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    attracted a loyal following among the growing number of Internet users‚ who liked its simple design and useful results. Having found its way | |increasingly into everyday language‚ the verb "google"‚ was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006‚ meaning | |"to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet." | |Also‚ William Hanna and Joseph

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    References: 2.1.1. Curious Curious was defined in Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary as “ marked by desire to investigate and learn; inquisitive”.(merriam webster‚ 1993)

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    William Seward‚ John Calhoun‚ and Daniel Webster all served as legislator as either Senator or Congressman and then took positions in the executive branch of the government. William Seward and Daniel Webster were both members of the Whig Party‚ while John Calhoun was a member of the Republican Party. The Whig Party was a political party established during the time of President Jackson to oppose the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. Members of the Whig Party

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    1950s Nostalgia Real and Imagined Stephanie Coontz is a professor of Family History at the Evergreen State College in Olympia Washington. She is a nationally recognized expert on the family and an award winning writer. In her 1997 book “The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America’s Changing Families”‚ Stephanie Coontz wrote an essay entitled “What We Really Miss about the 1950s”. In Stephanie Coontz’s “What We Really Miss about the 1950s”‚ she argues that we as

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    When you hear the word hero the first thing that comes to mind would most likely be someone who is physically strong or has some kind of supernatural power. However that isn’t always true. A hero is someone who incites change‚ is an inspiration‚ and is able to help people no matter how scary it can be. Our society is fluid. People’s opinions change constantly with whoever or whatever is popular. The ones in the limelight can use their position to change the way we as a people react to key social

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    Steamboat pilot and author; better known as Mark Twain Ben Franklin: Famous colonial statesman‚ printer‚ and scientist; founded the Philadelphia Academy Daniel Webster: Massachusetts’s senator who strove to preserve the Union; great orator and intellect Noah Webster: Author of the Blue-Backed Speller and the first dictionary of the American language Ponce de Leon: First Spaniard to land on the mainland of North America William Becknell: Frontier trader known as the “Father of the Santa

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    Stewardship. This word has various definitions from the dictionary all the way from an employee‚ to the person who runs a household‚ to a financial administrator. This word also has a significant influence in our faith as members of the Catholic Church. In respect to the Catholic Church‚ stewardship basically means to care for and respect God’s earth and creations. Stewardship combined with philosophies revolving the idea of stewardship are lessons that the Church teaches and makes people aware

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    My Hero: Drew Chadwick Every child has a hero‚ someone he looks up to‚ someone he tries to be like in every way possible. His hero may be his mom or dad‚ or Spiderman or Batman. Even today as teenagers we still have heroes; even parents have heroes. A hero is defined as “a person‚ who is admired or idealized for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. (dictionary.com)” My hero is Drew Chadwick of Emblem3. Drew is my hero because he has the qualities I value in a person; they include

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    What is a sport? According to google a sport is “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment”. However in my opinion a sport doesn’t need to be physical to be called a sport‚ i think it’s just a activity that its competitive. You also don’t necessarily need multiple people to play a sport in my opinion‚ i think that competing with yourself to improve a specific aspect such as time. People will always argue

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    words – knowledge‚ extremist‚ and moderate – to prove their actions just in a precise and effective manner. Knowledge is directly correlated to education; Frederick Douglass‚ however‚ compares knowledge with power. As written in the Merriam Webster dictionary‚ knowledge means “being acquainted with facts‚ truths‚ or principles‚ as from study or investigation; general erudition.” According to Douglass‚ knowledge is a “silver trump of freedom” that had “roused [his] soul to eternal wakefulness (48)

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