Marco Polo did not go to China‚ as there is not enough evidence to support his claims and stories. First of all‚ there is no original copy of the book‚ The Travels‚ that exists. The Travels was supposedly written by Rustichello‚ a writer and Marco’s fellow prisoner‚ whom he told his tales of travel to. According to Spodek‚ there are around 140 manuscripts of The Travels‚ in different languages‚ that were copied down by various scribes before printing was invented‚ but no actual original copy of the
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Marco Rubio is now one of the freshest faced lieutenants of the conservative insurrection in Washington. On Tuesday 12-2-10 Rubio finished off Florida’s governor to become the state’s U.S. senator. Rubio’s victory over governor Charlie Crist was one to remember because it went down as one of the most dramatic political downfalls in the country. He will be the second Cuban-American senator. He is a member of the Republican Party. As a Hispanic Rubio is representing the nation’s biggest battleground
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It was a cool crisp evening as I strolled down the dusty path to the newly built barn. As I neared the well to lit barn I could see the horses beginning to dance around and whining loudly as they could hear my worn boots hitting the pathway. I was so excited to see them in their new stalls they were to see me. I entered the barn and began speaking to each horse and calling them by name. I was here for a special horse that had captured by tough heart. As I approached the bay colored‚ long legged
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Intermediate 2 Critical Essay Plans – A View From The Bridge Question: Choose a play which deals with conflict within a family or a group of people. Describe the conflict and explain what effects the conflict has on the characters and the events of the play. Introduction: - Author and title - Summary - In this essay I am going to examine how Eddie’s inner conflict over his growing incestuous feelings for his niece Catherine cause a wider conflict within his family. Paragraph
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published one. Eddie assumes his love for Catherine and decides to kiss her once again to make her choose between him and Rodolfo‚ and stop her from marrying him. He even begs for her to stay and love him. After failing‚ his next attempt was to go after Marco to get back his name. They both engage in a deadly fight. Eddie died killed by his own knife. His last words were: “Catherine-why?”. This quotation is very suitable for the story‚ and relates with Eddies feelings for Catherine which he demonstrates
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The article I chose was about the effects of drugs and alcohol. The main points of this article are the effects of drugs on the users family‚ effects of drugs on users‚ and the last main point is how alcohol family’s work. Most people only think about the effects of drugs on the user not the users family. Some family’s sees that their family member is on drugs they treat that family first with no respect then they will eventually try to seek help for the family member just like what one would do
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1) Identify the change in total revenue (the marginal revenue) from the fourth shirt per day. What price reduction was necessary to sell four rather than three shirts? Marginal revenue for the fourth shirt is $41 even though it price is $44. Price reduction is $1 which is from $45 to $44. 2) What is the change in total revenue from lowering the price to sell seven rather than six shirts in each color each day? The change in total revenue from selling seventh shirts rather than sixth shirts is
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Hybrid Seed Technology Hybrid Seed Technology In agriculture and gardening‚ hybrid seed is seed produced by cross-pollinated plants. In hybrid seed production‚ the crosses are specific and controlled. The advantage of growing hybrid seed compared to inbred lines comes from heterocyst. To produce hybrid seed‚ elite inbred varieties are crossed with well-documented and consistent phenotypes (such as yield) and the resulting hybrid seed is collected.
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Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer‚ Inc. Case Analysis Dubinsky’s primary mistake was relying on her position and reputation rather than mounting an effective‚ persuasive‚ and fact-based argument. As noted by Jay Conger in The Necessary Art of Persuasion‚ today’s employees are not content to accept a decree from above and seek to understand the reasons behind a decision. She should have taken Jobs’ JIT proposal seriously from the beginning and‚ as soon as she heard of it‚ worked to make her case
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Is Michele a flawless (无瑕疵的; 无裂缝的; 无缺点的)hero? Stacey As far as I am concerned‚ Michele isn’t a flawless hero. Nobody is completely perfect. Although Michele has strong moral convictions‚ the entire community of Aqua Traverse does not have. He also has his own defect‚ such as his greedy (for) things and disloyalty and betrayal to filippo. At the beginning of story‚ when Michele discovers Filippo‚ he doesn’t show any normal feelings. He just think the boy in the hole is his because he finds
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