Secretary of State‚ John Hay‚ thought of the Spanish-American war as a “splendid little war”. The war was begun in April 1898 and lasted four months and only a small fraction of the men who volunteered to fight died. America was triumphant over Spain in Puerto Rico‚ Cuba‚ and the Philippines and the America navy was superior. Both Emilio Aquinaldo and Theodore Roosevelt felt very strongly for the Spanish-American war even though not in the same way as the other. Emilio Aquinaldo‚ a Filipino general
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A Thousand Acres‚ by Jane Smiley‚ is a story of incest‚ ignorance‚ and the imperialistic voice of the almighty man. Ignorance of being lead by a man‚ particular views of Rose and Ginny‚ and domesticated to believe that "When we are good girls and accept our circumstances‚ we’re glad about it. . .When we are bad girls‚ it drives us crazy" (99). The imperialistic voice usually comes from the omnipotent Larry Cook‚ Rose‚ Ginny‚ and Caroline’s father. And the incestuous relations only
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Yasunari Kawabata ‚ through his book thousand cranes’ describes the love life of Kikuji ‚ a bachelor in his late twenties. He uses the tea ceremony and the vessels used in the tea ceremony to describe Kikuji’s relationships. Chikako ‚ a mistress of Kikuji’s father ‚ invites Kikuji to a tea ceremony .Kikuji was not a student of the tea ceremony ‚ Chikako invited kikuji to introduce him to Yukiko Inamura as a prospective bride. Mrs Ota ‚ also a mistress of kikuji’s father ‚ and her daughter were
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A Thousand Words Napoleon Bonaparte said‚ "A picture is worth a thousand words.” Throughout history‚ art has reflected what defines a culture and time period. This is found in particular in artwork from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Although they are very similar in some ways‚ there are also many differences‚ from color to backgrounds‚ to the 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional qualities. Medieval and Renaissance art have some similarities‚ but more noticeable are the differences. Both
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Vivek Patel P5 8/15/12 Splendid Deception By - Hugh G. Gallagher Splendid deception is an inspiring and motivational book about Franklin D. Roosevelt and his struggle through the deadly disease known as polio. This biography focuses on the polio aspect of President Roosevelt’s life and what he did to overcome these hardships and be the amazing leader he was known for and still is known as. This biography also goes through the sacrifices that he had to make because of his disease in order to
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The Sun It’s crazy to think that the big ball of fire that we looked at through a telescope in the beginning of the semester used to be nothing more than a cloud of gas and dust. I mean this is the center of our universe and greatest source of energy we are talking about and it was just basically a bunch of tiny particles floating in space trying to find their place in the universe. It wasn’t till gravity hit that these particles started fusing together. As a result a star was born and began to
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A thousand words and million thoughts There is a saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words and a million thoughts". When my mother sent me a picture of my little brother DJ playing football in his first year‚ I had a million positive thoughts running through my head. Many thoughts not just thoughts of him playing football but about everything. That photo represents a lot more to me and my family than what meets the eye. This
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The Sun (Star of the Family) Planet word comes from Greek ‚which means „wandering star“. Sun is the heaviest among Solar System. If we take total mass of whole Solar System‚ the Sun would be 99.86% of the total. Sun is a ball of hot‚burning gases. Sun is the nearest star to the Earth. Sun is the source of all energy for life on Earth. On the Sun’s surface‚ there are dark patches known as sunspots. These are patches of gas that looks dark since they are cooler than their surroundings. The light
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The Sun The sun is the largest object in the solar system. It is a middle-sized star and there are many other stars out in the universe just like it. Even though it is only a middle-sized star it is large enough to hold over 1 million Earth ’s inside if it were hollow. The temperature on the sun is far too much for any living thing to bear. On the surface it is 10‚000 degrees Fahrenheit and the core is a stunning 27‚000‚000 degrees Fahrenheit. But don ’t worry we are over 90‚000 million
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The Thousand and One Nights‚ generally known to the English‚ speaking world as the Arabian Nights‚ is a compendium of Arabic tales compiled between the twelfth and the fourteenth centuries. The collection starts with the story of King Shahrayar. Betrayed by his adulterous wife‚ he swears never to trust a woman again‚ deciding instead to marry a different virgin every night and have her executed the next day. He carries out his plan for three years‚ until his Vizier can no longer find a virgin to
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