AUTOMOBILE: An automobile‚ motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers‚ which also carries its own engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads‚ to have seating for one to eight people‚ to typically have four wheels‚ and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. The term motorcar has also been used in the context of electrified rail systems to denote a car which functions
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Reynaldo Chavarry January 24‚ 2013 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Gandhi was an Indian civil rights leader. Throughout life he was misunderstood‚ defied in death and was taken to the point of error. Gandhi took down the British Empire‚ he improved the governments of the three nations‚ and he imbued the spirits of a global network of neo-Gandhians‚ like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If anyone could be described as the most adequate civil rights movement leader of the 20th century
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Joseph Andrews From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the novel. For the former Liberal Member of Parliament‚ see Joseph Andrews (politician). Joseph Andrews Author(s) Henry Fielding Original title The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend‚ Mr. Abraham Adams Country Britain Language English Publication date 1742 Media type print Preceded by Shamela‚ or An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews(1741) Followed by The Life and Death of Johnathan
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From Riches to Rags James‚ a young American boy was strolling down the street. His brown hair‚ concealed with a navy blue cap‚ was parted to perfection. The year was 1868; James was twelve years old at the time. He wandered down the street and toward the tailor’s shop‚ which he went to at least once a month to get a new jacket. He wore his navy blue blazer and amber slacks. He had on dark brown‚ winged tipped shoes which complimented both his hat and jacket. As he peered into the shop‚ the store
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The Italian Renaissance embodied ad fontes‚ studia humanitatis‚ and virtu. Ad Fontes‚ meaning “return to the sources‚” which fostered a new approach to the past. Florentines looked back at the Greco-Romans seeking the knowledge they possessed. Studia Humanitatis incorporated new course material at universities. Previously‚ they had studied theology‚ medicine‚ and law; they now studied history‚ philosophy‚ rhetoric‚ and music. The study of philosophy opened debates over God‚ the Monarchy‚ and science
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The Undertaker From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article is about the professional wrestler. For other uses‚ see Undertaker (disambiguation). The Undertaker Birth name Mark William Calaway Ring name(s) (The) Undertaker Kane the Undertaker[1] "Mean" Mark Callous[2] Punisher Dice Morgan[2] The Punisher[2] Texas Red[2] The Master of Pain[2] Billed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)[3] Billed weight 299 lb (136 kg)[3] Born March 24
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The feminist movement has been going on for decades and there any many people who have contributed to it. However‚ the two that stood out to me were Gloria Steinem and Emma Watson. Gloria Steinem is one of the most known faces of the feminist movement. She was the co-founder of many national women’s groups and also helped co-found the feminist Ms. magazine. Emma Watson is also a huge leader today in the feminist movement. Not only was she well known before she started speaking about women’s equality
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"If you came here to see spandex and big hair‚ this ain’t your band"‚ Metallica’s "war cry" throughout the early eighties. While the rest of the hard rock bands wanted to get rich and a lot of women‚ Metallica‚ as in the words of former lead guitarist Dave Mustaine‚ "Our hole existence pretty much was guitar‚ dominating the world and getting liquored up". During the late 1970s and early 1980s‚ there was a new wave a British Heavy Metal entering the cassette and 8-track decks of people everywhere
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DON QUIXOTE The novel opens by briefly describing Don Quixote and his fascination with chivalric stories. With his “wits gone”‚ Don Quixote decides to become a knight and ream the country side righting wrong and rescuing damsels in distress. He outfits himself in some old armor and professes his love and service to Aldonsa Lorenzo whom he refers to as Dulcinea Del Toboso. After a long hot ride on his horse he comes upon an inn which he thinks is a castle and the innkeeper
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California to the Union during the American Civil War. The railroad is considered by some to be the greatest technological feat of the 19th century. The transcontinental railroad replaced the slower and more dangerous wagon trains‚ Pony Express and stagecoach lines that crossed the country by land and the equally difficult sea journey around the southern tip of South America. The route followed the well established Oregon‚ Mormon and California Trails. The new line began in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ followed
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