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    The Lumber-Room

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    story revolves around a little orphan Nicholas who was trusted to his tyrannical and dull-witted aunt. One day Nicholas was “in disgrace”‚ so he made his Aunt believe that he was somehow trying to get into the gooseberry garden‚ but instead had no intention of doing so but did sneak into the Lumber Room. There a tremendous picture of a hunter and a stag opened to him. Soon his aunt tried to look for the boy and slipped into the rain-water tank. She asked Nicholas to fetch her a ladder but the boy pretended

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    were not the main cause of this historic revolution. In 1917‚ tensions among millions of taciturn Russians initiated concerns against the incompetent Tsarist regime. Tsar Nicholas II‚ divine right ruler‚ had repeatedly disappointed the Russian people‚ due to his lack of political ability and belief in his decisions. Tsar Nicholas created an unsystematic‚ corrupt Government‚ lacking control of Russia. Russia’s involvement in World War One was disastrous‚ due to the lack of modern industrialisation

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    peasant population was constantly increasing and Nicholas did nothing to help it. Another poor quality is that he secretly supplied the Black Hundred with weapons‚ used to eliminate anyone again the autocracy. Because he became so against the idea of the Duma‚ he became a much less caring ruler. In May of of 1896‚ Nicholas Romanov was going to be crowned the new tsar of Russia. Because Nicholas’ father‚ Alexander‚ was a very stern leader‚ and Nicholas was known to be much more reserved‚ his coronation

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    O’Donnell‚ Meghan O’Neill‚ Meghan Reilly‚ Nicholas Mandarakas   Blog #2 Posters – Molly Keating‚ Meghan O’Neill‚ Catherine Naylor Moderators – Edward O’Donnell‚ Nicholas Mandarakas‚ Catherine Naylor Respondents – Adrianna Casale‚ Meghan Reilly Viewers – Julie Cavicchia‚ Matthew Desjardin‚ Jacklyn Moylan   Blog #3 Posters – Edward O’Donnell‚ Heather Duphily‚ Jacklyn Moylan‚ Moderators: Molly Keating‚ Meghan Reilly‚ Meghan O’Neill Respondents: Nicholas Mandarakas‚ Julie Cavicchia‚ Matthew Desjardin

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    empire. This essay will discuss three Russian Czars‚ Nicholas I‚ Alexander II‚ and Alexander III and the impact they had on the Jews. The different levels of tolerance of these Czars to the Jews greatly influenced the quality of Jewish life at the time. Czar Nicholas I ruled Russia from 1825 to 1855‚ he came power after his predecessor Czar Alexander I died childless (“Nicholas I”). Although the Jews were in Russia willingly‚ Czar Nicholas

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    The February Russian Revolution in 1917 saw the downfall of Tsar Nicholas II‚ the last Tsar in Russia’s history. There were many contributing factors that led to Tsar Nicholas II’S abdication and the fall of his autocratic government‚ including economical aspects. However‚ economical problems were one of many complications facing Russia‚ such as the destruction that was occurring to Russians in World War I‚ and the lack of organisation in the government. All of these factors‚ and more‚ had an equal

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    Media Report Analysis

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    relevant to the matters outlined in the media report. This article repots on the appeal lodged by ASIC regarding initial two years non- custodial intensive correction order sentencing on Nicholas Glynatsis‚ a former tax consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) charged with insider trading offense. The convict‚ Nicholas was thereafter to serve his jail sentence with full- time custody. Corporation Law PwC is the world’s largest professional services firm and as a multi-national organization such

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    January The Merchant’s Tale He is a wealthy‚ elderly knight and marries May. Poor old january longs for a young wife to fulfill God’s wish that man and woman marry‚ and to produce an heir to inherit his estates. After covering with his friends‚ January decides to marry a young girl named May. January is very contempt with their marriage even after his old age warrants him to become blind. He doesn’t let May out of his reach and they continue to live (as he thought) a faithful life. One day

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    family had on Russia‚ and what an important role they played for its future. The romanov family is an intriguing topic for many different reasons such as when Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov ( Nicholas II) was a child‚ to the time he started his family‚ his ruling as Tsar‚ and the day his family was massacred. Nicholas II and his father‚ Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov (Alexander III)‚ had differences‚ but agreed only on one subject; Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov was not fit to rule Russia. Alexander III

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    ------------------------------------------------- PRECIS The text under analysis “The Lumber-room” written by Hector Munro is the problem psychological story which revolves around a little orphan Nicholas and his tyrannical and dull-witted aunt‚ who because of the cruel methods of education couldn’t not only find approach to children‚ but also understand their soul. The conflict between the aunt and the nephew as if the conflict between prose and poetry. But softness‚ purity and tenderness of soul

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