to Florence after his exile‚ the structure of government changed. Cosimo exiled the Albizzi family and their supporters. Additionally‚ Cosimo went on to burn the names of nametags that were in the bags. Cosimo replaces the burnt names with his supporters. This was a significant act by Cosimo because he now ensures that no one will oppose him in government. The accoppiatori is composed of only ten names from Cosimo’s supporters. This changed the process of previously choosing from thousands of names
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September 11th‚ 2001 has changed and defined American foreign policy for the past two decades. Enemies of the United States are no longer only other nations‚ but also terrorist groups‚ which operate transnationally and even between continents. On the night of September 11th‚ in the aftermath of the deadliest terror attack the world has seen‚ former President George W. Bush and his War Cabinet officially declared the start of the “War on Terror”. Bush would say on September 19th‚ 2001‚ The message
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1970’s to 2000’s – Has Life Changed in the United States? It is important to learn from our history and draw the right conclusions from our past. As George Steiner once said‚ “Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and archive mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity‚ of regress or new achievement‚ against that past.” (Web) However‚ while each historical era may mirror itself on the past‚ we can’t assume that what we are facing
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someone has said mean or hurtful things‚ 42%of kids have been bullied while onlike.90%of middle school student have had there feeling hurt online‚ 35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly one in five had had it happen more than once. 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mails or other messages. 58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online. 43% of U.S. teens having experienced some form of cyber-bullying in the past year. 35%
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Year-Round Schooling Why were schools traditionally set up to give students the summer off? When schools started mostly all of students came from a farming family‚ and they needed to be out of school to help on the farm. Many people know that there are not as many students coming from farming families today‚ so why do most schools still operate on this schedule? While some parents believe that year-round schooling decreases family time and causes student burn out‚ in reality frequent breaks provided
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How the value of dollar is vaporized Throughout the history of currency‚ the true value of money has always been changing. Even today‚ the value of dollar is changing every day. It is hard to define the value of money‚ for economists‚ they may use gold/silver standard to value money; but in order to be closer to everyday life‚ I will use “milk” as a rule for measuring the purchasing power of money. Milk as an agricultural product‚ its production does not affect by the improvement of technology
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Why the past should not be glorified We should not preserve the past‚ we should look to the future. We are living in the modern era‚ where people are practical and realistic‚ optimistic that new inventions and discoveries will improve their lives. For most‚ it would be plain foolishness if one were to be so mindful about the past‚ when instead‚ one should invest his time and thought into building a better and more meaningful life in the future. Ironically‚ in the midst of their “pragmatic” judgement
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disaster has just been witnessed! Have you ever heard of the Hindenburg? Well‚ if so‚ you might know that it was a giant blimp that was filled with hydrogen. The Hindenburg was a hydrogen filled German airship. Something went wrong with one of the diesel engines‚ and it produced a spark that changed the world forever. Maybe you have heard that the main reason we learn history is so we do not repeat it in the future. Well‚ this is one of those situations‚ and hear are three reasons it changed the world
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During the revision of my poems many elements were changed. This included the length‚structure‚diction‚ opening and closing. All my poems got longer; most of them substantially. All of my poems grew by at least one stanza. This was not at all intentional as I feel poems should just be as long as the creator deems necessary; assuming they don’t need to meet specific criteria. This is what differentiates a poem from a song. Most songs are edited and manipulated to fit in the 3 - minute time slot radio
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Australia Australia has changed a lot in the last 250 years. Before 1788 there were around 250 languages spoken in Australia and a population of 750 000. Many of the 250 languages were spoken by the indigenous people in Australia but many of the languages died out as the indigenous people were murdered and became fewer and fewer. When the English people came to Australia with the first fleet which consisted of 11 ships in 1788 the indigenous people were killed and suppressed by the English people
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