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    Theodore Roosevelt

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    Theodore Roosevelt‚ who came into office in 1901 and served until 1909‚ is considered the first modern President because he significantly expanded the influence and power of the executive office. From the Civil War to the turn of the twentieth century‚ the seat of power in the national government resided in the U.S. Congress. Beginning in the 1880s‚ the executive branch gradually increased its power. Roosevelt seized on this trend‚ believing that the President had the right to use all powers except

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    Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11‚ 1884‚ to a prominent family in New York City. After her parents died‚ she was taken in by her grandmother and educated at the best schools. Eleanor Roosevelt was deeply influenced by her feminist headmistress Marie Souvestre at Allenwood Academy in London. Eleanor Roosevelt is best known for being the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ the thirty-second president of the United States‚ and the First Lady of the United States‚ however she is also well known

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    by Smith in his oral confession. The cockiness Hickock possesses seems to ultimately lead to their arrest and death. In the start of the book we are introduced to the Clutter family who are respected and well liked in their community‚ especially Herbert Clutter‚ a rich‚ self made man and the master of River Valley Farm. We are also introduced to Dick and Perry‚ the murderers. Dick is the mastermind behind the crime‚

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    Benjamin Franklin

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    Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17 1706 to the parents Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. Benjamin Franklin was the tenth son born to his father who was on his second wife‚ which in total his father had seventeen children. Benjamin Franklin father wanted him to become a clergy but can afford only to send him for one year in order to become a clergy you needed years of schooling. But that didn’t stop him from becoming an apprentice at his brother printer company. At only 12 years old Benjamin

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    operate successfully at top levels of government and politics. And in March 1933‚ surely‚ confidence both in one’s self and in the future of the nation was a quality sorely needed in the White House. 7 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal ALTIIOUGHHENEWDEALand Franklin D. Roosevelt were realities T so recently that many living Americans’ knowledge of them is based upon personal memory of the 1930’s rather than upon written historical accounts‚ the political and economic history of the

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    Ben Franklin

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    Ben Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17‚ 1706‚ in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father‚ Josiah Franklin‚ a soap and candle maker had 17 children. Benjamin was his very last child. Ben was removed at 10 from the Boston Latin School to work with his father at candle making‚ but dipping wax and cutting wicks didn’t spark with him. Later on‚ Josiah apprenticed Ben at 12 to his brother James at his print shop. Ben loved it‚ despite his brother’s hard treatment. When James

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    Benjamin Franklin

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    Charles Smith 06/15/2013 U.S History 1 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is himself writing about his accomplishments. He grew up in an average home with a family that consisted of twelve children. His family was not poor‚ but his father worked hard to keep them afloat. Franklin was one of the children that were put into getting an education and over the years he acquired degrees from colleges he did not attend. He first worked for a newspaper printer‚ and after a short period he became

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    How to Clean Tile Floors with the Hoover FloorMate Deluxe INTRODUCTION A large tile floor can be extremely challenging to keep clean. Grout lines are hard to penetrate and tend to tear up standard and disposable pad mops. Also‚ when the floors get debris stuck to them‚ manual mops require a lot of energy to get clean. Moreover‚ most mops just push around the dirty water. Even with disposable pad mops‚ any lint on the floor gets pushed around until it is physically picked up by hand. Therefore

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    Rosalind Franklin

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    Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Franklin was born on July 25‚ 1920 in Notting Hill‚ London. Franklin was born into an influential British-Jewish family. She was the oldest of four children. Her two loving parents‚ Ellis Arthur Franklin‚ and Muriel Frances Waley took in two Jewish children from Nazi Germany to live in their house. A woman whose father had been sent to Buchenwald was taken in as well and shared a room with Rosalind. Her father set up an organization for orphaned and homeless German-Jewish

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    Benjamin Franklin

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    Franklin achieved his intellectual and literary prowess in an era known for its philosophical advances. The eighteenth century is frequently cited as the beginning of the so-called modern era in philosophy. The century is known as the Enlightenment‚ or the Age of Reason‚ an ideal also found in the literature of the period‚ whether colonial‚ British‚ or Continental. Two factors‚ more specifically‚ two intellectuals—epitomize this era: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and John Locke (1632-1704). Newton

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