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    “AIR JORDAN‚” what comes to ones mind when you hear those two words together? Basketball‚ sneakers‚ riches‚ fame… No‚ hard work and success because Michael Jordan has worked harder than any other man that has ever touched the basketball court. In effect of that‚ Jordan has come to levels of success that have never even been thought of reaching. Michael Jordan has defeated all the odds and has not allowed them to over-shadow his dream to become a professional basketball player‚ it actually motivated

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    1. Fredrick Douglass: Radical Egalitarian‚ former slave‚ abolitionist‚ orator‚ writer‚ statesman‚ anti-emigrationist‚ anti-colonialist - Oration Delivered in Corinthian Hall (online) → Fourth of July speech criticizing Americans for celebrating independence while preserving slavery - The Colonizationist Revival (p. 65) - African Civilization Society (p. 76) 2. Martin Delaney: Black Nationalist (“nation within a nation”)‚ abolitionist‚ emigrationist‚ journalist‚ physician‚ writer‚ advocate for

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    A numeral is a word class (part of speech) designating numbers or related to specifying quantities and any other countable divisions. All numerals are divided into cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers. Cardinal numbers indicate number‚ quantity or amount and are used in counting. 0 | Zero (nought) | 10 | Ten | | | 1 | One | 11 | Eleven | | | 2 | Two | 12 | Tvelve | 20 | Twenty | 3 | Three | 13 | Thirteen | 30 | Thirty | 4 | Four | 14 | Fourteen | 40 | Forty (no "u") | 5 | Five |

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    centimeters in their width‚ nine to nineteen and two-tenths centimeters in their length‚ twenty seven and a half to ninety-six and two tenths centimeters squared for area‚ twenty three to one-hundred three and a half centimeters squared for surface area. This indicates that the leaves mainly differed through their length rather than their widths. The mean and median for the width were only one-tenth apart‚ and for the length they were two-tenths apart. Both of the length and width had a larger mean

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    CAUSES OF THE DOWNFALL OF MUGHAL EMPIRE BACKGROUND The downfall of the mughal empire can be attributed to two major factors: 1) Weaknesses of the mughals 2) Strength of the East India Company. The Mughal Empire‚ which had reached its zenith during the rule of Shah Jahan and his son‚ began to decline after the rule of Aurangzeb. In fact‚ the decline began during the last days of Aurangzeb.The Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent in the time of Aurangzeb Alamgir‚ but it collapsed with

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    Darcy Smith Af. Am. Lit. Final Essay 12/19/11 Mrs. Dawnelle Robinson-Walker Knowledge is Power Power is a respected quality in which most American citizens spend their entire working career acquiring. This includes African Americans‚ who have been striving for social equality through power since the abolishment of slavery in 1833. Several theories and ideologies began to surface trying to end the racial segregation of the African American race. Among the most popular and effective ideologies

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    to Mars and Ludwig van Beethoven came from two different eras and have rough times in their youth but overcame to succeed in the music world. “[Ludwig] Beethoven’s father‚ Johann‚ left many unpleasant memories in his son’s existence. Undoubtedly talented‚ Johann was not only incapable of being a positive influence on his genius son’s education‚ but‚ at times‚ he was outright prejudicial” (“Beethoven’s Childhood”). Beethoven showed interest in music as it ran in the family. His father was his first

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    Kieso‚ Weygandt‚ Warfield‚ Young‚ Wiecek‚ McConomy Intermediate Accounting‚ Tenth Canadian Edition CHAPTER 2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK UNDERLYING FINANCIAL REPORTING ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Topic Brief Exercise Usefulness of the Conceptual Framework (CF) and main components of CF Exercise Problem 5‚ 7 Writing assignments 1 Qualitative Characteristics 1‚2‚3‚9 1‚5‚6‚7 2‚3‚4‚5‚7‚8 3‚5 Elements 4‚5‚6‚7 2‚7 2‚3‚5‚8 3 Foundational

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    For the density of the rectangular solid‚ a metric ruler was used to measure the length‚ width‚ and height of it to the nearest tenth of a centimeter. The rectangular solid was weighed to the nearest tenth of a gram. For the spherical solid‚ a metric ruler was used to measure the diameter of it to the nearest tenth of a centimeter. Then it was weighed to the nearest tenth of gram. For the density of the irregularly-shaped solids‚ a clean and dry watch glass was weighed and pieces of pebbles were put

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    Tenth Five Year Plan of India – 2002 - 2007 The Tenth Five Year Plan India(2002-2007) aims to transform the country into the fastest growing economy of the world and targets an annual economic growth of 10%. This was decided after India registered a 7% GDP growth consistently over the last decade.  This GDP growth of 7% is much higher than the world’s average GDP growth rate. Thus‚ the Planning Commission of India sought to stretch the limit and set targets which would propel India to the super

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