CHY 4U RESEARCH ESSAY October 10‚ 2012 Who was the better leader‚ Louis XIV or Peter the Great? ---A Better France Under the Rule of Sun King: Louis XIV Louis XIV and Peter the Great were two of the most famous absolutism monarchs in Europe. In my point of view Louis XIV did a better job as a leader. In the 17th century the Europe world entered the age of absolutism. After the religious wars‚ most European people put their attentions back from the wars and more focused on their own life. At
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Who was more to blame for the cold war‚ the USA or the USSR? This Cold War has affected the world from 1945 until now. The blame lies on one of these two countries. I believe it is these party’s leaders who should be blamed for the cold war‚ not the countries. At the time‚ these two countries were on very precarious political and military terms‚ which were ready to fluctuate at any moment. These two countries had lead Europe to a standstill. The two‚ were in a dangerous state of political tension
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Richard White’s short story‚ “The Man Who Was Almost a Man‚” portrays the internal struggles of a yearning for power and manhood while also shedding light on the inherent immaturity that accompanies such a forced desire. The protagonist‚ Dave Saunders‚ is an African-American teenager struggling with his desires to be viewed as a man. He works as a field hand for Mr. Hawkins and is teased by the older men who work alongside him. Such ridicule drives Dave to buy a gun after convincing his mother that
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after the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584‚ there was an prevailing demand for a powerful leader ready to rule and reestablish Russia to become more stable‚ more westernized‚ and most importantly‚ to become a reckonable force. Russia answered by providing a czar and a czarina to rebuild Russia and lead it away from the troubles it faced following its Mongolian rule--Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. These two rulers did precisely what was required for them to do for Russia to accelerate and
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Who was the most courageous person shown in the movie? Why? In my opinion I believe that the most courageous person is Junior. He was brave enough sell his car to get enough money to compete in Canada even though there is a very slim chance that he and his team will be able to accomplish their goal there. He did something really risky by selling his car and gambled his car money by spending it all to go to Canada. Not only that‚ he also defied his father by pretending to work in his new job but
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The Man Who Was Almost a Man is a about a poor black family in a southern town during a time when black-white criticism was more prominent. The author‚ Richard Wright‚ shares quite a few similarities with his main character‚ like being born and raised in the south and struggling to find himself. He clearly uses the selective third person point of view as he gives thoughts and actions from Dave while only giving actions from others‚ but also narration from a narrator. There is a very interesting southern
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Someone who was fair to me was my boss at the YMCA. Fairness is giving people the second chances. Fairness is being kind even when the person may not deserve it. Fairness is important because I can’t be kind and forgiving without being fair. Without being kind and forgiving I can’t build healthy relationships. Fairness is something that I have been lucky enough to experience as a life guard. Being given so many opportunities to experience and learn about airiness has helped me become a kinder person
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Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was a Genoese sea captain who‚ in 1492‚ approached Queen Isabella with an interesting plan‚ which was to try to find a new route to India by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. In August 1492‚ Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic towards what he thought would be India‚ but little did he know he’d find our present day America. On October 12th‚ 1492 a lookout aboard the Pinta spotted land‚ which was the present day Bahamas. The natives greated Columbus
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Even while he was dealing with an addiction and going through a divorce he was still on top. He was even able to come back to being a star after a leave of absence since he was in the military. It doesn’t matter what he went through‚ he was able to stay the King and the people agreed even after he died. To begin‚ Elvis was able to change his singing styles in order for it to sound good with the different songs he would sing. He would go from fast to slow and from high to low. It was what he did so
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1. Who is to blame for the downfall of Kidder Peabody & Company? Arguments for guilt and innocence: -- Joseph Jett – Guilty Did not reveal the accounting glitch to his superiors and took advantage of the system deficiency Continually entered a new forward recon so the loss would not be calculated and recorded thus knowingly hiding the daily loses If Jett did not knowingly commit fraud and acted within KP guidelines‚ that does not exonerate him from guilt. He was tasked with generating
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