G- Isiah Thomas: 1981-1994 When you think of the “Bad Boy” Pistons of the 80s and 90s‚ you think of Isiah Thomas. Despite his small stature‚ Thomas embodied everything that encompassed those Pistons’ teams. He was a general on the floor- his tough on-court demeanor and physical play style made him the perfect leader for the “Bad Boys”. Thomas spent his entire 13-year career with the Pistons making the playoffs in nine of those seasons‚ and ultimately winning two NBA championships. He’s the franchise’s
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Convention" by Patrick Henry ‚where Henry believes his country should fight for freedom against the British. He is calling on the patriots of Virginia to arm themselves in order to be prepared to fight.. The author encourages this message by using emotional appeals and literary devices. In the text‚ the author exposes the audience to prepare for war by conveying them to fight for their country. . Henry suggests that his country should fight for freedom. In order to support this position‚ Henry encourages
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MYP Personal Project For my Personal Project I wanted to do something with the community that had something dealing with giving. I want collect 500 shirts and pants to donate to the Salvation Army. For me to be able to complete this job I would have to make sure that I stay in contact with the Salvation Army. If you don’t stay in contact they will forget about everything. I’m also going to ask the Wal-Mart on Powder Springs rd. to see if I can use their property so that I can have an event so
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Thomas Jefferson became one of the wealthiest men in America through the “ownership of land and slaves”(Takaki 56). The value of slaves and land doubled in approximately twenty years due to the “multiplication of [his] slaves...the extension of culture‚ and increased demands for lands”(Takaki 56). The main source of Thomas Jefferson’s wealth was derived from being an active slaveholder and landowner. How did Jefferson treat his slaves? Jefferson treated his slaves in a harsh manner. For instance
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Thomas Jefferson loved architecture. He studied and read about architecture in books and designed many buildings from what he learned. The buildings he designed and built still exist today. One of which was his own home‚ called Monticello. Monticello is a great example of neoclassicism in that the house features classic Roman styles and features. Most of what Jefferson learned and applied to his design was from Andrea Palladio. Palladio modeled his work after ancient Roman buildings and Jefferson
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The first stanza contains a description of a winter’s dawn in a cold country house. The house is beside a dug garden. The poet is aware of the mixed smells of clay and stale bedroom air. As dawn occurs‚ the lamplight fades. He interrupts dressing himself to shave. He begins to daydream about some favourite image‚ maybe a sexual fantasy. Then he catches a disturbing reflection of himself in the mirror. As he dries himself with a towel‚ he notices his tired looking eye‚ his twisted mouth. He is shocked
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Patrick Henry Brady Academy By Marisa Richardson The Patrick H. Brady Academy program is located on the grounds of the STAR academy in Southwestern South Dakota. The Brady Academy itself is a newly designed building to the rear of the main administration building for the campus. The living area is designed in a dormitory style‚ housing up to 48 young men (also called cadets) between the ages of 14 and 18. The Patrick Henry Brady Academy program is designed to improve the quality of life for
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Analytical paper on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Adriana Gonzales Samuel D. Farris HIST 2313.22 March 21‚2013 “Society in every state is a blessing‚ but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one…” (Common Sense‚ 3). This quote‚ from the opening of Common Sense‚ basically states what was on Thomas Paine’s mind during the uprising of the revolution. Common Sense played a huge part in the start of the Revolutionary War but raised a few questions
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Background of Thomas Sydenham (Father of Clinical Observation) Name: Thomas Sydenham Date of Birth: 10 December 1624 Place of Birth: Wynford Eagle Education: * Commenced the study of medicine at Magdalene Hall‚ Oxford in 1642 * After 2 months interrupted his studies to participate in the civil war on the parliamentary side * He returned to the university in 1645 to enter Wadham College to become a physician * Received his Bachelor of Medicine in 1648 * Studied with Christopher
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When we think of Thomas Hoccleve‚ if we think of him at all‚ we think of a slightly mad Chaucer hanger-on who never missed an opportunity to use his Chaucer cover band rhyming skills to beg for money. This But this received tradition about Hoccleve overlooks the fascinating and disquieting ways the poet plays with gender and queer identities and how these problematic identities interest with fifteenth century justice and law. Though described by Hoccleve in other poems as “most mighty king‚” in Au
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