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    Andrew Carnegie Looking at Andrew Carnegie`s early life is particularly important in order to understand the magnitude of his achievements. Andrew Carnegie was born in a small town in Scotland. His father, well known for his vast array of knowledge, was a weaver, the main industry in town. Carnegie`s comprehension of entrepreneurship began at an early age. His family could hardly afford to feed their rabbits, so Carnegie recruited other children in the town and would end up naming a rabbit after

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    Only one U.S. president has been censured by the United States Senate and this was Andrew Jackson for what the senate believed to be abuse of presidential power during the Bank War. Andrew Jackson should be removed from the $20 bill. While Jackson was the 7th president of the united states and a national war hero after defeating the British in New Orleans during the War of 1812 he got rid of a whole government program because it didn't go along with his viewpoints. In 1816 the second bank of the

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    Philanthropist? A philanthropist is someone who gives their fortune back to schools, libraries, communities and much more. Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates did just that. They continue to give away their fortune to help others. Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates became very wealthy in different ways, shared similarities as well as differences with their works of philanthropy. Andrew Carnegie was one of the wealthiest men in America but his wealth didn’t come without hard work and dedication. Carnegie was

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    A hero is defined as person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for their brave deeds and noble qualities. John F. Kennedy, the 35th president is known to be one of America's greatest heroes. A misconception is that President Kennedy was only seen as a hero, due to the fact that he was assassinated and therefore that even elevated him to be seen as one of our greatest presidents. However, that is not the case, as there are many reasons why his reputation and stature as a great person and

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    According to the movie "Gibney, A. (2005). Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" the practices that allowed Enron to achieve such success started with manipulation of earnings by Traders who were destroying daily trading records and gambling beyond their limits to a point where they lost in 5 days an amount of $90 million, losing with it all of the company’s reserves. To cover this up they mis-reported the company´s net worth. They needed a new idea and Jeff Skilling proposed to convert Enron into

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    George Westinghouse has had more impact on American society and culture than any other person in history for the three following reasons. First, he was one of the first people to consider the fact that you will have good business if you have safe products. Second, he invented quite a few items that help us nowadays. Finally, he was a big part of promoting AC (Alternating Current) and integrating it into society. The first reason that George Westinghouse was the most influential person in American

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    Dory Character

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    Dory is a lovable little Blue Tang with a big heart and a lot to say. She is extroverted, child-like, optimistic, and a huge risk taker. On the other hand, her lack of restraint from risks tends to be concerning. Dory obviously has issues with memory recall, but her willingness to look danger in the eye may mean she has big issues with her frontal lobe, the judgement area of the brain. Amnesia plagues Dory, and the thing is, she knows it. She states, “I forget things almost instantly. It runs in

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    When addressing social classes in a society, Carnegie believes that society performs better when there are class structures. Moreover, he believes that society can be harmonious and people can benefit from each other in an unequal environment. One-way Carnegie argues this position is when he claims that capitalism lifts all boats. He writes, “the poor enjoy what the rich could not before” (486). Here, Carnegie acknowledges that although the divide between the rich and the poor was enormous at the

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    Finding Nemo is a cartoon based animation that is focused on a family of clown fish named Marlin and Nemo. At birth Nemo is born with a deformity that keeps Marlin worried. Nemo’s disability is a metaphor for anything you worry that is insufficient or hasn’t formed yet in you or someone else’s life. In the film, Nemo is seen with his dad on the first day of school when things take a turn for the worst. Skeptical about Nemo’s lucky fin, marlin is pretty much a helicopter dad to him. Before the main

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    Human Spirit In Gattaca

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    The 1997 American speculative fiction film ‘Gattaca,’ directed by Andrew Niccol delves deeply into the concept of the human spirit and truly follows throughout the film one simple theme; that the human spirit will always prevail despite an uncaring fate. Niccol explores the notion that the human spirit has the capacity to overcome in his futuristic world of ‘Gattaca,’ by following Vincent, a man who although is invalid and seen as genetically inferior, has a large quantity of human spirit. Vincent

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