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    inventions. Taylor’s job was a mechanical engineer and he left a bigger impact than just that. Throughout his life he had very many accomplishments and improvements that he made. This was only possible from his motivation and preparations that started before he was ever a mechanical engineer. This progressive era figure deserves his name in history because of his many accomplishments and improvements he made for all Americans. Motivations One of Taylor’s main reasons he left such a big impact on America was

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    J. Alfred Prufrock Poem

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    The journey of life will ultimately always end in death. In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot‚ we can interpret the story in many ways‚ but in Emily Dickenson’s “712”‚ we see common traits between both poems. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a story of a man. The entire poem is based off of Dante’s “Inferno”. Bringing into the thought that everyone has their own personal hell depending on their life. Prufrock‚ to me‚ is already in his hell not traveling to death. We see

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    Zeus Accomplishments

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    He was one of the greatest well-known people on the Mountain Olympus. He was the god of Hope. He assisted people going through hard times like depression to perceive better. Everyone knew him and he was always pleased to assist people with anything they were going through. Life was a matter of fact very difficult for him. He was raised in a very poverty-stricken family. But he was very brilliant and using his intelligence‚ he took care of him and his family and that was one of the reasons why most

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    After doing some research about the history of architecture in Portland‚ I found out that the city owes a significant part of its architecture to Pietro Belluschi‚ an Italian born architect that is also considered to be a key figure in “Modern Architecture”. Pietro Belluschi’s works are all over the Portland; the famous Commonwealth Building‚ Portland Art Museum‚ Zion Lutheran Church and many other building projects are all part of his legacy. Knowing that Belluschi was a leader in modern architecture

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    Archimedes Accomplishments

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    Brute force and pure strength do not win battles. Archimedes‚ a Greek genius proved that to be true by winning many battles despite not being the best strategist or having the best army; building and inventing war machines led him to his victory. Archimedes’ inventions have completely altered the way warfare was fought. Firstly‚ to defend the Romans off when Syracuse was fighting the Second Punic war‚ Archimedes invented war machines that were effective and required significantly lesser amount of

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    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni better known as Michelangelo was a world renowned painter‚ poet‚ sculptor‚ and architect. Michelangelo was born March 6‚ 1475‚ Caprese‚ Republic of Florence‚ Italy and died February 18‚ 1564‚ Rome. Michelangelo was still very young when his mother had become ill and died. When he became old enough he was put in to school‚ but Michelangelo’s father soon realized that he had no interest. So‚ at the age of 13 Michelangelo’s father took him as an apprentice

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    Old Alfred Road

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    Portfolio = $180‚000 • We get $16‚200 a year or $1‚350 a month in nominal terms. • Our portfolio grows at a nominal rate of 9% or a real annual rate of 4.8% = (1.09/1.04) - 1 Savings = $12‚000 • Our savings is growing at a nominal rate of 5% or a real annual rate of .96% = (1.05/1.04) – 1 Social Security • We will get $750 a month from social security; this amount will always stay true since it is indexed for inflation. In other words its real interest rate is 0%. Expenses • We have $1‚500

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    conflict between the Indigenous people and the New England settlers. In 1996‚ a man named Alfred Cave published a novel titled “The Pequot War‚” in which he describes the war as being “a small-scale conflict of short duration” (Cave 168) that “casted a long shadow” (Cave 168). Cave’s novel discusses the many defining aspects of the relationship between the Indians and colonists‚ as well as the war itself. One major defining aspect of the relationship

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    follow their dreams ‚ stand up for their beliefs . And overcome obstacles in their way. One person would be the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelors arts degree‚ helen adams keller. Helen adams keller was influential because of her accomplishments‚ her success as an american activist‚ and as an american author. hellen keller is influential as an political activist she would follow her beliefs no matter what the obstacle. Throughout the first half of the 20th century‚ Keller tackled

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    Dr. Alfred Herrhausen‚ arguably one of the most powerful men in West Germany‚ left his house in the upscale suburb of Bad Homburg‚ around 8:30 in the morning on Thursday‚ 30 November‚ 1989. His usual security detail consisting of three armored Mercedes-Benz with two guards in the lead and chase vehicle‚ who were unaware of the deadly danger that lay 550 meters in front of them. A small group of construction workers had been repairing a section of road that Herrhausen’s motorcade passed every day

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