DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION This question is based on the accompanying documents (1–5). The question is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents. Some of the documents have been edited for the purposes of the question. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account the source of each document and any point of view that may be presented in the document. Historical Context: During Richard Nixon’s term of U.S Presidency‚ he was part of a series of scandals called The Watergate
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50/50 When we first saw the trailer for the film 50/50 starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogan‚ we knew this was a must-see. The film’s rough story of a 20-something year old battling with “stage five back cancer” taught us that life is too short to sweat the small stuff. People go through tragic battles like disease and the possibility of dying when all we do is find ourselves complaining about small‚ narrow problems in life. Adam demonstrated true optimism and showed the audience that
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Precis and Source Analysis of The Radicalism of the American Revolution By Charlie Hwang History of the Americas I Dr. Drouin Word Count: Gordon S. Wood’s Radicalism of the American Revolution challenges historian’s views regarding the nature of the American Revolution. The Radicalism of the American Revolution is an academic monograph written in 1991 in the midst of age long belief that American Revolution was not radical. The Radicalism of the American Revolution reevaluates the American
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although there is no full accepted reasoning for the origin on agriculture‚ the theory that I am most convinced with is the demographic theory. The Oasis Theory‚ also known as the Propinquity Theory‚ was put forth by the Australian archaeologist‚ Vere Gordon Childe in his book “Man Makes Himself.” The Oasis Theory infers that as the climate increased it became drier there was a lacking in the supply of water. There were few fertile areas called oases where these early humans and animals had to live in
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with media and public relations‚ another with managing its shops and other concerned with organizing famine relief in various parts of the world Selfridges is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge. The flagship store in London’s Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK (after Harrods) and was opened on 15 March 1909. Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find
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customers and business owners on who is really right can even be traced back to where this business principle came from. The phrase was first used by the Chicago department store Marshall Field’s (now Macy’s) but is more commonly attributed to Harry Gordon Selfridge who founded London’s Selfridges department store. The idea of the principle was to treat customers as if they were right even if they weren’t. This has become the basis for many customer service programs across the world. The adage was a
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“The truth is that my fascination is rooted in fear‚” Grice reveals as he justifies to the readers why he hunts black widows. Gordon Grice published his essay‚ “Caught in the Widow’s Web” in 1995 to the issue of The High Plains Literary Review. In it‚ he explains that this creature is a representation of a powerful evil in nature whose motives are purely malevolent. His informative tone‚ describing the habits of the black widow‚ allows the reader to connect to the overarching message that facing
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Setting of Philippians Positioned at the eastern fertile plain of Datos in central Macedonia‚ Philippi was a flourishing city. Gordon Fee notes although originally founded by Greek colonists from the island of Thasos (ca. 360 B.C.)‚ in 356 BCE Philippi was conquered by its namesake‚ the father of Alexander the Great‚ Philip II of Macedon. Philip seized the city due to its strategic location. Namely‚ it was blessed with provisions‚ protection‚ and prosperity. “It sat as sentinel to the large agricultural
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In the epilog of the book‚ “Revolutionary Characters‚” Gordon Wood wrote‚ “Still‚ they had helped create this popular world‚ for it was rooted in the vital principle that none of them‚ Federalists included‚ ever could deny: the people. In the end nothing illustrates better the transforming power of the American Revolution than the way its intellectual and political leaders‚ that remarkable group of men‚ contributed to their own demise‚” (page 274). This quote means that although these leaders were
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Harold Bloom‚ a Yale University professor‚ once said that “George Gordon‚ Lord Byron‚ is literature’s most notorious instance of a writer’s life becoming his work‚ indeed taking the place of it.” (Pesta‚ Bloom and Willis 1). Lord Byron was a famous poet that illustrated his emotions through his literature very effectively. Ironically‚ Byron enjoyed reading and writing‚ but hated poetry at an early age (Pesta‚ Bloom and Willis 9). However‚ Byron’s first piece of literature to be published‚ called
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