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    Although the RMS Titanic incident occurred more than a hundred years ago‚ historians continue to debate what possibly could have occurred during the brief moment to not only save the Titanic’s thousands of passengers‚ but also save the ship itself. One of the most disputed arguments of the debate was for the Titanic to collide with the iceberg directly‚ rather than avoiding it. It was hypothesized that since there was more material towards the end of the ship‚ it would allow the vessel to absorb

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    children do have their own way to see scientific concepts‚ they being most of the time different than what an adult see. Children at eleven years old may acknowledge the boat effect though they may not really understand the fact of it. Introduction: Sinking and Floating is a scientific concept. Objects float or sink depending on the material they are made of—whether they are heavy or light ‘for their size’. Air trapped inside objects reduces their effective density. This is also the case with boat-shaped

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    1. Max Planck‚ Niels Bohr‚ Albert Einstein – great scientist in the 20th Century. Ernest Ruther is known as “the Father of Nuclear Science” 2. George Washington Carver – best remembered agricultural scientist 3. Carlos Finlay‚ Walter Reed‚ William Gorgas – doctors who dealt with yellow fever 4. Henry Ford – entrepreneur who engineered the Model T and developed the assembly line 5. Ferdinand von Zeppelin – designed and built the dirigible 6. Orville and Wilbur Wright – made the first successful

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    February 4th‚ Germany declares a “war zone” around Great Britain threating all sea traffic. February 19th‚ Britain begins attack on the Turkish forts in the Dardanelles strait. April 25th‚ land assault begins on Gallipoli. May 7th‚ the RMS “Lusitania” non-military ship sunk by German U-boat turning world opinion. May 23rd‚ Italy declares war on Germany and Austria. August 5th‚ Germany betrays Russians and takes Warsaw‚ Poland . September 5th‚ Tsar Nicolas II takes command of Russia’s

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    The year is 1918 and the allies have won the war and many things all over america have changed here in chicago‚Illinois women have jobs and have fought for equal pay like men got. The war has made many women run for office as governors or representatives. My family has not really been affected very much by the war but still has been affected. The war has been bad for me because I was fighting in the war and my family lost a lot of money because of lower pay rates for women. This are things that have

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    World War I is known as The Great War. It was an international war between aligned countries. A sense of nationalism‚ imperialism‚ alliances and militarism caused tension between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany‚ Austria and Italy. England‚ France‚ and Russia made up the Triple Entente. One action caused a chain of reactions that caused each country to become involved for their own reasons. World War I all started with an assassination. The

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    slag would make the rivets more brittle and susceptible to snapping (Spignesi 261). This factor greatly contributed to the Titanic’s sinking. Although the idea of a deliberate sinking would come long after most of the rivets were placed into the Titanic‚ this revelation actually works in favor of the theory because of the brute strength of the “Olympic” post sinking of the

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    the Spanish and then two months later the sinking of the “Maine” occurred. Americans thought that the Spanish where the ones that sunk the ship. Theodore Roosevelt stated the sinking “an act of dirty treachery on the part of the Spaniards”. He claimed that the United States needs a war. Without any hard evidence The Yellow Journalism published the newspaper blaming the Spanish for the sinking of the Maine. In 1976 there was a full study done on the sinking of the “Maine” was an accident; the result

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    The audience will judge whether that art has changed the game. An example for a classic movie would be Titanic‚ not only does it feature a very tragic event but it added a bit of imagination and drama to it. A sinking boat is a sinking boat‚ Titanic the movie told the story of the sinking boat‚ but from the eyes of a passenger. This paved way to many other movies which is told from the perspective of a certain character. This movie is also copied at times‚ parodies are made‚ memes and even spoofs

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    come to expect from the director. A dazzling mix of style and substance‚ of the sublime and the spectacular‚ Titanic represents one Cameron’s most accomplished works. Cameron has used visual effects to serve his plot; the spectacle is the ship’s sinking is a marvel of its time in the film industry. Oddly enough Cameron did not want any songs with singing in the film. It wasn’t till Céline Dion Secretly was working on a song for the film; Cameron did not want the song to make the movie more commercialized

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