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    history thinks of me. I know what I did and that’s enough for me‚” Truman stated. In World War II‚ Harry Truman went into office on April 12‚ 1945‚ after Franklin Delano Roosevelt passed away. While in war with Japan‚ he made the decision to bomb the empire. He stepped up to the plate‚ and saved our country while we were in need. Unfortunately‚ his decision caused many lives to end instantly. Harry Truman was significant to World War II because‚ made the choice to bomb Hiroshima‚ Japan on August

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    When Harry met Sally is one of the most romantic movies of all the times. This movie is a 1989 American romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. The two main characters of the movie Harry and Sally was played by Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. The story follows the title characters from the time they meet just before sharing a cross-country drive‚ through twelve years or so of chance encounters in New York City. During the beginning of the movie Harry and Sally finish their

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    Harry S. Truman had to make some of the most difficult choices that any president has ever had to make. He was president from April 12‚ 1945 to January 20‚ 1953‚ he took over just before World War 2 ended‚ went through the Korean war‚ and went through part of the Cold war. When Truman took office Franklin D. Roosevelt died about three months after and close to the same time he had to make the choice of dropping the atomic bombs on Japan to end the war. Which to date are the only atomic bombs used

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    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince‚ directed by David Yates‚ and based on the book by J. K. Rowling‚ expresses the amount of important and influential lighting throughout her movie and is also focused on the new amount of dangers within the castle of Hogwarts. As this young boy is preparing for a new battle to begin there are other differing dangers throughout the castle. Tragedy threatens the lives of people throughout Hogwarts and shows this by the amount of darkness and the unknown within

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    Harry S. Truman’s presidency‚ riddled with moral dilemmas‚ is often argued as being one of the worst in history‚ however his controversial yet effective use of military power‚ the lasting treaties that he promoted on behalf of the US‚ his bold use of legislative power -promoting support to communist threatened countries to congress- and his usage of executive power through executive orders and the assembly of his cabinet has demonstrated that his presidency has been successful to the growth of our

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    The five aspects of the quest are: someone to go on the quest‚ a place to go‚ a stated reason to go there‚ challenges along the way‚ and the actual reason to go. In J.K. Rowling’s book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ a boy named Harry goes on a quest. He goes to Hogwarts’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry‚ and his reasoning is to learn how to be a wizard. His actual reason for going to Hogwarts turns out to be that he has to keep the Dark Lord Voldemort from rising again as he is the only

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    stories play a role in influencing this newly incepted realm. Harry Potter is one of the many universes in which exist in literature and cinema. Written by a single mother‚ the Harry Potter series became one of the most popular stories to be adapted to film. The Harry Potter films are to this day the highest grossing franchise‚ it has made over 7 billion dollars for all 8 films (Movie Franchises‚ The Numbers). In stories such as Harry Potter‚ the mythology present throughout is what contributes to

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    “I felt like the moon‚ the stars‚ and all the planets had fallen on me.” Harry S. Truman‚ our thirty-third president of the United States‚ spoke this on April 12‚ 1945. This was a significant day in which two major things happened; President Franklin D. Roosevelt died unexpectedly‚ and Harry S. Truman was sworn in as president. Henry L. Stimson‚ Roosevelt’s secretary of war‚ who later became Truman’s‚ reintroduced the proposal of the Manhattan Project and its person in charge‚ Major General Leslie

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    The Truman Doctrine consisted of providing support to nations that were democratic in a political‚ military‚ and economical way. President Harry S. Truman made this foreign policy on March 12‚ 1947. This foreign policy was created within the United States and some say that this was the start of The Cold War. The British had informed that they could no longer provide aid to the countries Greece and Turkey because of Communist activities. The Soviet Union threatened Greece and Turkey by communism‚

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    The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Harry Potter The hugely successful Harry Potter series has been embraced by millions of readers worldwide. It’s sold more than four hundred million copies and has been translated into numerous languages. Both children and adults alike have rejoiced to the whimsical story‚ told by the author J.K. Rowling‚ about a hero and his perilous journey to an ultimate goal. What many probably do not realize is that they‚ more likely than not‚ have read stories like it before

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