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    not an empire or nation. There was no need or want for a military and military organization. The British colonies were unfit to carry out an offensive war. Victory was meek for the colonies but courageous‚ fearless and heroic generals like Pitt‚ Amherst‚ and Wolf helped turn the tide for the British. In addition they began to attack cities instead of forts. The British colonies soon won the war with the Treaty of Paris. The French were incredible and favored victors at the beginning of the war

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    The US supreme court case “Buck vs Bell” is one of the more famous ones. Most people have at least heard of the case‚ but a lot of people don’t know all of the facts. The trial of Buck vs Bell happened in 1927. The case was brought up by Carrie Buck and her mother Emma were said to be imbeciles. Not much later‚ Carrie Buck’s daughter Vivian was judged to be feebleminded. This would mean that there was 3 generations of feebleminded people. Carrie Buck was institutionalized and wa told that she needed

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    great athletic talent. He won several medals for swimming in his elementary years‚ and later started playing other sports‚ such as: football‚ basketball‚ and track. Drew’s athletic abilities led to him receiving an athletic scholarship Amherst College. While at Amherst he was a star athlete on the track and football team. However‚ his grades were not as impressive. Originally‚ Drew had no plans at all get a career in the medical field‚ that changed later on in college. His

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    The “transitional poet” of the world known as Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco‚ California on March 26‚ 1874. His parents Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost‚ Jr. Frost’s father was a journalist‚ teacher‚ and editor which helped contribute to Frost’s interest in literature and his later poetry career. Frost’s father died on May 5‚ 1885 from tuberculosis soon after the family moved across the country to Lawrence‚ Massachusetts with his grandfather‚ William Frost‚ Sr. Frost had troubles

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    The decade of 1920‚ also known as the Roaring Twenties‚ were years of excitement and novelty. During these times‚ people enjoyed new forms of entertainment and technology as the economy grew. One particular president who encouraged people to enjoy their life amid these years was Calvin Coolidge. After the death of the twenty-ninth president Warren Harding in 1923‚ Calvin Coolidge won the presidential elections by a landslide. Throughout Calvin Coolidge’s presidency‚ he focused on industry and economics

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    Khadijah Williams Everyone has their problems‚ some maybe silly as others are difficult in many ways. Khadijah went through something that kids normally don’t go through it never get to experience in first hand view. She went through poverty and homelessness. Khadijah never had the opportunity to ride a hoverboard or have a Iphone at an early age‚ like kids do now and day‚ and she never had Nikes or Jordans or Converse. She grew up in skid row with her mother and her little sister‚ she had other

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    In Chapter 2 of That Old Cape Magic‚ Jack’s parents both divorced and the division between them trickled into work-life. As professors sharing one English department at a mid-western university “voting together‚ they’d been a force to reckon with in English department politics. Singly‚ often voting against each other‚ they could be safely ignored”. They may have been unhappy and settled for less in their marriage “but neither had prospered in their second marriages‚ and their careers suffered”.

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    Brandon Adams Scratch of a Pen‚ 1763 #1. Colin Calloway states that the Treaty of Paris of 1763 was one of the causes of the American Revolutionary War. Identify and define all of the terms of the treaty as discussed in the book‚ how those terms affected the colonists and why this treaty is seen as the beginning of the journey to the American Revolutionary War. After the Seven Years’ War was finally over Britain signed the Treaty of Paris of 1763‚ ultimately giving Britain an empire. Ridding

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    observations and natural details of his poems have symbolic significance‚ even reality beyond the observable physical universe. It is known that Robert Frost’s best works were written in England. During 1916‚ Robert Frost‚ an English professor at Amherst College‚ encouraged his students to write out their thoughts creatively while he wrote "The Road Not Taken"‚ one of his famous poems today. Judging from the title‚ tells us that the theme of this poem are about life and choices. The first stanza

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    Parrett Scholarship offered by The Parrett Scholarship Foundation. I believe I meet all of the qualifications as specified by the foundation. I am presently a first-year student at Brown Medical School in Providence‚ Rhode Island. I graduated from Amherst College in 2005 with a bachelor of arts degree cum laude in Biochemistry. My career goal at this point is to be a primary care physician in a community-based hospital similar to the one where I volunteered during my college years. I hope to serve

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