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    The thesis of this study is how society was during the French Revolution from 1789 to 1799. French Revolution during this time went through significant changes from the beginning when society was run by the wealthy class and being undemocratic and changed to being a democratic state. From 1789 to 1799, the French Revolution was a "cataclysmic political and 1 social upheaval

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    his periodic table of elements in 1869, scientists have worked to identify the materials that make up the world around us. While many discoveries were made through fairly benign methods, there have been some horrifying deaths along the way. Marie and Pierre Curie’s work with radioactive material killed the married couple. In fact, their notebooks are still so highly contaminated that researchers have chosen to lock them away. There has always been a bit of excitement when a “new” element is discovered

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    INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY   Radiation has been an ever present ingredient in the evolution of life on the Earth. It is not something new, invented by the ingenuity of man in the technological age, it has always been there. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF RADIATION THERAPY THE DISCOVERY OF ROENTGEN RAYS AND RADIOACTIVITY On Friday, November 8, 1895, while passing an electric current through a Hittorf-Crookes high- vacuum tube, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen noticed a light coming from a workbench

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    Secularism Long before the October Crisis in the 1970’s, the Parti Quebecois has been trying to separate from Canada. The Parti Quebecois has implemented their own charter called Bill 60 in order amend the current Canada Charter of Rights and Freedoms which is entrenched in the Constitution of Canada. If this proposed bill were to be passed, it will cause many problems amongst the citizens of Quebec in terms of diversity as it will be banning some of the most important guaranteed rights stated in

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    “The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction. ” 1 and Lester B. Pearson was definitely a man of peace. To those who don’t know who Lester B. Pearson is, he’s the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada, that served from April 22. 1963 - April 20. 1968 2. During his time as Prime Minister, he’s accomplished many things, and that’s why I believe that Lester B. Pearson is the greatest Canadian. Not many people recognize what the Suez Crisis is

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    The Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979 was an event that profoundly impacted Western-Iranian relations, to the extent that its residual effects still linger today. Iran’s revolution of 1979 resulted in a regime change that saw U.S.-supported Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi toppled by the formerly-exiled Ayotollah Khomeini, who promptly instated a strongly anti-Western regime that established itself as ideologically in direct opposition to many Western values. This anti-Western, and particularly anti-American

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    Since its inception in 1982 the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, very much like its primary architect Pierre Trudeau, has been one of the most celebrated yet controversial elements of Canadian politics and governance. Revealing how this dynamic emerged requires a nuanced understanding of the motivation behind the Charter and the techniques it employed to succeed. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, like the entire patriation process, was motivated by and mobilized support through

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    The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is part of Canada’s written constitution called the Constitution Act in 1982 it was the second main aspect of the Act and it guaranteed fundamental, democratic, legal, egalitarian, and linguistic rights and freedoms against government intrusion, it imposed formal new limitations on the governments in interaction with its citizens. The charter has made society more equitable for visible minorities through its use of its Fundamental Rights and Freedoms and Section

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    A Little Sparrow

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    Lodi talked about the emerging issues in his pupils’ individual compositions, and the success, or failure, of their compositions. He noticed that when children chose what to write about, their compositions were more successful, something that highlighted their interest in the argument or theme they proposed as an important component of a successful text. The pupils’ written texts, their drawings, and paintings, all became the focus of collective discussions, and students were encouraged to express

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    In late eighteenth and early nineteenth century England there was a sort of moral ‘code’ of behavior and standards that are to be maintained by the middle and upper classes of society. Austen realistically mirrors this ‘code’ through the characters and plots of her novels while showing that social flexibility was narrow and class boundaries were strict. The topics of class stringency and social mobility are important areas in Jane Austen’s literature. We begin to see that Austen is not a revolutionary

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