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    Founding Fathers

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    The choices that the founding fathers made shaped our government into what it is today and still affect our lives. The founding fathers made decisions like the decision to declare independence‚ create a constitution‚ amend that constitution with a bill of rights and another 17 amendments‚ and change the system of government that we were using. The constitution that they made is still used today. The founding fathers decided to break free from the British by creating the Declaration of Independence

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    Father and Son

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    Father and son. 1. Find out as much as possible about the father and the son. The father: * He lives in a small house with his son in Toome. * His main concern must be his son. He is afraid that his son is using drugs‚ and that he have gotten in trouble with someone. And that he never knows where he is going. Sometimes it goes days before his son comes home. * The fond memories he has is when he thought his son how to tie a blood-knot‚ how to cast a fly‚ how to strike so the

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    My Father Research Paper

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    R is for RICH. Rich is my dad. He has been there since before my birth‚ and he will continue to be a part of my life long after I graduate from college and fully and officially leave home. How has my dad shaped my view of life? It is hard to pinpoint exactly. I know I have learned a lot from him: the best ways to save money on groceries‚ the value of gift cards in everyday life‚ how to relax and joke and be the comedic relief (not that I use that lesson very often‚ unfortunately)‚ how to separate

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    Eulogy For Father

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    My hands are shaking as I stumble back and slump down against the plain white wall‚ grasping an old family portrait‚ looking up to avoid the tears from blurring my vision and holding it in front of my face with both hands in an attempt to steady myself. I feel my breathing calm down and a grin spread across my face. It’s a picture of me when I was 7‚ cheerfully blowing out candles on a chocolate cake my parents held with my mother standing on my left and my father to my right. “How fitting‚ don’t

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    Father of Algebra

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    The Father of Algebra In the source‚ Shawn Overbay writes a biography on The Father of Algebra‚ Al-Khwarizmi. Overbay shows and explains the equations that Al-Khwarizmi invented and how they were used. In the source‚ the author states “Al-Khwarizmi wrote numerous books that played important roles in arithmetic and algebra” (Overbay). Not only was The Father of Algebra a mathematician‚ he was also an inventor‚ an Astronomer‚ and a Scholar. The visual source is a page from Al-Khwarizmi’s Kitab

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    Absent Father

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    The Effect of An Absent Father on A Child’s Life: Minor or Major? Today‚ there are 20 million children in America who grow up in households without a father. In addition‚ this is an increasing problem in today’s society and is often ignored. Children who grow up without a father suffer shocking consequences‚ which are unfortunately out of the child’s control. In “Annual review of sociology” (2013)‚ recent studies show that relationships with a father while growing up affect the child’s mental

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    Father of Animation

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    Who is the father of animation ? People might say Walt Disney‚ but there were animated movie cartoons‚ based on comic strips for the most part‚ pre-Disney. It is believed that Felix the Cat-in black and white‚ was the earliest Movie animated cartoon by the King Features Syndicate and by accident of history- a soaky-head puppet used as a test subject on a turntable in l947- the first Television cartoon- regular movie-based Felix shorts were also probably the first regularly televised. Chronology

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    Boomerang Father

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    to ride a bike‚ to teaching them how to drive‚ fathers can play a significant role in the lives of their children. Some fathers are always present‚ while some were never there to begin with‚ and a few are boomerang fathers. Boomerang fathers are fathers that aren’t a permanent staple in the household‚ but are a permanent staple in the lives of their children. A recent article claims to have found a correlation between the presence of a boomerang father and lower risk of depression in their daughters

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    Father Absenteeism

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    1010 May 2‚ 2011 Father Absenteeism in the Lives of African Americans The absence of a father in an African-American family is very common today. Father absenteeism dates back to early 1900s. Researchers Mandara‚ Murray and Joyner points out “single mothers have headed a significant percentage of African American families since the 1960s…” (qtd. in Tucker and Mitchell-Kernan 209). According to a 2003 survey‚ researchers declare that 69 % of black students live without their father compared to other

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    Eulogy For Father

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    When I was a little girl my daddy always talked to me as he did when I was a lot older. He would say‚ “Are you always gonna be daddy’s little girl and never grow up and leave daddy.” I would say‚ “No daddy I would never leave you or mommy.” “Do you promise forever?” I would always say‚ “Yes daddy never ever will I leave you.” I realize now that I did not know what forever meant. I know now that I truly did not know forever would come. It has came and went and I am still depressed as can

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