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    Alexander Hamilton; a man that’s known mostly for being the main character of the musical of the same name‚ being on the ten dollar bill‚ and writing fifty-one of the eighty-five Federalist Papers. When one thinks of him‚ more often than not‚ one of these three things will come to mind‚ or some combination of the three. But‚ really‚ he did so much more than that in his surprisingly not-so-well known occupation; that being‚ being the first Secretary of the Treasury. In his time in office‚ he introduced

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    In Alexander Hamilton’s writing‚ “The Federalists Papers No. 68‚” Hamilton argues that the president should be democratically chosen through representatives of each state. Each state should have the same amount of votes as they have senators and representatives. The delegates should be able to decide between candidates and know their qualifications for the job. The delegates should meet in their state and tell the national government what their decision is. In order for the candidate to be elected

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    Napoleon vs. Bismarck How were they alike? How were they different? Napoleon Bonaparte and Otto von Bismarck affected not only the outlook of their own countries‚ but the outlook of Europe as a whole. These two men were solely responsible for their countries preeminence during their reign. Although‚ Bismarck was not the king of his country he seemingly ruled it. Bismarck and Napoleon compare through military success‚ dominance in Europe‚ and ruthlessness. The two men differ by military expansion

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    What is cultural conflict? Culture conflict‚ which is defined as “Difference in cultural values and beliefs that place people at odds with one another” by Jonathan H. Turner‚ is a common phenomenon in the modern world Microlly‚ Alexander Grewe defines it as the conflict between guests of different culture and nationality in a British 1970. When people’s expectations of a certain behavior coming from their cultural background are not met‚ the cultural conflicts occur. Story Time When meeting each

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    Hypatia Alexander is primarily known for her achievements in mathematics. She came up with the idea of hyperbolas‚ parabolas‚ and ellipses. Her ideas made these concepts easier to understand even throughout the centuries. It all started when she was born in 370 AD. There is some controversy on when her birthday is but it is believed to be in 370 AD. Her father‚ Theon‚ was considered the most educated man in Alexandria‚ Egypt. She grew up with a well educated background. Her father was also a famous

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    The short story I am wrinting this response for is "The Kitten" by Alexander Reid . It is set on a farm a long time ago . That it is evident because the roof of the farm house is thatched‚ also butter churns are used a lot less often now . We can tell it is in Scotland because of the dialect speech."So thats wur shes been" The story begins with the hired man discovering the farm cat with her newborn kittens. The farmer instructs the hired man to get rid of the kittens. It is a story about one of

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    Alexander Pushkin From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "Pushkin" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Pushkin (disambiguation). |Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin | |[pic] | |Aleksandr Pushkin by Vasily Tropinin | |Born |June 6‚ 1799(1799-06-06) | |

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    After being given news of the battle of Lexington and Concord‚ Alexander Hamilton began to prepare for the war. With an old friend Robert Troup and other King’s College men‚ Hamilton formed a volunteer musket drill unit and‚ with the assistance of some of his veteran professors‚ trained a group of young college boys to shoot and fight. Hamilton also began studying artillery with the help from his math professor. Alexander and his volunteers had their first military action on the night of August 23

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    people not want to have to fight for some ideas they didn’t even believe in. But even after all this some militarists in Europe still believed that war was a necessity of human nature. While looking at a source for a European militarists‚ Friedrich Von Bernhardi‚ and a U.S. Pacifist‚ William James‚ I will compare these two sources to how both authors define war‚ if they believe it’s possible to eliminate war‚ and what they believe is the solution to fixing war is. I will also give my opinion on what

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    Illustrate‚ sports are heavily dominated in perfectionism and often times failing is not an option because failure to them is the most stressful situation they can experience and they would go to such great lengths to avoid failing. According to Roger von Oech in his essay called To Err Is Wrong‚ he introduced the concept of “playing it safe” and he mentioned “Most of us have learned not to make mistakes in public. As a result‚ we remove ourselves from many learning experiences except for those occurring

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