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    In The Life and Death of King Richard the Second‚ Shakespeare writes in the form of a historic play the last years of King Richard’s rule‚ and his ultimate demise. The arguably most significant speech in this play is given by John of Gaunt‚ Duke of Lancaster. For readers to understand what Gaunt says to Richard in his final hours‚ it is important to evaluate how Gaunt perceives a king’s rule and what he requires from King Richard. Before his speech‚ he essentially views a true king as having a balance

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    Abigail Bauer AP English 02/17/15 While reading the poems “Richard Cory” and “Ezra Farmer”‚ it is almost immediately evident which poem is an original and which is a parody. Both poems are clearly about men that are popular among those he meets‚ but once the reader looks beneath the surface‚ they notice how the diction plays an important role in relaying the theme to the audience it is presented to. In the poem “Richard Cory” written by Edwin Arlington Robinson‚ the theme being portrayed is that

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    Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker Richard Ramirez was born in El Paso Texas on February 28‚ 1960. He was introduced to satanic worship and drugs at an early age. After moving to Southern California he supported himself by breaking in to homes. Soon after the robbing of homes he began to kill and sometimes even rape many of people. Over the course of his rigorous murders and long trial he was sentenced to life in prison. Ramirez was the youngest of six children born to Julian and Mercedes Ramirez

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    Richard Nixon was known for opening the door to China‚ and bettering the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. Richard Nixon was very famous for what he did‚ but on June 17‚ 1972 all of his fame changed. The Watergate incident was one of the most tragic events in the United States because the scandal involved a president‚ participating in a cover up. Richard Nixon was positive‚ but also negative to the United States because of the Watergate break-in. President Nixon did demonstrate

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    Frost/Nixon Frost/Nixon is a historical drama based on the real-life interviews between British media personality David Frost and disgraced former American President Richard M. Nixon. On 6/18/72 a man who was an employee of Richard Nixon’s reelection committee office was arrested after trying to bug democratic national committee office. This was one of the series of events that lead to the 8-0 vote from congress to have the tapes from the Watergate scandal released. After this‚ impeachment

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    1. In the poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson‚ what does the death of this man reflect on the society and how he was idolized? 2. Life is a constant theme in “Richard Cory” and throughout the poem Cory is referred to in high praise‚ but with closer inspection‚ it can be seen that Richard Cory is already almost seen as dead when he is alive because people treated with him with too high of a status. “We people on the pavement looked at him” (2)‚ this line figuratively means that Cory

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    Torino 2006: What Kind of Olympic Winter Games Were They? A Preliminary Account From an Organizational and Economic Perspective Piervincenzo Bondonio and Nadia Campaniello  Citius‚ Altius‚ Fortius! To what extent does the motto of the Olympics relate to Torino 2006? Has the XXth edition of the Olympic Winter Games (OWG) continued the positive trend whereby each edition‚ with only a few exceptions‚ surpasses the one before? In which areas have there been improvements‚ if any? To what extent

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    Richard Meier’s designs have dazzled the world with his simplistic forms and color within a controversial setting. Meier is moved by pure values and graceful logic‚ which are illustrated throughout his designs. Meier’s main goal is highly influenced by his "mode of creating space" (Jodidio 8). When Richard Meier is designing a house or building he bases everything on space‚ light and form. Meier’s goal is to make these elements present in his designs; he does not want to create illusions. He

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    President Richard Nixon was found guilty and impeached for his high crimes and misdemeanors. Three articles of impeachment were passed against Nixon‚ citing his crimes. The first article of impeachment was for obstruction of justice. Nixon had tried to cover up the Watergate Scandal and make sure that none of it led back to himself. The second article of impeachment addressed Nixon’s abuses of his powers as the President of the United States. The third and final article was for contempt of Congress

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    “Discovering Books” and the story “Learning to Read”‚ the main characters Richard Wright and Malcolm X grow up with racism all around them. They both are blinded from their dreams of  becoming something they wanted. Malcolm’s dream was to become a lawyer‚ and Richard’s dream was to become an author. But the racist people who were the northern whites felt threatened by their presence as a society. In “Discovering Books”‚ Richard is born to a family that lived in poverty. He experiences hardships

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