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    Gordon Ramsay Gordon Ramsay is a British chef. He was born on November 8th 1966. Ramsay is most famous for his television show Hell’s Kitchen. Gordon Ramsay was brought up in Stratford upon-Avon‚ England. When Gordon was younger he had high hopes on being a professional football player. After a few serious injuries he finally decided it was time to settle in and focus on his culinary education. At age 19 he enrolled at North Oxfordshire Technical College to study Hotel Management. After graduating

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    The American Revolution was an extremely important event that helped shape the modern world‚ however‚ it was not a true revolution. According to Richard Price‚ a British Unitarian minister‚ "A true social revolution destroys the institutional foundations of the old order and transfers power from a ruling elite to new social groups." (Digital History ID 3222) During the 1700’s‚ the American colonies had already been engaging in a form of self-government in their localities‚ which they largely fashioned

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    Ramsey branded the celebrity chefs a ‘bunch of whingers’ and complained to the press that most of the stars ‘hadn’t done a day’s work in their lives’ Gordon also enjoyed huge success in America with the television show Hell’s Kitchen USA. The American public loved him and in 2006‚ he took the Ramsay empire to America where he opened Gordon Ramsay at the London in New York. The same year saw him gain further recognition with an OBE "for services to the hospitality industry" as well as receive

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    Synopsis: This paper illustrates and defines the plight of the Quakers and their impact on the American Revolution. Through documented research‚ this paper will also examine the history and existence of the Quakers during this revolutionary period. The Quakers and the American Revolution Like other civil wars‚ the American Revolution asked ordinary people to chose between two extraordinary positions. The Revolution forced competition among colonists ’ allegiances: to England and the King‚ to colonial

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    Emily Thou Mr. G./ Period 1 September 14‚ 2012 Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution began in 1755 as an open conflict between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain. The Treaty of Paris had ended that war in 1783‚ giving the colonies their own independence. There are many factors contributing to the start of the Revolution‚ but the war began as the way The Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated. For example‚ the French

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    inevitability in getting involved in the revolutionary war. The Cherokee tribe’s involvement in the American Revolution was both important to the course of the war and resulted in devastation to the tribe. The Cherokee way of life‚ like all Native American tribes‚ was very different from that of the colonists. These conflicting lifestyles were one of the reasons why the Cherokee involvement in the American Revolution was so detrimental to their tribe. Like most southeastern tribes‚ the Cherokee economy was

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    different because if they did they risked losing friends and being accused of being an enemy of the country. The source of the conformity and the fear came from the government trying to rush the American people into the cold war and against the communists is portrayed in the words of J. Edgar Hoover‚ "Every American Communist was‚ and is‚ potentially an espionage agent of the Soviet Union." The typical family in the fifties is usually known as a nuclear family or traditional family. A nuclear family is

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    of the American Revolution Though the US version of revolutionary republicanism has been constantly criticized by the spectators of Europe and Asia ever since its establishment‚ many purposely ignore the significance of American liberalism and socialism and how the movement for independence pushed the world forward. The basic concepts of civil‚ economic‚ and federal freedoms was set up in America‚ as well as in France and Poland. America’s fight was extremely crucial‚ because as history paints

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    “It was the collective effect of all the causes of the French Revolution that finally caused the people to rise up.” History Essay Lara Ismael Nogueira Martha I truly believe it was the collective effect of all the causes of the French Revolution that finally caused the people to rise up. In 1789 the people of France were suffering under the rule of Louis XVI‚ who used the countries money to provide him and his family the most luxurious life imaginable‚ while the people starved. The political

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    Early Childhood Tiger Woods was born Eldrick Woods on December 30‚ 1975‚ in Cypress‚ California. He is the only child of Earl and Kultida Woods. His parents founded out that their son’s talent at an unusually early age. They said that he was playing with a putter before he could walk. The boy was gifted not only with exceptional playing abilities‚ but he also possessed a passion for the sport. Woods first gained national attention on a talk show when he beat a famous comedian and a golfer

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