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    considered, a magnificent architectural feat begins to leak, grow mold and become a safety hazard? The Ray and Maria Stata Center for Computer, Information and Intelligence Sciences (also referred to as Building 32) is housed on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) historic Building 20 site. Between 1946 and 1948, Building 20 functioned primarily as a temporary facility specifically for wartime outdoor training exercises, and as a research laboratory for war related innovations. Building

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    like a legislative law would. So regulating the consumption of medical marijuana would be impossible. (Cardona, 2014) Unfortunately he is not the only one to interpret Amendment 2 this way. Dr. Rafael Miguel, director of the Sarasota Memorial Institute for Advanced Medicine 's Pain Medicine Program and representatives for Drug Free America. He states that "You don 't get refills, you get it forever. There 's no regulation on consumption." (Gillin, 2014) These bold statements were completely wrong

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    Monet Oscar-Claude Monet was a famous French painter who was one of the main artists of the Impressionism movement. Monet was an artist who was obsessed with light. The Royal Academy of arts didn’t accept his work but this was never a setback for him. He wanted to capture the change in light in every moment; hence this is the reason why he chose to paint different paintings of the same scenes. He used several canvases simultaneously so that he could capture light in each of his canvas. Hence his

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    In 1942, American artist Edward Hopper painted The Night Hawks. This oil painting, is a 33 1/8th in. x 60 in. piece. Hopper used oil paint on canvas, to create this piece. Currently this piece is located at the Art Institute of Chicago. In The Night Hawks, a city diner is depicted sometime at night. The buildings and diner design, are consistent with a city setting. Within the diner, there are 4 people present. Three of these people appear to be customers, while the other is working at the diner

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    I often associate the word “intellectual” with a very positive and benevolent connotation, but Real Genius has proven to me that being an intellectual does not automatically preclude someone from moral scrutiny. This 1985 movie captures an alternative view of the “geek” society and breaks stereotypes with the development of very three dimensional characters. But Real Genius is much more than just a movie that redefines academics, it is also a film that heavily stresses the importance of morality

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    Nighthawks Displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago is Nighthawks, a 1942 oil painting by Edward Hopper. The subject of Hopper's painting is an empty restaurant. The painting depicts a late night scene. Inside the restaurant there are three customers and one worker. Many seats are left open. The restaurant's light is all that illuminates the area. The outside streets and back buildings are dark. The image leaves the viewer wondering what was Hopper's message? In this paper, I will show that

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    Sarah: Thanks for doing this Please look for not only edits but be brutal with criticism. Let me know if you think I satisfied this prompt *** when you find a website called grammarphobia Describe a personal service experience in your high school or community, what you gained from this experience and how it reflects the unique values of the Siena-Albany Medical College Program (650 word max). High school, for most students, is a time of change and development. You not only discover more about

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    Time can be a Deciding Factor “The Nighthawks”, by Edward Hopper is a unique form of art for the time period (1942) that it is based in because it is a very natural oil painting. Along with this piece of art, there is another significant oil painting done by the artist Edouard Manet called, “Corner Of A Cafe-Concert” (1880). These paintings both symbolize a restaurant setting during the time in which they were created but in doing this they have different structures based on what was happening

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    Nighthawks by Edward Hopper is one of my all-time favorite paintings, and has been a painting I have enjoyed researching throughout my life because of how much I resonate with this painting. This is an astonishing painting, not only in the sense of it being beautiful art, but because this is a piece that is so significant and loved by so many people around the world. I would say that even if you have not ever seen the original painting, you have probably seen it reproduced in different ways in many

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    Some people follow the rules. Some people conform to society. The main protagonist, Equality 7-2521, in Ayn Rand’s novel Anthem does the complete opposite. Some society’s in Equality’s word is very different from the ones we have in our current generation, Equality 7-2521 breaks free from these barriers of conformity and lives a life no one in this society dares to live. Ayn Rand’s work portrays themes of independence and living life the way you want to live. Anthem is a great book to read not only

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