Barbara Ann Scott I am honored to award Barbara Ann Scott the Canadian Athlete of Excellence in Performance Award today‚ recognizing the most outstanding person to lead many people to figure skating through her athleticism and overall excellence in performance‚ leading many people to figure skating. Scott was more than just a figure skating champion; she was one of the most sensational sporting celebrities ever to come out of Canada. Her magnificent performance on the ice drew the attention of
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Rough Draft The Jazz Age was the rave of the ‘20s and the main guy of it all was young Francis Scott Fitzgerald. In his life he experienced poverty‚ love‚ alcoholism‚ marriage‚ and economic loss. The story of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his greatest stories revealing his life is what the 1920s give us. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul‚ Minnesota into an Irish-Catholic family. His father‚ Edward Fitzgerald‚ was the owner of a furniture business in St. Paul. He soon then lost the job
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In his speech at Georgetown University‚ Bernie Sanders elucidated democratic socialism and painted his vision of a reformed America— an America that is economically equal; healthy; employed; educated; and‚ unified with Muslim nations against ISIS. Sanders’ speech highlighted pervasive social programs that accentuated the dire need of middle class Americans for economic security and equality. Sanders correlated his desire to redistribute wealth among the top 1 percent—the ruling class—and the middle
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Pretties is the second book in Scott Westerfeld Uglies trilogy. Tally Youngblood is back and is now a pretty. In Tally’s world everyone gets and operation at sixteen that makes them super model gorgeous. Tally now goes to parties all night and basically can do anything she wants‚ but leave the city. Tally’s fun lifestyle is abruptly changed when she is reminded of her past and is forced to remember things that she‚ and everyone else‚ would rather forget. Scott Westerfeld has an amazing ability to
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territories nullifying the Dred Scott Case. This was the most important day in US history for African Americans. This is because it helped blacks gain the rights they deserve. It also gave them rights they never thought they could achieve. This Court case of Scott vs. Sanford was a catalyst to riots‚ other court cases such as Brown vs. Board of Education‚ Rachel vs. Walker and many acts and amendments resulted from one mans wish to be free. Dred Scott was a slave to the Emerson
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During this paper I will confront the three most important things that I learned throughout the class. I will then discuss why Dred Scott had the greatest impact in shaping America and in shaping the future of the Supreme Court’s decisions. The first most important thing that I learned throughout the class was that just because the Supreme Court reached the right result does not mean that they did it through the proper means. An example of this is Miranda V Arizona. Once Miranda was decided
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I attended the teach in event with artist Dred Scott. I thought that this event was so remarkable. It definitely opened up my eyes to the ability of art to be revolutionary and to “propel history forward”. The artist focused on 3 of his work: the proper way to display the US flag‚ the wanted project‚ and the burning of the money on wall street. The project that he titled “the proper way to display a US flag” was fascinating to me. He spoke about how it lead to the senate voting to ban the display
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24‚ 1896 – December 21‚ 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories‚ whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age‚ a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.[1] Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise‚ The Beautiful and Damned‚ The Great Gatsby—his most famous—and Tender Is the Night. A fifth
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president. On the Democratic Party‚ Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are battling with debates on special events. They share their point of views to the crowd with how they would handle being president. One for example was the lead poisoning in Flint‚ Michigan. They had the actual citizens to discuss what happened. They both share several points together as candidates. Hillary Clinton shows political correctness when she shares facts about Bernie Sanders on how he engaged in an awful smear campaign
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“O‚ say can you see‚ by the dawns early light…” these are some of the words that made Francis Scott Key famous. When Francis Scott Key was a child‚ he lived on an estate called “Terra Rubra‚” in Maryland. After he graduated grammar school‚ he began to study law. After that he became famous‚ because he wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner .” Childhood Francis Scott Key was born August 1‚ 1779 and is the child of Ann Dagworthy (Charlton) and Capt. John Ross‚ he has one sibling and her name is Ann
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