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    James Buchanan

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    merchant farmer‚ James Buchanan Sr. and an educated mother‚ Elizabeth Speer‚ President Buchanan was born to be a dedicated democrat. After graduating as a Lawyer in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania‚ President Buchanan has become a successful attorney. He has taken his role as a member in both Houses of Congress‚ ambassadorships‚ and a Cabinet Post. He has run for President in 1844‚ 1848‚ and 1852‚ before he actually gained presidency in 1857. “I like the noise of Democracy” (President James Buchanan 1857)

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    james dean

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    James Dean was born on February 8‚ 1931‚ at the Seven Gables apartment house located at the corner of 4th Street and McClure Street in Marion‚ Indiana‚ to Winton Dean and Mildred Wilson. Six years after his father had left farming to become a dental technician‚ James and his family moved to Santa Monica‚ California. He was enrolled at Brentwood Public School in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles‚ but transferred soon afterward to the McKinley Elemetary school.[5] The family spent several years

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    James Lawson

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    James Lawson and Nonviolent Direct Action Despite efforts to garner legislative equality for African Americans after the Civil War‚ the actual implementation of change did not occur for some time later. The 13th and 14th Amendments‚ which ended slavery and granted the rights of citizenship to black Americans‚ were often ineffectual in promoting racial justice. Throughout the following decades‚ race relations struggled against the remnants of Jim Crow to the forefront of American social issues‚ but

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    Assess Hume’s response for rejecting miracles (35 marks) David Hume puts forward two separate but very closely related arguments against miracles. Hume argues that the probability of miracles actually happening is so low that is irrational and illogical to believe that miracles do occur. Hume is an empiricist‚ meaning that he emphasises experience and observations of the world as the way of learning new things. He argues that when investigating any story of a miracle‚ evidence can be collected‚

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    James Garfield

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    James A. Garfield was born in 1831 in a small place called Cuyahoga County‚ Ohio. He was born and raised fatherless‚ so he grew up strong-willed as the man of his house. When he became of age to start going of to college‚ Garfield chose the prestigious Williams College in Massachusetts in 1856. Garfield studied to become a politician and his hopes and dreams came true as he was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1859 as a Northern Republican. Garfield was well known as a loyal Unionist and kept his ways

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    Jesse Jame

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    Jesse James Paige Riley College Prep English Ms. Engel Works Cited 1881‚ with authorities growing suspicious‚ Jesse rented a house in Saint Joseph‚ and Missouri. "Jesse James - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James "Jesse James Biography." Biography Base Home. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2012. <http://www.biographybase.com/biography/james_jesse

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    James Dean

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    by 7:00‚ don’t be late. Study‚ study‚ study.” We have all heard these words uttered from the authoritative lips of our parents sometime in our life‚ however‚ these days most teenagers aren’t afraid to disobey their parents by responding with‚ “no.” James Dean was one of the first people to defy the strict rules of parents‚ and he did so on screen for the entire nation. Some sources claim that he is a label; a label that is intended for the sole purpose of resisting authority. He is not a label‚ rather

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    David Belasco

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    David Belasco was born in San Fransisco‚ California‚ on July 25‚1853. Hisparents had come to California from London in the gold rush. Belasco grew upin San Fransisco and Victoria‚ British Columbia. His early education in a RomanCatholic monastery influenced his simple mode of dress and helped earn him the nickname Bishop of Broadway. He had some experience as a child actor‚ and from 1873 to 1879 worked in a number of San Fransisco theaters as everything from call boy and script copier to actor

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    James Monroe

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    The Era of Good Feelings As James Madison approached the end of his presidency in 1816‚ a fellow Virginian and Republican—James Monroe—was elected as his successor. Monroe’s presidency was a continuation of the so-called “Virginia Dynasty‚” since all of the presidents between 1801 and 1825 were from Virginia. The fading Federalist Party ran a candidate in the 1816 election for the last time‚ securing only 34 electoral votes compared to Monroe’s 183 votes. Monroe came to the presidency with a solid

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    james naismith

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    Nicholas Farrell Year 11 Modern History Miss Campbell James Naismith The invention of Basketball was a complete change to sport and how sports can be played. James Naismith was a Canadian man who moved down to the United States seeking a job. James came across a job at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He was given 14 days to create an indoor game that would provide an "athletic distraction". Naismith’s game of Basketball is now played by over 300 million people

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