Sailing had always been a spectator sport for women‚ so when a woman attempted to become a member of the New York Yacht Club‚ it created a large debate over what to do. Lucy Carnegie challenged the male supremacy‚ which held strong in the sport‚ and petitioned to be the first female member of the club. After forming a committee to review her petition‚ in 1894 she was admitted as a “Flag Officer”‚ meaning she
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Hardest Thing I have Ever Done The hardest thing I have ever had to do was suffer through the death of my father. That day started out like any other day. We were in church and everything seemed normal. Then‚ the person in front of us got a phone call. She left and shortly after came back and retrieved my mother. Immediately‚ my mother came back in and got me and my sister‚ and we went to the car. When we got to the car‚ Mom started to tell us how my dad had shot himself. I did not know what to think.
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When will we ever have it all? Who says you can’t have it all? Having it all can vary from families to couples to your own self. Yes everyone wants a great job‚ a big house‚ the newest model car and great pay but that all comes from sacrifice. Anne-Marie Slaughter tells us in her article “Why Women Can’t Have It All” that it’s difficult to have a successful career and a family. Richard Dorment tells us in his article “Why Men Can’t Have It All” that yes men are becoming more involved in their
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The Best Place I Have Ever Been Most people have been to another country before maybe it’s for business or family trip. The best place I have ever been is Maldives‚ one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Maldives is a country comprised by many small islands， which now people call this country is an island country. Language cannot express the feeling I have to this illustrious country. I still remember when I was 13 years old my mom and I decided to have a trip at somewhere
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In my personal opinion Avatar is the best movie I have ever seen. I loved everything about the movie‚ especially the state-of-the-art technology. When I first saw the trailer for Avatar there were no famous actors in it but the thing that did draw me into seeing it was the amazing scenery. Most of the scenery in the movie reminded me of a tropical rain forest except the rain forest literally jumps out at you. After I saw Avatar for the first time with my older brother and dad‚ I felt like walking
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What historical benefit did D-day have in history? If the allies did not succeed in D-day would Europe still be occupied by Hitler? The failure of D-day could have caused the Allies to lose in World War II. The idea of D-day was in process since March 9‚ 1942 when President Roosevelt said I am becoming interested in the established of a new front this summer on the European continent (Collier 8). With the idea of penetrating a very fortified German front the Allies had their hands full. The invasion
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relationships with them—not because they value or even agree with what they have been asked to do. French and Raven’s concept of referent power is based on the same sort of personal attractiveness as is identification. Consequently‚ referent power and identification are likely to be closely associated with each other. Charismatic leaders are able to continue influencing other people’s behaviors for as long as identification continues. You might ever admired a teacher‚ a student leader‚ or someone else whose
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The best job have I ever had ? Throughout my career life I have had a lot of jobs ‚ sometimes good or most the time bad but‚ I am pretty sure if you have a chance to work for yourself that would be your best opportunity. When I got this chance to work in my own little store it was the most amazing job I could ever wish to get. Imagine working without any boss‚ less stress or no problems with a manager in my job. Wouldn’t that be great? One of the reasons that made this job interesting for me
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farmers‚ and later laborers‚ got together to form a party to combat these issues‚ calling themselves the Populist Party. The Populist Platform was centered around removing political corruption and providing economic opportunities‚ joining industrial and agricultural interests by forming labor unions‚ and demonstrating the need for the two competing interests to join forces through the government’s reaction to strikes. Also called The People’s Party‚ this group worked to help the common American find
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McAdams and Channing Tatum are the actress and actor. The genre of this movie is romance and drama. I am choosing this movie. Because of two facts‚ one is – it is a real story and has some good strategies like kindness‚ patient and persistence. So‚ I have a decision to choose this one. There are a girl‚ Paige and a boy‚ Leo. The girl is rich but the boy is poor. Once‚ they meet each other and interesting on each. So‚ they become lovers. And then they cannot loss each other so they married. They build
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