Ethan Allen‚ an American Hero Born on January 21st of 1738 in Connecticut‚ Ethan Allen was destined to be a hero. Allen not only helped to make Vermont a state‚ but he also captured Ft. Ticonderoga‚ and attempted to capture Montreal. This true American performed many amazing deeds in his 51 years‚ and even today‚ he is a known piece of our country’s history. Allen‚ a tall‚ broad-shouldered man always had a love for Vermont which had been know then as the “Hampshire Grants”. After returning
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Writer our great Founder Richard Allen was born into slavery in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania on February 14‚ 1760. He and his family were later was sold to a Delaware Farmer in 1767. At the age of 17‚ Allen converted to Methodism after hearing a white itinerant preacher rail against slavery. His master‚ who had also converted agreed to let Richard and his brother buy their freedom for $2‚000 each. After attaining his freedom in 1783‚ Richard took the last name Allen and moved back to his hometown Philadelphia
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1BC 11 June 2012 Allen Ginsberg to be honored on Postage Stamp Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born 3 June 1929‚ in Newark‚ New Jersey‚ the younger son of Louis Ginsberg‚ a high school English teacher and poet‚ and Naomi Levy Ginsberg. He was from a family of Jewish Russian immigrants (Morgan 4)‚ his family had ties to the radical labor movement‚ his mother was insane‚ and he was a homosexual: four prescriptions in the conventional1940’s and 1950’s for a sense of deep alienation. Allen Ginsberg was one
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So what do billionaires spend their money on? Paul Allen may not be a household name. but he is one of the world’s richest and most influential men‚ with a wealth of interests and a gift for ideas. Paul Allen is the computer genius who‚ with Bill Gates‚ launched Microsoft‚ the world’s largest producer of software‚ in 1975. Since then‚ he has built up a fortune estimated at the turn of the century to be worth over $30 billion. Allen was Vice-President in charge of research and product development
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Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7‚ 1975)[1] is an American retired professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for four teams. He played both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star and won the All-Star MVP award in 2001 and2005. Iverson attended Bethel High School in Hampton‚ Virginia and was a dual-sport athlete; he earned the Associated Press High School Player of the Year award in both football and
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Barry Allen is the fastest man alive. During the day he is a forensic scientist for the Central City Police Department‚ but when he isn’t working he is known as The Flash. He gained his super speed when the particle accelerator exploded and sent a wave of energy throughout Central City. The energy mixed with lightning which was struck Barry while he was holding onto a chain trying to close the roof to his lab. This lightning contained the speed force which is what gave him super speed. With his speed
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How Allen Ginsberg Challenges America | Dr. Anshen English 2304 American Literature | Lisa M. Alvarado | How Allen Ginsberg challenges America Allen Ginsberg’s America is full of conversational monologues; he uses several literary and poetic devices to challenge several aspects of the American Society. His tone plays a main role in getting his perspective across to the audience. This poem is filled with cultural and political references as well as references to incidents and events in his
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Biography of Allen Pinkerton Heather Smith CJS/250 08/02/12 Denise Mowder Allen Pinkerton was a man that people automatically respected. He was a man that had a sight for security and many different companies looked to him for help with their security problems and to make sure that their businesses were safe. He could also do things and go places that the public police could not. In 1855‚ he was asked by six Midwestern railroad companies to establish a railroad police agency‚ and at this time
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Case For years‚ Hollywood and the advertising media perpetuated a stereotypical image of women. As a result‚ many consumers have the unrealistic expectation that women are (or should be) poreless‚ hipless‚ silken-haired‚ high-cheekboned‚ size 0‚ 20-year-old goddesses. But is this beauty myth finally changing? Companies like Charming Shoppes‚ Inc.‚ parent company to plus-size American retailer Lane Bryant‚ are doing their darnedest to see that it does. Lane Bryant was founded in the 1900s
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On close reading of both Lane and al-Tahtawi it is revealed how very opinionated they are when it comes to describing women. The knowledge or assumptions that they make about women are not from direct interactions with women or their voice. Lane speaks of women from a received perspective‚ and Tahtawi makes judgment about women from what he sees. The way they speak about women reflects the larger picture of patriarchal society‚ their audience. These descriptions create a stereotype‚ which in effect
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