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    form of the language. Major historical events occurred which resulted in the change of English‚ also creating many varieties of the English language‚ and how it is used in the world today. In around A.D 450 – 480 a British intruder dropped a medallion around Suffolk. Almost 1‚000 years later‚ in 1982‚ it was found and it had the sentence “ This she-man is a reward to my kinsman” inscribed on it. This is the first written record in the English language. It was around the time of the Anglo-Saxons

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    Navajo Code Talkers

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    April 10‚ 2012 “Navajo” Code Talkers - Research Paper Navajo Code Talkers During War World II‚ the United States needed a secure and immediate way to transmit messages and communicate by telephone and radio in a code that could not be broken by the Japanese. Cryptography is the science or study of writing or solving codes; which made this war effort difficult to accomplish. America succeeded this goal with a code that was not based on any type of science‚ mathematics‚ or substitutions‚ but on

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    tea act‚ and the intolerable act. The final straw out of all of these acts was the tea act‚ because one thing all colonist drunk was tea‚ and to have prices raised highly on something they love led to the Boston tea party where colonist dressed as Mohawks‚ went to the Boston harbor and boarded the ship so they could dump all the tea on the boat into the water. Before this was done colonist wanted direct representation instead of virtual representation. They started “the No taxation without representations”

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    1960’s Mod subculture Mary Quant The most important thing for one who works in fashion industry is to notice and observe social and cultural movements. Because fashion is a lifestyle that contains travel‚ communication‚ clothing‚ language‚ manners‚ food‚ our thinking and the way we look at various things. It reaches far beyond clothes and connects different cultures to give an opportunity to choose how to live our lives. For all the designers‚ marketers‚ retailers and anyone who works in fashion

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    me. Spring semester of 2012‚ my second period class was Latin I. There‚ siting in the back of the classroom‚ was a boy my age who I now consider to be one of my greatest friends. His name was Jeff‚ he was very tall‚ 6’5”‚ he a blue‚ loosely gelled Mohawk‚ and he always seemed to be writing on his computer. One day‚ our Latin teacher had partnered me with Jeff. As we were working on the project together‚ I asked him what he was writing. He replied “I’m writing a My Little Pony fanfic called My Little

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    We all know that the Boston Tea Party was the major turning point in in the American history‚ but do we really understand what happened and why it was so important? I tend to show the importance in the facts of what happened that night on December 16‚ 1773‚ and what lead up to The Boston Tea Party and some facts that people may not know about the Boston Tea Party. So‚ let’s explore our facts that I found from my research. We first need to know what lead to the Boston Tea Party. In December 1600

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    Wiccan tools – Pendulums There are dozens of divination methods that people use to access Divine guidance‚ many of them requiring a few tools at least. Pendulums have been used for centuries as a means of finding out questions and catching glimpses of the future. As one of the quickest ways to perform divination‚ the use of a pendulum is a popular method of divining and dowsing‚ so it’s not uncommon that I encounter a person who simply picks up a pendulum‚ demands an answer to a question and then

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    fashion show. I wore a brown guess shirt‚ blue guess jeans with patches on the front‚ and blue mix Bally Marina’s. My hair appeared to be cut into a long bob that landed near my shoulders. I was not very big on jewelry or makeup‚ so I wore a gold medallion name plate with gold hoop earrings‚ neutral lipstick‚ and earth tone eye shadow. With the judge’s final decision‚ I won second place titled 1989 “Best Dressed.” At the age of eighteen‚ I got my first job making my own money. I got approved for credit

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    In both Jazz and Sula by Toni Morrison‚ the question of what defines a person is constantly asked. The way in which Morrison poses the question to the reader‚ however‚ changes drastically between the two works. Sula is Morrison’s second novel‚ and because of this‚ shows a more experimental and varied approach to the idea of identity‚ like she is trying to figure out exactly what she thinks. Jazz‚ on the other hand‚ while dealing with very abstract concepts‚ grapples with its ideas in a more focused

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    The American revolution happened 200+ years ago‚and still reflects on modern day sentiments; to a certain extent. After breaking away from a Britain‚ America rethought how they wanted to govern themselves‚ at first choosing a “weak” central government with strong state governments‚ and then moved into a strong centralized government with lesser powerful state governments. Women‚ slaves‚ and those loyal to Great Britain (Loyalists) experienced a lovely amount of change in the society at that time

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