A day I will always remember City had made it into the cup final. As a family we all loved football‚ but this was a special match as my partner Max would be in the starting line up as the goal keeper. My daughter Sarah and I had been to many of his matches but this was a special one‚ this was a final. There was a real buzz around my house that morning. We all got up early to help Max prepare for the match. I felt very proud as I helped him do up his tie. He looked so handsome in his suit
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Ruby Bridges was born on September 8‚ 1954 in Tylertown‚ Mississippi. At the age of four‚ she moved with her parents to New Orleans. When she was only six years old‚ her parents answered a call from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People‚ volunteering Ruby as a student to participate in the integration of the public school system in New Orleans. She is the first black child to attend William Frantz Elementary School‚ as well as the first African American child to go to
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Caribbean Development 5 Robert Nesta Marley Impacts on world affairs 8 Robert Nesta Marley Weaknesses 12 Reference 13 Background of Robert Nesta Marley Robert Nesta Marley also called Bob Marley was born in Nine Miles‚ St. Ann‚ on February 6‚ 1945‚ to Cedella Malcolm and Captain Norval Marley‚ who was attached to the British Regiment. A child of an inter-racial marriage of black and white parents‚ Marley soon suffered the loss of his father who succumbed to constant pressure from his family regarding
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James Cook was born on October 27‚ 1728 in Marton‚ (near modern Middlesborough)‚ Yorkshire‚ Britain. Cook commanded three voyages of discovery for Great Britain‚ and sailed around the world twice. He was the first British ship commander to circumnavigate the globe in a lone ship. Cook was also the first British commander to prevent the outbreak of scurvy by regulating his crew’s diet‚ serving them citrus fruit and sauerkraut to prevent the disease. He is considered one of the world’s greatest explorers
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The novel starts off with Grant Wiggins saying “I was not there‚ yet I was there” (Gaines‚ 1). What Grant means by this is that he is physically not at the trial‚ but he knows everything that is going to occur at the trial. That one line already shows what Grant thinks of the society he lives in. The society Grant lives is in a racist community. He does not like the white people and thinks they are awful people. It also characterizes Grant and shows what his views are throughout the book. Another
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single day. Building the city‚ and expanding it to the metropolis it took a lot longer. Even though the idea of Rome was defended from day one‚ the reality of Rome took time to get into place; this city did not come into existence all of a sudden. It was founded in 753 B.C. Then Emperor Augustus and his successors added to its glory and grandeur till‚ at last‚ after several centuries‚ it became the world’s most magnificent city. Thus origin of proverb “ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY”. I am excited
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Peter The Great Peter the great was born in russia in russia on June 9th 1672. Peter the Great was the 14th child of Czar Alexis by his second wife‚ Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina. ( Biography.com) He joined his brother Ivan V in 1682 ruling russia together until the death of his brother in 1696. Peter was then declared Sovereign of all Russia. Peter inherited a nation that was underdeveloped compared to the European countries. While the Renaissance and the Reformation swept through Europe. Russia
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Today was a bad day. If today were a Star Wars movie‚ today would be Phantom Menace. First‚ I faced difficulty waking up at six in the morning‚ which resulted in me waking up half an hour later. This lead on to running out of coffee at home‚ so I had to stop by Starbucks. The Starbucks lady‚ as I recalled had the name ‘Janice’ pinned on her apron‚ messed up my order. I wanted a caramel latte. Not just a regular latte. My misfortune then carried on as I walked to the train station. I stepped on
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Columbus Day: A Mistake Why should this day be celebrated in the first place? Columbus Day should not be celebrated‚ but should be removed. Although it might be nice to have the day off of work or school‚ the meaning behind this holiday is completely immoral. Technically‚ Columbus did not even discover the Americas because the lands were already inhabited. Columbus was guilty of the genocide of many Native Americans‚ or “Indians”‚ as they were commonly known as during that time. Columbus also did
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Suddenly‚ There I Was April 7th‚ 1999 is when I was born on Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. I only lived there for two weeks after I was born. While we were in South Dakota my parents had bought my cat Sadie. She is actually still alive to this day! My mom had told me that the night I was born the doctor had an emergency Cholecystectomy and came to check on us the next day wearing a gown and pushing his own IV poll. After living in South Dakota for a couple of weeks‚ we then moved to
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