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    Who is he‚ when and where did he live? What have they done that impacted Australia Sir William Patrick Deane‚ was born on the 4th January 1931‚ he was an Australian judge and the 22nd Governor-General of Australia. * | William Deane was born in Melbourne‚ Victoria. He was educated at Catholic schools including St. Joseph’s College‚ Hunters Hill and at the University of Sydney‚ where he graduated in arts and law. He also attended the Hague Academy of International Law. After graduation

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    son) = good. Celia (Corvino’s wife) = heavenly. Act II scenes tow summery While discussing the death of Master Stone‚ a clown who Sir Politic believed to be a spy‚ Sir Politic and Peregrine are interrupted by the entrance of Mosca and Nano‚ in disguise‚ who begin to set up a mountebank’s platform. Though Peregrine protests that mountebanks are "lewd impostors"‚ Sir Politic insists that "They are the only knowing men of Europe!" Volpone enters in the guise of Scoto of Mantua‚ a well-known mountebank

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    Sir Walter Raleigh‚ an English poet‚ dabbler in music and science‚ a member of parliament and a coloniser of the new world during the Elizabethan era which shows that he is an outstanding example of a universal renaissance man. Raleigh strived for greatness and became well renowned for his colourful personality as well as his attitudes and beliefs and his many accomplishments in his various occupations. Walter Raleigh’s personality gave a strong insight into his attitudes and values. He endorsed

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    1.3) “A lie gets halfway around the world before truth has a chance to put its pants on” Sir Winston Churchill Lies are so powerful that they outweigh the truth. The reason for this is‚ because truths and lies walk hand in hand‚ they are together. The difference between them is like a spilt second. People won’t lie so dramatically that it is unbelievable‚ they will lie so close to the truth that you won’t even realise it’s a lie. This is the reason why a lie can get half way around the world

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    railways. The Ayer had three sons and five daughters of whom Chandra was the oldest son. In 1916‚ the family moved to Madras where Chandra grew up. Chandrasekhar came from a highly educated South Indian family. He was the nephew of Indian Nobel Laureate Sir C.V.Raman. Chandra was a brilliant student. At 15‚ he entered Presidency College‚ the most prestigious in Madras; in 1927‚ he started their physics honors course‚ graduating in 1930 at the top of his class. He read far beyond the curriculum‚ for instance

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    Typical compounds formed by your element     The history of your element’s discovery Pierre Janssen in France first noticed a bright yellow line during an eclipse (1868) Norman Lockyer in England noticed a yellow line in the solar spectrum (1868)Sir William Ramsay discovered helium on earth (1895)    Five uses for your element or its common compounds 1.   Main filling for blimps (airships)   2.   Used to fill balloons    3.  Detects leaks in sealed containers     4.  Gas shield for arc welding    

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    where he had felt no discrimination based on his skin colour or ethnicity. After the war‚ like many other ethnic minorities‚ he could not find work in his field and eventually took up a job as a schoolteacher in the East End of London. The book To Sir‚ With Love (1959) was based on his experiences there. The other famous works are A Kind of Homecoming‚ Paid Servant‚ A Choice of Straws‚ Reluctant Neighbours. His numerous writings have dealt with the difficulties of being an educated black man‚ a black

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    Reformist Clinton: Pioneering Women’s Rights Revolution In September 1995‚ then-First Lady of the United States‚ Hillary Clinton delivered a riveting speech on Women’s Rights before the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. She hosted delegates around the world‚ creating a Platform of Action to achieve greater equality and opportunity for women. This immensely assertive speech stood out amongst others in that period as it was hosted by a prominent female leader in the ‘capital of a brutal

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    Sir Frederick Grant Banting Among the Greatest Canadians 2011-01-08 Sir Frederick Grant Banting was one of the greatest Canadians in history. He was born on November 14‚ 1891 near Alliston Ontario‚ and died in 1941 at the age of 50. After serving as a medical officer in France during the First World War‚ Frederick Banting was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery. He was also responsible for one of the greatest achievements in medical history‚ the discovery of insulin in 1922. He had saved

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    Is it better for a ruler to be feared or loved? Edmund Burke in his “A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origins of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful‚” does a wonderful job of explaining the differences in the sublime and the beautiful‚ also phrased as feared and loved‚ respectively. Based upon Edmund Burke’s writings‚ he would agree with the statement that it is better to be “feared than loved” as a ruler. Also‚ his answer would not remain the same for males as well as females. These statements

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