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    Fireworks of July 4th

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    became independent in the year 1776‚ the fireworks were used for Independence Day Celebration in the US only on the 4th of July 1777. Facts about Fireworks Display of 4th July The fireworks used on 4th July are largely imported from China. Did you know‚ in 2011 Americans imported fireworks worth $233 million from China? Do you know that the sight of fireworks on July 4th rouses the feeling of patriotism among the Americans? John Adam’s the second President of America‚ and the first Vice-president

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    Slaves

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    the 1840s‚and those were the years that Irish immigration peaked.(I wonder why?) Black workers oftentimes had it worse than slaves did. This is because when the owner bought a slave‚ they did not want to lose money by their death‚so they would help them out.Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold‚ and are forced to work.[1] Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse

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    The slave trade was present in America even before its official founding‚ dating back to the Spanish Conquistadors in Caribbean and Florida during the early late 1400s and early 1500s. From the beginning of European settlement of the Americas slaves were used to manage crops and preform menial labor while being treated worse than the animals owned by the fame person. The slave trade grew with time‚ especially in the South where large farms were reliant on slaves to produce the crops. Despite attempts

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    Born on the 4th of July

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    "Born on the Fourth of July" This book was incredible! In all truth this was the first book I have ever read cover to cover. The book‚ by Ron Kovic‚ as compared to the film‚ by Oliver Stone‚ had some impressive similarities. Both the book and the film did a great job of portraying Ron’s childhood in Massapequa‚ Long Island. From the little league games to playing war in the woods‚ leading charges and setting ambushes. This was especially well done in the movie‚ and exactly as I pictured them while

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    United States. Slavery was practiced throughout the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries‚ and African slaves helped build the new nation into an economic powerhouse through the production of lucrative crops such as tobacco and cotton (History.com). A list of wonderful poets was given and the two who caught eye was Frances E.W. Harper and George Moses Horton. Frances

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    Three/Fourths

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    becomes part of you. For me music was my hobby and is now my passion. According to the book The Science of Music by Robin Maconie‚ music exists for the purpose of the moment. Music is emotion and thought embodied onto sheet music or recordings. That’s what music really is when you stop and think about it. It’s just someone’s moment frozen in time for us to listen to whenever we please. It’s really a beautiful thing to have a piece of you live on in the form of music even if it doesn’t become famous or

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    educated slave is a dangerous slave”. Throughout this book we find that the main goal of slave masters is to keep their slaves in a state of “mental darkness” to prevent them from them realizing that they are more than slaves; that they are actual humans. We first see this when Frederick is on the Auld family plantation and Mrs. Auld is teaching Frederick how to read‚ because she thought it was the right thing to do‚ since her husband Mr. Auld was the one who knew the true meaning of a slave which

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    july current affairs

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    GK Power Capsule – July` 2014 (The Hindu Review) This GK Capsule has been prepared by Career Power Institute Delhi (Formerly Known as Bank Power). This has  1. been prepared on the basis of news and events appeared in The Hindu Newspaper in the month of July 2014.  Subhash Sheoratan Mundra took charge as the fourth Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for three years. He was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the KC Chakrabarty.

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    Fourth Estate

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    What is the role of the free press in strengthening democracy‚ good governance‚ and human development?1 Liberal theorists have long argued that the existence of a unfettered and independent press within each nation is essential in the process of democratization‚ by contributing towards the right of freedom of expression‚ thought and conscience‚ strengthening the responsiveness and accountability of governments to all citizens‚ and providing a pluralist platform and channel of political

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    A Strange Day in July

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    A Strange Day in July One day on July 13‚ 1995‚ at around 9:00 pm‚ two boys were skipping rocks on a long gloomy pond. The boy named Jack decided it would be more fun to play in the mud‚ so he went to a nearby mud pit to frolic in. The other boy (John) kept skipping rocks. On around his third throw he realized that the stones were coming back. Curious‚ John hurled a stone along the pond. No sooner then he threw it the stone came skipping back twice as hard. As John narrowly dodged the stone it

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