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    Charles James Simmons

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    Intermittently, between 1921 and 1945, he served on the council for over fifteen years. First elected to Parliament in 1929 for Birmingham Erdington, he remained loyal to the Labour Party when two of his political patrons, Oswald Mosley and Ramsey Macdonald, did not. Generally supportive of Mosley until the latter formed the New Party, Simmons was anguished by Macdonald’s decision to form the National Government in 1931. As an MP, the rights of ex-servicemen of all ranks remained one of his priorities;

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    Jeffrey Robert MacDonald was a U.S. Army officer and a medical doctor who was convicted in 1979 of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters in February 1970. The reason why I chose this case is because this murder case is said to be one of America’s most enduring murder mysteries and the main topic of a best-selling book. Not only this, but I also chose this case because it took about 9 years for Macdonald to be finally convicted and the U.S army got involved and made their own investigation

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    CONVICTED TRIPLE MURDERER Jeffrey MacDonald is serving three consecutive life sentences for the brutal murders of his wife Colette and daughters, Kimberley and Kristen. On February 17, 1970, Colette and her two small children were savagely murdered by husband and father Jeffrey MacDonald. Butchered and beaten, they suffered numerous skull-shattering blows as well as being stabbed repeatedly with both a knife and an icepick. MacDonald was injured only superficially, and claims that a group of "hippie

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    Jeffrey MacDonald Case On a cool, rainy night, military policemen in Fort Bragg, North Carolina responded to an emergency phone call from Jeffrey MacDonald. When they arrived at his house, they discovered the brutally murdered bodies of MacDonald's wife and their daughters, however, he was still alive, although he had to be resuscitated. MacDonald stated to the police that three men attacked him. He saw one black man wearing an army field jacket with E-6 stripes, and two white men. MacDonald said that

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    tariff is simply a tax or duty put on goods and products leaving or entering a country. In relation to John. A Macdonald it was part of the National Policy. The tax was put in place to help the canadian Economy and generate revenue. Before the National Policy, Alexander Mackenzie put a small tariff in place that was for revenue. The tariff was only about 20 % duty. When John A. Macdonald was in his second run as prime minister,he reinstated the tariff in the national policy only a higher percentage

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    kindhearted people cannot grasp the fact that God loves them and that He sent His one and only son to save them. L 'Engle also tackled the major misconception that God does not know how to laugh. He created humor and is pretty humorous himself. George MacDonald said, "It is the Heart that is not yet sure of its God that is afraid to laugh in His presence" (131). I am learning that more and more every day. The common trait that my most joyful friends share is confidence in God 's love for them. A relationship

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    "We must cherish our inheritance. We must preserve our nationality for the youth of our future. The story should be written down to pass on." (Louis Riel, 1884). Louis Riel, a man of great nature and abiding love for his western Métis heritage, is proven to be one of the most revolutionary men looked upon in the chronicles of the Dominion of Canada. In spite of this, he remains as one of the most controversial and cryptic figures throughout the course of Canadian history. A period of revolution lasting

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    How is a fairy tale different from a juvenile fantasy literature novel? Many times both the fairy tale and the novel contain similar elements that make up a fairy tale, but why are they categorized differently? Is it the length of the novel compared to the fairy tale? Or is it something else? According to Crago, “A fairy tale is a narrative form which represents a society’s collective concerns with some aspect of ‘growing up,’ and it explores these concerns at the level of magical thought” (176)

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    Consequences Rudyard Kipling was a very well known British writer. Born on December 30th, 1865 in Bombay, India and died on January 18th, 1936 in London, England. He wrote short stories, novels, and poems throughout his lifetime, some famous and some not. He won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. The short story, The Mark of the Beast, written by Rudyard Kipling uses conflict through the characters to prove all choices have consequences. Kipling’s parents were John and Alice Kipling. Mr. Kipling

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    “I have nothing but my heart, I have given it long ago to my country.” These are Louis Riel’s last words before his execution. Two themes that have been debated is whether Louis Riel is a traitor or hero to the Métis. There have been many controversial figures throughout Canada’s history, but Louis Riel is one of the most controversial figure. His perspective on how he dealt with manner is still debated today. A key aspect discussed today is why Riel is a hero to his people; the Métis. Louis Riel

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