nations deployed a small force of between four and seven thousand Greek heavy infantry against the invading Persian army of two million. Leading the Greeks was a force of three hundred Spartans‚ chosen because they were all "sires" — men who had to have sons who could preserve their blood line‚ should they fall in battle. Thermopylae was the only way into Greece for the Persian army‚ and presented the perfect choke point — a narrow pass bordered by a sheer mountain wall on one side and a cliff
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twisted under these changed corrupt values. What was known as a pure wish of happiness cascaded down into a twisted struggle of materialistic pride. However‚ the book‚ even when pointing out all of its faults‚ manages to continually show the past grandeur and brilliance of the showing off nature of the American Dream. It is evident throughout the book that the American Dream has corrupted. With Gatsby’s rather illegal job and the nature in which romance was more about the money instead of spiritual
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Louis Pasteur was an incredible man who changed much of history that led to the improvement of public health. He was born on December 27‚ 1822 in Dole‚ Jura in France. He was the third child of parents‚ Jean-Joseph and Jeanne Roqui. His father had always dreamed for Louis to have a good education and apply that to his future career. Pasteur was only an average student skilled at drawing and painting‚ which would help him illustrate what he saw in the microscope later on in life. In a college exam
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The police questioned Amy LaTour’s two boyfriends‚ her maid and a burglar who was in the facility that night. The evidence leads us to know that Amy was strangled by the maid. Given all of the evidence‚ we know the burglar‚ Louis Spanker‚ was not the killer. The evidence supports this claim because there is a jewelry box on Amy’s dresser and the jewelry is still in the box. If the burglar would have killed her he would have most likely taken the jewelry from the dresser. Most burglars steal items
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Two different writers‚ Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. and Henry David Thoreau‚ argue that society is not at its finest and that every man has the responsibility to impact change and every many has the power to do so‚ only if man is an extremist for the greater good. King was a reverend but more importantly he was a dominant voice for thousands of persecuted people during the civil rights movement. From King expressing his knowledge and acting on them‚ he was obliged and jailed (he was obliged to jail
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A Ghost by the Gates: A Look at the Role of the Ghost in Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark In the play Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the Ghost that appears performs an important role. Because the Ghost is a supernatural being‚ its utility is very flexible‚ and as such is a perfect way for Shakespeare to use him in multiple ways. The fact that the Ghost can do peculiar things such as ignore characters and only be seen by certain characters means that the audience will not question
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SN74LS00 Quad 2-Input NAND Gate • ESD > 3500 Volts VCC 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 http://onsemi.com LOW POWER SCHOTTKY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GND GUARANTEED OPERATING RANGES Symbol VCC Parameter Supply Voltage Min Typ Max Unit 4.75 5.0 5.25 V 0 25 70 °C TA Operating Ambient Temperature Range IOH Output Current – High – 0.4 Output Current – Low 8.0 1 mA IOL 14 mA PLASTIC N SUFFIX
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Topic:Joe Louis I. Introduction A.Background - Joe Louis Barrow‚ the seventh child of Monroe and Lily Barrow‚ was born May 13‚ 1914 in a cabin in the cotton fields of Lexington‚ Alabama. While Joe was still a young boy‚ his father suffered a mental breakdown and later died.His mother later married Pat Brooks‚ a widower with many children of his own‚ and the combined family moved to Detroit when Joe was ten. B.Thesis Statement- Joe Louis was a professional boxer during the great
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“LOUIS BRAILLE A LIGHT IN THE DARK” In this world today tons of people are blind‚ like Louis Braille. Today some of the blind kids are poor that cannot go to school and some of them are that can go to blind schools. In this story Louis Braille struggles rigorously to create new system of reading for blind people. and how his system is received at the the first and second time and the differences between them. Louis Braille’s dot system received at first .for example “In 1824 he made his reading
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There would not be a cure until 1852‚ when a scientist named Louis Pasteur would discover the cure‚ and he’d be one of the most important scientists of all time. Louis Pasteur was born in the city of Dole‚ France‚ on December 27‚ 1822 (Manning 193). His father had been in the military and he had 3 siblings‚ all of whom died at early ages (Dakes 165). Growing up‚ his family was very poor (Adler)‚and he was a slow but careful student who showed a talent for art (Manning 193). Even though he had
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