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    Essay on Success: You can do it!

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    family, money, fame, fear of failure; anything that makes you strive for your goal. My motivations are to: become famous, be able to live comfortably, and to be able to raise a family. I will hold onto these things and will keep moving towards success. Nelson struggled with his motivation, “I felt impressed with a feeling that I should never rise in my profession. My mind was staggered with the view of the difficulties I had to surmount and the little interest [influential friends] I possessed. I could

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    The Last Duchess

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    In the opening lines (1-8) of the poem, the duke is speaking to an unidentified audience. While speaking with this unidentified audience, he uses the pronoun "you" until the completion of the intended audience is identified. He starts by directing out the picture of his "last Duchess" and notices, that the Duchess is "Looking as though she were alive." This immediately tells the audience that the Duchess isn’t alive anymore and the Duke doesn't stop and think for a minute. After making his statement

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    The Stranger’s voice, unnerved by its odd pitch. “That’d be seventy-five pence,” Earl answered. “And my petrol?” The Stranger kept his gaze fixed on Earl as the old man scanned the metre. “You guys be getting hit by that storm up your way?” asked Earl, as he worked out the petrol cost. The Stranger bristled at the question, and his face tightened. “And what way is that?” He replied, his voice now low and brittle. Earl looked up at The Stranger, unsure at the shift in tone. “Well, I seen you’d drove

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    Unit 4 Lesson 10 Short Answers 1.) Which passage in the poem reveals the Duke’s arrogance? Discuss how this particular characteristic is presented. The poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning, has multiple examples of the Duke being arrogant. In the third line it says, “That piece a wonder, now: Frá Pandolf’s hands;” the Duke is bragging about being able to have that man paint the painting. The fifth line of the poem “Will’t please you sit and look at her?” The Duke is bragging about how pretty

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    Speirr is an 8th Generation Hunter and Professional Archer like the rest of his family, set on by their ancestors who in the past during times of war, became well known archers of amazing skill and strength, some even becoming the personal archer of their lord. Though war was over and the combat archer was no longer needed. But his ancestors recognized war was recurring, not knowing when or where, but it would come again. So Their ancestor would teach and train their children in the ways of the bow

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    safety was becoming a growing concern; police began to treat suspects harsher in an effort to raise conviction rates and promote public safety. In 1966, however, the jurisprudence of the entire US justice system changed when the court of Chief Justice Earl Warren was presented with the case Miranda v Arizona. In this case, the majority decision ruled to protect suspects’ rights, extending equality of protection regardless of legal knowledge or background, not only highlighting the trends of human rights

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    Flynn who wrote a writ of certiorari on Miranda’s behalf accompanied by a letter from Arizona assistant Attorney General Gary K. Nelson expressing the importance of the United State’s Supreme Court’s review of the case . The case was then sent to Chief Justice Warren. Chief Justice Earl Warren’s court, referred to as the Warren Court, was known for liberal, controversial and social cases and was viewed both positively and negatively by the public. Time Magazine

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    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela, these two great people risked their lives for black freedom. These two strong people have been the most everlasting powerful leaders. Also, they both wanted blacks in various land to have the same values and rights as the whites. As well, Dr. King and Mandela fought against the hatred that was directed toward their population. Mandela in South Africa fought against the apartheid and Dr. King in the United States fought for the equal rights of African

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    The Warren Court left an unprecedented legacy of judicial activism in the area of civil rights law as well as in the area of civil liberties—specifically, the rights of the accused as addressed in Amendments 4 through 8. In the period from 1961 to 1969, the Warren Court examined almost every aspect of the criminal justice system in the United States, using the 14th Amendment to extend constitutional protections to all courts in every State. This process became known as the “nationalization” of the

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    The Beginning Started with Brown vs Board of Education Brown vs Board of Education was a trail to end public school segregation, but the ruling of the trail was not enforced. The case was rooted in Kansas with many different plaintiffs accusing the Board of Education. These plaintiffs bounded together and with the help of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or more commonly known as NAACP, brought the case up to the U.S. District Court. The court ruled in favor of

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