1≤n≤3} x A denotes that x is a member of set A S T denotes that S is a subset of T A B is the set whose members belong to either set A‚ set B or both i.e. A B = {x | x A or x B} A B is the intersection of 2 sets where A B = {x | x A and x B} denotes an empty set 3. Functions Given two sets A and B‚ a function from A to B is a rule which assigns to each member of A precisely one member of B. A function is a one-way relationship: the function number‚ (x). takes a number x
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such as ours? Novelist V.S Naipaul raises this question in the story of B. Wordsworth‚ one of the stories in Miguel Street‚ a 1959 book of Trini characters. "Trinidadians are more recognizably ’characters’ than people in England"‚ said Naipaul in an August ‚1958 piece in the Times Literary Supplement. The "characters" in Miguel Street’s portrait gallery include "Man Man" and "Bolo"‚ both of whom are quite familiar‚ and B. Wordsworth‚ a poet-calypsonian who is the society’s solitary creative
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Ida B. Wells was born a slave on July 16‚ 1862. She lived in Holly Springs‚ Mississippi with her "parents" James and Elizabeth (Warrenton) Wells. They had a family that consists of four boys and four girls. Unfortunately he died in Chicago‚ Illinois in 1931 at 69 because of kidney disease. Wells was one of 11 Tennesseans depicted bicentennial portrait and founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She was a hard working teacher and she only got $25 a month
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The Superfortress That Almost Wasn’t The B-29 Superfortress is yet another example of the American people’s production power in the years of World War Two‚ but this was not without its setbacks. The aircraft was initially thought unneeded by military and government leaders‚ the production and modifications were rushed‚ and the airframe was almost not battle ready in time to make a difference in the war‚ and yet somehow the United States made it happen years faster than it should have taken to produce
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"Lansgton Hughes and Jesse B. Semple" In the early 1940s an African American writer by the name of Langston Hughes‚ who flourished during the Harlem Renaissance in New York‚ had established a character in his short story writings named Jesse B. Semple. Through these short stories he used this character to represent the black man of his times. However the question remains‚ is Jesse B. Semple an accurate representation of the black man of 1940s? This question can best be answered by looking at the
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A Comprehensive look at FHA 203(b) Loans The Federal Housing Administration or FHA is part of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD). FHA loans are home loans insured by HUD. Federal Housing Administration‚ otherwise regarded as FHA‚ is a provider of mortgage insurance on loans made by approved lenders throughout the United States and its territories. FHA basically insures different kinds of mortgages including the single family homes‚ also known as the FHA 203(b) loans and multifamily homes. FHA
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The article‚ “What We Are to Advertisers” by James B. Twitchell‚ introduces a VALS system‚ which is “The “psychographic” system of SRI is called acronymically VALS (now VALS2+)‚ short for Values and Lifestyle System.” (qut.in Twitchell‚ 178). He portrays this system as a psychological profiling schemes of American advertising that based on the common-sense view. The consumers are motivated by their social interactions and different resources. They categorized within the eight different subcategorized
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the story Susan B Anthony Dares to Vote! have powerful messages that are portrayed to the reader through the theme. They both share a common theme of perseverance. Nelson Mandela was put in jail and then beaten but still kept going. Susan B Anthony has had tomatoes thrown at her and she still kept going . While the theme of Nelson Mandela’s Life and the passage have a similar theme‚ the theme is depicted differently by the amount of risk each character takes. The character Susan B anthony didn’t
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Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs‚ Mississippi‚ on July 16th‚ 1862. She was born a slave‚ and was the oldest daughter of James and Lizzie Wells. Just six months after her birth‚ the slaves in the Confederate states were declared free by the Union‚ but this did not stop the racial prejudices and discriminatory laws that continued to restrict their freedoms. During Reconstruction‚ her parents were active in the Republican Party. Her father helped start Shaw University‚ a school for newly freed
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BOOM! That was the sound a B-17 crew heard when an anti-aircraft shell exploded directly in front of their heavily armored plane. The crew of 10 rushed to the cockpit fearing the worst. The pilot relayed that engine two was completely destroyed and engine four was severally damaged; the news was devastating because this left them open for a fighter to sweep in and finish them off. In more than 3‚000 sorties during WWII‚ 247 B-17s were lost; despite the bombers almost uncanny ability to withstand
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