it marked the end of an era. Cronkite’s impact on history was one of a kind. He reported history while making history in the process. Cronkite stated in an interview with CBS’s Katie Couric‚ ‘If I could tell you one thing about retirement‚ don’t” (Couric on Cronkite’s Legacy). Cronkite would go on to make guest appearances and anchor certain shows from time to time‚ but no one would come close to Walter Cronkite Jr. as far as his legacy and constant impact on Americans. Cronkite’s contributions to
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There are very many immigrants in our country. Many of those immigrants have done amazing things in their field that benefit us. Some of those people are Albert Einstein‚ Madeleine Albright‚ and Bob Hope. Immigrants have positively impacted science‚ politics‚ and entertainment in the United States. How Albert Einstein has influenced the field of science? He has developed the General Theory of Relativity‚ which is the geometric theory of gravitation. He established the concept of mass-energy equivalence
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crime he obviously did not commit. Throughout the entire novel‚ Lee uses the racist nature of Maycomb‚ Alabama in order to change the way that our own society treats others. Without authors like her supporting social change‚ we would be living if a very different place today. (Characters show racism) In order to represent different aspects of society and to contrast different views‚ the author uses different characters in order to expose society’s general prejudice. In the novel‚
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to include freedom of religion‚ the first amendment. James Wilson thought that with the Bill of Rights they should give the people more power than the government. Though the Bill of Rights was written over two-hundred years ago it still has major impacts on our lives today. Most people probably do not realize that the Bill of Rights allows them to do things that they take for granted every day‚ nor could they list more than a few of the amendments that the Bill of Rights consist of. The most known
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cultural‚ and musical. Some of the musicians throughout the mid to late 20th century have left impacts that are still relevant today. During one artist’s time as a musician‚ he was responsible for more than just a musical impact‚ and that artist is Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix‚ one of the best musicians to ever live‚ not only revolutionized the act of guitar playing‚ but he also had a tremendous impact of the cultural‚ social‚ and musical aspect of each of our lives in the world today. Jimi Hendrix
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Betty Ford Betty Ford had great impacted on society. Betty Ford is a former first lady and the founder of the alcohol program. Although she had a good life in her childhood‚ when she get older she seceded to help people. Betty Ford was fighting for alcohol rehabilitation. After the Betty Ford Clinic opened‚ many people received help for their alcohol problems. Betty Ford was very influential in assisstancing people with alcohol problems. Betty Ford is a former First Lady and founder of a substance
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of copper and mixing other metals became a large part of people’s lives. Farming also became large in the bronze age‚ plows and animals help farmers. The new metal materials proved to be good for several uses warfare and movement especially. The society even changed with the rest of the world‚ people became more knowledgeable and civilized. The Bronze Age brought much needed change. The study and molding of metal such as smelting‚ casting‚ and combining is called Metallurgy. People became curious
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The contribution of Informatics to the development of social networks and their impact on society. With the progression of technologies that are able to overcome the obstacles of time and space (e.g.‚ airplanes‚ cars‚ the Internet)‚ one would think that these tools would be used to gain an understanding of other cultures‚ meet people all over the world‚ maintain and strengthen familial relationships‚ communicate effectively with others‚ and help people to become more socially strong. However‚
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racist” really showed us about the way Tom Robinson is hurt when someone says that word to him. African Americans were treated very differently in Maycomb. As Atticus explains‚ "She was white‚ and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle‚ but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it‚ but it came crashing down on her afterwards" (268). From this quote‚ we learn that people in Maycomb are disgusted
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seconds”(Brother’s). This was the first ever experiment that the Wright Brother’s have successfully kept the plane in the air for more than one second. It succeeded to have more funds/research to build more planes. In a way this was the first step to our modern society expansion and being able to have better planes now. Therefore‚ the Wright
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