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    James Ussher (sometimes spelled Usher‚ 4 January 1581 – 21 March 1656) was Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656. He was a prolific scholar‚ who most famously published a chronology that purported to establish the time and date of the creation as the night preceding Sunday‚ 23 October 4004 BC‚ according to the proleptic Julian calendar.In 1619 Ussher travelled to England‚ where he remained for two years. His only child‚ Elizabeth‚ was born in London

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    FAMOUS PEOPLE People can become famous for discovering something‚ acting‚ singing‚ dancing and many other things. Some of them become well-known during their life‚ the others after their death. There are many famous people all over the world and one of them is Arthur Nobel who I would like to talk about today. ALFRED BERNHARD NOBEL – a Swedish chemist‚ one of the most famous discoverers of the 19th century‚ was born in 1833 in the capital city of Sweden – Stockholm. His father‚ Immanuel Nobel

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    1. Famous People: 2. "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." a. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) 3. "Glory is fleeting‚ but obscurity is forever." b. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) 4. "Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." c. Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956) 5. "Don’t be so humble - you are not that great." d. Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat 6. "His ignorance is encyclopedic" e. Abba

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    Are famous people treated unfairly by the media? Should they be given more privacy‚ or is the price of their fame an invasion into their private lives? The question of unfair treatment of famous people by the media is one that cannot be easily answered without a close examination of all that is involved. Fame is a state of being well known either by one’s personality or a result of one’s accomplishments and cannot happen without the media. The media makes people famous. The world is now in an

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    If I met three famous people who I like‚ I would be one of most happiest people in the world.I don’t know what I would do‚ but I would be very happy. I will tell you about three famous people who I would like to meet. At first I would like to meet my favourite boy-band Backstreet Boys. It’s the best boy-band in pop music history. They are five guys from the USA‚ and they became very famous after their album ’’Millennium’’ release in 1999.I’m their very big fan since 2007. And if I met them I would

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    Famous People from West Virginia Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (1824-1863) Jackson was born in Clarksburg‚ West Virginia. He was a Confederate general and won at the First Battle of Bull Run during the Civil War. He was accidentally killed by one of his men at Chanvellorsville. Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) Jarvis was born in Grafton‚ West Virginia. She was a promoter who worked to make Mother’s Day a nationally celebrated holiday. Morgan Morgan (1688-1766) Morgan was a pioneer and the first white

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    be famous or just be the average teenager? Although many people say they do not want to be famous‚ I would love to. I would like to be famous for many different reasons. The main reasons I would want to be famous is all of the following: you would have lots of friends‚ get to travel around the world‚ be a role model‚ and also be a millionaire. AH‚ the glamorous life. Celebrities have it made. First‚ I think being famous would be awesome because of the money. In the business of being famous the

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    individual soul or anima of all things‚ and natural manifestations) into common use. * Introduced the concept of “survivals” in human development. Franz Boas * Father of Modern Anthropology * Father of American Anthropology  * He pioneered the concept of life group displays‚ commonly known as dioramas. * He argued the diminished significance of theories of racial distinction between humans. * He developed his theory of relativism‚ debunking the prevailing beliefs that Western Civilization is superior

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    Ventsislav Yanev - №41876 COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE LIVES OF TWO FAMOUS PEOPLE The two famous people I am going to discuss in the following essay are Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. I decided to do so‚ because I am a huge fan of the shock rock star Brian Warner (a. k. a. Marilyn Manson)‚ whose stage name is a combination of Marilyn Monroe’s first name and Charles Manson’s last name. Both Monroe and Manson are very famous figures in American culture‚ yet at the same time very different

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    her ideal. Eveline had spent her young life with gloomy days. When she was 19 years old‚ she got an opportunity that she could finish up her dark and old life and start a satisfied and new life. However‚ she realized that she can’t leave her old life. At the end of the story‚ "She set her white face to him‚ passive‚ like a helpless animal" (7). There must be some reasons that she didn’t leave. James Joyce‚ who was born in Ireland‚ expressed Ireland people as ‘Eveline’. When the writer wrote the

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