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  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

    Harper Lee's only novel to date is To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960 but set in the 1930s in America's deep-south. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize and was quickly made into a successful film starring Gregory Peck. The popularity that the novel immediately attracted endures to modern times. The semi-autobiographical story concerns the trial of an innocent black man, Tom Robinson for the rape of a white woman, Mayella Ewell and around this

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    Submitted: December 6, 2008 By: Mike
  • Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee "They say you had to see him to believe that a man so fine could exist. He was handsome. He was clever. He was brave. He was gentle. He was generous and charming, noble and modest, admired and beloved. He had never failed at anything in his upright soldier's life. He was born a winner, this Robert E. Lee. Except for once. In the greatest contest of his life, in a war

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    Submitted: February 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • Lee Harvey Oswald

    Lee Harvey Oswald

    Outline Thesis Statement: Because of extensive evidence, I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone on the day of November 22, 1963 in the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The additional gunman was strategically placed in the grassy knoll area, in order to shoot at Kennedy from a frontal view (Rubinstein 4). A. Opening Paragraph Since November 23, 1963, the day after President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated, there have been speculations

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    Submitted: February 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant On April 27, 1822 a boy was born to Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant in the small town of Point Pleasant, Ohio. They named their son Hiram Ulysses Grant. In 1823 the family moved to a town nearby called Georgetown, Ohio, where Ulysses' father owned a tannery and some farmland. Grant had two brothers and three sisters born in Georgetown. Ulysses attended school in Georgetown until he was 14. He

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    Submitted: February 17, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was an American general and 18th president of the U.S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27, 1822, the son of Hannah Simpson and Jesse Grant, the owner of a tannery. Taken to nearby Georgetown at the age of one, he was educated in local and boarding schools. In 1839, under the name of Ulysses Simpson instead of his original Hiram Ulysses, he was appointed to

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    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: regina
  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant rose to command all the Federal armies in the Civil War. Ulysses Hiram Grant was born April 27, 1822, in a two room frame house at Point Pleasant, Ohio. His father, Jesse Root Grant, was foreman in a tannery. When Grant was one his parents moved to Georgetown where they had five more children there, two boys and three girls. At seventeen Grant was harvesting, and hauling wood. his

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    Submitted: March 22, 2009 By: Top
  • Remembering the Contributions of Lee and the Massachusetts 54th

    Remembering the Contributions of Lee and the Massachusetts 54th

    Remembering the Contributions of Lee and the Massachusetts 54th In examining the history related to the American Civil War, there are two significant entities that are worth remembering: General Robert E. Lee, commanding officer of the Confederate Army, and the 54th Massachusetts regiment. These two entities are commemorated in different ways, to assure their remembrance. Through The Public Art of Civil War Commemoration, Thomas J. Brown explains that their memories will continue to be preserved

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Ulysesse S. Grant and His Time in the Civil War

    Ulysesse S. Grant and His Time in the Civil War

    Before Grant even became general a lot had happened to get the war started such as taking over other various pieces of lands and even loses some battles but when grant came in it was the beginning of a legacy, he is part of what made it easier for us to win this battle that took a lot longer than either side thought it would, a lot of people see grant as a hero

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • George Grant: Technology, Liberalism and Nietzsche

    George Grant: Technology, Liberalism and Nietzsche

    George Parkin Grant is one of the most perspicacious thinkers Canada has ever produced. Grant’s language is prima facie deceptively simple if compared with thinkers like Harold Innis or Marshall McLuhan. As I began to delve further, however, I discovered that beneath the almost poetic simplicity lay an elaborate, deeply profound system of thought, a multivalent commentary on the western experience. I should add at this point that much of the criticism of Grant, directed

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant On April 27, 1822 a boy was born to Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant in the small town of Point Pleasant, Ohio. They named their son Hiram Ulysses Grant. In 1823 the family moved to a town nearby called Georgetown, Ohio, where Ulysses’ father owned a tannery and some farmland. Grant had two brothers and three sisters born in Georgetown. Ulysses attended school in Georgetown until he was 14. He

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Janna
  • Presidant Grant

    Presidant Grant

    President Grant was born in April 27th 1822 In Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was the 18th president of the United States and was in office from 1869-1877. Proir to him being in office he was the general of the Nothern army in the civil war. President Grant was determined to run the government just as he ran his army. Also, he brought many of the people he was with in the army back into office

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Lee Lacocca’s Legacy

    Lee Lacocca’s Legacy

    Lee Iacocca made a name for himself by saving Chrysler Corporation from the brink of bankruptcy in the late 1970s and built it into a powerful and profitable firm in short time. Management and manufacturing changes implemented by Iacocca resulted in a dramatic increase in Chrysler’s stock price and Iacocca’s ego. However, as the cash flowed in during the early to mid 80’s, Iacocca lost focus of what made the company successful and he changed

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Victor
  • Spike Lee Analysis

    Spike Lee Analysis

    The thread of African American history is spun from two sources: the struggle to define a place in the wider American life and the effort to maintain an authentic black presence in the larger American culture. This duality has meaning in the realm of filmmaking because the tools of cinema, film and cameras, cost more than the paper and pencil tools of writers. It is the cost of doing business that affects, indeed, threatens the

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Lee Family Boxing

    The Lee Family Boxing

    LEE FAMILY TANG LOONG CHUAN Meaning: The creator is a descendant of the Lee Family, thus the word, "Lee Gar". The art is of Chinese origins, thus the word, "Tang". Chinese are regarded as descendants of the Dragon, thus the word, "Long". This is an art of Chinese Boxing techniques, thus the word, "Chung Hua Chuan Fah". Tactics & Strategies: Defensive and offensive movements are bound together and are executed in the same movement or

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Yan
  • Sara Lee

    Sara Lee

    APA Lesson Four Creating References Carol J. Amato University of Phoenix COMM 102: Communication Skills for Career Growth April 4, 2002 Lesson Three discussed how to add citations to the text. Now our readers know which parts of the report came from other sources. That’s only half the battle, however. What if one of those readers wants to go back to the original source and read more detail? All we gave as information in the

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Monika
  • Proposal for a Research Grant on Type 2 Diabetes

    Proposal for a Research Grant on Type 2 Diabetes

    Running Head: Type II Diabetes Proposal for a Research Grant on Type II Diabetes One of the most serious (and misunderstood) diseases that affects our country today is type II diabetes. While many people may not understand exactly what type II diabetes is, it is actually quite simple: “Type II diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way your body metabolizes sugar (glucose)- your body’s main source of fuel” (Mayo Clinic, 2006). Type

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Yan
  • Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee

    In 2003, Roy Blount Jr. published the book Robert E. Lee through the Penguin Group Inc. This book is different then other books published about Lee due to the fact that this book looks behind the man in uniform, and shows how Lee became the legend that we know today. Blount brings an element of humor that some would not expect to find when writing about Lee. Through this type of writing, Lee transforms into

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Robert E Lee

    Robert E Lee

    The topic I am doing my research paper on is Robert E. Lee. I chose Robert E. Lee because I feel he is a person worth mentioning and worth letting others know what he had done in his life, Robert E. Lee was born in Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, January 19, 1807, and died in Lexington, Virginia October 12, 1870. Robert E. Lee’s father had been a cavalry officer during the American Revolution, and had

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Mike
  • Categorizing Women in Annabel Lee and the Raven

    Categorizing Women in Annabel Lee and the Raven

    If you take one part symbol, one part imagination, one part clever wording and two parts poetry, you have the workings of an Edgar Allen Poe poem. If you take a look at “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee”, you have the narrator of both stories reminiscing about a “lost love”. First we will discuss “The Raven”. “Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore”; the second line of “The Raven”. As many readers

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Robert E.Lee’s a Civil War

    Robert E.Lee’s a Civil War

    Robert E. Lee's Civil War Bevin Alexander Alexander, Bevin. Robert E. Lee's Civil War. Holbrook, MA: Adams Media Corporation, 1998. 1-338. Bevin Alexander is a renowned author of books on American military history. He is most well known for his books on the Civil War, including How Hitler Could Have Won World War II and Lost Victories. He lives in Bremo Bluff, Virginia, and he is still a contributor to the Civil War book collections.

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Top
  • Preface to the Analysis of the Extract from "to Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee

    Preface to the Analysis of the Extract from "to Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee

    There are many things that were, are and are very likely to stay incomprehensible for us therefore causing perpetual anguished reflections and arguments for many generations of people. Some of these things are objective, natural phenomena in the world around us like the blue colour of the sky or the instinct of different birds and fish which always leads them home. But also there are such things like Good and Evil, Love and Hatred, Honesty

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Max
  • General Robert E. Lee

    General Robert E. Lee

    General Robert E. Lee Robert E lee was born January 19, 1807 at Stanford in Westmoreland country, Virginia .He was the fifth child born to the lee family. He grew part in the part was George Washington was in. He had many ties to the revolutionary war hers/his was educated in Alexandria, viridian, he was commission to brevet 2nd lieutenant of engineers. He was put into a higher rank during a the Mexican war were

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Steve
  • Erin Brockovich Directed by Steven Soderbergh and Written by Susannah Grant

    Erin Brockovich Directed by Steven Soderbergh and Written by Susannah Grant

    Erin Brockovich, directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Susannah Grant, is based on the true story surrounding the film's protagonist. Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) personifies a young and energetic, unemployed single mother who has neither money nor education to back up her unshakable principles and her determination to support her family. It is a film in which there is a very strong feeling of two scenarios; these being the notorious ‘American Dream’ so often

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: David
  • Robert Edward Lee (1807–1870)

    Robert Edward Lee (1807–1870)

    Robert Edward Lee was born on January 19, 1807. During the American Civil War, he was a career army officer and the most successful general of the Confederate forces. On April 18, 1861, on the eve of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln offered Lee command of the United States Army. However, his loyalty to Virginia led him to join the Confederacy. He also entertained no special sympathy for slavery. At the outbreak of

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • General Ulysses S. Grant

    General Ulysses S. Grant

    Not long after fighting had begun in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant went back into battle and enlisted in the army. Grant was a great military leader. He combined tactics that were taught to him at West Point with his own knowledge and with what he picked up on from the Mexican War, where he was under the command of Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. Grant proved his leadership and strategy when he captured

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Janna

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