrated by the uneven nature of community ...
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Britain In AfricaThe British had three major areas of interest in Africa that led to theircolonization of it ; strategic ports and routes to their Asian colonies, trade interests, and political objectives such as beating the French in the Scramble , and Christianizing the natives . The British had already made ...
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The John F. Kennedy Assasination ConspiracyOn the afternoon of November 22, 1963, America was forever changed by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The President was driving through the city of Dallas in a motorcade when at 12:30 p.m., fatal shots struck him and Governor John Connally. This may be the only known fact about ...
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History Of The Computer Industry In AmericaOnly 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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World War Iwas the first major war that included a country from almost every part of the world. It was the second bloodiest war second only to W.W.II. The greatest destruction that humankind had ever previously experienced began on a calm and beautiful August day. It was a senseless slaughter that no ...
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Robinson CrusoeThe Progression of the Eighteenth Century Novel Shows How Society Takes Over the Role of God The progression of the Eighteenth Century novel charts the transformation of the role of God into the role of society. In Daniel Defoe’s early Eighteenth Century novel, , God makes the laws, gives out the ...
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French Nuclear TestingIn June, French President Jacques Chirac revealed that nuclear tests would be conducted in the Pacific at the Mururoa coral atoll. These tests, Chirac, stated, would consist of eight nuclear explosions in a tunnel 1,800 to 3,000 feet below Mururoa beginning in September up until May 96. Chirac ...
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Creative Story: Death Cload2100 hours, Captain James S. Steward of the United States Air Force straps on
his G-suit and goes over his mission briefings one last time. He walks out into
the hanger and awaits his chariot. The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest plane in
the world with it's twin turbine engines and slick black ...
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CaesarGaius Julius was an extremely powerful politician and a brilliant general. He also gained the respect as a good leader and was appointed dictator of Rome. helped Rome and the present day world become what it is today by his great leadership ...
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Beowulf: Link Between Traditions - Pagan And Christian"Beowulf" is a link between two traditions, Pagan and the Christian.
The virtues of courage in war and the acceptance of feuds between men and
countries as a fact of life stem from the older Pagan tradition. On the
other hand Christianity's moralities are based meekness and poverty.
"Beowulf" ...
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Gothic ArchitectureGothic and Romanesque Style Arch.
Represented primarily through cathedrals, Romanesque and
Gothic styles of architecture were some of the few symbols of
civilization in the poverty stricken and often depressing Middle
Ages. These cathedrals represented faith, dedication, and
cooperation; a sane ...
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