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    Suddenly there was a scratchy knock at the door. Shocked from the time‚ Mr.White dragged his feet back again towards the door. “Who is it?’’ he called out. “MMMM MMMMPH‚” was the reply he got back. “Is this some kind of jo-” he cut himself off once he opened the door. For the person behind the door was no joke‚ it was Herbert!!! He look terrifying with palish green skin‚ rotting flesh‚ blank eyes and a wide open mouth

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    Benny Goodman was a great jazz clarinet player and the leader of one of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (1935–1945). In fact‚ Time magazine dubbed him "the King of Swing." Benjamin David Goodman was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ on May 30‚ 1909‚ into a large‚ poor Jewish family. His parents‚ who had moved to the United States from Eastern Europe‚ were Dora and David Goodman. He first started playing clarinet at a local Chicago synagogue when he was about ten. He learnt the clarinet

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    On January 30‚ 1882 in Hyde Park‚ New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. James Roosevelt‚ Franklin ’s father‚ was a prosperous railroad official and landowner(Lawson 25). His predecessors‚ when they came from the Netherlands‚ were succes Roosevelt learned from private tutors‚ not going to school until the age of fourteen. He had already studied German‚ Latin and French by the time he had started school(Freidel 6). Sailing‚ bird hunting and stamp collecting were among his hobbies. On his In

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    murders solved? 125 years ago in The East End of London there was a series of murders took place‚ the man said to be the murderer signed his named as ‘Jack the ripper’. However the murders were never solved. But why? There is many reasons why the murders were never solved‚ such as the way The East End was in 1888. One of the given sources (Source A) shows a picture of The East End of London in 1888‚ from this we can see that it was a poor part of London; because there is a lot of people homeless

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    The transactions completed by Franklin Company during January‚ its first month of operations‚ are listed below. Assume that Franklin Company uses the following journals: Cash Receipts (CR)‚ Cash Payments (CP)‚ Revenue (R)‚ Purchases (P)‚ and General (G). Assume that it uses Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Subsidiary Ledgers as well as a General Ledger. Indicate by letters which journal would be used for each transaction. Also indicate if the entry requires a posting to a subsidiary ledger

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    Benjamin Banneker‚ a well educated man‚ wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1791 arguing against slavery. Banneker uses several rhetorical techniques including tone‚ allusion‚ diction‚ ethos‚ pathos‚ and counterargument to make his position of the given subject clear and to make Mr. Jefferson change his own opinion about slavery. Banneker uses formal style diction and uses abstract words and ideas to show the vastness of freedom‚ slavery‚ and emotion; like in the phrases‚ “...tranquility which

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    Rosalind Franklin was born the second of five children on July 25‚ 1920 in Notting Hill‚ London‚ England. Her parents were Muriel and Ellis Franklin. She was born into a Jewish family. Her family lived in wealthy and educated West London society. Her mother had aspirations to go to college‚ however was unable to as her mother did not allow it. Muriel not able to go to college made her want her children to have a good education. Her father‚ Ellis‚ was a opinionated and strict individual. He aspired

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    Unjustified Many americans were killed due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Americans looked to blame someone so they blamed the American Japanese. These people were to be blamed by the Americans after the horrible deaths of Americans. The Japanese Americans were doing their jobs and going on with their lives but soon thrown into camps. Camps to where they had some type of freedom of governing themselves in these camps. The Japanese Americans did not like it and were innocent. The

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    In Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography Franklin speaks of human reasoning‚ explaining how he himself reasoned his way to eating fish without eating animal food. Although Franklin does oppose his agreement of not eating animal food‚ he argues how humans are these “reasonable creatures” that can come up with a good reason for them to do what they want. A reason is like an excuse that can be used to get what you want. Franklin argues that humans are “reasonable creatures” that are enable to create

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    The relations between Anglo-Americans and Native Americans had never been easy‚ starting from the original settlement of colonies on Native Americans’ territory. The European settlers believed that they had every right to take over Indian lands. They viewed them as savages and that their lives had no values. On the other side‚ Indians looked at new arrivers as intruders to their lands. Native Americans fought with occupants for the right to their freedom and their lands. Separate Indian tribes couldn’t

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