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  • Peter the Great

    Peter the Great

    On May 30, 1672, Peter Romanov, later to be known as Peter the Great, was born in Moscow. Born into royalty, Peter's grandfather, Michael Romanov, was czar of Russia. Peter had an average sized family which consisted of father, Czar Alexis, and his mother was Natayla Naryshkin. Alexis's second wife, Maria Miloslavsky, had Peter's siblings Feodor III, Sophia Alekseyvna, and Ivan. When Alexis died, Peter, at age 10, was forced to rule alongside his brother

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    Essay Length: 258 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Max
  • Great Enterntainers

    Great Enterntainers

    There are Billions of Entertainers in this World, but only a handful of them can say that they are great entertainers. Many Athletes, Actors, Musicians, and Comedians only last a year in their line of work, or only have one successful year. Most Artists these days only sell Albums based on their sex appeal and not on the level of talent they have. A lot of Athletes gain exposure on one play that they

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    Essay Length: 1,883 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    Is his novel the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. He begins life as just an ordinary, lower-class, citizen. But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. After meeting Daisy, he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life, Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced, he is hinted at being out of the ordinary. The first evidence of

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    Essay Length: 1,243 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Vika
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

    Greg Squires The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which touched virtually all of the industrialized world. The Depression began in late 1929 and lasted for nearly a decade. Many factors played a role in bringing about the Depression; however, the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the extensive stock market speculation that took

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Truly Great Gatsby

    The Truly Great Gatsby

    The Truly Great Gatsby Is his novel the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. He begins life as just an ordinary, lower-class, citizen. But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. After meeting Daisy, he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life, Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced, he is hinted at being out of the ordinary.

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    Essay Length: 1,248 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Max
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    In October 1929, the stock market crashed, wiping out 40 percent of the paper values of common stock. Businesses closed their doors, factories shut down and banks failed. By 1932, approximately one out of every four Americans was unemployed. The American people were questioning all the maxims on which they had based their lives - democracy, capitalism, individualism. The presidential campaign of 1932 was chiefly a debate over the causes and possible remedies of

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    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    Imagine losing all of the money you've ever earned in a few years. This may seem quite far fetched, but the Crash of 1929 made this a reality. The crash of 1929 established the beginning of America's most memorible era; the great depression. According to the London Penny Press, following the week of Black Thursday, one could go to New York and see speculators hurling themselves from windows because they had lost everything in

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Great Emancipator

    The Great Emancipator

    Abraham Lincoln is known as “The Great Emancipator” who freed the slaves. Yet in the early part of his career and even in the early stages of his presidency, Lincoln had no objection to slavery where it already existed, namely, in the Southern states. As a savvy politician, he always wanted to maintain the union, and he would use any device to keep the country together. However, his views on slavery evolved during his presidency,

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    Great Gatsby The great gatsby and the fall of the american dream. The book 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald was an 'icon of its time.' The book discusses topics that were important, controversial and interesting back in 1920's America. The novel is 'an exploration of the American Dream as it exists in a corrupt period of history.' The main themes in the book are the decay of morals and values and the frustration

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: David
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby Fitzgernald F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner, 1925. In Scott F. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, men fight over a woman. To stay financially secure, they go into illegal business. Dreams are crushed and lives are lost. It is a story that relates to the corruption of the American Dream. The story takes place in an area near New York called “Long Island.” It is in a shape of an egg.

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Janna
  • The 8th Habit - from Effectiveness to Greatness

    The 8th Habit - from Effectiveness to Greatness

    “The 8th Habit- From Effectiveness to Greatness” By Stephen Covey Chapter 8 “The Voice of Trustworthiness” Presented to: Janelle Christie Date: October 20, 2006 Subject: Project Management Submitted by: Sarah and Steve Table of Contents Introduction: 1 Personal Trustworthiness 1 Modeling is Living the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 2 Principles Embodies in The 7 Habits 3 The Modeling Tool- The Personal Planning System 4 Conclusion 5 References 6 Lesson Plan 7 Appendices

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Life of the Great Alexandre Dumas

    The Life of the Great Alexandre Dumas

    The Life of the Great Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas was a French novelist/playwright from the 1900’s. He was born July 24, 1802 in Villes-Cotterкts and died December 5, 1870 and was buried at Villes-Cotterкts. Thomas Alexandre Dumas Mavey de la Pailleterie, Dumas’ father, was from a noble French family, while his mother, Marie-Cйsette Dumas, was a Dominican Negro slave (Stanley Kutiz and Colby 242). His father, Thomas Dumas, was a general for the great Napoleon

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Great Gatsby Character Journal

    Great Gatsby Character Journal

    The Great Gatsby Journal Chapter 1 Summary- In Chapter 1, the reader finds that Nick Carraway, a moral and tolerant man from the Midwest, narrates and takes the role of author for the rest of the story. Throughout the book, the reader looks at the happenings through Nick’s eyes and finds out what he is thinking. Chapter 1, like many chapter 1’s, starts out with someone or something explaining themselves and showing how their life

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Janna
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    The exploring Fitzgerald’s use of gender roles in the novel requires a certain amount of scholarly research. Including text searches throughout the book, reading scholarly criticisms about the novel and reading articles that present new ideas about Fitzgerald’s work. Gender definition and patriarchal values is the main topic of Bethany Klassen’s article entitled, “Under Control: Patriarchal Gender construction in the Great Gatsby.” The quotes and ideas in this article are profound and bring on a

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: David
  • North Vs. South in the Great Depression

    North Vs. South in the Great Depression

    North vs. South in the Great Depression The Great Depression is one of the most misunderstood events in not only American history but also Great Britain, France, Germany, and many other industrialized nations. It also has had important consequences and was an extremely devastating event in America. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. When the New York Stock Exchange crashed in October 1929, the United States

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: regina
  • Colors in the Great Gatsby

    Colors in the Great Gatsby

    Colors in Symbolism Colors can symbolize many different things. Artists use colors in their paintings when they want you to see what they are trying to express. Like if an artist is trying to express sorrow or death he often uses blacks blues, and grays basically he uses dreary colors. You automatically feel what the artist is trying to express. When the artist uses bright colors you feel warm and you feel happiness. In the

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Victor
  • Great Men of History

    Great Men of History

    Prince Otto von Bismarck noted that "What we learn from history is that no one learns from history." I contend that a major reason is that virtually no institution actually teaches history. Instead we get a corrupt mythology that reinforces the dominant ideology and affirms the status quo. Snap quiz for 25 percent of your mark: "In the United States, who freed the slaves?" Did you answer Abraham Lincoln? Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, Fredrick Douglas,

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Jon
  • Great Deppression

    Great Deppression

    The great depression started towards the end of world war one. President Hoover was in the white house and to everyone things were going good. America played a big roll in the war, like funding other countries and letting them pay us when they could and stuff. But its there series of events that came on to bite u s in the but. When we started to lend money out we figured that we would

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    Essay Length: 517 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Great Gatsby Essay

    The Great Gatsby Essay

    The Great Gatsby Essay Discuss Nick Carraway’s character. How reliable is he as a narrator? What aspects of his character make him an effective narrator? Nick Carraway is not only a character in the novel The Great Gatsby, he is also the narrator. This is very important because it makes him a central figure, like Gatsby. He is so involved in the plot that he becomes quite important and significant in the story. The whole

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Reflection of a Homily by Gregory the Great

    Reflection of a Homily by Gregory the Great

    REFLECTION ON A HOMILY BY GREGORY THE GREAT In Gregory’s homily it seems the congregation has trouble understanding the command of our Lord to love as He has. This entails loving even our enemies as Christ has. Yet, how do we love those who harm us? To often we believe that any harm to us demands a distorted form of justice. In other words, to give to them as we got. However, this is

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Bred
  • The Great Controversy According to Young Goodman Brown

    The Great Controversy According to Young Goodman Brown

    In our own Christian struggles, people tend to believe that it is simple as good evil. People don't realize however that in this fight, the Devil can infiltrate a seemingly normal, Christian Human Being, but it's true. Better yet, in our own walk with God the Devil lurks near to test what might look like a strong relationship with Christ. As shown in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown," even a grounded, sincere Christian can have

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Jack
  • First-Year Composition: Wats So Great Bout Dat?

    First-Year Composition: Wats So Great Bout Dat?

    Knowledge would be rendered useless if not for a language in which to express and communicate it accurately and effectively. Composition is a vital factor to the success of every student studying in any discipline. All students entering the University of Ottawa should be required to take a first-year composition course; it would develop each student’s ability to communicate clearly and concisely at a university level, making knowledge gained in their chosen discipline usable. Students

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Kevin
  • The Great Catsby Themes and Motifs

    The Great Catsby Themes and Motifs

    Book Analyss F. Scott Fitzgerald the author of “The Great Gatsby” reveals many principles about today’s society and the “American dream.” One of the biggest fears in today's world is the fear of not fitting into society. People of all age groups and backgrounds share this fear. Many individuals believe that to receive somebody's affection, they must assimilate into that person's society. In the story, Jay Gatsby pursues the American dream and his passions to

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: July
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression: A Series of Downward Spirals Class: Macroeconomics Teacher: On October 29, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange experienced a tragic fall. Fortunes were lost and lives were destroyed. The Crash of 1929 shook what was an already unstable economic foundation. America began fueling itself for an economic collapse long before the stock market crashed. The root causes of the crash are still under debate, but the effects of the crash are infamous.

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: July
  • What It Takes to Be Great

    What It Takes to Be Great

    No substitute for hard work The first major conclusion is that nobody is great without work. It's nice to believe that if you find the field where you're naturally gifted, you'll be great from day one, but it doesn't happen. There's no evidence of high-level performance without experience or practice. Reinforcing that no-free-lunch finding is vast evidence that even the most accomplished people need around ten years of hard work before becoming world-class, a pattern

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Monika

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