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  • History of the American Legion

    History of the American Legion

    History of the American Legion The American Legion is an organization of veterans of the United States armed forces who served in war. The Organization was founded in 1919 by veterans who were returning from Europe after World War I. Today, the group as over 3 million members. The American Legion started when Officer Teddy Roosevelt proposed an organization of veterans. In 1919, this group formed a temporary committee and selected several hundred officers who

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Monika
  • A Concise History of the Crusades

    A Concise History of the Crusades

    Justin Charles Laffer History 115-W The history of the Crusades in Europe and the Middle East must first be linked first and foremost to the feudal nature of medieval Europe. Due to the splintered and divisive nature of kingdoms and principalities, the sense of European and Christian identity was severely compromised. The Popes and the Catholic Church were the only force that could both unite Europe under a singular focus and help combat the rise

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Edward
  • The History of Texas

    The History of Texas

    Texas history itself had its own amazing story. The small number of American settlers moved to the land of Texas had led to the dramatic war with the Mexicans. The land of Texas was used to be owned by Mexicans. Due to the argument between Texans and Mexicans caused the battle of San Jacinto and Mexican War. In long ago before American settlers moved to Texas, this place was so rich and an abundance of

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Monika
  • Tourism History

    Tourism History

    Tourism in Context Introduction This essay aims to highlight the main political, economic, social and technological factors, which have aided in the growth of modern tourism from 1945 to the present day. It will also aim to show which of these has been the most important in the aiding and why. Definition of Tourism “The derivation of the word "tourism" originated from a combination of the Latin tornare and the Greek tornos, which mean a

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Jack
  • Manchester Road and Its Diverse History

    Manchester Road and Its Diverse History

    Manchester Road and its Diverse History Driving down Manchester road was a trip down memory lane. I am currently familiar with much of Manchester road and it booming activity. So much has been built and added in the past twenty years. I did not realize how far into the city Manchester went and so it was a new experience for me. Much of Manchester Rd. in the city is very industrial with the train tracks

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • History of Birth Control

    History of Birth Control

    Birth Control: A History Throughout history people have tried to prevent pregnancy in many unique ways. Some methods were effective others were not, but as technology improved and more about the human body became known, the effectiveness of birth control steadily increased. The first evidence of birth control comes from ancient times, and once it begins great advancements were achieved that continue to today. There are thorough recordings throughout the Greek and Roman eras, the

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    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: Max
  • Punk History

    Punk History

    Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement that began about 19 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Damned, and The Clash. The term is also used to describe subsequent music scenes that share key characteristics with those first-generation "punks." The term is sometimes also applied to the fashions or the irreverent "DIY" ("do it yourself") attitude associated with this musical movement. UK Punks, circa 1986

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    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: Jack
  • Oral History: My G-Grandmother

    Oral History: My G-Grandmother

    "Porque Estas Aqui, Muchacha?" Franciso, donde estas? Te necesito. No puedo hacer esto sola. Antonia Santa Maria knew it was for the family that Francisco Diaz her husband was away looking for work, but the burdens of the family weighed heavy on her and she didn't think she could bear it alone. It seemed to her that Francisco would come home to see the latest addition to the household and then be off again looking

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Western History

    Western History

    There is no doubt that Napoleon had a major impact on the post French revolution period. First I will describe negative impact he had on France and western Europe then I will discuss the positive impact Napoleon had on France and western Europe. Napoleon became the first consul in 1799 and helped overthrow the government he once helped build. Napoleon set out to secure his position of power by eliminating all of his enemies and

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Monika
  • Gambling: The Problems and History of Addiction, Helpfulness, and Tragedy

    Gambling: The Problems and History of Addiction, Helpfulness, and Tragedy

    Recently there have been a lot of studies on the subject of gambling and games play. The average uninformed individual might wonder “Why, it really is not that big of a deal?” and think that it is just a small poker game or a little bet over a sporting event. There are so many more aspects to gambling than just the little games and bets. That is just a fraction of all of the problems

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Apple Corporate Info and History

    Apple Corporate Info and History

    Apple Inc.(iPod) Apple Inc, formerly Apple Computer Inc. is an American multinational corporation which focusing in designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and also developing software products. Apple was founded in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne . Apple are developing, selling, and supports a series of personal computers, portable media players, mobile phones, computer software, computer hardware, and hardware accessories . iPod, The new way of listening

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Greek History

    Greek History

    Annotated Bibliography McDonald, Kim A "Chronicle of Higher Education". Colorado team predicts more hurricanes in 1997 4/25/97, Vol. 43 Issue 33, pA16, Presents the predictions of a team of atmospheric scientists at Colorado State University on the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic for the summer and fall of 1997. What the predictions are based on; Number of tropical storms that will form in the Atlantic basin; Comments from William M. Gray, the team's leader.

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: July
  • History

    History

    1. In paragraph form and with reference to the story, discuss Alfred's character. In the story, "All the Years of Her Life" the main character is Alfred. In my eyes, the story portrays Alfred has a dependent, not trustworthy, not reliable, and a troubled individual. Alfred is a dependent individual because he is still living with his parents and is not able to keep a job, making him live off of his parents. He is

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Edward
  • Rap Music’s History

    Rap Music’s History

    Rap’s History Rap music began among the youth of South Bronx, New York in the mid 1970’s. Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early artists of this art form. Through their performances at clubs, rap gained in popularity throughout the rest of the 1970’s. The first commercial success of rap was the song �Rapper's Delight’ by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979. It helped bring rap music into the spotlight. The 1980’s

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    Submitted: May 3, 2010 By: Victor
  • Genetic Engineering, History and Future

    Genetic Engineering, History and Future

    Science is a creature that continues to evolve at a much higher rate than the beings that gave it birth. The transformation time from tree-shrew, to ape, to human far exceeds the time from analytical engine, to calculator, to computer. But science, in the past, has always remained distant. It has allowed for advances in production, transportation, and even entertainment, but never in history will science be able to so deeply affect our lives

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    Submitted: May 3, 2010 By: Top
  • Ed Philosophy Re: History

    Ed Philosophy Re: History

    To understand history, you must grasp how your everyday view of the world developed, how it was created by the reality of the people who lived before you. It took 1000 years to evolve the modern way of looking at things, and to really understand where you are today, you must take yourself back to the year 1000 and then move forward through the entire millennium experientially, as though you actually lived through the whole

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Artur
  • History of the Columbia Broadcasting Company

    History of the Columbia Broadcasting Company

    The Columbia Broadcasting Company or “CBS” in layman’s terms was founded in 1927 as a radio network under the “United Independent Broadcasters” name, which was a radio-broadcasting network. The name was changed to CBS in 1928, which was the same year that William S. Paley, the son of a cigar making tycoon, took over control of CBS with his fathers financial support. Paley took over CBS for $400,000 and inherited a network that consisted of

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Tasha
  • A History of Nothing I Wrote

    A History of Nothing I Wrote

    Conflict is going to happen whether you want it to or not. People will butt heads. Sometimes when you least expect it.” A simple, but to the point quotation from Jimmy Bise Jr. in the US and Them: A Blog Conversation Survival Guide, SXSW2006. I think that it is safe to say that conflict is a common occurrence in the learning team environment. Each individual holds a different outlook which, at times, can result in

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    Submitted: May 5, 2010 By: Andrew
  • A Brief History of Market Efficiency

    A Brief History of Market Efficiency

    Its about market efficency ...it s not written by me but very usefull Every finance professional employs the concept of market efficiency. The theory, evidence and counter-evidence focus on a couple of dozen highly influential articles published during the twentieth century. We summarise the origins of and interlinkages between these contributions to the history of finance. The concept of efficiency is central to finance. Primarily, the term efficiency is used to describe a market in

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    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: haresh
  • History of Programming Languages

    History of Programming Languages

    History of Programming Languages To date, there have been two conferences focusing on programming languages. The Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) of the Association for Computing Machinery sponsored two "History of Programming Languages (HOPL)" conferences. The first of these took place in Los Angeles in 1978, and focused on thirteen early languages: ALGOL, APL, APT, BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, GPSS, JOSS, JOVIAL, LISP, PL/I, SIMULA, and SNOBOL. The prospectus for the first HOPL conferences

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    Submitted: May 6, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Sixty Years of History

    Sixty Years of History

    Sixty Years of History December 7, 1941, Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, a day that will live in infamy. Mrs. Augspurger remembers feeling shocked. There had been reports of the Japanese becoming stronger, but she had no idea they were strong enough to attack us and hurt us like they did. At first, people did not believe we were attacked; they thought it was a drill. We were a strong nation and weaker nations would not

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    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Jack
  • Writing in Middle East History

    Writing in Middle East History

    Writing in Middle East History Although the Arabic language existed within the pre-Islamic Era, Arabic writing spread dramatically after the revelation of the Qur’an, the Holy Book of Muslims. The revelation resulted in the spread of Islam, which resulted in more countries adapting Arabic as its native language. From Arabic, other languages came to exist, such as Persian, Turkish, and Urdu. The letters of these languages juxtaposed that of the Arabic language, along with

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    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Max
  • A Brief History of the Nfl Superbowl

    A Brief History of the Nfl Superbowl

    A Brief History of the NFL Superbowl This was war! Since its inception seven years earlier, the upstart American Football League (AFL) had fought the National Football League (NFL) for players, fans, television revenues, and respect. The successful new league had won everything except, respect. On January 15, 1967 the first World Championship game against the AFL and the NFL took place. The powerhouse NFL champions the Green Bay Packers against the AFL champion the

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The History of Cesarean Section

    The History of Cesarean Section

    Cesarean Section 2 The History of Cesarean Section Cesarean Section is defined as the delivery of a baby by surgery. To perform this procedure, a doctor makes an incision in the mother's belly and uterus. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, one in three babies is born by this type of surgery. However, this was not always the case. C-sections have progressed greatly over the years with advances in medicine and with the

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Anna
  • History of Management Thought and Its Legacy for Today's World

    History of Management Thought and Its Legacy for Today's World

    HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT AND ITS LEGACY FOR TODAY'S WORLD by J. David Hunger, Ph.D. for Management 370 College of Business Iowa State University (8/18/2005) HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT AND ITS LEGACY FOR TODAY'S WORLD But I'm coming to believe that all of us are ghosts .... It's not just what we inherit from our mothers or fathers. It's also the shadows of dead ideas and opinions and convictions. They're no longer alive, but

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Top