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    graduation rate‚ while schools without one have an estimated 72.9% graduation rate. There are many ways music‚ jazz in particular‚ has influenced society in the past and the present. The three most important things about jazz music are its effects on society in the past and present‚ its influencing of the music today‚ and its origins. Jazz music has effected society positively and negatively. It was started during a time of cultural divide‚ in which whites felt superior to blacks. The music was started

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    Dianne Feinstein has been trying to change our government since 1960. She started of in the California Women’s Parole Board. One of the youngest member at this time. When she started this she was interested in criminal justice. She then wanted to do more so she joined the San Francisco Committee on Crime in 1968. Dianne was also the first women to serve as President of San Francisco Legislative body in 1969. Being re-elected for two additional 4-year terms as the Supervisor. In 1978 Dianne took

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    that fought specific causes‚ and pursued the same interest that Gates mom had. Windows 95 was made in 1995. Gates slowed down his life with Microsoft‚ due to having his first daughter with Melinda French‚ his wife. Bill Gates completely changed how the world operates and functions. Gates made life a lot easier for everyone to live in. He made tasks get done within seconds‚ and created many multitasking software programs. Gates will always be known as a business man‚ investor‚ and philanthropist

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    Bill Gates was unconventional in his youth but later made a great contribution to society. His contributions not only impacted society‚ but were also impacted his unconventionality. Bill gates was born in Seattle‚ WA on October 28‚ 1955. Gates went to Harvard College in 1973 and study computer. When he was younger his mother made him go to a private school name lakeside school‚ his mother name is Mary Maxwell Gates‚ his father name is William H. Gates Sr. Gates only had two sister and their names

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    How Did Life Change in Germany Under the Nazis? Hitler became German chancellor in January 1933. He immediately took steps to complete a Nazi takeover. Following the Reichstag fire‚ the night of the long knives‚ the 1933 election and the death of Hindenburg Hitler took over as supreme leader in 1934. Hitler believed he was the saviour or the people. He did not want opposition of any kind in Nazi Germany. There were to be no other political parties and no debate. His vision was of a strong‚ militaristic

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    disposition. In the battle of good and evil‚ good does not always win. Upon Roger Chillingworth’s arrival to Boston‚ he discovers his wife being publicly shamed for a crime. Though the name of the mysterious lover was not yet revealed‚ Chillingworth changes his identity to mask the details of his past and pursuit “a new purpose; dark‚ it is true” as he lusts for revenge (Hawthorne‚ 72). Chillingworth takes an interest in Reverend Dimmesdale and‚ using his European science and native science

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    The purpose of this essay is to prove that Cold War had an enormous impact on society and institutions of US. This effect will be demonstrated on the basis of a few examples. First of all‚ I must mention Central Intelligence Agency which was created in 1947. CIA frequently support anticommunists in Europe inter alia in Greece. They attempt to deliver weapons and ammunition for fighters against socialists in the civil war. CIA tried also to uncover KGB activities in the USA. In the 50s agency had

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    one expected them to do anything‚ Florentines went to Germany” to get the Germans to fight the general of the Milan. If this accusation or action was not performed Florence would not have been close to destruction. Yet‚ Bruni talks at length about how a person should “travel through the entire world and select any city they wish and compare it with Florence.” He knows in his heart that there is no city like Florence and if people disagree he wants proof and says “let them give proof of that same

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    difficulty of realizing their desires which will led to their downfall. As one of the earliest American feminist writers‚ Kate Chopin had given insights of women struggling the restrictions of society after the Civil War through her novels and short stories. Most of her work was considered a taboo to society because they were based on her emotional cravings for independence and exemption from the strains of a country women. Chopin received the title of the “Littlest Rebel” from tearing down a Union

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    was an uncommon artist at the time of the 1950’s‚ winning awards for his art style. Throughout this time period‚ he became one of the most famous commercial artists. However‚ he never wanted to be famous. He wanted to become successful at what he had did. As he transitioned into the 1960´s‚ he started a movement known as the pop art movement. The pop art movement lasted until the early 1970’s‚ being the largest art movement of its time.

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