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    Pedro continued to improve his pitching location. This allowed him to pitch further into games and as a result, four out of his twelve starts were complete games, and his ERA improved to 1.76. The Dodgers then called him up to the AAA Albuquerque Dukes, in New Mexico to finish out the season.

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    The Integrity and Strength of Huckleberry Finn        When one is young they must learn from their parents how to behave. A child's parents impose society's unspoken rules in hope that one day their child will inuitivly decerne wrong from right and make decisions based on their own judgment. These moral and ethical decisions will affect one for their entire life. In Mark Twains, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck is faced with the decision of choosing to regard all he has been taught

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    death. King Henry VIII was born born on June 28th of 1491 in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, in the United Kingdom. Henry VIII then later died on January 28th, 1547 in Palace of Whitehall, London, in the United Kingdom. His parents were Elizabeth of York and Henry VII. Henry became king when he was just eighteen years old. He was known for his love of hunting and dancing. (“Henry VIII”. BBC News.) Henry was known as the 'father of the Royal Navy.' When he became king there were five royal warships

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    Bibliography Adams, George Burton. Civilization During the Middle Ages. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922. Beck, Roger B. et al. World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston: McDougal Littell, 2005. Cantor, Norman F. The Civilization of the Middle Ages. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. ——. The Meaning of the Middle Ages: A Sociological and Cultural History. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1973. Duiker

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    The Biltmore is a lovely mix of Victorian and European and was built in 1925. It is advertised as a luxury golf and spa resort. The hotel has long catered to high society and has seen guests like Al Capone, the Roosevelt family, the Vanderbilts, Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby and Ginger Rogers. The hotel was built in the Mediterranean Revivalist style and has become one of the grandest hotels in the U.S. After its heyday for some years it was used by the federal government

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    There were many different religious groups in new England, from the north to the south you could find people that believed in many different gods and ways to get to heaven. In the northern colonies they were much stricter on religion. However in the colonies that were there you could still find religious freedom and throughout the rest of New England many people set up colonies with religious freedom. Therefore people could practice whatever religion they wanted and serve whichever god they wanted

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    Annika Sontag Mrs. Wade 9AH-3 2nd Period 29 April 2016 The Phenomenal International Writer: The Life of Alexander McCall Smith Couldn’t Be More Interesting Men… Women… and children… this is the author you should have a desire to read about. Alexander McCall Smith has written books for all ages, he is a fan favorite, and has made many accomplishments. Alexander was born August 24th, 1948 in South Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, spent half his childhood there and the other half in Scotland. The country was

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    newspaper New York Globe in 1883, “thus launching himself at the age of twenty-five into a career as a national public intellectual” (Carle 1494). Thomas T. Fortune’s paper was successful until about the year 1907. “In 1901 Fortune moved his family to Red Bank, which had a well-established, segregated black community on the Westside, where Fortune bought a twelve room, Second Empire style home a short walk from the train station” (Zipprich). While living in New Jersey he commuted to New York for work

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    The Renaissance Era produced many great legends whose legacies left an impact on our society today. William Davenant was one of the important figures whose achievements helped to restore English literature. Those who are well versed in theater have long debated who William Davenant was and why he was important. William Davenant was rumored to be Shakespeare’s son, was crucial to the Restoration, and was a famous English poet and playwright who changed the scope of literature. Born in Oxford

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    mainly in New York City, specifically the neighborhood of Harlem, through the 1920s and 1930s (Early 1991). This new genre of jazz music built upon the syncopated rhythm of Ragtime by adding a Blues feel as well as swing elements (Early 1991). The important feature of this new stride style was the rigid bass pattern in the left hand of the pianist. Typically, a single note would be played on the 1st and 3rd beats of the measure, while an accompanying chord would be played on the 2nd and 4th beats

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