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    John Oliver

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    why the press is losing their independence‚ their works are considered more biased‚ and people believe that they have become more affiliated with special interest groups. That are‚ dilemmas‚ which can be foreseen‚ but are actually hard to avoid. John Oliver‚ Last Week Tonight’s host‚ in the episode “Journalism‚” offered some informative insights about why corporations are taking more control of media companies‚ TV channels‚ and newspapers; and the reason why coverage on Government activities are

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    John Keats

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    This landmark biography of celebrated Romantic poet John Keats explodes entrenched conceptions of him as a delicate‚ overly sensitive‚ tragic figure. Instead‚ Nicholas Roe reveals the real flesh-and-blood poet: a passionate man driven by ambition but prey to doubt‚ suspicion‚ and jealousy; sure of his vocation while bitterly resentful of the obstacles that blighted his career; devoured by sexual desire and frustration; and in thrall to alcohol and opium. Through unparalleled original research‚ Roe

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    John Brown

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    John Brown as a "Martyr” A martyr is defined as a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief‚ principle‚ or cause. To many people back in eighteen fifty-nine‚ this defined a man named John Brown in many ways. John Brown was a devoted abolitionist who had been important in the conflict of slavery in Kansas. In October of eighteen fifty-nine‚ Brown led an interracial group of men who took over a federal arsenal in Harper’s Ferry‚ Virginia‚ hoping to spark a slave

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    John Keats

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    B. What kind of education did this person receive? Early Life  John Keats was born on 31 October 1795 to Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats. Keats and his family seemed to have marked his birthday on 29 October‚ however baptism records give the birth date as the 31st. He was the eldest of four surviving children; George (1797–1841)‚ Thomas (1799–1818) and Frances Mary "Fanny" (1803–1889). Another son was lost in infancy. John was born in central London although there is no clear evidence of the

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    John Dryden

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    A detailed critical appreciation of Lines 543-68 of Dryden’s poem Absalom and Achitophel‚ considering the characteristics of Dryden as a poet. This passage of Dryden’s 1681 satirical and allegorical poem‚ Absalom and Achitophel‚ offers a detailed description of George Villiers‚ Duke of Buckingham coded as Zimri. It is important to have an understanding of the political context of this passage in order to fully appreciate Dryden’s biting satire. Buckingham was a powerful political statesman

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    John Lennon

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    Lennon was born in war-time England‚ on 9 October 1940 at Liverpool Maternity Hospital to Julia and Alfred Lennon‚ a merchant seaman of Irish descent‚ who was away at the time of his son’s birth.His parents named him John Winston Lennon after his paternal grandfather‚ John "Jack" Lennon‚ and then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill.His father was often away from home but sent regular pay cheques to 9 Newcastle Road‚ Liverpool‚ where Lennon lived with his mother‚but the cheques stopped when he went absent

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    Elton John

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    Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer‚ composer and pianist. In his four-decade career‚ John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music‚ especially during the 1970s. He has sold more than 250 million albums[citation needed] and over one hundred million singles‚[3] making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive #1 U.S. albums‚ 59 Top

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    John Dewey

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    John Dewey’s Philosophy on Education Elisia Lucina Lake University of St. Martin Abstract For John Dewey‚ education and democracy are intimately connected. According to Dewey good education should have both a societal purpose and purpose for the individual student. For Dewey‚ the long-term matters‚ but so does the short-term quality of an educational experience. Dewey criticizes traditional education for lacking in holistic understanding of students and designing curricula overly focused on

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    John Fowles

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    John Fowles (1926-2005) innovative British novelist‚ author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) and other allusive‚ archetypal stories that address the collision between individual psychology and social convention. John Fowles was born in Leigh-on-Sea‚ England‚ a middle-class suburb of London. He attended the Bedford School and the University of Edinburgh‚ then studied French at New College at Oxford. After serving in the Royal Marines from 1945 to 1946‚ Fowles taught at schools in London

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    John Masefield

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    John Masefield Masefield was born in led bury‚ Herefordshire. When Masefield was only six‚ his mother died giving birth to his younger sister. He ended up living with his aunt because his father died after mental break down. Masefield was really unhappy through his high school years due to the unexpected deaths of his parents. After an emotional education at the kings school in Warwick he was a boarded between 1888 and 1891‚ he left to board the HMS Conway‚ both to train for a life at sea and to

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