After doing some research about the history of architecture in Portland‚ I found out that the city owes a significant part of its architecture to Pietro Belluschi‚ an Italian born architect that is also considered to be a key figure in “Modern Architecture”. Pietro Belluschi’s works are all over the Portland; the famous Commonwealth Building‚ Portland Art Museum‚ Zion Lutheran Church and many other building projects are all part of his legacy. Knowing that Belluschi was a leader in modern architecture
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The Constitution of the United States of America was officially ratified in 1788. Since the Constitution has been ratified there has been 44 Presidents. The first three Presidents of the United States are George Washington‚ John Adams‚ and Thomas Jefferson. All three of these men are quite significant political figures in our nations history. However‚ George Washington‚ without question‚ had the most significant impact on America and his influence is still felt today. George Washington set many precedents
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Brute force and pure strength do not win battles. Archimedes‚ a Greek genius proved that to be true by winning many battles despite not being the best strategist or having the best army; building and inventing war machines led him to his victory. Archimedes’ inventions have completely altered the way warfare was fought. Firstly‚ to defend the Romans off when Syracuse was fighting the Second Punic war‚ Archimedes invented war machines that were effective and required significantly lesser amount of
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It has been over 200 years since the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven‚ but his music is alive and excites millions of people‚ almost as if it was created by our contemporary. Anyone who is even slightly acquainted with Beethoven`s biography and musical legacy‚ cannot help but fall in love with pieces of music of this composer. Between high ideals praise in his musical works and his life‚ there was no single abruption. Beethoven’s life is an example of courage and persistent struggle against life’s obstacles
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni better known as Michelangelo was a world renowned painter‚ poet‚ sculptor‚ and architect. Michelangelo was born March 6‚ 1475‚ Caprese‚ Republic of Florence‚ Italy and died February 18‚ 1564‚ Rome. Michelangelo was still very young when his mother had become ill and died. When he became old enough he was put in to school‚ but Michelangelo’s father soon realized that he had no interest. So‚ at the age of 13 Michelangelo’s father took him as an apprentice
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Jonathan Arias // 6th Period The Addams Family Research Project The Addams Family Broadway musical was inspired by the characters created by Charles Addams. The Broadway musical is the first and only musical about the Addams Family; it features all the characters from the TV show and the two movies‚ however the musical is not just an adaptation of the show or movies it is a completely new story! The story centers around Wednesday and her coming of age. The whole family takes part i
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England‚ believe that there has always been only one queen to stand above all the rest. Under her rule Britain began to gain strength because her policies laid the groundwork for the future rulers to build upon. Queen Elizabeth l has made many accomplishments during her reign. Queen Elizabeth was immensely popular Queen. She is still one of the best-loved monarchs‚ and one of the most admired rulers of all
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York: Palgrave Macmillan‚ 2012. Print. While much is known about Sir Thomas More and his accomplishments‚ less is known pertaining to his wives and their stories. A lot of what is known and accepted has come from various biographers of Sir Thomas More’s life‚ as well as different letters and writings from More and his various acquaintances. More recent biographies have begun to clean the names of Jane and Alice More. Renaissance biographers like William Roper and Nicholas Harpsfield criticized
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According to Biography.com‚ “Stephen King is a ‘New York Times’-bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like ‘Carrie‚’ ‘The Shining‚’ and ‘IT.’” From the time Stephen was born‚ he has stood out as a miracle‚ not only to his family but to the fans of literature worldwide. Stephen King’s life may seem luxurious because he can satisfy all of his family’s dreams‚ but it was an extensive‚ troubling road that brought him to his current destination. Although his
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Harvard and made his third accomplishment‚ which was building Microsoft. Gates came of age in a time of innovation and creative thinking. During that era‚ technology was still at the brink of evolution; therefore no hardware or software yet set the standard. Few knew about computers and most of them were kids like Gates. Gates took advantage of his opportunity to fulfill his childhood joy of computer game play and became an expert programmer. Bill Gates’s accomplishments influence us widely at work
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