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    Google was invented by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They both meet in Stanford University‚ when Brin was assigned to show Page around the school. Brin and Page began collaborating on a search engine called BackRub that operated on Stanford servers for more than a year‚ eventually taking up too much bandwidth‚ so they had to take it down(“ Our History” 2).

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    The internet has made us smarter than ever before‚ but has it also made us dumber? Author Nicholas Carr see’s the internet as a doubled bladed sword. It has its negatives and positives on society. Is society truly better with the internet? These are just some of the multiple questions Carr asks. His main point is how technology makes information quicker to obtain however at the price of our attention spans. Nicholas Carr‚ writer for the New York Times and the Wall street Journal‚ Believed that

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    the first black player in the Major Leagues‚ breaking the color barrier in 1947. This relates to Mookie in one way because he is the only black worker in Sal’s Famous Pizzeria‚ therefore he has broken that barrier. His shirt also opposes Clifton’s Larry Bird Boston Celtic shirt‚ because the same city’s baseball team‚ the Boston Red Sox‚ were the last team in the Major Leagues to integrate a black player. Also‚ in the scene where “Buggin’ Out” and Sal are in the argument of why there aren’t any famous

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    John Edgar Hoover 1895-1972 Background Born on New Years Day 1895 in Washington DC Parents Anne Marie and Dickerson Naylor Hoover Snr “Mother was the dominant influence in his life” Phillips His birth certificate was not filed until he was 43 Competed in debate team (against women voting and the abolition of death penalty) Nicknamed speed (stutter) and was applauded by his cool and relentless logic Father suffered from mental illness and was institutionalised “Instead of sympathising…wasn’t

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    person to use this method was Henry Ford for the Model-T car. * Thomas Edison * The inventor of the light bulb. This changed the life of many Americans‚ as it eventually led to the rise of nightlife‚ since there was a new way to keep things lit in the dark. * Luna Park (Coney Island) * One of the first amusement parks in America. Amusement parks created a new form of leisure for Americans because it integrated all leisure forms to “mass produce” fun for Americans. * Montgomery

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    Love is one of the only words in this world that can’t be adequately described in words. Yet it is the strongest human emotion and most powerful force in the universe that conquers all‚ makes our lives worth living‚ and chooses our direction. In the two short stories the authors use their style‚ symbolism and point of views to best portray two different scenarios that both revolve around love. In “Good People” by David Foster Wallace 19 year old college student impregnates a girl he’d been seeing

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    M. Frederickson and R. Hal Williams‚ is Herbert Hoover‚ the thirty-first president of the United States and America’s president during the horrible "Great Depression". Divine et al.‚ state that Hoover was a "sober‚ intelligent‚ and immensely hardworking" man. McElvaine concurs and explains that "at the age of 29‚ Hoover was a financier-promoter-geologist-engineer-metallurgist". Divine et al.‚ characterize Herbert Hoover by saying "Hoover epitomized the American myth of a self-made man"

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    John Edgar Hoover 11/5/12 Period 2.4 10/24/12 Law enforcement 1 J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover was the longest running director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and arguably the best. He turned the corrupt reputation of the F

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    Austin Prunty Mrs. Larpenture Classic World Lit. 2/24/12 The affects of drunk lifestyle The Drunkard is a short story about a father and son. The story demonstrates irony while using humor to keep the readers attention. As the son tells the story about his father and what occurred when he attended a funeral with him. Although the story takes place many years ago people can relate as if it were present time. As the story begins the boys shares his father’s traits and qualities. He tells

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    United States. The time period started from the year 1930 to 1940 with Herbert Hoover as president. During this time‚ stock markets were crashing‚ businesses were closing as well as banks. Most of the American population were homeless‚ and people were starving and poor from unemployment. There was a need for sources like electricity as well as the need for jobs to change unemployment rates (Smiley‚ 2008). President Hoover did not help citizens and thought the best was done until great change occurred

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