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    restrictive costumes. Marie Sallé literally let her hair down and donned looser clothes for her ballet d’action. Her rival‚ Marie Ann Cupis de Camargo‚ took the heels from her shoes and shortened her skirts to better perform the flashy new steps that had heretofore been done exclusively by men. (Entrechat quatre and cabriole) Marie Taglioni often gets the credit and the blame for being the first to dance on Pointe. But no one really knows for sure. It is established that in 1832 Marie Taglioni danced

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    (1789- 1799) This fiery revolution by the oppressed in France set with the original goals‚ to create a constitutional monarchy and reform the structure of the nation‚ soon developed into a move to overthrow the king and establish a republic. The revolution was followed by a return of the monarchy‚ but the French people had learned that inequality did not have to be borne‚ and they were never again dominated as before by the privileged class. What had inspired the people? The American Influence

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    gender‚ race‚ social class‚ and overall appearance. Marie Curie is remembered and praised as one of the greatest scientists of all time for her discovery of radioactivity. However‚ she had to work extra hard to even be considered a scientist due to her being a lower- class woman who lacked the opportunities that her peers received. Her colleagues’ prejudice caused them to degrade her ideas and even work against her for a long period of time. Marie Curie went on to make great strides in the scientific

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    history of the country. There were many factors that contributed to the spark of the revolution. There were three main causes of the French Revolution: gross mishandling of governing duties and incompetence in the leadership of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ the large and very unjust social and economic gap between the first two privileged estates and the poor third estate‚ and finally the revolutionary ideas of the enlightenment and their influence on the philosophies of the people. Louis

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    bankrupting itself. King Louie XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette‚ along with the other elite members of Versailles ate‚ dresses‚ and all around lived a life of greed. They ate six coursed meals‚ dresses in the most expensive and newest clothes / jewels‚ and lived in the biggest‚ vastest castle in all of France: The Castle of Versailles‚ as Rick Brainard of history1700s.com states it “The reckless court‚ led by the sprightly‚ frivolous‚ extravagant queen‚ Marie Antoinette‚ would not listen to the word “economy”

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    Maximilien Robespierre managed to take advantage of France’s corrupted state to gain the political authority that was required to transform his radical ideas into actions. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were the King and Queen of France‚ but were strongly disliked among the majority of the French population due to their lack of leadership skills. Many political groups formed that were against the French Monarchy‚ including a radical group called the Jacobins. This party grew to become popular among

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    For instance‚ Marie Curie‚ Polish-French physicist and chemist‚ faced significant obstacles to receiving access and recognition to her fields‚ in which she pioneered the study of radioactivity when discovering two new elements‚ Radium and Polonium. Curie’s legacy remains

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    you were younger‚ instead of playing with your toys and friends what else could you possibly do for fun? Throughout my life‚ I have been misused the privilege to having technology. In the informative short essay‚ “Television: The Plug-In Drug” by Marie Winn‚ the author explained about how experts felt the television was meant to be facilitated and also how parents allowed the television to be the primary source of a child’s basic home experience. Winn In my home‚ while at an adolescent age‚ weekends

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    A. The king -1789 Loius XVI -Married to Marie Antoinette (Austria) -Lived in luxury at palace of Versailles -Believed in the "Divine right" of kings (g-d had put him on this earth as his representative on the throne) -Only G-d could remove him from the throne. The people could not remove him. In theory he ruled as absolute power (absolute Monarch) - monarchy in which kings power is unlimited. - Legislative - the Estate General (Parliament) had not met since 1614 - lit de justice - overule

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    lot in the recent years‚ and the critics have been making comments about those negative influences. Excluding the negative influences we can be seen on the TV‚ television is generally a helpful technology in delivering modern information. From Marie Winn’s essay—"Television: The Plug-In Drug" has stated‚ "Yet parents have accepted a television-dominated family life so completely that they cannot see how the medium is involved in whatever problems they might be having." (467). This is just possibly

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