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    The Leader of Not so Many Words Going into his tenth season as Head Coach for the New England Patriots‚ Bill Belichick holds one of the best records in NFL history. Born on April 16‚ 1952 in Nashville‚ TN Belichick has been with the National Football League for over thirty years. The mysterious head coach was raised in Annapolis‚ MD where his father Steve was a The Navel Academy football coach for thirty- three years. A high school graduate of Annapolis High‚ Bill went on to Phillips Academy

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    Emily McDonald Shop on the Main Street shot list 1. 1:32:22 – 1:32:35 Shot starts with wide shot of Tono lighting a match in a dark room. Mrs. Lautmannova is asleep on the bed right next to him. He begins to shake her awake calling her name. She awakes‚ startled and asks who it is as she turns and reaches for the light. 2. 1:32:35 – 1:32:39 Wide shot from slightly behind Mrs. Lautmannova. Tono urgently tells her‚ while she is sitting up in bed‚ that he has come to warn her. 3. 1:32:39 – 1:32:42

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    The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001‚ Congress sprang into action. Within a month‚ U.S. lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the USA Patriot Act of 2001‚ giving law enforcement and intelligence agent’s broader authority to fight terrorists operating in the United States. Q. What are the major provisions of the Patriot Act Signed into law by the President on October 26‚ the Patriot Act is designed to fight terrorism on

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    The USA Patriot Act of 2001 is a controversial public policy‚ which greatly undermines the civil liberties and constitutional freedom of the American people. This essay will moved from an overview of the USA Patriot Act to a review of the critical literature regarding the importance of the Act to the safety of Americans and shows how the Act violates the civil rights and liberties of citizens and noncitizens alike. After presenting sufficient evidence that the Patriot Act violates many of the basic

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    this generation cannot do anything without the government having planned it already or them watching what the citizens are doing. The government invades the privacy of the people. Our government recently used the Patriot Act as a way to invade the privacy of many people. The USA PATRIOT Act is a law ratified by the government under George W Bush on October 26th 2001. This law stood for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.

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    As an American‚ every citizen is entitled to the rights stated in the Constitution. The Constitution ensured citizens would have guaranteed freedoms which are protected by the government. Derived from John Locke and the Social Contract‚ Thomas Jefferson established the idea of popular sovereignty and constructed a government so all men are created equal. Therefore‚ as a nation‚ the source of all power is the people. Also‚ because the United States is a republic‚ the people may not run the government

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    Martin Luther King: Civil Rights Patriot Nearly three centuries ago‚ African slaves were brought to the New World and put into slavery. They were treated more cruelly in the United States than in any other country that had ever practiced slavery‚ and ever since its prohibition‚ African-Americans have fought oppression. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ would aid immensely in this fight. He was born in Atlanta Georgia in 1929. His father‚ Martin Luther King Sr. Was a Baptist minister and also preached for

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    sides when the war started‚ the Patriots‚ the Loyalists‚ and the Fence-Sitters. The American Revolution was as much a civil war as it was a war against a foreign nation (Tindall‚ Shi 236). The Patriots and Loyalists both lived in the American colonies but often found themselves in conflict with each other‚ and that is why it can be considered a civil war. The American Revolution was a time of change‚ and two sides stood up for what they believed in. Patriots and Loyalists

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    Mountain Major Ferguson of the Loyalist Militia was tasked with raising and organizing Loyalist units from the backcountry of South Carolina to help prtotect the British General Cornwallis. Ferguson gathered a few Tory units and marched towards Gilbert Town‚ North Carolina‚ where he set up a base camp. He issued a command to the opposition forces to lay down their weapons. If they refused he stated he would‚ "lay waste to their country with fire and sword." Patriot militia leaders John Sevier and

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    three ways you could go‚ loyalistpatriot‚ and neutralist. A loyalist was a person who was still committed to Britain‚ they were the majority at the beginning of the war and the minority near the end. A patriot was a person who was united with the colonies and against Britain‚ they were mainly in the older colonies. Lastly‚ there was neutralists. These people were not for Britain or the patriots‚ they would rather there not be war‚ but didn’t care if there was. The loyalists were probably the most

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