America’s Greatest Distance Runner During the time which I have been involved with the sport of Track and Field‚ I found interest in those who have ran in the Olympic Games and excelled within their sport. Track and Field has an enormous history dating back to 776 B.C. where the Greeks first organized the sport. Millions of runners have competed ever since the first Olympic Games in order to achieve the same goal‚ to go beyond their physical limits. One runner within the pack stands out above
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Alyssa Leon-Guerrero September 14‚ 2015 AP Environmental Period 4 Water Pollution There are 326 million gallons of water on Earth. Less than 3% of all this water is fresh water. Water is very important to our lives. We use it for nearly everything- drinking‚ food preparation‚ laundry‚ dishes‚ hygiene‚ etc. A myriad of human pressures are being exerted both directly and indirectly on ecosystems across the world. Once water is polluted‚ it is a complicated and difficult to extract pollutants from the
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Today if there is any institution which exerts the greatest influence on us after the family‚ it is the school. The years that we spend in school are not merely time spent in learning and filling our minds with knowledge‚ but also time spent in moulding our character‚ acquiring various attitudes and imbibing basic principles of life. The basic traits of our personality are formed during our school days. The name of my school is Don Bosco Secondary School. It is situated in a town called Tura‚ W.Garo
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Andrew Jackson is known as one of america’s greatest presidents. But what made him so great? Let’s find out. EARLY LIFE On a stormy night on March 15‚ 1767 our beloved president was born. The exact location of birth is unknown. When Jackson was thirteen years old‚ he and his brother‚ Robert‚ were captured by redcoats. During his imprisonment‚ a British officer requested his boots to be shined by Jackson. Jackson refused and the redcoat took out his saber and slashed Jackson’s face and hands leaving
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Lincoln views on ending the slaves was very conservative because he believes in the compensated emancipation to change the revolution. Lincoln had a strong opinion about changing the politics to transform people social life in. Lincoln was “the greatest social and political revolution of the age.” (McPherson) Because of Lincoln released the emancipation proclamation in which he declares the slaves free‚ it has cause to start a Civil War with an outcome of three different point of view whereas in
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Louis XIV: The Greatest King of France Shadi Zaker Ms. Piperias CHY 4U1 Tuesday December 17th‚ 2013 A country like France has developed over many years and continues to flourish. French history is well known to countless people for the reason being the famous blood line of the Louis’. France had a total of seventeen King Louis that ruled France at one point. The controversy of which king was the greatest could still exist to this day. Who was the greatest king of France
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A Millennial‚ by definition‚ is a person born in the 1980s or 1990s (“Millennial”). In his article “The New Greatest Generation‚” TIME journalist Joel Stein discusses the myths on Millennials and the truth of their generation; as well as compare himself to Millennials to prove that they are the generation that could do great things. Stein argues his point that Millennials will be the generation to cash in on the technology that has come to light in the last twenty years. Through his use of conversational
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Pat Buckley February 21‚ 2013 John Bartram: America’s Greatest Natural Botanist Early Life: 1. Born in 1699 near Darby‚ PA. 2. Had not received much formal school growing up. 3. Had self-taught himself growing up. 4. Quaker upbringing‚ which consisted of emphasis on empiricism and methodical activity helped prepare him to study nature scientifically The Beginning of his Passion 1. Although only at a 4th grade level Bartram loved to read. With help of a tutor‚ he learned Latin
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defeated standing for high principle than to run by committing subterfuge‚”1 is a quote by Grover Cleveland‚ which personifies his morals‚ and that he will never compromise them just for victory. Because of this and other reasons Grover Cleveland is the greatest president that America can boast when nerds get together to talk about great leaders in history. Unfortunately‚ except among Libertarians‚ Grover Cleveland is only known today for being the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. He was
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Greatest Contribution of The third Republic of the Philippine Presidents Manuel A. Roxas First presidentf the Republic of the Philippines. A lawyer‚ he began his political career in 1917. An advocate for Philippine independence from the U.S.‚ he was a member of the convention that drew up a constitution under the revised Philippine Independence and Commonwealth Act (Tydings-McDuffie Act; 1934). He collaborated with the pro-Japanese administration during World War II but was defended in postwar
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