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    Arianna .T Dragon Feast Two dragons in the corn fields with bags of bright‚ yellow‚ delicious corn from fields they were taking them to their barn. Luna‚a dragon with a bright purple scales color with a moon blue eyes but in her human form she has blond hair and the same color eyes and a tan skin‚ with her friend Clara‚ a dragon with pink eyes with dark blue scales but in her human form she has white skin with the same color eyes to and black hair. Were in a rush because in two days the dragon

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    Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense

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    When my Great Grandfather was a much younger man‚ he was fortunate enough to be part of a very famous battle in the Revolutionary War. In fact many people say that it was one of the turning points of the war. He had the honor of serving under two of the greatest generals in the American Continental Army‚ General Thomas Gage and General Benedict Arnold. Let me tell you a story about the battle that changed his life… It was a cold and foggy night on October 7th‚ 1777 when the British army led

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    Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was one of the most influential (and controversial) African Americans in history. Raised the son of a slave mother‚ Washington was self-motivated and committed to his own education from a young age. The tumultuous time in America’s history during which he lived afforded him new freedoms that came from Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the eventual success of the North in the Civil War. He took the first opportunity to attend a formal school‚

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    FOREWORD: The world as we know it has changed drastically over the years. With the advent of technological and industrial advancement‚ life has become much easier‚ however‚ not without its share of negative consequences. One such consequence is that the quality of the air we breathe has deteriorated considerably- mainly as a result of human activity. Is this an acceptable price to pay for development? INTRODUCTION: This report seeks to identify the main industrial sources of air pollution in

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    Booker T. Washington: The Educator Booker Taliaferro Washington was born in the time era when slavery was still legal and when born on a plantation‚ he was born into slavery. He worked as a child laborer on the plantation in harsh conditions. Once the Civil war was over‚ Washington was a freeman. However he continued to do manual labor while working in a coal mine. While listening in on a couple of fellow workers’ conversation about a college for blacks‚ he became so intrigued from the way the

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    Booker T. Washington | Booker T Washington by: Alan Schroeder | Allysia Wesley‚ 3/18/2013 | English Honors Project Marking Period 3 – Due March 20th Booker T. Washington was important to me because he believed in going to school. He was born a slave and slaves weren’t allowed to go to school. Booker was 10 when the slaves were freed. He eventually left his family and traveled to Hampton Institute in Virginia and became the best student. When a new school opened in Alabama Booker became the

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    Booker T. Washington Born as Booker Taliaferro on April 5‚ 1856 to a slave named Jane and her white master‚ Booker T. Washington grew to become a prominent African American educator‚ author‚ and author‚ as well as advisor to Republican presidents (Wiki). He was considered the most significant black educator due to his control over the flow of funds to black schools and universities (Wormser). After the Emancipation Proclamation led them to be freed‚ Jane moved her family to rejoin her husband in

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    Atlanta‚ Georgia 1895‚ Booker T. Washington would deliver a speech called the “Atlanta Compromise Address”. Influential speech made by Washington and ant one point almost not allowed to be spoken‚ especially to an all white audience. However‚ having a black speaker would and should impress the Northerners and prove the racial changes in the south. Washington speech would provide the theory of “cast their buckets where they are” for all blacks. Beginnings to the end of Washington address‚ Washington

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    Name Teacher Class Date ! Should We or Shouldn’t We Abolish the Death Penalty? The 2014 Boston Marathon is approaching quickly. Last year’s marathon‚ however‚ unfortunately had a different ending. Two bombs exploded near the finish line only seconds apart. The explosion claimed the lives of three; many others were injured that day‚ as well. According to Matt Smith‚ a columnist‚ the people to blame were two brothers: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev (par. 6). Dzhokahar has been

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