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    Iron Age Hoplite Warfare brings about the First Democratic Societies in Archaic Age Greece‚ Following the Role of Monarchy‚ Feudalism and the Aristocracy As per the coverage in our course‚ in the Persian War‚ a Greek force from Athens set out to meet the invading Persian army at Marathon‚ and set them running. They were outnumbered by the Persians two to one‚ and the Persian army had been the biggest force the Greeks had ever seen. The majority of the killing took place while the Persians were

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    A Book report on "The Cuckoo’s Egg" by Cliff Stoll A Cuckoo’s Fledgling Although the 1980s are not generally thought of as a decade of innocence‚ there were‚ however‚ a few pockets of juvenile utopia. One such example was the rapidly expanding "online" community‚ with its assortment of up-and-coming networks that were‚ to many technically inclined users‚ a virtual "McDonald’s Play Place" with slides‚ ball pits and winding tubes to explore‚ all rapped in a security blanket of innocence. Not until

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    the iron rivets used for the construction of the Titanic were cheaply made and resulted in the damage from the iceberg to be more extensive than normal. The problem of the iron rivets were the way they were created. The usual composition for iron rivets would use about two percent of a substance called slag (Spignesi 265). “Slag is glass residue that is left over from smelting metallic ores” (Spignesi 265) It is used in iron rivets to make them structurally stronger

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    increase of urban living. Society was soon divided into two classes: employers and laborers. The employers rapidly accumulated wealth and lived luxurious lifestyles while the laborers lived in complete filth and poverty. In Harding Davis’ Life in the Iron-Mills‚ the reader can clearly see the dehumanizing effects that the industrialization had on working individuals‚ and Marx’s idea of alienated labor coincides with Davis’ depiction of the daily

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    they do. In the film Iron Jawed Angles and “The intimately oppressed” by Howard Zinn‚ they emphasize how strong women are and stand up for what they believe in. In the movie Iron Jawed Angles‚ Alice Paul is the main character in the movie‚ she is the founder of the National’s Woman Party (NWP). Lucy Burns is her best friend‚ co-founder of NWP and others are pushing for allow women to vote in all 50 states. In the movie you can see that men do not want women to vote. Also in Iron Jawed Angles‚ there

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    Mae Litschauer Reading Book Report Quarter 2 Men of Iron In Men of Iron by Howard Pyle‚ the author recounts the adventures of a young knight in fifteenth century England. Not every young man has the opportunity to be a knight‚ so when seventeen-year old Myles Falworth is presented with the chance to do so‚ he eagerly accepts the challenge. Competitions follow‚ one after another‚ and finally‚ Sir Myles undertakes his greatest battle. In this fight to save his father’s life and honor‚ Myles

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    Short Essay 3 Propaganda is a useful tool for any politician or government‚ especially in unstable times such as during or after a war. Not surprisingly‚ aspects of propaganda can be found in both Churchill’s "Iron Curtain Speech" and Stalin’s "Response to Churchill". The speeches both contain elements of truth and distortions of that truth‚ and any dissection of them will reflect the author’s cultural and national background. Keeping this in mind will serve to rationalize any conclusions reached

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    Watching Iron Jawed Angels really opened my eyes. There was struggle between women and politics‚ but also between women themselves. It was not easy to gain these rights. This was just one step in gaining the equality that women should have. As Alice Paul says in the movie‚ “It’s unfair to die in a fight we shouldn’t have to fight.” In Iron Jawed Angels‚ we are shown part of the journey to gain women the right to vote. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns meet with Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Shaw about being

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    The Iron Coast is a travel writing written by Jane Gardam. Jane Gardam is a British author. She was born in Coatham‚ North Yorkshire. The writing describes the North Yorkshire coast and its landmarks including Roseberry Topping and Cleveland hills. Roseberry Topping is the name of a distinctive hill which was mentioned in the writing. The travel writing is descriptive as it creates effects and atmospheres for the reader. To achieve these effects the author uses a variety of literary techniques such

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    The Iron Lady is a film‚ directed by Phyllida Lloyd‚ based on the life of Margaret Thatcher‚ the longest serving and the only female Prime Minister of Great Britain in the 20th century. The film shows Margaret Thatcher as an elderly woman who has flashbacks of the major and consequential events of her life. The ghost of her husband Dennis comments and reflects on her successes and failures who really is just the figment of her imagination. Margaret grows up working at the grocery shop‚ that her

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