Queen Elizabeth II addresses the UN Mr President‚ Secretary-General‚ Members of the General Assembly‚ I believe I was last here in 1957. Since then‚ I have travelled widely and met many leaders‚ ambassadors and statesmen from around the world. I address you today as Queen of sixteen United Nations Member States and as Head of the Commonwealth of 54 countries. I have also witnessed great change‚ much of it for the better‚ particularly in science and technology‚
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Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun; Capturing Life While Living Life Have you ever looked at a piece of art and wondered how it could be based on real life‚ because it was just so beautiful? Well Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was able to paint in such new and exciting ways; people were left wondering just this. Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was a woman of many talents. In her life time she came up with new ways of painting‚ revolutionized fashion in France‚ and overcame any prejudice thinking because she was a woman
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Diana Ross was born in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ on March 26‚ 1944. Diana has had an exciting and yet rough life. What makes Diana Ross an important part of history is that she sings soul‚ R&B and pop. Although she isn’t known as the greatest singer‚ she is a great performer. She was first noticed when she was part of the group "The Supremes." The group had their first hit in 1964‚ "Where Did Our Love Go‚" and went on to have several more hits such as "Stop In the Name of Love" and "You Can’t Hurry
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Betsy Ross While most people admire the ones who wrote the Declaration of Independence‚ the ones who flew in space‚ and the ones who fought in wars‚ but one person outshined the rest of them. That person was Betsy Ross. Without Betsy Ross we would not have the amazing American Flag that we have today. She was born Elizabeth Griscom in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ to Samuel and Rebecca James Griscom. Betsy went to a Quaker public school. For eight hours a day‚ Betsy was
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Why We Should Not Fear Death May 21‚ 2007 by Quincy Death is a common topic of speculation and frequently anxiety. In the time that Epicurus was laying out his way of life and sharing it with others this was the case. Epicurus‚ though‚ claimed that we should not fear death because‚ “Death‚ the most frightening of bad things‚ is nothing to us; since when we exist death is not yet present‚ and when death is present‚ then we do not exist” (Letter to Menoeceus‚ 125). Death is frightening to people
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The Reactions to Fear Imagine seeing someone face their fear and overacting. Well being a bystander and being the person it’s dealing with is two different things. When you are put into a scary situation the thought of it changes. Someone may think that they wouldn’t overact in a scary situation‚ but when it becomes a reality‚ then the thought process may change. Take Edgar Allen Poe’s‚ The Masque of the Red Death‚ for example the people couldn’t face their fear of death and hid from it. They failed
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Diana Ross Diana Ross was born in 1944. Emerging from the housing projects in Detroit to become an international superstar‚ she gained prominence first as a member of the supremes‚ then as a solo artist. The mention of her name evokes the indelible image of the broadly smiling diva‚ the long hair‚ sequined gowns‚ etc. Ross first recorded on the small lupine label in 1959‚ as a member of the Primettes. The group signed to Motown in1961‚ and later changed their names to the supremes. In 1963
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Richard Cándida Smith Department of History University of Michigan Ann Arbor‚ MI 48109 The Other Side of Meaning: George Kubler on the Object as Historical Source forthcoming in Intellectual History Newsletter‚ vol. 23‚ 2001 The objects that men and women have made provide the most enduring trace of human activity extending back tens of thousands of years in every part of the globe. In a handful of locations‚ as in Europe or East Asia‚ traditions of collecting and connoisseurship
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LITERATURE TERM PAPER SOCRATES NO FEAR IN DEATH [Type the author name] 4/15/2014 Socrates did not choose to begin now at 70 years old and make choices which would have been contrary to who he was. He believed living long doesn’t matter‚ living well does. He lived a good‚ just‚ and ethical life and was poor because his life was spent on more noble things of the search of true wisdom‚ not of earthly self-pleasures of physical matters. He was the father of Philosophy and roamed the
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sought after female painters was born to Louis and Jeannne Vigee (2014). Biography states this in their article “Elisabeth Vigee Le brun” “Her father was successful artist who encouraged her interest in art”. In her life time she was widely known and was credited for painting for very important people. She was also known for her fashionable portraits of the eighteenth century (2014). Elisabeth Vigee Le burn achieved early success as a young artist‚ her ability to put her subjects in flattering elegant
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