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    Jack the Ripper Ghastly murder! Revolting and mysterious murder! Dreadful mutilation of a woman! These were some of the garish newspaper headlines that petrified all England in 1888. For three months in 1888 fear and panic stalked the streets of London’s East End by a man who became known as ‘Jack the Ripper’. “My knife is nice and sharp. I want to get to work right away if get the chance‚” Jack the Ripper. Due to evidence from the letters that he wrote to the authorities‚ Jack the Ripper didn’t

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    Jose Rizal's Secrets

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    Dr. Jose Rizal known as traveler. He is the most traveler Filipino hero in history. He traveled around the world and had a lot of adventure for his education and sophistication through which he learned the culture and politics of other countries. He’s first trip abroad was on 1882 in Spain. The reason why‚ he wanted to bring changes in his native land. But the first stop over of Rizal while on his way to Spain is Singapore‚ which he spent sightseeing the city including its famed Brotanical Garden

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    Colour recession & Negative space “The Sower” Vincent Van Gogh‚ painted in 1888. He uses a silhouette to represent the raising of ordinary people and the sun creating a halo over his head. He also uses colour recession because there are colour opposites present. Positive space is the tree and the sower‚ the background is the negative space. “Sunflowers” Vincent Van Gogh painted in 1888. It’s not necessarily big on positive and negative space‚ but it is great for colour opposites and recession

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    Slavery In Brazil

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    opportunities. The origin of the economic issues in Brazil dates back to the colonial period‚ when the labor market was sustained primarily by slavery. Slavery started in Brazil in 1538‚ and persisted for more than three centuries‚ not being abolished until 1888. Originating with the indigenous population‚ slave labor

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    Soft Drinks

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    India • Appy Fizz • Banta (lemon-flavored soft drink) • Bovonto (grape soda produced by Kali Mark) • Campa Cola (popular Indian soda introduced in 1977) • Cloud 9 (energy drink) • Coca-cola • Frooti (mango-flavored drink from Parle Agro) • Gold Spot • Guptas (8 flavoreds soft drinks introduced in 1947) • h2o (powered carbonated soda) • Limca (lemon-lime soda) • LMN (lemon drink produced by Parle Agro) • Mangola Slice • Maaza (mango drink from Coca-Cola) • Mohammad Cola • Mountain

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    Running for Presidency In his book Minority Victory: Gilded Age Politics and the Front Porch Campaign of 1888‚ Charles W. Calhoun argues that the beginning of modern presidency and campaigning began in 1888 between Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. He illustrates his points by describing how Cleveland and Harrison’s individual personalities and actions play into the transformation. He also discusses the economic issues that hindered and helped the candidates during their campaigning period

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    Weapons In World War I

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    Weapons In the First World War there were a wide variety of weapons used especially when you count their variation (or different models). Here are a list of weapons used: • Rifles • Machine guns • Mustard & chlorine gas • Tanks • Zeppelins • Flamethrowers • Torpedoes and submarines •

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    abstraction‚ was remarkable and some of his paintings rank among the most expensive ever sold at auction. This essay will discuss a descriptive analysis‚ interpretation of his work‚ and his history briefly. Vincent van Gogh painted The Flowering Orchard in 1888. Well aware that time was short to paint the trees in flower van Gogh worked with a sense of urgency when creating this painting. Van Gogh wanted to capture the natural spectacle of the petals sparkling in the clear spring sun. The tones he chose were

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    1. Why does Laskin state that the horrible blizzard of 1888 “hit the most thickly settled sections of Nebraska and Dakota Territory at the worse possible moment”? Describe the dramatic change in temperatures that accompanied this storm. Why were the humble people of this raw region of the prairie prone to take risks‚ even in the face of devastating blizzard? 2. In the post-Civil War years‚ what factors encourage the stampede of settler into America’s heartland‚ which earlier had been thought to

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    or another’.” If Druitt was not the Ripper‚ what would have been his purpose for getting rid of this important information? This is what led people to believe he in fact‚ was the Ripper. Druitt committed suicide in the Thames around November 30th‚ 1888‚ shortly after being let go as a schoolteacher in Blackheath‚ and three weeks after the last Ripper murder. Rubinstein finishes his discussion about Druitt by saying‚ “Given the general air of mystery surrounding his life‚ it is not surprising that

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