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    Disney held the record for most Academy Awards for introducing several developments in productions. Disney‚ known as a revolutionary figure both in the cinematic world and among people worldwide‚ changed the face of film and animation‚ brought imagination to reality‚ and shared his love and ideas with millions of people around the world. One of his biggest contributions‚ and one that still continues to astonish the film industries today‚ is his revolutionary improvements to the use of cel animation

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    Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt is the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She is one of the most powerful women in the world. Eleanor dramatically changed the role of the first lady. She did not just content to stay in the background and handle domestic matters‚ she showed the world that the first lady was an important part of American politics. She was a leader in her own right and involved in numerous humanitarian causes throughout her life. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in a political

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    CHANGE YOURSELF‚ TO CHANGE YOUR WORLD Often times I hear people say “if I am in his position or status‚ I will do better and change things for good”. This statement is made when people feel that their boss (es)‚ employers‚ leaders and government officials are not performing or living up to expectation. They expect so much from these people and get less than they thought or envisaged. There is this axiom that says “you cannot give or offer something that you don’t have”. The gross indiscipline

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    to learn at his dream school. He spent most of his free time pumping iron‚ so much so that he became the size of the world’s strongest man‚ The Mountain. He could barely turn his head due to the size of his shoulders and when he sneezed‚ the whole world shook! One day‚ Forrest changed his mind about weight lifting and slowly shrank to the size of a 12-year-old boy. His skin was so stretched out from weight lifting that he could spread his arms and legs to look like a flying

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    Melody is your classmate who will be attending the “twc” course next semester. She is all excited about the class‚ “finally‚ I will learn to create a radical invention like the iPod. Only radical inventions are successful and worthy of commercialization. I can then make lots of money along the way and become rich.” Do you agree with this comment? Which part do you agree with and which don’t you? Why and why not? Give examples to support ur ans. First of all‚ the iPod is not a radical innovation

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    Malcolm X changed the world with his fight with the civil rights movement and the Islam religion. The civil right movement was the fight for African Americans to have equal access to opportunities as does any other U.S citizen. He was also an important leader to the Islamic culture. He became one of the most well known and influential human rights activists in history. Malcolm Little was born on May 19th 192 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. Malcolm’s mother‚ Louise Norton Little worked from home to support her

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    How basketball changed my life. There are a lot of sports in the world that people love‚ but for me the sport that excites me the most is the beauty of watching a basketball swish through the net. Basketball has been my favorite sport ever since I was a baby. Basketball has help me in life and also made me a more successful person on and off the basketball court. First off‚ my dad would always say the word “Work ethic”‚ when he would talk basketball to me. My dad would say “you got to have work ethic

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    Industrial-Technological Revolutions: I – Subsistence farming Manufacturing (Division of labor) II – Mass production (Rise of machines) III – Services & information (Artificial intelligence) Industrial Revolution I - 18th – 19th century (1750~1850) - Steam engines Pumps for coal mines - Manufacturing Division of labor Specialization Increase efficiency ‘Cottage industries’ KIV: Trading - Train transport (e.g. Steam train)‚ heavy industries - Rise of the middle classes Political

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    learning how to properly cook‚ playing a game of basketball and

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    In basketball‚ always dribble with your head up. No‚ this is not something I learned from one of my coaches or any of my teammates. This is one of the many lessons I learned from a young African refugee. It began on a snowy day‚ peering through my frost bitten window at the basketball hoop across the street. Amongst the falling snow there was someone I had never seen before with a basketball in his hand and a smile wider than I thought the blistering cold would allow. At first‚ I was hesitant to

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