The fictional two-hundred paged book Gossip Girl is written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The book was published in May of 2002. The setting of this story is taken place in New York City’s Upper East Side during the fall in 2001. The story begins with Blair Waldorf attending a party at her house with her friends Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates. Soon after‚ Blair sneaks away from the party to her bedroom in order to have sex with her boyfriend‚ Nate Archibald. However‚ they are interrupted
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During his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention‚ Barack Obama introduced himself as a skinny kid with a funny name. The rising star of Illinois politics was elected to the U.S. Senate three months later. His delivery‚ using rhetoric‚ was full of fervid sentiment that reminds us of what we love about the United States of America. His passionate speech inspired Americans to renew their faith in their country and persist their individual dreams and yet still come together as one
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October 20th‚ 2012 Analyse the successes and failures of Bismarck’s domestic policies after 1871 Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) served as Imperial Chancellor after the German Unification and influenced European diplomacy until his resignation in 1890. His concentration on foreign affairs limited his ‘rule at home’. The extent to which his domestic policies were successful or not is debatable by historians as by the end of his career ‘he found himself out of sympathy with the Pan-German enthusiasm
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Je Chul Escobar August 28‚ 2013 4th Block World History DBQ Buddhism‚ originated in India‚ was brought to China by the first century C.E. During 220 C.E. - 570 C.E. Buddhist influence expanded but was also questioned. Buddhism’s structure was the preaching of the “Four Noble Truths” which spoke about the truth of sorrows. It spoke of Buddhas teachings and how he over looked the ways of life; Sorrow of life. No gratification if nothing is fulfilled‚ which the desire for fulfillment arises
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The Red Baron The Pilot Manfred von Richthofen‚ known as “The Red Baron‚” was a renowned fighter pilot in the German Imperial Army Air Service during the Great War. Born on May 2‚ 1892‚ in Breslau‚ German Empire (now Wroclaw‚ Poland)‚ he received his education at the Wahlstatt Cadet School in Berlin‚ and later at the Senior Cadet Academy at Lichterfelde. Following in his father’s footsteps‚ Manfred went on to the Berlin War Academy‚ and joined an Uhlan Cavalry Unit in the army. At the start of the
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Physics Paper Otto Von Guericke‚ born November 20‚ 1601 in Madgeburg‚ Germany. He is one of the most famous scientists of all time. In 1650 he invented a “vacuum pump” it consisted of a piston and an air gun cylinder. Attached to the cylinder were two- way flaps that were designed to pull air out of whatever it would have been connected to. He used it to investigate the properties of the vacuum in a lot of his experiments. He also demonstrated the force of air pressure with extreme and dramatic
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Explain The Importance Of Von Papen’s Role In Hitler’s Rise To Power Hitler came to power not only by winning seats in the Reichstag but also from the unconscious help of Von Papen and his efforts to stay in power for as long as he could. President Hindenburg aimed to keep Hitler out of power for as long as possible because he knew what Hitler was capable of and what he could do to Germany. He therefore appointed Bruning but as he had less votes and seats than Hitler Bruning relied on decree
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Resumé I denne projektrapport foretages en analyse af filmen Dogville‚ 2003‚ instrueret af Lars von Trier. Ved premieren og i den debat‚ filmen vakte‚ blev den karakteriseret som anti-amerikansk‚ moralsk‚ religiøs m.m. Projektet er udarbejdet ud fra den tese‚ at Dogville er en film med en meget kompleks form‚ hvilket gør det svært at tage den til indtægt for bestemte holdninger. I analysen undersøges denne tese‚ og i diskussionen holdes filmens form op imod dens indhold. Rapporten konkluderer‚ at
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Desires Joseph von Eichendorff is seen as one of the most famous poets of the German romanticism. Eichendorff composed many poems about his desires‚ the romantic world of joy‚ the simple intimacy‚ and the experience of nature as a way to God to create a mental antithesis to his violent affected military life. In this manner‚ his poem “Moonlight Night”‚ written in 1837‚ reflects his desires and his closeness to nature and to God. The speaker of the poem describes his feelings and impressions of
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birth of the Space Race commenced long before the Cold War tensions began to rise. In the 1920’s Wernher Von Braun was a German teenager who dreamed of designing and creating rockets capable of reaching outer space. He spent his high school years participating in “Verein für Raumschiffahrt (Society for Space Travel)‚ which conducted experiments with liquid fuel rockets.” Following high school Von Braun joined the Nazi Party who capitalized on his expertise with aerospace engineering. He became a leader
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