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    Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist and philosopher. Although Blaise devoted most of his adult life to philosophy and religion, he has an amazing aptitude in mathematics and science. Pascal started his prolific string of revolutionary inventions when he was just a teenager. In 1642, at just the age of 18, Pascal invented the Pascaline, an early form of the calculator - which was inspired by the idea of making his father 's job of calculating taxes easier. The Pascaline was a numerical

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    In the world of film-making, female directors are rather scarce. It’s easy to find a great actress, but all too often, men fill the role of director, and women get overlooked. In the world of independent or indie films, there are often more opportunities for women to get involved, and it just so happens that is where we find Crystal Faith Scott. Recently, I happened upon her work, and I realized that she was just the kind of person to not only shed light on her crowdfunded feature for which she is

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    Appearance vs. Reality in Hamlet Hamlet is one of the amazing plays written by William Shakespeare and is the plot to many other famous movies and stories. In the play Hamlet things go wrong very quickly and a lot of those things can be misleading. For example to start it's thought that the character Polonius is thought highly of but in reality he is seen more as a joke. To add to that it appears that Polonius cares for his daughter but in reality he only cares about himself. Leading to his death

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    Tony Stark: Byronic Hero

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    to obtain information. A former KGB agent, from the US archrival Russia! Even her appearance reflects her personality. While she is the only female Avengers member, her appearance is anything but feminine. The Black Widow lacks honesty and social grace and she is for sure an outsider amongst the other Avengers. However, her decision to join the team and to save the good against the bad, give her character a twist and make her a hero. Skills that she once used to destroy, kill, deceive, and now serve

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    Richard Cory Irony

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    It has always been said that money cannot buy happiness, although we have all heard it, does that make it really true? It's a dead end road that doesn’t really go anywhere, some of the wealthiest people in the world have all the toys and gadgets, the boats, the cars, the houses, the girls, if you can think of it they have got it. But do most of these multimillionaires have a long-standing marriage and a happy family? Unfortunately most of them don't, there happy but lonely. In the poem “Richard Cory”

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    Glory Movie Analysis

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    God, and they hope one day they will live a better life. The African American soldiers united together forming a prayer group which boosts their morales. “Lord, we stand before you this evening, to say thank you! And we thank you, father, for your grace, and your many blessings! Now I run off, leaving all my young'uns and my kinfolk, in bondage. So I'm standing here this

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    War II hero and warrior by having the strength and power of a man but the grace and beauty of a lady. Wonder Woman “fears nothing. She stands for justice, equality, and America.” (Arnold-Forster). Since She was built off of honesty and feminism she carries a whip that stands for the truth and uses it against her enemies leaving her to be the ultimate hero. Wonder Woman has many hero like qualities that make her such an amazing leader. The very first quality she possesses is her ambition. Her ambitious

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    certainly enabled young Elizabeth a departure from her previous innocent image. A couple decades ago, the nudity in the film garnered criticism and controversy, but red-blooded males who saw it did not complain about the states of undress! Fans of the movie might be more than just a little intrigued by 24-year-old Nova, one of the blonde sizzlers here at Bunnies of Las Vegas Escorts. Nova’s age is pretty close to Berkley’s when she perfected her trademark stripper dance. With long, flowing blonde locks

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    Nanook of the North: Directed by Robert Flaherty, Nanook of the North (1922) is one of the most famous travel films, or “scenics,” of all time. Flaherty spent years in Canada learning the culture of the Inuit (eskimo) people there. What makes this story so captivating is that it is presented as more of a drama than a documentary. Flaherty staged many scenes to portray Nanook as a protagonist, and the harsh snowy environment as the antagonist. The way the footage was edited together helped make the

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    of success never looking back, which is a characteristic most people wish they had. Marilyn took control of her life and made her dreams come true even when she was told no. There is so much more to Marilyn Monroe than just a gorgeous face and amazing curvy physic to be idolized for. She was a strong young girl working hard to be a model, a phenomenal actress in over twenty films, a brilliant business woman being CEO of her own film production, a musician with a heavenly voice, the person who

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