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Study the biographies of people who have significantly influenced global change. Such people have appeared at all times throughout human history to give the world something new and unexplored.

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  • Childhood

    Childhood

    It was a clear, starry night in July when all of a sudden clouds started forming around the moon like cub scouts around a camp fire. I was having a peaceful dream when I was suddenly awaken violently. It was my mother telling me to come downstairs to watch the weather channel. I was playing my game boy when my attention was jolted away from the game by a high pitched squealing noise. I began

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Anna
  • Childhood Memory

    Childhood Memory

    Childhood Memory Have u ever had a flashback of a memory from when you were an infant? Or have u ever sat there and wished you were a little kid again? Well that happens to me all the time, and even if you don’t remember it probably has happened to you. Well I’m going to tell you about a childhood memory that I’ve had. I remember every Sunday I would sit there in the living

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    Submitted: May 14, 2010 By: Anna
  • Chili Con Carne

    Chili Con Carne

    http://lerablog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/small-business.jpg Will McCarthy 9/25/15 Research the Economy The U.S. needs to realize that its greatest threat is self-generated. We have sold 16,613 of our best companies in the past 30 years, increasing the number of American-registered foreign-owned companies in the United States. Japan and China would never sell their companies to any interests outside of their countries, which is evidence in itself how far we are descending as a nation. When we sell out to

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    Submitted: November 14, 2015 By: douggrot
  • China Currency Reserves Top Japan’s, China Business News Says

    China Currency Reserves Top Japan’s, China Business News Says

    March 28 (Bloomberg) -- China overtook Japan to become the world's largest holder of foreign-exchange reserves, the state- owned China Business News said, citing people it didn't identify. The reserves stood at $853.7 billion on Feb. 28, compared $845.2 billion on Jan. 31 and Japan's $850.1 billion in reserves, the newspaper said. The figure has yet to be confirmed by the central bank, said the paper, a venture between the Shanghai government and two media

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • Chinaвђ™s Water Supply Problems and the Solutions

    Chinaвђ™s Water Supply Problems and the Solutions

    China Shortage of Fresh Water, People often thinks that water will never be used up. There is plenty of water, such as rain, water from the rivers and wells. It seems as if water is always available around us and we never have to worry about water shortage. In fact water is rather limited on the earth. With the rapid increase of population and fast development of industries, water is more needed than before. At

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Chinese Is So Tight

    Chinese Is So Tight

    Trey Cousin 2A 10/14/14 “Chinese is so tight bro,” “You should do it, it’s such a fun class, you learn about Chinese culture, plus it looks much better on a college transcript.” These things that my friend told me about Chinese ultimately convinced me to enroll in Chinese 1 my freshman year with high expectations of an exciting year ahead. Unfortunately this expectation and excitement was crushed as soon as I grasped that fact that

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    Submitted: March 17, 2015 By: tremaine333
  • Chris Brown

    Chris Brown

    Chris Brown Actor, songwriter, and singer Chris Brown was born on May 5, 1989 in Tappahannock, Virginia. Although he is still in his teens, Chris Brown is already on his way to music superstardom with his fabulous voice, amazing dance moves, and boy-next-door charm. Growing up in a small town of almost only 2,000 people, he was a born entertainer. He enjoyed singing at his church choir and was inspired by such musical artists as

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Chris Brown

    Chris Brown

    Chris Brown Actor, songwriter, and singer Chris Brown was born on May 5, 1989 in Tappahannock, Virginia. Although he is still in his teens, Chris Brown is already on his way to music superstardom with his fabulous voice, amazing dance moves, and boy-next-door charm. Growing up in a small town of almost only 2,000 people, he was a born entertainer. He enjoyed singing at his church choir and was inspired by such musical artists as

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Chris Brown

    Chris Brown

    Chris Brown Actor, songwriter, and singer Chris Brown was born on May 5, 1989 in Tappahannock, Virginia. Although he is still in his teens, Chris Brown is already on his way to music superstardom with his fabulous voice, amazing dance moves, and boy-next-door charm. Growing up in a small town of almost only 2,000 people, he was a born entertainer. He enjoyed singing at his church choir and was inspired by such musical artists as

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: July
  • Chris Crutcher

    Chris Crutcher

    Chris Crutcher Chris Crutcher was born on July 17, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio. His father was an Air Force pilot and his mother was a homemaker. Chris grew up in Cascade, Idaho. As a child there was not much for kids to do in Idaho, a tiny logging community north of Boise, so many children turned to sports. Chris got his education from Eastern Washington State College in 1968. His hobbies were running ,

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Chris Pronger

    Chris Pronger

    Chris Pronger (born October 11, 1974 in Dryden, Ontario) is a defenseman for the St. Louis Blues. He has received many awards during his career in the NHL, and is considered one of the top defensemen in the league. After two outstanding seasons with the Peterbourough Petes of the OHL, Chris was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in 1993. He went on to play 81 games for the Whalers in the 1993-1994 season, and he

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Jon
  • Chris Wilder

    Chris Wilder

    Daniel Wheat Per.3 1/09/02 Chris Wilder Chris Wilder was born March 13, 1945. At two years old he nearly drowned in a swimming pool, at three he suffered convulsions and had to be resuscitated. His criminal history began in his teen years. At 17, Wilder and a group of friends were charged with gang-raping a girl on the beach in Australia. He was sentenced two years probation and mandatory counseling after pleading guilty. The program

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    Submitted: February 26, 2009 By: Max
  • Christian Dior

    Christian Dior

    Women all over the world have been embraced with Christian Dior’s “New Look” which has changed fashion in many ways for the better. Christian Dior was born was born on January 21, 1905 in Granville, Normandy. When Christian was young, he and his family, that consisted of, Madeline and Maurice Dior his parents, and his four siblings, lived in Paris, France. The family also had a home in Granville on the coast near St. Malo,

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Christian Iconography

    Christian Iconography

    once i had a huge ass dog but the mother fucker bit my fucking hand off The mosaic in the apse of San Vitale in Ravenna depicts a younger version of Christ. This is iconologically significant because it shows a beardless Christ, signifying that he may be from the Mediterranean. His halo contains the Cross and he is wearing a purple robe. It is rather two-dimensional, because the draperies do not convey a sense of

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Christopher Columbus Biography

    Christopher Columbus Biography

    Christopher Columbus was the oldest son of Domenico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa. Christopher was born between August and October 1451, in Genoa, Italy. Christopher also had two younger brothers, Bartholomew and Diego. Christopher received little formal education and was a largely self-taught man, later learning to read Latin and Write Castilian. Columbus began on the sea early making his first voyage, to the Aegean Island of Chios, in 1475. One year later he survived a

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    Submitted: December 1, 2008 By: Jessica
  • Chuck Berry

    Chuck Berry

    In the early 1950’s a new artist became present on the rock n roll scene. This artist was the 24 year old Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry was inspired by gospel music chanted in his mother’s household. The family would join in and all sing together and harmonize with one another. Berry also sang in his St. Louis church's Baptist choir at age six. Berry learned to play the guitar while attending Sumner High School,

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Bred
  • Citizenship Cw A

    Citizenship Cw A

    Our group had decided to do a fund-raising charity event for children in an unfortunate situation of being an orphan. We’ve chosen keech cottage, a children’s hospice charity. There are many children in the world that need help to rebuild their lives and with a little bit of our help, they will be able to get the help they need and more care and attention they need to have a normal life. The children's hospice

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Victor
  • Civil War Causes

    Civil War Causes

    Paweł Trenda Brian Stokes HTY-121 August 18, 2016 Civil War causes Slavery was known since the first shipment of Africans to the new world in the 1619. The main cog in this great machine named America was also a main reason why the people started to fight. The Civil War was basically about slavery, but one cannot take it as a one and only reason for starting this war. There are many aspect that clearly

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    Submitted: August 22, 2016 By: Paweł Trenda
  • Clarence Darrow

    Clarence Darrow

    In being one of the most famous attorneys of the twentieth century, Clarence Darrow clearly expresses his feelings about prison in his Address to the Prisoners in the Cook County Jail. In the speech, he says that he does not believethat people are in jail because the deserve to be. Clearly stating his reason for having such a negative aspect towards jail, he feels people are put in jail because of the circumstances beyond their

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Mike
  • Claude Levi-Strauss

    Claude Levi-Strauss

    Claude Levi-Strauss Known as one of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century, Claude Levi-Strauss, a French anthropologist, has a prominent place in the development of the theory of structural anthropology. He is regarded as one of the primary figures on which structuralism thought is based. Levi-Strauss has proven himself to be very influential throughout the United States and various parts of Europe. Claude Levi-Strauss was born in Brussels, Belgium on November 28, 1908. He

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Claude McKay - African American Lit.

    Claude McKay - African American Lit.

    Claude McKay African American Lit. Claude McKay was one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century African American literature. He was known world wide from the West Indies to the United States to Africa all the way to his birth place Jamaica. When mentioning controversial writers, Claude McKay comes to mind. He was first of many African American writers who would become known for speaking their minds through literature during the early 1900’s. He also

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Clear Channel Entertainment

    Clear Channel Entertainment

    Clear Channel Entertainment Stress is typically regarded as being unhealthy for us, but a little bit is actually necessary to survive. Stress is any tension within our body-mind system. Since all activity involves shifting energy by the creation and release of tension, this means that we could not even move without it! Stress itself is not unhealthy unless it is poorly managed, causing extremely high or prolonged states of tension. If allowed to stay out-of-balance,

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Clinton Biography

    Clinton Biography

    William J. Clinton During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many places, and reduced

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Cliques

    Cliques

    Being part of the basketball clique in high school helped me learn the intrapersonal and social communication skills I use today. As a child playing basketball was my favorite activity or hobby. It’s also the way I met a lot of my good friends that I have now. All my close friends I have met. I have met them through playing basketball.. Whether they were on my team, the opposing team or just fan’s in

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    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Yan
  • Cloning

    Cloning

    Cloning For many years, the cloning of adults, animals or humans has been mostly the object of science fiction, something unforeseen by man. However, “The world was shocked in February of 1997 when British scientist, named Ian Wilmot announced that his research team successfully cloned lamb named dolly from an adult sheep at the Roselyn Institute in Scotland”.(1) For what seemed like a dream for many years quickly turned into reality. The newest and possibly

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Bred
  • Clothing

    Clothing

    My favorite places to shop at is Marshals, Century 21, Mony ,and at Express. These are my top favorite store because they sell the type of clothing I like to wear, such as wild stylish cloths ,something you never seen before or even beautiful clothing that will make you say “wow” ! When I go into places like Express and Mony I usually have someone to help me pick out things my taste but

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    Submitted: February 15, 2010 By: July
  • Cm Punk - Phil Brooks

    Cm Punk - Phil Brooks

    Phil Brooks[4] (born October 26, 1978), better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) brand where he is the reigning ECW Champion. Punk initially came to prominence through his career on the professional wrestling independent circuit, primarily as a member of the Ring of Honor (ROH) roster where he was an ROH Tag Team Champion, ROH World

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Victor
  • Code Hero

    Code Hero

    1. What is the most common injury you see? Ankle sprain. 2. What's the difference between a sprain and strain? Sprain is the term for a stretched ligament. Strain is the term for a stretched muscle 3. What sport causes most of the injuries you see? Football. Why? The most collisions. Large participants. 4. What are some precautionary things to prevent injury before playing a sport? Get warmed up first including stretching. Good physical fitness.

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    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • Cold War Position Paper

    Cold War Position Paper

    Ivan Jose Caballero 4/9/18 Dr. Pellecchia APUSH Cold War Position Paper The Cold War Era was a period of political tensions between global powers such as America and the Soviet Union. It is an era when these superpowers are competing in an arms race. But who truly caused the creation of the Cold War? Many historians blame Stalin for his imperialistic tendencies of expanding his empire beyond Russia. Gaddis claims that Stalin was responsible for

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    Submitted: April 10, 2018 By: kaiju1211
  • Colin Luther Powell

    Colin Luther Powell

    Colin Luther Powell was born in Harlem in 1937..Powell grew up in the South Bronx, where he graduated from high school without knowing what he would do with his life. He entered the City College of New York to study geology and it was there own that he found his calling when he joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). He became commander the drill team and graduated in 1958 at the top of his

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Steve
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