she became associated with the International Red Cross (now Red Cross and Red Crescent)‚ and after her return to the United States in 1873 she campaigned vigorously and effectively for that country to sign the Geneva Convention.” Barton risked her life to bring supplies and support to soldiers in the field during the Civil War‚ and her successes didn’t halt there. Age was only a number of Barton‚ and no matter what time brought her‚ she brought them in with open
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diligent work in all of my prior years of schooling. There has not been an instant in my educational career where I have not put in full effort towards my ongoing goal to gain the most amount of knowledge and to apply it to every possible aspect of my life. I have always been in honors courses and I have worked my way up to AP courses at every opportunity that I have been exposed to. I know that I possess the work ethic necessary to fully take advantage of the Honors College and I enjoy taking part in
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Its funny to think about what your life is supposed to be we all have a purpose. Life is like checkers you have to jump over some obstacles to get to your destination. 20 years ago Jaylen Davis graduated from AMDA‚ who knew it would be the start of his career and most importantly his legacy. His name his family and his career depended on how hard he worked not only as an artist but as a man. Many things may have been said about this man about how lucky he got it how he is a one hit wonder but this
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The 1920s‚ also known as the Roaring Twenties‚ was a time period full of decadent parties and an abundance of hope and reform. The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ described this time period in New York directly following World War I. It portrays the exciting social and economic changes that came with the 1920s through a complicated love story that eventually leads to a bitter end to an American Dream. He uses his writing throughout the novel to evaluate the lifestyle of the 1920s.
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as the troops under his command make him” General Douglas MacArthur‚ a five-star general‚ proved his own statement to be true. By the end of his career Douglas Macarthur was the most successful general of that time‚ the upbringing‚ personality and life events Douglas MacArthur resulted in the creation of an American legend. With his high sense of duty and responsibility the general was the military figure and hero America needed. MacArthur was what some people called an aggressive man who was very
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school reverted to its original program a year later. Chamberlain also tried to modify student behavior by having students participate in mandatory‚ in-uniform military drills which were later rebelled against and forgotten. In Chamberlain’s later life‚ after his services to the college and state‚ he moved to Portland Maine. While in Portland Chamberlain served as surveyor of the port and began investing in Florida real estate. Chamberlain also started writing about his civil war experiences. Chamberlain’s
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His father had a construction business that Trump helped with over the summers as a young boy. His brother Fred Jr. wanted to be a pilot but ended up being an alcoholic and passing away at forty-three years old. “I never had a glass of alcohol in my life‚” Trump said in a CNN interview‚ citing Fred’s experiences as to why he never drank ("Donald Trump’s Early Years from Trouble-making Teen to Military School Star."). His mother was an immigrant but with an occupation that was a maid or domestic. Frederick
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Johannes Kepler was born December 27‚ 1571. He was a German mathematician‚ astronomer‚ astrologer‚ and a key figure in the seventeenth century. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion. He believed that God had created the world according to an intelligible plan that through the natural light of reason. Kepler’s first major astronomical work‚ Mysterium Cosmographicum‚ was the first published defense of the Copernican system. On July nineteenth 1595 he had an epiphany. He realized
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Douglas Mcarthur who commanded the Southwest Pacific World War II‚ an American general supervised the success of the Allied Occupation of Japan after the war‚ led to the United Nations forces in the Korean War. A more than life‚ a controversial figure‚ Mcarthur’s talent‚ frank‚ many‚ selfish eyes. He graduated from the United States Military Academy‚ graduated from West Point 1903‚ to help the first World War (1914-1918) period‚ led the forty-second division in France. He continued to serve as chief
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There are several goals I have set for myself in college; I aspire to make the dean’s-list in all the years I attend college‚ I anticipate participating in a minimum of two organizations which can get me more absorbed in the community‚ and finally‚ I want to become involved with the student body‚ and attend as many school sponsored events as I can. In my junior year‚ when I heard I made the honor roll at my high school‚ I was overcome with a feeling of fulfillment. This was the first time I had made
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