1. Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN? A. Biro Brothers Explanation: The Hungarian brothers‚ Laszlo and George Biro‚ made the first ball point pen in 1894. It followed the first workable fountain pen which was invented by L.E. Waterman in 1884. 2. In which decade was the first solid state integrated circuit demonstrated? A. 1950s Explanation: On September 12‚ 1958‚ Jack Kilby demonstrated the first working IC while working for Texas Instruments‚ although the U.S. patent office awarded the first
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In the two-act play of The Diary of Anne Frank‚ by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett‚ Mrs. Frank enters the Secret Annex with her husband and two daughters‚ Margot and Anne. Margot is a mature‚ quiet‚ and obedient child; on the contrary‚ Anne is out-going‚ flirtatious‚ and accomplishes things her way. Consequently‚ due to Margot’s more desirable character traits‚ Mrs. Frank appreciates her older daughter more than Anne. Mrs. Frank’s obsession of favoring Margot over Anne is apparent in Act 1‚ yet
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forever. One person that was involved was just a teenager struggling to survive from the Nazis. Tat teenager was Anne Frank along with many other people who were innocent victims. Anne Frank Childhood Anne Frank was an innocent victim of the Holocaust along with many other innocent victims that had no idea or clue what was happening to them Anne Franks full name was Anneliese Marie Frank she was born in Frankfurt‚ Germany‚ on June 12‚ 1929. Anne’s Father moved to Amsterdam‚ where he established a small
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involving the abuse of children in their care is that of Frank and Ileana Fuster. The two were accused in 1984 of molesting children in their home. Frank was a 36-year-old Cuban immigrant and was married to 17-year-old Ileana who was Honduran. Frank and Ileana Fuster were residents of Country Walk‚ Florida where they held a home-based babysitting service (Pendergrast). The case was then known as "Country Walk" because of the city in which the two‚ Frank and Ileana resided. "The case began when a 3-year-old
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example of a historical event we can learn from is “The Diary of Anne Frank” about the family and Anne herself to learn from what happened back in the past in the 1900s. In the story “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett teaches us to learn that they made this story for us to realize that it was wrong to put the Jews in concentration camps‚ why Anne Frank was so strong‚ and why the story of “Anne Frank” is sad because what happened to Anne and the people that were with
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influential theme in “The Diary Of Anne Frank” by‚ Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett‚ is the importance of courage and hope in a negative situation. The reader sees examples of both of these in the thoughts and actions of the characters‚ more specifically: Mr. Frank‚ Mr. Kraler and Miep‚ and Anne Frank. The authors express hope through Mr. Frank when they write‚ “... The air raids are getting worse. They come over day and night. The noise is terrifying. Pim [Mr. Frank] says it should be music to our ears
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reading body language‚ processing facial expressions‚ or even having someone rub you the wrong way‚ your gut feeling or intuition about situations can be described in a different manner. In the book “Blink” By Malcolm Gladwell‚ Gladwell describes his theory on thin slicing‚ how it works and how we can utilize this unconscious tool for our own benefit. Thin slicing is when the unconscious mind automatically identifies patterns developed from past experiences and makes what Gladwell calls snap judgments
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Anne Frank In todays world‚ teenagers worry about things like turning in their work on time‚ boyfriends ‚ girlfriends‚ prom‚ homecoming‚ and a lot of other things. However‚ for a teenager named Anne Frank everything that we do now she didn’t do when she was a child. Every teenager in today’s world did not have to work as hard as Anne Frank did in the Holocaust. Anne Frank is still being thought today in this world. Anne Frank will always be remembered from her childhood during the Holocaust
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offences involving financial crime and impersonations. At 26 he was working with the FBI‚ advising the authorities on crimes committed by fraud. This is the story of a devil turned angel Frank Abagnale Jr‚ a con artist‚ once known as the world’s most famous confidence man. Frank Jr. was born in Bronxville‚ New York to Frank Abagnale Sr. and French mother Paulette. The couple divorced when Jr. was 14. That’s when he left home‚ a journey he started that would eventually end up peculiarly. Upon leaving home
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October 22‚ 2012 Essay: Comparison of Frank O’Connor’s Three Short Stories In the three short stories written by Frank O’Connor‚ he depicts the narrator’s relationship with family similar in his short stories. In all three short stories‚ “My Oedipus Complex”‚ “First Confession”‚ and “Masculine Protest”‚ O’Connor portrays the narrator as a young aged boy whose relationship with each family member has a unique similarity throughout each of these short stories. Frank O’Connor illustrates a struggle of
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