to a German Immigrant family in Pennsylvania. His father was a famous chemist by the name of Gerrit Toennies (who’s father is Ferdinand) and has said that his father was one of the main reasons he went into the field of science. After majoring at Amherst College‚ he went on to earn a P.H.D at Brown University. He went into the FullBright program‚ which was essentially an exchange program to Gottingen‚ Germany. After graduation‚ he went back to Gottingen as a director of the Max Planck institute. He
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In 1826 he entered a law school in Northampton‚ Massachusetts‚ studying under Governor Levi Woodbury‚ and later Judges Samuel Howe and Edmund Parker‚ in Amherst‚ New Hampshire. He was admitted to the bar and began a law practice in Concord‚ New Hampshire in 1827. Pierce served as President from March 4‚ 1853‚ to March 4‚ 1857. He began his presidency in a state of grief and nervous exhaustion. Two months
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them: Death and the afterlife‚ God‚ nature‚ artistic and poetic inspiration‚ one’s own mind‚ and other human beings. Dickinson was educated in a traditionally Protestant‚ provincial community and in a religious conservative schools and churches in Amherst and South Hadley. This affected Dickinson as a poet of religious concern‚ stimulating her to opposition as well as reverence. The Calvinist God she was taught to worship was an arbitrary God of absolute power. She struggles prodigiously in her writing
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biological weapons. In 1797 AD‚ Napoleon tried to infect the people of Mantua with swamp fever during his Italian campaign (“biological warfare”). During the French and Indian War in the 18th century AD‚ British forces under the direction of Sir Jeffrey Amherst gave blankets that had been used by smallpox victims to the Native Americans in a plan to spread the disease (“History of Biological Warfare”). A more recent example of biological weapons was in 1995. A Japanese terrorist group‚ called Aum Shinrikyo
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Essay 1 Sarah Johnson Liberty University Essay 1 “Family” can have many definitions and meanings. To one person‚ family may consist of having a mother‚ father‚ and children. While to another‚ family may mean a mother‚ grandmother‚ aunts and uncles. Regardless of how one interprets this term‚ child development can be directly affected by the family system in which a child is raised. Healthy Family Systems In Competent Christian Counseling: Foundations and Practice of Compassionate
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Emily Dickinson was born December 10‚ 1830 in Amherst‚ Massachusetts. Emily Dickinson lived in her home most of her life because of that she had time to read different types of literature as well get involved with writing her own works. It is said her romantic spark came from a Reverend named Charles
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Robert Frost was a four-time Pulitzer Prize winning American poet‚ teacher‚ and lecturer. He is well known for his poems depicting the rural countryside of New England and his universally relatable themes. Frost endured a rough upbringing and tragic events later in life; however‚ he had an explosive career of writing poetry in New England and America. Frost was also well respected for being a teacher and his speeches. Robert Frost is one of America’s greatest poetry writers‚ teachers and public speaker’s
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Walt Whitman Walt Whitman revolutionized American poetry. Responding to Emerson’s call in “The Poet” (1842) for an American bard who would address all “the facts of the animal economy‚ sex‚ nutriment‚ gestation‚ birth‚” he put the living‚ breathing‚ sexual body at the center of much of his poetry‚ challenging conventions of the day. Responding to Emerson’s call for a “metre-making argument‚” he rejected traditions of poetic scansion and elevated diction‚ improvising the form that has come
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Is Consumer Behavior More a Function of a Person’s Age or Generation? MKT 6661 Strategic Marketing Management Troy University Introduction A heavily debated issue between marketers is what drives consumer behavior? There are two noted positions in this debate‚ one that believes that age differences are the deciding factors of a consumer’s wants and needs and others make the case that cohort and generation effects are better suited to uncover the consumer’s desires. Marketers have a major
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THIS MONTHS HOT BOOK REVIEWS There is a new novel out called “The Da Vinci Code”? You’ve probably heard of this novel because‚ it was the number one seller in the world in 2003 and‚ now a major motion picture. I read the book and then saw the movie when it came out. I think people especially adult and teens or anyone who is into suspenseful novels should read this book. Why you may ask‚ for all these reasons………………………… First of All‚ why I think people should read this book because
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