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    Earl Smith Myopia

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    Earl Smith III‚ OD‚ PhD‚ has worked diligently throughout his career to aid the children of myopic parents from developing the condition. Dr. Smith has made multiple important contributions to the field of optometry and continues to today at the University of Houston. His career began many years ago‚ and his spirit to help started at a young age. Dr. Earl Smith was born in the late 1940s in Norfolk‚ VA after World War II had taken the victorious United States by storm. The diligent Dr. Smith would

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    John Smith Truth

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    “The Truth of John Smith” The text I have chosen to write this essay about is an account by John Smith about his experiences in the New World and his first encounter with Native American people. The text I’m using is from the coursepack page 105 to page 107‚ General History of Virginia‚ New England and the Summer Isles‚ from the second chapter in book three. Although this text holds many interesting aspects‚ I have chosen the one aspect that interested me the most‚ namely‚ in which way the truth

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    Eva Smith Suicide

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    millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us’ - Inspector Google (Socialist) Inspector Google is showing to the everyone (and the audience) that there are millions of working class people that are expriencing a similar life style of Eva Smith‚ that are ’still left with us’. ’Look‚ Inspector - I’d give thousands - yes‚ thousands of shellings’ - Mr Burling (When she’s alive‚ he doesn’t do any action or gives a thought about Eva Smith‚ nor neither give a sign of

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    Pocahontas John Smith

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    and John Smith is a story that has been told time and time again. Disney even made a movie about their story‚ teaching the importance of taking care of the earth. The real story is a firsthand account from John Smith. He says that in 1607‚ he was captured by an Indian tribe‚ at some point he meets Pocahontas and she feels sympathy for him and begs her father not to execute him‚ thus saving his life. There has always been questions bought up about this though‚ many question whether Smith was telling

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    Hobbes vs. Smith

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    Social Order Creation: Hobbes vs. Smith Hobbes and Smith are at odds about the idea of how power plays into social order creation. Hobbes believes that in the state of nature‚ man has no power to control others‚ and because of this‚ everyone is aggressive towards one another‚ as no one can trust another. Because of this‚ social order is necessary to give man incentive towards cooperation and trust‚ by selling your individual rights to freedom in order to gain social rights of security and safety

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    Bessie smith biography

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    Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee in April 15‚ 1894. She was the most popular female blues singer known as “The Empress of the Blues”. She started her career by singing in tent shows in 1912‚ alongside another blues specialist Ma Rainey. Bessie influenced other singers including Aretha Franklin‚ Nina Simone‚ Frank Sinatra‚ Billie Holiday‚ Dinah Washington and Janis Joplin. Bessie Smith was married to Jack Gee on June 7‚ 1923. She made her first record with Columbia records “Downhearted

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    Keynes Vs Smith

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    Maynard Keynes be compared to Adam Smith? Both of these men are considered to be the molders and theorizers of the economic era‚ yet they were very different in their theories and ideas. It takes more than a pretty face to identify an individual as the “father” of a particular subject‚ but considering the fact that economics was not even an area of study prior to Adam Smith’s contribution‚ it is easy to say that he‚ in fact‚ is the “father of economics.” Smith was a wide-ranging social philosopher

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    Did Smith have a theory of capitalism or was he primarily a critic of mercantilism? Between the 16th and 18th century mercantilism dominated western economics. Mercantilism held a strong belief in the power of large reserves of precious metals‚ primarily gold and silver‚ and encouraged states to maintain large reserves through high tariffs on imported goods. In 1776‚ Scottish philosopher Adam Smith refuted the theory of mercantilism in a criticism entitled An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes

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    Dorothy E. Smith

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    Dorothy Edith Smith “Feminist Standpoint Theory and Institutional Ethnography” 1926- Dorothy E. Smith was born in North England in 1926. Dorothy E. Smith has lived a long life and commonly refers to it as “a long time ago and another world”. According to Smith‚ she has grown from the young woman to now due to several experiences. Smith has been employed in many different capacities such as a secretary and a clerk. In her Mid-twenties‚ she worked at a book publishing company. Smith attempted

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    glance. From the lingering shadow‚ to the dog’s expression‚ there were many ambiguous and vague details which left a lot to the interpretation of the viewer themselves. The painting was called many things by different viewers and artists‚ such as “The Drowning Dog” or “The Sinking Dog”‚ which just shows the many different ways the audience interpreted this scene. Many viewed this scene as as a dog finding himself stuck behind a ledge‚ unable to escape the hidden doom that is awaiting him. Although the

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