revolutionary Rhode Island came to be. Though settled three-hundred and seventy-six years ago‚ Rhode Island at that time‚ still holds similarities to what it means to be “American” today. America is synonymous with freedom‚ tolerance of those different‚ equality‚ and democracy. Rhode Island can be considered the most American of all thirteen original colonies‚ because it supported separatist government‚ practiced religious tolerance‚ and had a democracy from the start. Rhode Island may never
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I wake up… excited as can be. Today was the day we started to drive to Rhode Island. I was happy about it because i had to spend time with my family and see many different sights. I was also excited about it because it was the first time i have been four states away from mine. We were in our car. For the first 15 minutes I felt a rush. Then it was just driving. We hit many different locations such as plymouth rock and the world’s biggest stanley cup. These locations were the coolest things i have
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schools in New York in 1975. A group of parents called the Parents of New York United or for short “PONYU”(2001) formed a group to try and get a list of nine books banned from the school’s library. According to the article Island Trees Union Free School District Board of Education v. Pico 1982‚ some of the books that were banned were Slaughterhouse Five and Best Short Stories of Negro Writers.(2001) The reason why these specific titles were banned is because the books contained graphic descriptions
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Cecil Rhodes Cecil Rhodes was born on July 5th‚ 1853 to a Hertfordshire clergyman. He was one of six sons to the vicar. He was an unhealthy child‚ suffering from heart and breathing ailments. Cecil‚ unlike two of his brothers‚ was not sent to Eton or Winchester. Nor did he join the military. His poor constitution limited his career options‚ and left him with the choice of becoming a barrister or a clergyman. He was sent to study at a local grammar school. After his schooling‚ and due to
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Harold Adam Innis‚ a Canadian professor of political economy‚ was born in 1894 in Southwestern Ontario in Oxford County. Harold’s parents practiced farming and were firm Baptists. Schooling life of Harold started in Sunday school and the local one-room public school. His high school career started at Otterville High School proceeded by his college life at Woodstock Collegiate Institute. Innis joined McMaster University which back then served as a local Church College in Toronto. Shortly after his
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1. Case Overview: Company background: Rhodes Industries (RI): Established by Robert Rhodes in 1950s in Southern Ontario‚ Canada The business of RI: - developed pipes and glasses for industrial uses - gradually branched out into new areas such as Sealants‚ coatings and cleaners and parts for trucking industry - expanded by acquiring small firms in Canada and the United States during the 1960s - was a conglomerate structure with subsidiaries across NA reporting directly to headquarters
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Rhode Island v. Innis 446 U.S. 291 (1980) FACTS: Substantive Facts: Respondent was arrested on the night of January 12‚ 1975 for the robbery of Providence cab driver John Mulvaney‚ which lead to his murder. Mulvaney was shot in the head with a sawed-off shotgun‚ however no weapon was found present on the respondent at the time of his arrest. Upon the respondents’ arrest‚ respondent was informed of his Miranda rights by three police officers‚ to which he explained he understood those rights and
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In the case Palsgraf v. The Long Island Railroad‚ 248 N.Y. 339‚ 162 N.E. 99‚ 1928 N.Y.Lexis 1269 (N.Y.)‚ Justice Cardoza denied recovery for the plaintiff. Justice Cardoza found that the railroad was not the proximate cause of Helen Palsgraf’s injuries. The concept of proximate cause is one that is less than precise. In today’s world of business can we still be sure that the reasoning used by Cardoza still applies? Has a new standard developed? In reviewing the materials in the text you should be
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responsible for violence at all. In his essay‚ “Hollow Claims about Violence‚” Richard Rhodes argues that society isn’t really desensitized to violence and that all those claims are wrong. Rhodes addresses the reasons why these claims are false and why society shouldn’t listen to them. According to Rhodes‚ there is no direct link between exposure to violence in the media and violent behavior performed by people. Rhodes provides data from experiments and factual evidence that contain numbers and rates
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Sample Rhodes Scholarship Personal Statement—Student #1 Soaked in sweat‚ I sat deep in thought on the small mound of sand and broken rocks in northern Kenya‚ where 1.7 million years ago a desperately ill Homo erectus woman had died. Her death had entranced me for years. KNM-ER 1808 had died of Hypervitaminosis A‚ wherein an overdose of Vitamin A causes extensive hemorrhaging throughout the skeleton and excruciating pain. Yet a thick rind of diseased bone all over her skeleton—ossified blood
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