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    John F. Kennedy once said “A man may die‚ nations may rise and fall‚ but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.” Kennedy was elected as the 35th president of the United States in 1960. According to “History.com”‚ “43-year-old John F. Kennedy became the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic to hold that office.” The John F. Kennedy assassination caused many problems for America because he was a well-loved president. John F. Kennedy was a well-loved president‚ therefore his assassination

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    “The crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood (John Brown)”. John Brown used violence and killed many people. Not only that‚ but the death of two of his sons was not enough to stop him from moving on. Brown was so determined that he believed it was God’s wish that he abolishes slavery. He thought he was made for this job only. John Brown reckoned violence is the solution to achieve his goal and be successful. He led a raid on Harper’s Ferry with several men. The motive

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    John Amos Comenius‚ also known as Jan Amos Komensky was born in Nivnice‚ Moravia (now known as the Czech Republic) on March 28‚ 1592. He was the youngest child and only son of Martin Comenius and his wife Anna.He dedicated his life to educating and writing books. John Amos Comenius was a philosopher who had his own ideas about education‚ how they came about‚ and how they influenced early childhood. HE took a prominent part in familiarizing Europe with the idea of national systems of education‚

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    III‚ drastic events changed the course of England’s history‚ as well as influencing two famous philosophical men. Thomas Hobbes‚ author of Leviathan‚ and John Locke‚ author of Second Treatise on Civil Government‚ drew on their experiences of England’s monarchical turmoil to conceive very different political theories. Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were prominent political philosophers in the

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    man he dubs John Deere‚ from the green John Deere hat he is wearing. Later the when they are on route I-55 John Deere drives up and yells “Nigger lovers!”‚ of course like anyone who has just been insulted from a man that they just helped the group of teenagers pull up next to John Deere and begins insulting him. John Deere‚ pulls out his sirens revealing that he is an under-cover cop. When the groups manage to get to Troy’s apartment complex the police officer are right behind them. John Deere tells

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    and out of the ordinary. Young athletes have been turning to a procedure called Tommy John surgey in order to get a boost in athletic performance. This surgery has been sought out by these young athletes even when not injured‚ and this has outraged many professionals and doctors around the world. This growing trend has been highly debated and will continue to be until some sort of guidelines are set. Tommy John surgery is reconstructive surgery of the ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow. This

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    Lastly‚ John Tyler’s foreign policies ran very fluently‚ picking up on how vital the Asian Pacific region was to trade‚ he sent a strategic group of individuals over on a journey. This resulted in strong relations with the country. Another foreign affair involved putting a stop to a bloody war with the Seminoles‚ This ended lots of violence. The reason that I eliminated these seven presidents‚ was because their interactions with other countries wasn’t extremely significant. Due to the fact that William

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    John Proctor clearly fits the definition of a tragic hero‚ for many reasons. A tragic hero is a man of high position and John proves to be a man in high position in page 20 in the second paragraph‚ which states “Proctor‚ respected and even feared in Salem‚”. That line proves that he is respected and feared by some of the people in Salem. A tragic hero also has a flaw that is revealed and Proctor’s flaw is that he is a sinner in the eyes of the people in Salem. I know that fact because in the crucible

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    John Locke said that it is very important for society as well as a place for government to have a grasp and control on its people‚ by being able to us land and private property as limits toward various extents. For Marx‚ he was on the other hand very against

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    On April 14‚ 1865‚ John Wilkes Booth blew a fatal shot to president Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s theatre in Washington D.C. The attack was five days after Robert E. Lee‚ a confederate general‚ surrendered army effectively ending the Civil War. The search for John Wilkes Booth was one of the largest manhunts in history. 10‚000 troops‚ detectives‚ and police were trying to track down the assassin. Although‚ Booth had not only planned to kill the president. He plotted against Vice President

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