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Abraham Lincoln

Although other states such as Indiana lay claim to his birth, most sources agree that was born on February 12, 1809, in a backwoods cabin in Hodgeville, Kentucky. In an interview during his campaign for the presidency in 1860 Lincoln described his adolescence as "the short and simple annals of ...

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Cuban Missile Crisis 2

During the administration of United States President John F. Kennedy, the Cold War reached its most dangerous state, and the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) came to the edge of nuclear war in what was known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. What was the Cold War? What ...

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Fair Labor Act Of 1938

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938: Maximum Struggle for a Minimum Wage When he felt the time was ripe, Secretary of Labor Perkins, 'What happened to that nice unconstitutional bill you had tucked away?' On Saturday, June 25, 1938, to avoid pocket vetoes 9 days after Congress had adjourned, ...

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Understanding Panic Disorders

Fear, heart palpitations, terror, a sense of impending doom, dizziness, fear of fear. These are the words used to describe a panic disorder. But there is great hope: treatment can benefit virtually everyone who has this condition. It is extremely important for the person who has to learn ...

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Underpinning of Demetrius Thesis: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream character, Demetrius is very difficult to identify except by his relation to the one he loves, or, more particularly, to the one who loves him. Helena\'s ridiculous chasing after him and his irritation with her are the primary marks ...

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The Catcher In The Rye: Now And Then

For one to fully understand and interpret this book, one must remember that J.D. Salinger wrote The Catcher in the Rye in 1951. Still to this day, the main character, Holden Caulfield, understands what teenagers and the youth of our society are facing, and dealing with in everyday life. Over ...

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Richard III: Strength And Weaknesses

Richard III was one of Shakespeare’s earliest and most ineffective works. The idea behind the play isn’t bad, but the play doesn’t send any strong messages that evoke emotion from the audience. Shakespeare attempted to incorporate many different literary features in the play, with varied ...

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Crime And Punishment

“…the buzzing and struggling of some large fly as it swooped and beat against the windowpane.” (, pg. 332) In the novel by Fydor Dostoevsky the main character Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov consciously avoids truth and clarity of mind as he clings to his theory of the ordinary and extra-ordinary ...

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The Pit And The Pendulum

"" is a story about one man's struggle against death (3) and how this battle (4) affects his psyche. Edgar (5) Allan Poe, when writing “,”(6) included every macabre detail that life in the dungeon involved. The horror of Poe's dungeon is the isolation from all things which used to make life ...

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Chicago Politics

The Rise an Fall of the Machine had become synonymous with organized crime. Following the years of prohibition, this reputation had become well earned in that control of many municipal functions was influenced in some way by the underground operations. In a city that initially developed by ...

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Catcher In The Rye 2

Holden Caulfield is the main character in ‘The Catcher in the Rye’. Like most people, Holden’s mind wanders, and that’s what I found the most interesting about him. He’s sixteen years old, and he just got kicked out of another boarding school: Pencey Prep. He’s ...

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Ulysses S. Grant

was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio, a town on the Ohio River near Cincinatti. In 1823, the Grant family moved to Georgetown, Ohio, where Ulysses attended school until he was 14. He then spent one year at an acadamy in Maysville, Kentucky and in 1838 he entered an academy in ...

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Emily Dickinson: Life And Her Works

Emily Dickinson made a large influence on poetry, she is known as one of America's most famous poets. With close to two thousand different poems and one thousand of her letters to her friends that survived her death Emily Dickinson showed that she was a truly dedicated writer. Emily ...

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The Hong Kong Chinese Community

is an affluent, educated, and swelling population in the Greater Toronto Area. The enigma is why they have only made marginal inroads into the political arena. Olivia Chow, a Metro councilor representing the Downtown ward says "this community has potential to be very powerful...it's nowhere ...

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Mark Twain 2

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, is perhaps the most distinguished author of American Literature. Next to William Shakespeare, Clemens is arguably the most prominent writer the world has ever seen. In 1818, Jane Lampton found interest in a serious young lawyer named John ...

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The Odyssey 4

A Comparison of Kings-Odysseus vs. Dusyanta Even though Homer's The Odyssey (eighth century B.C.) and Kalidasa's Sakuntala (fourth century A.D.) were written more than twelve centuries a part, many similarities can be found in the roles that the rulers in each play. The stories not only ...

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Biography Of Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe was one of the most successful writers of all time. He is known for his tales of the mysterious and macabre. He is reported to be the first master of the short story form (Edgar Allen Poe). About 12 of his works are known for their flawless literary construction. Poe had a ...

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The Odyssey And The Pearl: Loyalty

Loyalty to another person or to a cause may be an admirable trait, but it can lead to either positive or negative consequences. In Homer's epic The Odyssey and John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl there are characters that show great examples of this trait. Penelope in The Odyssey and Juana in The ...

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Rocky Marciano

On Sept. 1, 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Pierino Marchegiano of Brockton, MA became the proud parents of a lively twelve pound baby boy. The child was named Rocco Marchegiano, but the world would one day know him as the legendary boxer . When \"bambino Rocco\" was 18 months of age, he contracted pneumonia. ...

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Amazing Grace By Jonathan Kozol

At first glance, it seems that the author is going to take us on yet another journalistic ride through the land of the poor. Similar to the ones you read about, or hear in the news. However, this is not the case; the real underlying theme is what is society doing about the plight of the poor? ...

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