helped it balance and recover. Individuals like Alexander Hamilton‚ Eli Whitney and Ronald Reagan proved what it really means to be an American by helping grow American economy by developing financial policies and discovering more businesses. Alexander Hamilton helped American economy by developing an economical plan; Eli Whitney by inventing cotton gin and Ronald Reagan by creating financial policies to recover from the recession of 1970’s. Alexander Hamilton helped define what it means to be an
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Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin (Russian: Александр Михайлович Овечкин; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲet͡ɕkʲɪn]; born September 17‚ 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Prior to playing in the NHL‚ Ovechkin played for HC Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Superleague for four seasons from 2001 until 2005‚ and he played for Dynamo again (this time in the Kontinental Hockey League) during the 2012–13 NHL lockout. Ovechkin was
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Alexander Calder was born on July 22‚ 1898 in Lawton Pennsylvania. Calder was raised by his mother‚ Nanette‚ and his father‚ Alexander. Both of his parents were artist‚ as well as his grandfather. Growing up‚ Calder was not interested in pursuing the “family business” of sculpture and various forms of art. As a young boy‚ he enjoyed tinkering with toys and creating which inspired him to pursue engineering. As he grew older‚ his family has relocated several times so his father could earn money and
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Sir Alexander Fleming‚ FRSE‚ FRS‚ FRCS(Eng) (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist‚ pharmacologist and botanist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology‚ immunology‚ and chemotherapy. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928‚ for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.[1] In 1999‚ Time magazine named Fleming one
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Alexander the great‚ hero or villain? After learning about the history of Alexander’s conquest of the world and his engineering achievements from both the perspective of the conqueror and the conquered‚ I believe he should be remembered as a hero‚ because of these three reasons. The first reason is he showed respect for his enemies‚ next he was a brilliant commander and last but not least he invented very evolved things for his time. One reason he should be remembered as a hero is because
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Introduction An island of paradise is everyone’s dream vacation. Saint Lucia is at the top of every honeymooner’s destination dream. Saint Lucia is a beautiful tropical island on the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Lucia is full of dining establishments fit for every type of person. There are hotels galore for just about any budget and any reason to travel. There is never a dull moment on the island with attractions and virtually every amenity catering to
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Alexander The Great Alexander’s empire was 2‚000‚000 miles big. Alexander was born in 356 B.C.E in Macedonia. His father was king Philip of Macedonia‚ and his mother was Olympia. They hired a philosopher Aristotle to teach him After his father was assassinated He became king‚ and took his father’s plan to conquer Persia.(BGE). Was Alexander really great? Alexander was great for at least three reasons intelligence‚ creativity‚ caring for others. The first reason that Alexander was great
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Compare and contrast Alexander II and Alexander III Although they were father and son‚ the reigns of Alexander II and Alexander III took off in completely different directions. Alexander II was committed to his empire by vowing to reform Russia‚ making it more in line with nineteenth-century western society. His son‚ on the other hand‚ was the unprepared tsar‚ whose actions were literally reactions to his father’s unexpected assassination. Consequently‚ Alexander II went down in history as much
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a battle that had been going on for the last five hundred years between god and mortal raged on. The war all began when the King of Macedon‚ also known as Alexander the Great had insulted the mighty all powerful Ares’s skill on the battlefield. Since he was the God of War‚ he was very offended by the statement made‚ so he challenged Alexander the Great‚like any other God would do‚ to a fight. The battle went from a winning streak for the Gods where the mortals were about to completely give up‚ to
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stayed loyal to the Lord‚ even after Jesus died on the cross for us. St. Andrew spread the good news in many different places and gained the ability to speak different languages through the Holy Spirit. His symbol is a “x” that is also supposed to be a cross. He was a martyr since he died because of his beliefs. St. Andrew is the son of Jonah (John) and the brother of Simon‚ whose name had been later changed to Peter by Jesus. St. Andrew was born in Bethsaida‚ Syria located near the Jordan River
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