St. John Vianney Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney St. John Vianney original name is Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney. He was born May 8‚ 1786 in the French town of Dardilly‚ and was baptized the same day. His parents are Matthieu Vianney and Marie Beluze. They had six children ‚of whom John was the fourth. His family were devout Catholics. They helped the poor and gave hospitality to St. Benedict Joseph Labre (he was passing through Dardilly on his pilgrimage to Rome). In 1790‚ during the French
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the Constitution of Malaysia was laid on 10 September 1877. It began with the first meeting of the Council of State in Perak‚ where the British first started to assert their influence in the Malay states. Under the terms of the Pangkor Engagement of 1874 between the Sultan of Perak and the British‚ the Sultan was obliged to accept a British Resident. Hugh Low‚ the second British Resident‚ convinced the Sultan to set up advisory Council of State‚ the forerunner of the state legislative assembly. Similar
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Adding to the concoction of social dilemmas faced by Americans at the time was the uncertainty accompanied with a new presidential administration at the inception for the depression. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)‚ America’s 31st president‚ took office in 1929‚ the year the U.S. economy plummeted into the Great Depression. In February 1931‚ Herbert Hoover lectured the nation on poor relief and insisted that “the basis of successful relief in national distress
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Haymakers Resting is an oil painting by Camille Pissarro created in 1891. It was painted on a Canvas 25 3/4 x 32in large. The painting‚ as most of Pissarro’s works‚ is an impressionist piece with a rural theme. The technique used to create the painting is called pointillism‚ a common tool of impressionist. The painting depicts three farm women lying in loose hay. The women are plainly dressed‚ obviously workers who are either taking a breaking or coming to a stop for the day. The women wear plain
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a french painter who was known for making magnificent paintings that mostly persisted of women and children. But‚ a great artist doesn’t just pop up out of nowhere and automatically become who they are. Most artists have extremely rough beginnings and sometimes it’ll take more than half their lives to get their work out there. Pierre Renoir was born on February 25th‚ 1841 in Limoges‚ France. His parents were Leonard Renoir and Marguerite Merlet. His father was a tailor
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refrain from forcing men to fight in WWII • Thesis: Mackenzie King was widely respected by his generation for his intelligence‚ and altruistic personality‚ but above all‚ for his achievements. II. Background and Childhood • Born on December 17‚ 1874 Kitchener ON • Named William Lyon Mackenzie King after his grandfather • Son of an unsuccessful lawyer and ambitious mother but his family was far from indigent • His complex character was one of great intelligence‚ intuition‚ and ambition • His
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In the election of 1868‚ General Ulysses S. Grant‚ the most popular northern hero to emerge from the Civil War‚ became president. Grant ran on the Republican ticket with the slogan‚ “Let us have peace” against the Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour. The Republican platform endorsed the Reconstruction policy of Congress‚ payment of the national debt with gold‚ and cautious defense of black suffrage. Unfortunately‚ the qualities that had made Grant a fine military leader did not serve him well as
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performed rather than expressed their characters. Stand up comedians perform oral narratives‚ usually monologues‚ in which they appear to express themselves rather than play a role. This is the role Mark Twain chose for himself as a lecturer from 1866-1874‚ a century before the comedians that most critics discuss today. Throughout his career‚ Twain saw his talent for comedy as both a money making enterprise and a way to support his work as a writer. He went on several comedy tours‚ such as “Our Fellow
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Poetry Essay Robert Frost is an American poet born in San Francisco in 1874. He died at the age of 88 in Boston when the United State has become the leading power of the free world. His lifetime spans almost a century of remarkable change and his poetry does not concern itself with the problem of modern life. Instead Frost looked to the century side of inspiration and drew on the stores of traditions sustain though America. Robert Frost conveys his perspective on humanity through his poetry where
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Noland Abstract As a small country dependent on foreign trade and investment‚ North Korea should be highly vulnerable to external economic pressure. In June 2009‚ following North Korea’s second nuclear test‚ the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1874‚ broadening existing economic sanctions and tightening their enforcement. However‚ an unintended consequence of the nuclear crisis has been to push North Korea into closer economic relations with China and other trading partners that show little
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