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    Langston Hughes was a famous African American poet‚ and novelist. Langston was born February 1‚ 1902 in Joplin‚ MO and soon after he was born his parents James Hughes‚ and Carrie Langston had separated. They both end up leaving him behind his dad took off to Mexico and didn’t return‚ and his mom end up moving. So he had to end living with his grandmother her names was Mary but she end up dying in his early teens. Hughes end up moving with back with his mom which the moved to several cities before

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    manifest itself as a form of nonviolent protest. Unfortunately if this person is forbidden from any form of expression then it will explode‚ and become violent‚ and lash out at anybody nearby. Richard Wright‚ in his short story‚ "The Man who was Almost a Man" touches on this‚ what pushes a man to become violent‚ to lash out. Wright crafts a story about

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    Matthew Rose Mr. Schwartz Chemistry 8 March 2011 Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford was one of the most famous physicists of the early 20th century. He won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1908 for his work on atomic emissions and his contributions that led to the discovery of atomic fission. Ernest Rutherford was born in Nelson‚ New Zealand on August 30‚ 1871. His father was James Rutherford and his Mother was Martha Thompson. His father was a wheelwright‚ a person who builds and repairs

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    Marie Curie Marie Curie was one of the most famous female scientists in history. She was born on November 7‚ 1867 in Poland during the Russian Occupation (“Madame Curie”). Madame Curie was the youngest out of five children. She was a bright child that loved to learn‚ and was always the top in her class. Her discovery of Polonium and Radium led her to be the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. Madame Curie passed away at age 67 on July 4‚ 1934‚ due to over exposure to penetrating radiation

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    useless without his competitive business practices. Bill Gate’s a great business man who knows how to create a PC market in his favor. With the release of DOS‚ it made Microsoft the standard for operation systems. Gates then released Windows‚ an almost identical copy of Apples graphic operation system‚ which

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    (Article shared originally written by Charlie Cooper form The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/skipping-your-breakfast-can-increase-the-risk-of-heart-attack-by-almost-30-8726919.html?origin=internalSearch) Skipping breakfast can increase your risk of a heart attack or fatal coronary heart disease by as much as 27 per cent‚ a new study has found. While the benefits of having a regular breakfast for daily energy levels and weight control are well known‚ researchers

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    Why Mr. Tambourine Man is A Modern Classic The most obvious and popular interpretation of Bob Dylan’sMr. Tambourine Man is that the song is about drugs. This makes sense‚ as it was against the law to write songs about drugs in the 1960s when ’Mr. Tambourine Man’ was composed. The metaphors are simple: ’Mr. Tambourine Man’ is the drug-dealer. "Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship..." is asking the drug-dealer for the drugs‚ and then the lyrics go on to describe the physical effects on

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    6 Famous Geniuses You Didn’t Know Were Perverts Since it seems like every movie star‚ athlete and politician is just a sex scandal waiting to happen‚ you could almost think that it’s not possible to be a prominent person without also having an utterly depraved sex life behind the scenes. And looking back at the great men of history... we’re starting to wonder if that’s right on the money. #6. Albert Einstein [pic] Albert Einstein‚ Time magazine’s man of the century‚ is simply the most famous

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    ability to create such horrific behaviors. Throughout this assignment I had many different positions on what this story really meant‚ until I came to the conclusion that the wolves were treating the rabbits in a stereotypical way. The wolves were almost prejudice against the rabbits‚ in the way in which if anything went wrong it was blamed on the rabbits. This is shown by the relationship between the earthquakes and the floods with the rabbits. The rabbits often had other alliances on their side

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    Do you know of any famous actor during the Great Depression? It was a rare thing‚ but I‚ Shirley Jane Temple‚ accomplished the job. I was born on April 23rd‚ 1928 in Santa Monica‚ California‚ to Gertrude and George Temple. I was nicknamed ‘Little Miss Miracle’ for saving Fox Studios‚ because without me they would have most likely had to shut down their studio. Today I am going to tell you about my childhood hobbies-singing and dancing‚ acting‚ and community service. My main hobbies when I was younger

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