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    Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party is typically viewed as one of the most popular‚ well-known events of the Revolutionary War. The Boston Tea Party occurred on the night of December 17‚ 1773. The colonists were fed up with Britain taxing them and trying to regain control. The Boston Tea Party was a direct response to the Tea Act‚ an act created to save the East India Tea company‚ left the colonists paying very high taxes on tea. Many people drank tea and enjoyed it very much so it left many

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    The Devil and Tom Walker

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    Washington Irving the author of The Devil and Tom Walker uses the setting of the story to convey that things with a good appearance can be deceiving and be putrid on the inside. He also creates the right atmosphere for the story‚ and gives precise details to the audience so they can predict the topic and how it will develop. In addition‚ he describes each character in a manner that the readers can infer who they are‚ their personal characteristics‚ and the decisions that they might make throughout

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    Greensleeves by Alan Spence "Greensleeves" by Alan Spence is a short story describing the life of an elderly lady living alone on the top floor of high rise flats in Glasgow. Spence creates a character readers feel sympathy for through isolation and lonliness‚ themes that run prominently throughout the story. The title of the story - Greensleeves - is significant in developing the story.The elderly lady hears the song playing on an ice cream van‚ but it’s not as pleasant as she remembers. "She

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    Outline on Tattoos

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    Tattoos Specific Purpose: I want the audience to learn all about Tattoos. Thesis Statement: Where tattoos originated from‚ complications from tattoos and why they are so popular today. Introduction Tattoos are everywhere today‚ from teenagers to military men to gangsters to tribe men. They have different meanings to everyone and not everyone likes them and some people are even completely against them. Who in this audience has a tattoo or even more than one tattoo? Because they say‚ once you

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    The History of Makeup

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    Makeup. Have you ever wondered how women from earlier times were supplied with makeup? In fact‚ Ancient Egyptians used anything from copper and lead ore to create the first cosmetics used in the world. However‚ today‚ cosmetics are scientifically advanced and can do everything from his pores‚ smooth complexions‚ and change eye color. Makeup has been an integral part of mankind for thousands of years. Women and men have taken drastic measures over the years to better their appearance. In Ancient

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    In “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving‚ there is a copious amount of imagery throughout the whole story. To add‚ the imagery presented in the story is very detailed and creates very vivid pictures in the head. In addition‚ the amount of imagery used to describe at least one scene of this story is enough to paint a picture in your head and make you feel as though you are there. Furthermore‚ there is so much imagery presented in this story that it feels as if you could be there‚ with Tom

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    till today. Many people got radiation poisoning due to the air and water in the area. About 30 minutes after the detonation of the the atomic bomb of Hiroshima‚ named “Little Boy‚” a “black rain” began to fall. This ‘black rain” was made up of dirt‚ soot‚ and highly radioactive particles that contaminated the air and even areas far away from the detonation of the atomic bomb.The survivors of the bombing of

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    Crocodile Cuts

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    Initiation means acceptance. The movement from one stage of life to another can happen in many forms‚ from a child’s gentle baptism to a tribal hazing. It can take weeks for the initiation of Savic boys. For the boys to become a true Savic man they need to go through the process of "crocodile cuts." It happens once a year but doesn’t happen to only one age group. Boys from as young as 13 to 20-years-old may all go through their tribe’s initiation at the same time. All who take part of the process

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    the society of the 1920’s‚ Gatsby’s hopes‚ and the extravagant life of the rich. The Valley of Ashes can be used to symbolize the 1920 society. Located between West Egg and New York‚ it is a desolate industrial wasteland full of garbage‚ ashes‚ and soot. The Valley of Ashes symbolizes the ruin and poverty of the people; they suffer in the Valley of Ashes because of the actions of the rich who are careless. Tom’s behavior and attitude towards George shows how the rich shunned the poor because of the

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    Global Warming

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    Global warming From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For scientific and political disputes‚ see Global warming controversy‚ Scientific opinion on climate change and Public opinion on climate change. For past climate change see Paleoclimatology and Geologic temperature record. For the Sonny Rollins album see Global Warming (album). Line plot of global mean land-ocean temperature change from 1880-2010‚ relative to the 1951-1980 mean. The black line is the annual

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