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New York Essays and Term Papers
Ira Remsen: A Scientist Unknown His WorkThe life of Ira Remsen
Ira Remsen was born on February 10, 1846 in New York city. Even though he was born in the United States, he was educated in Germany. He received his M.D. at Columbia University in 1867 and he also earned a Ph.D. at the University of Munich and Göttingen in Germany. After ...
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Censorship In Public Schools-A principal in a California high school bans five books written by Richard
Brautigan because he thinks they might contain "obscenities or offensive sexual
references" (Berger 59).
-A Vermont high school librarian is forced to resign because she fought the
school board's decision to remove Richard ...
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Jack The Ripperkilled five women between the 31st of August 1888 and the 9th of November 1888. They were murdered in Whitechapel and Spitalfields in the East End areas of London, England. The killer was never caught and because of this there are hundreds on his personality and motives. No other killer in the ...
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Franz Liszt And Kurt CobainFranz Liszt was one of many classical composers. In some ways, he can
be compared to a modern rock and roll star. Franz Liszt was born in Raiding,
Hungary, on October 22, 1811. Much like Mozart, he was a very great piano
player at a very young age. Liszt composed an opera called Don Sancho at
the ...
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The Presidential Election Of 1972had two strong candidates, President
Richard Nixon and George McGovern. There were many issues which had a great
deal of importance to the election. The Vietnam war and the stability of the
economy at the time were two main factors. The election ended in one the
largest political scandals in ...
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BuddhismBy 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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The Catcher In The Rye 4In all literary works of art, the author chooses a tone to exhibit throughout the story line of his writing. That statement holds true about J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Some authors use comedy, others pure entertainment, but Mr. Salinger decided to set a “real life” ...
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A Critical Analysis Of Tension's In Memorial A. H. H.During the Victorian Period, long held and comfortable religious beliefs
fell under great scrutiny. An early blow to these beliefs came from the
Utilitarian, followers of Jeremy Bantam, in the form of a test by reason of many
of the long-standing institutions of England, including the church. ...
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The Stars Are My Destination“...The key turned in the lock of his soul and the door was opened. What emerged expunged the Common Man forever.”
The Stars My Destination ~pg 22
Gully Foyle. Uneducated. No skills. No merits. No recommendations. A short
description given by the author Alfred Bester of his main ...
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The Death Penalty: The DeterrentThesis: As a deterrent in our justice system the death penalty should continue to be used
I. Cruel or unusual punishme
A. Existing means.
B. Former means,
II. The deterrent effect
A. Eliminate future criminal behavior
III. Rehabilitation verses vengeance.
A. Rehabilitation and serving ...
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The Battle Of Saratogais known as the “Turning Point” of the American Revolution. It was a major defeat of British forces on American soil. In the war, a series of engagements fought in New York. To split the colonies along the Hudson, the British planned a three-way advance on Albany from Canada, and from New York ...
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The Senegal TribeMany students of African history wonder why the native people of Africa
did not rise up in violent rebellion against their Imperialist conquerers. What
many do not know though, is that some tribes did. One of these tribes was the
nation that we now know as Senegal.
In the 1800's, there was no ...
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Eugene Gladstone O'Neillwas a very talented man and was very
fortunate in having the writing skill he did. Eugene was a man of the
theater, he was born in it, lived in it, worked in it and wrote in it.
(Henry, “Eugene O'Neill”, p.157.) O'Neill is referred to as the most
important twentieth century writer, not ...
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The Death Penalty Should Continue To Be Used In The U.S.Ever since the death penalty has been declared constitutional in 1976,
thousands of people have been placed on death row and 314 of them have been
executed.( Yaffe,1) Thirty-eight states now allow the death penalty, with New
York being the last to adapt this legislation last March. ...
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Negro EssayIn John Howard Griffin's novel Black Like Me, Griffin travels through
many Southern American states, including Mississippi. While in
Mississippi Griffin experiences racial tension to a degree that he did
not expect. It is in Mississippi that he encounters racial
stereotypical views directed ...
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Amazing Grace A Book ReportAs part of the summer reading assignment this year, I read the book Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol. In this documentary-style book, he told about the horrible yet completely realistic conditions of the most poor, rundown neighborhoods and districts in New York City. Kozol wrote the book for the ...
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Sir Anton DolinDancer and choreographer Anton Dolin has been called “one of the most colorful and vital figures in modern ballet.” As a member of internationally known ballet companies or as director of his own troupes, this British-born artist has toured Europe and America for the past twenty years. Anton ...
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John Locke: Property RightsPerhaps one of, if not the, most historically influential political
thinkers of the western world was John Locke. John Locke, the man who initiated
what is now known as British Empiricism, is also considered highly influential
in establishing grounds, theoretically at least, for the constitution ...
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Cuban Missle Crisis-11pgsThe Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever, and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. In 1962, the ...
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Collective Farms Of The Soviet UnionThe Soviet kolhoz, the term for a collective farm owned by all of
its members, was a model of the inefficiency and tyranny of Joseph Stalin,
their originator. Introduced as a way to industrialize Russia, they
alternated between being a great success and being a utterly complete
failure. Although ...
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