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    George W Bush. The 43rd president of the United States. The leader during one of the most horrific times in American history. George bush the president from January 20‚2001-January 20‚2009‚ was born in New Haven Connecticut (Biography.com). Before his run for presidency he was the governor of Texas. Bush had many characteristics that made him one of the worst presidents in American history such as; frighten‚hateful and a risk-taker. Bush was a president with many secrets. Secrets that American residents

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    What Is Enrico Fermium?

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    energy(Osti Paragraph 5). This pile was built under the west stand of the University’s Stagg Fields and was named Chicago Pile-1. It proved a nuclear reaction could be contained and this was the first prototype of many large nuclear reactors to come(Britannica Paragraph 2). Fermium is the 100th element on the periodic table. It was discovered after the first successful test of a hydrogen fusion bomb Ivy Mike(Osti Paragraph 1). Fermi used neutrino an element that had been abandoned and used it for his

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    different open and closed sources. With that many issues arrive such as money‚ usability and security of the software. First let’s start by defining the terms open and closed source. According to Britannica online encyclopedia Open source is defined as an “Unrestricted (Open) sharing of Information” (Britannica). This means the source code of software is open and available to the public. Anyone can view and modify it to enhance its performance. This is greatly an advantage for open source software because

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    society. Overtime some of these myths explained in the stories become obviously false because advances in science and knowledge on creation. “Trickster tales are apt to develop and evolve when differing societies interact” (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica). Possible reasons for these occurrences are revolutions or cultural conflicts that result in shared beliefs. “Trickster keeps changing shape and experimenting with a thousand identities‚ including shifts in sex‚ in a seemingly never-ending search

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    How much of Roman society and thought were Greek in origin Rome with its conquests not only got foreign lands‚ but also was influenced by foreign ideas. Rome conquered many places‚ but the place that influences the most was Greece. Morey (1901) implies that “when Greece was conquered by Rome‚ Rome was civilized by Greece”. Rome adopted their ideas in religion‚ philosophy‚ literature‚ art‚ and manners. Let me illustrate how Rome was shaped and refine into this powerful empire. Religion and Philosophy

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    The ethics of doing business in countries with totalitarian governments has many pros and cons involved with it. But for this debate I will show the cons of doing business in a country with a totalitarian government with an example. The term totalitarian government can be defined as in political science a system of government and ideology in which all social‚ political‚ economic‚ intellectual‚ cultural‚ and spiritual activities are subordinated to the purposes of the rulers of a state. (http://encarta

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    Introduction Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford‚ with eleven other investors (In Encyclopedia Britannica‚ Ford Motor Company‚ 2017). Even though Ford was founded in 1903‚ that was not the year Henry Ford made his first automobile. Henry Ford made his first automobile in the year of 1869 and called it the Quadricycle (Ford Motor Company Timeline‚ 2017). Ford produces more than just everyday automobiles‚ Ford also produces luxury vehicles‚ commercial vehicles‚ and automotive parts

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    Christopher Columbus

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    have been born somewhere between August 26th and October 31. He was the eldest son of Domenico Colombo‚ a Genoese wool worker and merchant‚ and Susanna Fontanarossa‚ his wife‚ and was raised in their Christian household.” (Christopher Columbus‚ Britannica) Columbus was commissioned by the king and queen of Spain to find a route to the Indies. However‚ he sailed the opposite direction of his intended goal by crossing the Atlantic and landing in the Americas‚ resulting in the discovery of the

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    September 5‚1997. Mother Teresa original name was Agnes Gonxha Bojazhiu. Once she became a nun‚ she became know as Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta or Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Today‚ many call her Mother Teresa (“Blessed Mother Teresa” Encyclopedia Britannica). Agnes was raised by both of her Albanian parents: Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu. She grew up being the youngest of three siblings in a catholic household. When Agnes was eight years old‚ her father died from poisoning‚ while he was working as a constructor

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    FUNGAL SPORES

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    Redmond‚ WA: Microsoft Corporation‚ 2008. “Fungus” (2010). Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Student and Home Edition.  Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica. “Microbiology” (2010). Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Student and Home Edition.  Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica. “Spore” (2010). Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Student and Home Edition.  Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica. “Fungus and fungal spores”. Tutor Vista-the online tutors www.tutorvista

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