beheading of King Louis XIV. As a concerned French citizen‚ I am baffled with these occurrences and I’m searching for answers as to what will be coming up for the future of our community. I fear that in this revolution we will loose ourselves the same way our previous king‚ Louis XVI‚ attempted to betray us. His execution was the right move‚ but will happen to us during this frightful time between all this mess of the revolution. In his selfish attempts to have safety and absolute power‚ Louis XVI‚ committed
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In the novel A Brave New World there are several things are abnormal and are frowned upon here on Earth‚ while these things are abnormal here in the novel these things are completely normal and that is just the way that things are done. One such example is shocking babies to train them‚ while on Earth this idea is taboo and highly frowned upon in the novel this is normal and the way that babies learn about how to do things. A second thing that is strange in A Brave New World would be the sexaphones
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Louis XIV is famous for his autocratic way to deal with outside strategy. In 1667‚ he propelled the attack of the Spanish Netherlands‚ regarding it his better half’s legitimate legacy. The War of Devolution‚ as the contention was named‚ kept going a year and finished when the French surrendered and gave the land back to Spain. France’s just victory was to possess a couple of towns in Flanders. Disappointed with the result‚ Louis XIV drew in his nation in the Franco-Dutch War from 1672 to 1678‚ amid
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Saint Louis Union Station The Saint Louis Union Station (Figure 1)‚ located on Market Street between the 18th Street and the 20th Street in downtown Saint Louis‚ was built in 1894 to be used as a train shed and transportation for travelers. This enabled the travelers to get around whether it is around St. Louis‚ around the United States‚ and even into Canada. The architect of the St. Louis Union Station is a German-American man named Theodore C. Link after he had won the design competition for
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Louis Zamperini was the son of Italian immigrants‚ was born in Olean‚ New York on January 26‚ 1917. By the time Louis could walk‚ he was already hurdling over fauna and furniture. After the age of 2 they moved to California for his father’s job. Anytime he was sat down in a chair he would bolt. Louis could not sit still to save his life‚ always getting into trouble‚ then ran away. When he got older he went off into the Olympics and was one of the fastest runners there. He never gave up on what
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Louis Kahn‚ born in 1901‚ was an American vastly known for his works as an architect. Alongside being an architect‚ he was an artist‚ teacher and to a certain extent a philosopher‚ some might label him as poet and one of the great thinkers of his time. Charles E. Dagit‚ Jr says ‘His was a genius that profoundly changed the course of architecture worldwide’. (Louis I. Kahn: Architect‚ 2013‚ page xi). Louis Kahn’s legacy began from an early age where in high school his teachers immediately noticed
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What Caused World War 2? World War 2 was the largest human conflict in history. Over seventy million people fought‚ sixty to eighty million people died in the struggle. Decreasing the world’s population by 3%. Many scholars and historians have argued the exact causes for WW2. Most people agree it can all be traced back to Adolf Hitler. Italy’s Mussolini can also be blamed too. In my opinion‚ World War 2 was started because of the rise of dictators in Germany‚ Italy‚ Russia and Japan and their want
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Louis Lowry is and American writer‚ she was born on March 20th 1937 in Honolulu Hawaii‚ her parents are Katherine Gordon and Robert E. Hammersberg. Louis was the middle child of three children. Her family lived all over the world because her father was and army dentist. She attended Brown University for two years before she married Donald Grey Lowry at age 19‚ they had four children daughters Alix and Kristin and sons Grey and Benjamin. Because of Donald’s career in the military they moved a lot
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Chanel McClay Dallas Armstrong‚ 63 yrs. old October 2nd‚ over the phone interview • Question 1: How do you view dance? Mr. Armstrong: Dance is..‚ something people get together to do as a hobby. Some people people dance for a variety of different reason. Me: Why do you dance? Mr. Armstrong: I dance to bring laughter to my friends and the people around me. Dance has a way of brightening up someones day. Yeah‚ it’s for exercise but it’s also to show self expression. I love to dance. I couldn’t imagine
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yourself until you’re tested. The book "Holes" by Louis Sachar tells a story of Stanley Yelnats‚ who happened to be under a curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather. Throughout the days in Camp Green Lake‚ he was able to discover the real history of his family. I enjoyed reading the adventures in this book even though the ending seems a bit unrealistic. In personal opinion‚ there were several different purposes of Louis Sachar writing this novel. First of all‚
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