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    The Assassination of Martin Luther King On the 4th of April 1968 Martin Luther King was assassinated by the convict James Earl Ray. He was shot on his hotel balcony though his neck and spinal cord at 6:05 in the evening; he died an hour later in St Joseph’s hospital‚ Memphis‚ Tennessee at the age of 39. James Earl Ray was locked in a bathroom of a motel less than 200 feet away from where Martin Luther was standing. It is thought that he killed him to be remembered or because he was extremely racist

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    hosing people down with fire hoses‚ in Salem‚ Alabama. Martin Luther King died in Memphis‚ Tennessee. He was assassinated by James Earl Ray. The exact place where Martin Luther King died was in Lorraine motel in Memphis‚ Tennessee. James Earl Ray was a murderer who was born on March 10‚ 1928. He shot and killed Martin Luther King on April 4‚ 1968. James Earl Ray died‚ in prison‚ on April 23‚ 1998.(biography.com) He admitted that he killed Martin Luther King‚ so he went to jail and died a few

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    King Henry III of France‚ whom she rejects‚ and urged by William Cecil‚ 1st Baron Burghley (Richard Attenborough) to marry‚ which‚ as he states‚ would secure her throne. Instead‚ she has a secret affair with her childhood sweetheart‚ Robert Dudley‚ Earl of Leicester (Joseph Fiennes). The affair is‚ however‚ no secret from Cecil‚ who makes it clear that a monarch has no private life. Elizabeth deals with various threats to her reign‚ including the Thomas Howard‚ 4th Duke of Norfolk (Christopher Eccleston);

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    ensue between those who wanted to rule. The new King Edward V was being tutored by Earl Rivers‚ the Queen’s brother- he was a Woodville. Due to their power and standings with the new and previous King the Woodvilles were a threat to Gloucester. Gloucester didn’t want them to be in control for the reasons I talked of earlier and in Stony Stratford on the 31st of April 1483‚ Gloucester and his ally Buckingham arrested Earl Rivers and his men as they attempted to transport Edward V to his coronation in

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    any means necessary to get it. Edmund‚ in the other plot of the play‚ deceives his father in order to gain his favor. Edmund‚ the Earl of Gloucester’s bastard son‚ tells his father that Edgar‚ Gloucester’s legitimate son‚ is plotting to ruin Gloucester. This causes the Earl to banish Edgar and give his title and land to Edmund. The ironic misuse of power used by the Earl of Gloucester shows up in both plots. Gloucester punishes Edgar and later finds that Edmund was the one taking advantage of him

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    The Rebellion of the Northern Earls in 1569 was the first of these to present an overt challenge to Elizabeth’s authority. The Earls’ aim was to see Mary married to a Catholic and recognised as the heir to the throne of England. Several courtiers suggested the Duke of Norfolk (who was formally a protestant but may well have had Catholic sympathies) marry Mary. When Elizabeth learnt of this she summoned Norfolk to Court and ordered that he lodge in the Tower. The Earl of Westmorland (who was married

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    Divorce‚ race‚ and gender norms are discussed. Putnam introduces a better than average family including Earl‚ Patty‚ Lucy‚ and Andrew. Earl was raised in a middle class house with a broken family in the 1950’s. This didn’t stop him from going to college‚ getting a degree in business‚ and meeting the love of his life‚ Patty. Patty was a sophomore at the time and dropped out of school when Earl graduated. They wanted children but not until they were finally stable. A big factor that was discussed in

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    their audience the best and the worst of human capability. Poets examine people and their behaviour closely‚ and often are critical of what they observe. A behaviour exposed and criticized by Earl Birney and Gwendolyn MacEwen is the exploitation of the environment and other people. Sample topic sentences: Earl Birney is critical of humanity’s exploitation of the environment for economic activity in his poem “Transcontinental.” In “Hot Springs‚” Birney more specifically criticizes the commercialization

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    promised you a president who is not isolated from the people‚ who feels your pain‚ and who shares your dreams and who draws his strength and his wisdom from you.” Indeed‚ these words echoed throughout many American televisions on July 15‚ 1979. James Earl Carter‚ Jr. better known as Jimmy Carter‚ our 39th president uttered these words as he addressed the nation with his famous Crisis of Confidence speech. Moreover‚ the quote showed Carter had concern and empathy for the issues the nation faced‚ and

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    biracial parents Earl‚ a retired lieutenant in the army‚ and Kultida a stay-at-home mother. Earl Woods was always the most influential person in Tiger’s life. At 10 months Tiger would sit in the garage watching his father repeatedly hit golf balls into a net for hours. It wasn’t long before Earl took Tiger out of the highchair and let him play with a small putter. “He picked up a putter‚ put a ball down‚ waggled‚ and hit the ball into the net. First time.” After that‚ Earl Woods would take

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