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    Thomas Edison

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    "necessity is the mother of invention". Thomas Edison statement was based on the dependence of society using technology. This statement means that items that are invented based off of what people need. This is because no one will be able to appreciate an item that has no use. An example in today’s day an age is the iPhone which was invented so people didn’t have to carry both a phone and an iPod. That is making an invention due to the necessity of the people. Marshall McLuhan flipped this statement

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    102/213c PUBLIC LAW Lecture No. 1: CONSTITUTIONS – NATURE‚ PRINCIPLES AND FEATURES What is a Constitution? ‘the act of people constituting a government’ per T. Paine Rights of Man (1791-92) ‘a body of rules’ ‘the identity of a state’ • What is the purpose of a constitution? • What are the main characteristics of a constitution? 1. What is the Function of a Constitution (a) THE NEED FOR ORDER AND SECURITY • Hobbes‚ Leviathan (1651)

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    Thomas Jefferson

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    Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was an American founding father‚ the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. At the beginning of the American Revolution‚ he served in the Continental congress‚ representing Virginia and then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia. Just after the war ended‚ from mid-1784 Jefferson served as a diplomat‚ stationed in Paris. In May 1785‚ he became the United States Minister to France. Jefferson was the first

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    Thomas Hobbes

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    fear and even love to control various things from land and weapons and even smaller things like rice and water . It has taken figures with strong mentalitys to pause the everyday fight for key essentials to focus and sometimes even dedicate their life to the humans and their nature as a whole. Normally throughout an average lifespan it would sometimes occur to you that things are often bigger than the small things we occupy ourselves with for the most part . However the three individuals I have

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    Thomas Jefferson

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    Thomas Jefferson (April 13‚ 1743 (April 2‚ 1743 O.S.) – July 4‚ 1826) was an American Founding Father‚ the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). At the beginning of the American Revolution‚ he served in the Continental Congress‚ representing Virginia and then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781). Just after the war ended‚ from mid-1784 Jefferson served as a diplomat‚ stationed in Paris. In May 1785‚ he

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    Thomas Theorem

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    Thomas Theorem A teacher believing a student is more intelligent than they really are could change the interaction between this student and the teacher in many ways. This student could see the teacher having faith in them and perhaps seeing something in them that they don’t see in themselves. It could cause the student to have higher self esteem by this teacher thinking positively about them. This could be detrimental to the student because other students could consider the extra attention

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    Thomas Hardy

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    Thomas Hardy Frank & Chelsea Here are a few poems and things to write about. The Man he Killed The short lines‚ simple rhyme scheme‚ and everyday language make the piece almost nursery rhyme like in simplicity‚ again in ironic contrast to its less than pleasant subject. The Voice Though the vigorous anapaestic metre of the poem helps convey this initial hope‚ it proves unwieldy for Hardy‚ as is evident in the clumsy third stanza‚ where “listlessness” rhymes with Hardy’s unfortunate coinage

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    Thomas Tsai

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    Thomas Tsai is a first year student at Coast Community College who wants to major in business accounting and plans on transferring to Coast State University. Thomas has come to me for assistance I am an advisor at Coast Community and he needs help choosing what class he should drop. He works ten to fifteen hours per week to help his mom and dad at their family book and stationery store. Right now Thomas has a heavy course load this semester which consist of five classes Introduction to Accounting

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    Thomas Hardy

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    Thomas Hardy’s life can be divided into three phases. The first phase (1840-1870) embraces childhood‚ adolescence‚ apprenticeship‚ first marriage‚ early poems and his first unpublished novel. The second phase (1871-1897) is marked by intensive writing‚ which resulted in the publication of 14 novels and a number of short stories. In the third phase (1898-1928)‚ the period of the writer’s rising fame‚ he abandoned writing novels and returned to poetry. Thomas Hardy was an English poet and novelist

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    Thomas Paine

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    Thomas Paine In September of 1776‚ on the outskirts of Newark‚ among the tired‚ discouraged‚ soldiers‚ as they paused from their daily retreat‚ sat Thomas Paine. He wrote many papers that would have a major effect on the outcome of the quest for independence. Born the son of a Quaker Laymaker on January 29th‚ 1737 at Thetford‚ Norfolk England. He received a basic elementary education‚ and started to work for his father as an apprentice‚ and later as an excise officer. He was not a huge success

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