WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT AND DOLLAR DIPLOMACY - Roosevelt’s successor‚ William Taft (1909-1913)‚ did not carry a big stick - Taft adopted a foreign policy that was mildly expansionist but depended more on investors’ dollars than on the navy’s battleships - Taft’s policy of trying to promote U.S. trade by supporting American enterprises abroad was given the name dollar diplomacy DOLLAR DIPLOMACY IN EAST ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA - Taft believed that private American financial investment in China &
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William Penn William Penn was born October 14‚ 1644 in London too Admiral Penn and Margret Penn. William was an adventurous little boy catching and finding anything he could. He was an extremely fast runner and could run three miles nonstop. When William was very young he got smallpox and it left him bald; he always had to wear a wig. When William was four years old a group of rebels rose up against the King or Roundheads‚ as they were called‚ over threw King Charles and beheaded him.
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Sunflower 1. Botanical Classification i. Botanical Name: The botanical name of sunflower is Helianthus annuus L. ii. Biological Classification: Kingdom Plantae Class Magnoliopsida Order Asterales Family Asteracae Genus Helianthus Specie H.annus 2. Origin And History Sunflower probably originated in the south-western United States‚ or somewhere in Mexico‚ where it was used in many forms. It was introduced to Europe in the 16th century and imported into Russia
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William Shakespeare is an unforgettable literary figure and it is not exaggeration if we say that literature is nothing without him. All the writing of Shakespeare deal with love‚ life and death and these universal themes get beautiful touch by him. His tragedies reflect that he had extraordinary knowledge of human psychology. Therefore‚ his characters have become memorable in the field of literature. Shakespeare has explored poetry and tragedy but it is tragedy that brought fame for him. Even his
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William I became known as William the Conqueror through his will and determination. William gained power through his father and soon he climbed high enough to conquer England and become its new king. William was born in 1028 at Falaise Castle. He was the son of Robert the Duke of Normandy and Herleve‚ the daughter of a tanner in Falaise. Robert was said to have caught sight of Herleve while she was washing her linens in the castle moat. William’s father went on a pilgrimage in 1034 to release
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or something staring back at me and then the lights would start to flicker. In “The Elevator” by William Sleator a thin twelve-year-old boy called Martin was severely claustrophobic inside elevators.To get to his floor he would have to take the elevator. Which was his his biggest fear that he could not seem to overcome. Martin would eventually have to face his fear to get to his new apartment. William Sleator shows us Martin’s lack of ability to get over his fears of building suspense through Martin’s
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Jameka Williams was born on September 26‚ 1981 in Saginaw‚ Michigan. Her parents are Richard and Oracene William’s. Serena was the youngest out of five girls. Serena and her sister Venus both participated in tennis while growing up. Serena’s father was a sharecropper from Louisiana. He read books and watched videos to teach Serena and Venus how to play. When Serena turned three she practiced for two hours on a court not far from her whome with her father. Serena’s father Richard Williams moved the
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agricultural household;slowly‚ diminishing along as the red wheelbarrow rusts in the rain. But‚ how could the speaker present such a mundane idea so brilliantly‚ so intensely‚ so eloquently? Simply. He performs it simply. Through a sadden tone‚ William Carlos Williams illustrates the image of a broken down agricultural-based household by monosyllabic color-based diction and short meter structures. The prose is constructed in a manner similar to a short prose fractured into concise telegraphic sentences
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Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams was born on September 26‚ 1981 in Saginaw‚ Michigan to Richard Williams and Oracene Price. Today‚ she is a renowned American professional tennis player. Serena was the youngest of her five sisters. When the children were young‚ the family relocated to the city of Compton in Los Angeles‚ where Serena started playing tennis at the age of five. Serena and her older sister Venus began daily two-hour practices with her father. Her father home-schooled Serena and
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The Ted Williams Villanelle by Wendy Cope Ted Williams is known as one of the all time greats in baseball. During his long baseball career‚ Ted skipped some seasons and served as a Marine Corps pilot. During his time in WWII and the Korean War‚ we would all assume that Ted gained tremendous leadership skills. These skills helped him on the baseball field‚ and throughout his entire life. Ted could be mistaken as a coach in these lines. He talks to someone as if he is teaching them. He repeats
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