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    Mud City

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    Mud City The main character in the book is named Shauzia‚ Shauzia is a Fourteen-year-old that dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France‚ but it is hard to reconcile that dream with the terrible conditions of the Afghan refugee camp where she lives. She has tanned skin and brown eyes‚ short hair‚ and she wears a salwar kameez (long‚ loose shirt and trousers‚ worn by both men and women. A women’s salwar kameez has different colors and patterns and sometimes elaborately

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    Robin Williams

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    Robin Williams: Iconic comedian and ‘advocate for all who serve this nation’ Chad J. McNeeley‚ U.S. Navy/ Wiki The tragic and sudden death of Robin Williams‚ 63‚ saddened the world on Monday morning‚ but his support for the troops is what many of his fans are talking about today. Williams was among the first of America’s celebrities to visit the armed forces in a war zone‚ and in the span of his life visited more than 89‚000 military personnel in both Iraq and Afghanistan with the United Service

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    William WIlberforce

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    The Man Who Stopped England’s Slave Trade “God Almighty has set before me two great objects‚ the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners” – William Wilberforce William Wilberforce was one of the greatest abolitionists in all of history. He fought for what he believed in. He believed in freedom for all people‚ no matter what they looked like. He thought that all people are to be valued and that they are important‚ even if they were different. He spent all of his life trying

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    Cell City

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    in the way a city does. Although it may be an old analogy‚ it may be one of the best. Following is a list of cell parts and how their function is similar to functions of a city or town. The cell membrane is the city limits of our city. Outside of the city limits‚ the local government has no jurisdiction‚ but inside those limits‚ people are subject to the “laws of the land”. The nucleus – This is the place where direction is given and DNA is sent from. This would be the city government; the

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    William Wilberforce

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    WILLIAM WILBERFORCE Initial decision[edit] The British initially became involved in the slave trade during the 16th century. By 1783‚ the triangular route that took British-made goods to Africa to buy slaves‚ transported the enslaved to the West Indies‚ and then brought slave-grown products such as sugar‚ tobacco‚ and cotton to Britain‚ represented about 80 percent of Great Britain’s foreign income.[49][50] British ships dominated the trade‚ supplying French‚ Spanish‚ Dutch‚ Portuguese and British

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    Divided city

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    Divided City by Theresa Breslin The novel Divided City by Theresa Breslin Is set in gloomy Glasgow‚ Scotland‚ in the recent times. The story is aimed at teenagers and adults alike and concerns the asylum seeking problems and associated racism towards illegal immigrants who had arrived in Glasgow at this time. I really enjoyed this novel as it was good to see each supporters of Rangers and Celtic‚ be such good friends. Even in today’s modern time‚ it’s refreshingly different to see the ’old firm’

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    William Pitt

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    Pitt’s consolidation of power How did the 1784 election consolidate William Pitt’s power? In December 1783‚ George III ended the Fox-North coalition‚ and appointed William Pitt as Prime Minister. However Pitt had little support in the House of Commons‚ calculations suggests he could rely on 149 votes and was opposed by Fox and North‚ numbering about 230 in total. In order to reduce power of the opposition Pitt offered his allies‚ including Fox‚ to the cabinet. Government was immediately defensive

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    The Ideal City

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    was lucky enough to develop my own city it would be the most unique place on earth. I would have to have a place where the climate was around 80 degrees year round and had no major natural disasters in the region. I would call my city Dillville and have a population of about 60‚000. There would be one hospital for the city and one jail for all the criminals. In this paper I will discuss my ideal city and the key elements that I believe will make my city ideal. Those key elements will be

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    William Harvey

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    William Harvey was a British physician who did what all good modern scientists are taught to do; which is upon coming across an inexplicable phenomenon‚ compose a hypothesis‚ research‚ collect data‚ devise a theory‚ then share this information with fellow scientists. . He obtained a Doctor of Physic diploma from the University of Padua in 1602. But Human Heredity‚ in the biological sense‚ was for many centuries only a metaphor. Because of his family status‚ Harvey had no problem obtaining a

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    Tennesee Williams

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    All writer use to one degree or another elements of their life to help formulate their characters and stories‚ but Tennessee Williams seems to draw more from his personal experiences than most. After reading “The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin” and doing some background research on the author it becomes quite clear that he wrote this story as a reflection of his life. The similarities between the narrator/boy in the story and Tennessee himself are quite obvious‚ as well as other characters

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