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    three seconds.” (Timeline www.earlbakken.com) Earl Bakken was an innovative child, who designed and constructed a robot when he was a young boy. He grew up as an only child until he turned eighteen, when his sister came into the world. He has, and still is, living life to the fullest. Not by being extreme, or by being a notable person, but by helping the world. Bakken co-founded Medtronics, a leading medical technology producer presently. Earl Bakken created the first external, battery powered

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    friendship as a method of selling merchandise. Who was Earl Tupper and Brownie Wise? • The story of Tupperware begins with its creator, Earl Tupper, an American born Costa Rican inventor and business man. • In the 1940s, his experiments with polyethylene slag, having taken inspiration from the lids of paint cans, led him to his holy grail. • (Change Slide) • Using the waste product of the oil refining process given to him by his supervisor, Earl Tupper created a cone shaped bowl with a cleverly operated

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    Brown vs. Board of Education On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas . State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th Amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. The 14th Amendment states; “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein

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    Chief Justice Earl Warren Essay

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    Chief Justice Earl Warren Earl Warren was born March 19, 1891 in Los Angeles, California. Earl’s father was a Norwegian immigrant, which left him dealing with prejudice and equal rights at a very young age (Grace, 1). This lead to early indications that law would be Earl’s profession. Even before entering High School, he listened to criminal cases at the Kern County courthouse. Attending the University of California at Berkeley, Warren worked his way through college. He majored in political science

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    Carl Warren was appointed the 14th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1953.' Warren was appointed to take the place of the current Chief Justice Fred Vinson who died suddenly of a heart attack.' So, Warren immediately began his term in the Supreme Court and did not get Senate approval with March 1, 1954 on a simple voice vote of the full Senate without any of the typical confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee,' This approval process was very noncontroversial and without

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    For more than decades the court has continued to be pivotal in some of the biggest decisions for the social identity of America. Specifically noting that for many years the majority of Americans supported things that shaped the identity of American history (i.e. Slavery, Gay marriage, Sodomy, etc.). Erwin Chemernisky continues to examine whether the courts roles in major social issues have failed the American people or not. Erwin continues to explain that the supreme courts failures culminated together

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    were the main causes of the Flight of the Earls? On the 14th of September in the year 1607 the Earl of Tyrone Hugh O’Neill and the Earl of Tyrconnel Rory O’Donnell fled Ireland alongside officials, their families and numerous Gaelic chieftains. They left Ireland from Rathmullen in County Donegal. This flee was to become known as the flight of the Earls. They arrived in the Spanish Netherlands and then eventually made their way to Rome. The Flight of the Earls led to the most drastic form of the British

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    Throughout time there has been people who for some reason or another cannot get along, Thomas Morton and William Bradford are no different. Thomas Morton’s and William Bradford’s had a contentious relationship fueled their narratives New English Cannon and Of Plymouth Plantation. Both Morton and Bradford attempt to soil the other’s name by writing about their contradictory experiences with each other. But who comes out of this situation the true hero, Morton or Bradford? William Bradford’s emotional

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    Justice system today is living proof of the impact Earl Warren had not only on the system itself, but American life also. System wise, the U.S. court system continued Warren’s idea of fairness and faithfulness to the constitution. Education, especially, experienced a huge shift since the case of Brown vs

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    Goodbye Earl

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    Dixie Chicks released the song “Goodbye Earl” in 2000 on their album Fly. The song is structured to follow what is known in music as a “story song,” meaning it is narrated in the third person. The story involves two best friends named Mary Anne and Wanda. The audience hears how they parted ways after high school and Wanda married a man named Earl who was violent and abused her. Mary Anne returns to Wanda when she gets hospitalized and they form a plan to kill Earl by poisoning him with black-eyed peas

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