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    profitable for those in charge. This civilizing also meant a specialization of labor as many athletes became more professional with irreplaceable skills. American sports in the late 19th century are reflective of greater historical trends regarding industrialization. American sports became American over the late 19th century by gradually integrating rising class values into the creation of sporting rules and practice. The urban and extensively diverse atmosphere in which popular sports developed necessitated

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    Catholic doctrines and yet‚ virtually every single person that inhabits this planet is guilty of it. Greed drives desire‚ desire turns to envy‚ and envy leads to the failure to appreciate and hold dear what one possesses. In the modern age of the 21st Century‚ the above statement seems so much more accurate and true. The insatiable hunger for success and the unquenchable thirst for supremacy transform many of us into slaves of our desires‚ fuelled by greed and its associates. In more ways than one‚ greed

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    In Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s "The Portable Phonograph‚" the author makes setting play a major role in understanding the action of the characters within the story. Clark‚ a writer and an English Professor‚ lived from 1909 to 1971. During that time‚ he lived through both World Wars at a relatively young age‚ which may have influenced this story. Clark has excellent use of setting to make the atmosphere needed and set the proper mood‚ so this story is credible. To accomplish this‚ Clark orients the

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    17th Amendment The Seventeenth Amendment made it so there would be two senators from each one of the states‚ voted in by the people. The senators would be given a six year term and have one vote each. They added an article to the amendment so when vacancies happen in the senators seat the state legislation would assign someone until the people voted a senator in. The old way of picking state senators was by state legislatures choice. This way was used to make sure that the federal government

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    In 17th century England‚ a wide variety of factors transpired to influence normal people to leave their homeland for the new English colonies in America. Some of these factors were “push” factors: negative events that made conditions worse for English citizens and influenced them to look for greener pastures elsewhere. Other factors are known as “pull” factors: positive aspects held by other lands that made them specifically attractive over others. For English citizens in the 17th century‚ the key

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    was the way in which God revealed himself to humanity. Neoplatonists _____ made the first challenge to the Ptolemaic conception of the universe. Nicholas Copernicus The "classical" style of music that swept Europe in the late 18th century: was intended to sound orderly‚ clear and balanced. The "invisible hand" of Adam Smith’s theory could best guide economic activity because: all humans are rational and are the best judges of their own interests. The "Junkers" were

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    German American identity in nineteenth century America. The German American identity of the 19th century is one that evolved as the century progressed. The German American population was seen as being beneficial to the American economy as this ethnic group was considered to be skillful and hard working. In the early 19th century‚ both the social and political stance of Germans was vastly different in comparison to their position at the turn of the century. Initially‚ “Germans in America were desperate

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    A Term Paper Entitled: “Marketing Strategies on the 21st Century Open Job Opportunities for the Filipinos” Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of The Requirement in English Communication 2‚ 10-11 a.m.‚ MWF‚ SV 304 Submitted by: Madrigal‚ Allan Jr. Tenorio BS Business Administration Submitted to: Mr. Rolando R. Calubayan March 6‚ 2013 Statement of the Problem The researcher attempts to answer the following questions in this research study: • What companies

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    The Emergence of New Consumer Culture and Its Effect during the Turn-Of-The-Century Period People living in the period from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century witnessed a huge industrial change in American society. This change led to the “opening up of huge factories‚ the development of electricity in the 1880s which augmented factories more than ever‚ the revolution in mass communication‚ the invention of telephone‚ the construction of railroads‚ the incredible

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    WAR FROM THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY TO INVENTION OF GUNPOWDER The invention of the powerful artillery guns would change man ’s role in warring engagements. The artillery guns at first were very limited by their own design. The guns were very heavy and had to be transported by water‚ which meant that only towns and fortresses that were close to a body of water could be attacked with artillery also known as the cannon. There were also some fortresses that were impervious to the early cannon attacks

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