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    such was the weakness of this poor commonwealth‚ as had the salvages not fed us‚ we directly had starved. And this relief‚ most gracious Queen‚ was commonly brought us by this Lady Pocahontas. Notwithstanding all these passages‚ when inconstant fortune turned our peace to war‚ this tender virgin would still not spare to dare to visit us‚ and by her our jars have been oft appeased‚ and our wants still supplied;

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    America’s system of capitalism ensures that trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. Because major profits depend greatly on media for their exposure in advertising‚ it is not surprising that American media companies are some of the most profitable and powerful in the world. As introduced in this project‚ the four media giants that own most of America’s media are Viacom‚ Comcast‚ Time Warner‚ and Disney. From these four companies comes a sort of illusion of separation throughout

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    mental health centers became a major federal initiative after the U.S. passed the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act in 1963. The construction of mental health centers in local communities exploded. Their bold agenda in transitioning patients out of state psychiatric hospitals and into communities was aimed to promote more humane treatment and foster social reintegration (Blair & Espinoza‚ 2015). However‚ a negative and unforeseen consequence of the deinstitutionalization

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    Ellis demonstrates how race functioned in colonial society as he condemns non-Europeans and white men that sleep with native women. Meanwhile‚ Flory represents the average man that when out into the empire and worked to make his fortune to thrive in the colonial world. Flory also illustrates the man that flirted with exotic and slept with native women‚ which threatened the purity of the race. During some of his interactions with Elizabeth‚ the reader sees how Flory starts to flirt

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    NOVEMBER 12 2013 Tiny pink nipples peeked from our pasty chest and our protruding ribs gave way to our sun-starved tummies. Alex and I ran free‚ our shirts flapping in the wind as we waved them over our heads like victory flags. Moments later‚ on that April day in first grade my friend and I experienced the injustice of womanhood; our teachers informed us that we were not allowed to go shirtless during recess. “Why?” Alex whined. “That’s not fair” I protested. Of course our complaint received the

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    Crawley‚ Old Pitt’s unmarried half-sister‚ who has inherited her mother’s big fortune .She also does whatever she can to entertain and please Miss Crawley Old Pitt proposes to Rebecca shortly after his wife passes away. Unexpectedly‚ she marries to his second son‚ Rawdon in private. Before that‚ Miss Crawley has intent to leave most of her inheritance to Rawdon after her death‚ but their marriage annoys her and they lose favor with her so that Rawdon is no longer her heir to the money.

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    Machiavelli notes that it is easier to govern a hereditary state than a new principality for two main reasons. -First‚ those under the rule of such states are familiar with the prince’s family and are therefore accustomed to their rule. The natural prince only has to keep past institutions intact‚ while adapting these institutions to current events. -Second‚ the natural disposition of subjects in a hereditary state is to love the ruling family‚ unless the prince commits some horrible

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    Moliere Creates Modern Comedy Author: Laun‚ Henri Van Moliere Creates Modern Comedy 1659 The seventeenth century was the period of a very remarkable literary outburst in France‚ an outburst which has done much to mould French genius of more recent times. The latter part of the century‚ which has been called the Augustan age of France‚ the age of Louis XIV‚ has certainly been but seldom equalled in the number and variety of the writers who adorned it. Yet it owes much of its brilliancy

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    showing the inequality women still face today‚ occurred when a female was denied equal treatment at the workplace causing a gender discrimination lawsuit. Monday March 15th‚ 2010‚ a federal judge announced a $2.5 million discrimination verdict in favor of Michelle Maher‚ who was forced out of the Fresno Fire Department’s training academy. Maher‚ a single mother‚ former professional mixed-martial arts fighter and certified EMT with 13 certificates in firefighting skills‚ was clearly qualified for

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    most charismatic and influential Flemish painters of the ’Renaissance ’ period. (Labedzki 2013). This painting depicts the last moments of the life of Jesus Christ prior to the crucifixion. This shows a mirror image of the visual impact that of bold colors and those who were condemning Christ is shown in seminude muscular bodies men at the bottom. The Cross is hidden behind the Christ although the whole picture is centered around the Christ and those following and carrying are in the bottom.

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