In her novel O Pioneers!‚ Willa Cather‚ a well-known American author‚ depicts her experiences throughout her life living in the great state of Nebraska. O Pioneers! grew out of her familiarity with the communities of settlers‚ conversations with the immigrant farmers from different places‚ and the simple being of her living on the prairies herself. In 1913‚ after years of editing and writing short stories and poems‚ she wrote and became famous for her novel about the West‚ O Pioneers! At the time O
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Dorothy Lee This paper seeks to address the social issue: respect for individual integrity‚ as is appreciated in various communities. A noble way to express respect for one’s integrity is through embracing the principle of personal autonomy (Lee‚ 1956). This principle grants each individual the right to make personal decisions without any undue influence. Such personal decisions ought to be respected at all costs as an indication of respect for the individual’s integrity. Dorothy Lee studied this
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After school‚ I walk in the door‚ plop myself down on the leather couch‚ and begin to think about the western pioneer’s documentary we watched today in English class. Three distinct personality traits of these pioneers keep coming back to me as I ponder which ones to use in the assigned essay. Courage‚ perseverance‚ and passion keep pestering my mind. Courage is the strongest and most important characteristic. It took a lot of guts and spirit to move their entire family west of common civilization
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Early Childhood Pioneers [pic] Pioneers of Play Friedrich Froebel 1782-1852 Froebel pioneered the view that play acts as an organising function which integrates learning and helps children apply their knowledge and understanding in relation to their developing ideas‚ feelings‚ physical bodies and relationships. Froebel thought that schools should be communities in which the parents are welcome to join their children. He believed that parents were the first educators of their child. He
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grandfather’s sister and only sibling and my Great Aunt Dorothy had just passed away at age 96. Aunt Dorothy had been in Alberta for several years after visiting Mary’s family at Christmas and becoming ill. She greatly missed her home in Ottawa where she and Uncle Bob had lived and raised their three children‚ Debbie‚ Mary‚ and Jimmy. I remembered visiting my great aunt in Ottawa when I was eight. My twin‚ Michael and I had fun helping Aunt Dorothy with her walker and eating at the long table in the
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Dorothy Crowfoot (later called Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin) was born on May 12‚ 1910 in Cairo‚ Egypt to John Winter Crowfoot and Grace Mary Hood Crowfoot. John was a school inspector that worked for the Egyptian Education Service and later became the Director of Education and Director of Antiquities in Sudan. He retired in 1926 and focused on archaeology and later became the Director of Jerusalem’s British School of Archaeology. Grace Mary was botanist and illustrated the different flora found in Sudan
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want to do. So I just picked a random speech. I choose the speech based on the gender of the speaker and the topic on the speech. The speech I am giving is 1988 DNC Keynote Addresses given by Dorothy Ann Willis Richards. Dorothy Ann Willis Richard was born September 1‚ 1993 in Lakeview‚ Texas. Dorothy died September 13‚ 2006; she was 73 when she died. She was an only child and grew up in Waco‚ Texas. She had graduates from Waco High School in 1950‚ and then attended Baylor University. While on
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A pack pioneer is a case of a solid individual with an awful character‚ while an exceptional group pioneer is unified with both solid and great attributes. An association needs pioneers with both solid and great qualities — individuals who will control them to the future and demonstrate that they can be
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Early Kentuckians Pioneers KY Native American Indians Appalachian People Thematic Unit Fourth Grade KY Standards Unit designed according to AZ SEI standard format Early Kentuckians Thematic Unit Two Week Lesson Plan Information General Information and Standards Kristie Eldridge Grade 4 Social Studies Two Week Long State Standards for Social Studies 1 Strand: Social Studies: Government and Civics 2 POSU: SS-4-CS-U-1‚ SS-4-CS-U-4
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TO: VEFA TARHAN‚ SPECIAL TOPICS IN FINANCE FROM: MAHMUT MACIT‚ AHMET ARDA ATIK‚ CAN KORKMAZ DATE: NOVEMBER 4‚ 2014 CASE: PIONEER PETROLEUM CORPORATION Overview of the Company Pioneer Petroleum Corporation established in 1924 and operating in oil refining‚ pipeline transportation‚ and industrial chemical fields. Company uses weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) as a discount rate to discount future cash flows that generate from possible projects. According to net present values of these possible
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