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    Edgar Allan Poe

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    Short Stories + Terror = Poe American Romanticism brought a new era to America and American literature. Within literature of the Romanticism era came the development of the gothic novel. Edger Allen Poe is one of the well-known gothic authors which arose from this era. Throughout Poe’s career he wrote many short stories following one theory which he created - that every aspect of a short story should lead to one single effect. For Poe many of his stories have the single effect of terror. In Poe’s

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    Stephen William Hawking (aka just Stephen Hawking) A world famous Scientist and Cosmologist And at this time he is probably the worlds smartest man. Next Stephen Hawking was born 8. January 1942 in Oxford His parents lived north of London but moved to Oxford‚ desiring that it’s a safer place. (Because London was under attack by the Luftwaffe He studied at University College Oxford‚ I was unable to find how old he was when he went there. Hawking wanted to study cosmology‚ so he had to

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    Howl by Allen Ginsberg

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    Nicole 815097199 English 220 Brooks 4 October 2012 Option B I saw the best minds of my generation‚ consumed by the hatred and temptation‚ roped in by the idea that theres no greater sensation‚ than picking up the needle without any contemplation‚ had an eight year full ride‚ he could of led a whole nation‚ sacrificed his love for music‚ to pawn his Gibson‚ get his fix and use it. If he could go back in time I wonder if he would still choose it. I saw the best minds of my generation

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    STEPHEN HAWKING Stephen Hawking was born on Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford‚ London. When he was eight‚ his family moved to St. Albans‚ a town about 20 miles north of London. At the age of eleven‚ Stephen went to St. Albans School and then on to University College‚ Oxford; his father’s old college. Stephen wanted to study Mathematics‚ although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was not available at University College‚ so he pursued Physics instead

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    Lies turn into Deaths? Saint Stephen is the first deacons and the first Christian martyr. His defense enraged his hearers‚ and he was taken out of the city and stoned to death. The name Stephen means crown. In act 6‚ it tells us that he was a Hellenist; that is‚ a foreign-born Jew who spoke Greek. In Stephen’s speech‚ presents his view of the history of Israel. He states the stories from Abraham to Moses in the burning bush. The second main theme of Stephen’s speech‚ Israel’s disobedience to

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    Stephen Lawrence Stephen Lawrence was a Black British teenager from Eltham‚ south east London‚ who was murdered in a racist attack while waiting for a bus on the evening of 22 April 1993.Witnesses said he was attacked by a gang of white youths chanting racist slogans. Stephen Lawrence was born on 13 September 1974. His father was Neville Lawrence‚ a carpenter‚ and his mother was Doreen‚ a special needs teacher. He was one of three children. He was brought up in Plumstead‚ South-East London.

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    Stephen Curry kill on the opening night of the season he play for the Warriors. Stephen is so fast with the ball he can almost do it all he really can’t be stop by nobody in the NBA. He showing everybody in the NBA why he is the M.V.P you just have to give respect where it’s due in Stephen Curry deserve the respect he really earn it he is so humble. The opening night game Curry almost past Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in points for a M.V.P in a opening game he had 40points Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had 41points

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    not simply an observer‚ but also a participant and his experiences shaped his writing. Miller himself proposed that his “viewpoint whether it appears arbitrary‚ or true and inevitable‚ did not spring out of my head unshaped by any outside force” (“Influences” 50). Miller’s experiences during these times taught him the truths he would present throughout his literary works. From the insecurity of the Great Depression sprang Death of a Salesman and All My Sons‚ which portray the instability of society

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    Stephen F Austin

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    Gregg Cantrell‚ author of Stephen F. Austin: Political and Cultural Mediator‚ is a Texas A&M Alumni who graduated with his Ph.D. in History in 1988. Cantrell began his career in the field of history as a lecturer at TAMU in ’86‚ then spent 15 years working as an assistant and later an associate professor at a variety of notable universities around Texas. In 2001‚ Cantrell got his first job as a professor. Cantrell currently resides in Fort Worth where he works as a history professor at TCU. Cantrell

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    Stephen Kamalo Fear

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    to get rid of it. Throughout the whole book‚ Stephen Kumalo is seen as someone who is pretty sensitive and fear would only bring him to an even worse condition. What Stephen Kumalo fears the most would be the unknown. He is in a new environment‚ a place where he has no reputation for himself at all. When he first enters Johannesburg he is immediately deceived by someone who said that he would help him but backstabbed him in order to get money. Stephen was shocked and all he could do was panic‚ but

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