Marie Curie: A Pioneering Physicist Aspirations come from hopes and dreams only a dedicated person can conjure up. They can range from passing the third grade to making the local high school football team. Marie Curie’s aspirations‚ however‚ were much greater. Life in late 19th century Poland was rough. Being a female in those days wasn’t a walk in the park either. Marie Curie is recognized in history by the name she took in her adopted country‚ France. Born in Poland in 1867
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Arturo benitez Period: 3 Date: 2/4/14 Why We Should Not Do Drugs? Thousands of young men have wasted their lives because of illegal drugs in the world. They were mostly victims of a bad influence‚ a broken-home family‚ of ignorance‚ or curiosity. The key reasons why people shouldn’t do drugs are that drugs are bad for your body‚ they ruin your life‚ and they cause addiction. First‚ drugs affect your body in many permanent ways like brain damage‚ heart problems‚ and hallucinations. Brain damage
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Marie Curie How were the elements of the periodic table discovered? Who discovered them? These are questions that some people may ask. Marie Curie and her husband‚ Pierre Curie‚ were two scientists that discovered two elements of the periodic table‚ polonium and radium. She and her husband worked all of their lives to understand radium and radioactivity. When something is radioactive‚ it produces radiation‚ which is moving subatomic particles.The interesting thing is‚ that radium‚ what Marie Curie
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Marie and Meursault: Meant to Be or Want to Be? “It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over‚ that Mamam was buried now‚ that I was going back to work and that really‚ nothing had changed.”(1.1.15) These are some of the words that ran through Meursault’s mind after his mother’s death. He was very isolated from her so he felt as if nothing had changed. He was not the most outgoing person but the same cannot be said about his love interest‚ Marie. Throughout the novel‚ The Stranger‚ Meursault
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Queen Marie Antoinette A young girl‚ whose love was used to mend two countries together‚ stripped of her true self and molded into the ideal‚ pristine French Woman. Marie Antoinette was by far the most hated queen of France that ever lived. During her reign she was unmercifully associated with scandal‚ and very often blamed for the revolution. Although she was despised‚ she held herself on a high pedestal by dressing extravagantly and in ways‚ used her clothing to make statements about her wealth
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Marie Antoinette‚ was she the careless women that said to the citizens of her country “Let them eat cake?” While they were starving to death in the streets‚ or was she a woman trying her best to keep her life in order during a great crisis? Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France during the French Revolution‚ and her entire life was being changed in front of her eyes. She had an extremely posh lifestyle‚ one full of the amenities that you would expect a Queen to have‚ and she was desperate to
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our names known years from now. In the case of Marie Antoinette‚ her legacy has lived well beyond her time. Though‚ some believe she was a horrendous person‚ others seem to think she was a respectible queen‚ and overall a good person. She is famously known for the ignorant comment said to be made when she was informed that the peasants had no bread‚ "Let them eat cake". By many she is perceived in a negative manner‚ just as she was when she lived. Marie has been the subject of much historical debate
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SUMMARY OF GORE VIDAL’S ESSAY—DRUGS: CASE FOR LEGALIZING DRUGS In an article entitled “Drugs: Case for legalizing Drugs” by Gore Vidal‚ Gore Vidal makes a case for legalizing drugs in the United States. In his essay‚ he declared to the world that to stop drug addiction in the United States‚ the government should “simply make all drugs available and sell them at a cost”. He explains why making drugs illegal does not stop drug use and trafficking. He explains that he himself has tried everything
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Drugs Addiction Miami Beach Senior High Ashley Gonzalez Ms. Cooper/Mr.Sussman English II-Period Three 06 March 2013 Drugs Addiction Topic and Thesis Statement Miami Beach Senior High Topic: Drugs Thesis Statement: In an examination of drugs I will discuss causes of this disease/or social dilemma. I will also discuss the effect of drugs on individuals‚ families and society.
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Marie-Laure had always been curious and questioned what ordinary people did. “‘Why not‚’ she asks‚ ‘just take the diamond and throw it into the sea?’” (pg. 23). When she went blind however‚ even small tasks seemed daunting‚ and her father had to help her regain her courage. The Nazi’s invasion of France forces her to use that courage and not lose her mind in a seemingly difficult situation. “‘You did well‚ Marie-Laure. I’m proud.’” (pg. 117) says her father as they evacuate the city. Upon reaching
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