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    sharply. We both nodded our heads in unison. “I’m Mrs Cox the Principal of Greenvale Girls Boarding school. I’ve come to pick you up” I looked at Sophia. She shrugged and went to tell mother who was probably in the kitchen. I was left with this woman staring at me. We stood awkwardly in silence, well she didn’t seem to find it awkward. Finally Sophia and mother came around the corner and rescued me from Mrs Cox poison glare. As I hopped into Mrs Cox car I waved bye to mother and turned to Sophia. “Sophia”

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    A nation founded in a land unknown, a nation that united in a world marked by the dissonant notes of rebellion, a nation of people unified by vision not lineage for the first time. This is the nation that became the most powerful nation in the world. This is the United States. This nation that flourished when the scales tilted so out of its favor can be explained only in the eloquent words of President Calvin Coolidge, “the human mind has the power to know truth.” The founders of our nation worked

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    Rather than facing his opponent, James Cox, Harding campaigned against Wilson. Aforementioned, Wilson was paralyzed, therefore Harding was only running against the idea of Wilson or what he had previously stood for. He promised America change, but not a progressive change that Wilson had provided

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    Let me introduce you to a man named Elbert Frank Cox. Cox was a very skilled mathematician and through his ability in his field, changed how people may perceive African Americans and proved to people that your skin tone doesn't make you any more or less capable as anyone else. Being the first African-American man to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics represented much more than his intellectual power, but also that anyone can one day be just like him, if not better. Historical events that happened during

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    Jung et al. (2004) directed the 3d-QSAR (three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity connections) studies for 88 particular COX-2 (cyclooxygenase-2) inhibitors belonging to three chemical compound classes (triaryl rings, diaryl cycloalkanopyrazoles, and diphenyl hydrazides) utilizing relative molecular field examination (Comfa) and near sub-atomic similitude records dissection (Comsia). In this COMBINE demonstrate, some protein deposits were highlighted as especially paramount for inhibitory

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    How to Create an Editorial Calendar that Will Lead you to Success I could mention more than 20 reasons to why most bloggers fail to be consistent when blogging or they quick blogging altogether. I could write a whole blog post just dedicated to that, but today I am only focusing on one reason. One of the reasons bloggers fail to be consistent with their blog is because they don't have an editorial calendar. Believe me when I say that having an editorial calendar will help you be consistent

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    Elbert Frank Cox

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    Elbert Frank Cox was born December 5, 1895 in Evansville, Indiana He grew up with his parents, maternal grandmother and two brothers. Elbert F. Cox was born and raised in a college town in a racially mixed neighborhood, but at segregated schools. In fact, his father, a school principal, had graduated from Evansville College and had done graduate work at Indiana University. Raised in a close knit and religious family, Cox learned the importance of education and fostered a talent in mathematics. During

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    Who Is Elbert Frank Cox?

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    Elbert Frank Cox (December 5, 1895 – November 28, 1969) was an American mathematician who became the first black person in the world to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. He spent most of his life as a professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he was known as an excellent teacher. During his life, he overcame various difficulties which arose because of racism. In his honor, the National Association of Mathematicians established the Cox-Talbot Address, which is annually delivered at the

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    Nixon Scandal Case Study

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    The President directed Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox to halt any further efforts to hand over the recordings. Archibald attempted to refuse Nixon's orders. Nixon turned to his Attorney General, Elliot L. Richardson, and instructed him to fire Cox for his desire to turn over the recordings. However, this was unconstitutional, so both the Attorney General, and Deputy Attorney General resigned. Regardless, Cox, as well as several other Justice Department members protested Nixon's

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    Nixon Watergate Scandal

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    as a special prosecutor on May 18, 1973, Cox was able to receive logs of presidential meetings and telephone conversations with aides which proved vital in creating subpoenas for Nixon's tape recordings. As soon as Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of the secret tape recording system in the Oval Office, Cox demanded that Nixon release certain tapes for evidence on July 23, 1973, (fordlibrarymuseum). After the release of the tapes was denied, Cox immediately subpoenaed eight of the tapes

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