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    Pythagoras Legacy

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    Approximately in 530‚ disagreeing with the tyrannos Polycartes government‚ he moved to the city of Kroton in Southern Italy. In this city‚ Phythagoras established a religious tarekat which became known as "The Phytagorean." One of Phytagoras’s famous legacy is the Pythagoras theorem‚ which states that the hypotenuse squared of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the legs (sides of the elbows). Although the facts in this theorem have been widely known before the birth of Pythagoras

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    There are many similarities and differences between Romania and America‚ especially when someone has lived in them both like I have. Every country has different customs‚ beliefs‚ and ways in which they live their everyday lives. Both cultures are very different from one another. I loved living in Romania and I also love living in America very much but I do prefer one to the other and I will explain why. Romanians are very known for being naturally hospitable people. They are always eager to make

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    The Legacy of Malthus

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    The Legacy of Malthus This movie looks into the issue of poverty prevalent in rural India. Deepa Dhanraj takes us from one corner of rural India where poverty persists to the Scottish highs which witnessed highland clearances in the 19th century. Scottish high landlords had legal claim over the common land on which shared croppers survived. Landlords rented the land to tenants who further let it to sub tenants. At the end of 18th century‚ volume sheep farming for wool and meat became immensely

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    Leadership Legacy

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    ESSAY Many people believe that leadership is simply being the first‚ biggest or most powerful. In January 2007‚ J. Lee Whittington presented the lecture on “Leadership legacy”‚ at a video tutoring session at University of Dallas. Leadership is an intentional influence. A leader is interpreted as someone who sets direction in an effort and influences people to follow that direction. Leadership is the ability to successfully integrate and maximize available resources for achieving organizational

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    Cursive Legacy

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    they spend about 60 minutes‚ or 15 minutes a day‚ on teaching cursive‚ the amount recommended by handwriting experts (Downs). So if people spend that little bit of time to practice cursive or to help teach someone cursive‚w e can keep the cursive “legacy” going. Not only can you just practice cursive you can also start a petition. Many people have tried this but they were not successful. I have looked online and found many petitions. Sadly‚ those petitions did not have enough signatures. Not enough

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    Altanzaya Ganzorigt ( Zaya) Difference between America and Mongolia All people are similar to each other by physically; eventhough‚ we are different from each other by where you born. Indeed‚ the US and Mongolia are located far from each other ; they have many similarities. For example‚ both US and Mongolia have huge land and many varies of climate and landscape. Due to large size‚ varies across the large country from tropical beaches to Alaska while Mongolia have many different places from Gobi

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    Byron's Legacy

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    Honors British Literature Byron’s Legacy Lord Byron was a moody‚ proud‚ cynical and fierce man who frowned upon society and constantly defied it. We see in much of his literature a reflection of himself. The characteristics of Byron are illustrated in works of writing other than his own. His fictitious embodiment appears in the book Frankenstein‚ the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”‚ and the modern book The Hunger Games. The characters with Byron-like qualities are considered Byronic(or

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    am going to be telling you about the slave trade on Africa and America. Before the slave trade started Africa was a one of the richest countries and it was a very friendly country with very friendly people who helped you in a lot of things. The African slave’s trade started in 1619 when the Africans started trading with the Europeans with things such as Horses‚ gold‚ cloth‚ copper and other things like that. When the Europeans took over Africa in 1885 the country became really poor as there were

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    America is a combination of people who has different colors of skin‚ diverse languages and various cultures. It makes diversification become the biggest feature of the United States ‚ however‚ everything is like a double-edged sword for it also brings trouble on communication with each other‚ especially the cooperation. Americans pay attention to teamwork‚ so they have to communicate or work with people from other countries and regions‚ but this has become a stumbling block for everyone to realize

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    Phyllis Wheatley was born in 1753 in West Africa. Wheatley was brought from Africa to Boston by a ship called Phillis. She was then sold to Wheatley family. Hence‚ the name Phyllis Wheatley. The Wheatley family was supportive of Phyllis education‚ their daughter and son helped educate her. Her first poem was published in the newpaper in 1767. Pyllis traveled to london‚ in hopes of meeting the Countess. The countess was unable to meet with Phyllis‚ but helped her published her volume of poems. When

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