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    Love For History

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    subject grants its users unique abilities which can change the world. I love each power, but my absolute favorite, and the greatest power of all, is the power to travel across time and space to far lands and distant pasts, a power that can only be granted to us by History. Our connection to everything that mankind ever was would be lost without it. History is in everything, and that is what makes it so important. My love for history doesn’t have a concrete starting point, but has surely grown since my

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    My Love Of History

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    History has been my constant and my comfort for my entire life. My mother always encouraged my love of history, telling me stories about King Henry VIII, the War of the Roses, reading me the little house book, or buying me all the books I wanted on the simple subject all throughout my childhood. It has become my love and my passion and whether or not I become a history professor, I will without a doubt go into the field of history. I might do archaeology and combine both my love of history, and

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    "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss follows three main characters' journey of life and love. As the story progresses the three characters' lives intertwine, helping to progress the narrative. Throughout the story Krauss introduces various themes in order to create and bring depth to the story. One of the notable themes in this novel is how a consuming love can lead to loneliness in one's life. Krauss explores both love and loneliness in her novel and creates a story that explains the connection

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    After the relocation of the Love Canal’s community, numerous number of lawsuits have been filed against Hooker Pharmaceutical. At the beginning of 1979, the State Supreme Court rejected a $2.5 billion lawsuit filed on behalf of nine hundred (900) residents against Hooker Chemical, the City of Niagara Falls, the Niagara County Health Department, and the Board of Education of the City of Niagara Falls. By the end of 1979, over eight hundred (800) lawsuits were been filed against Hooker Chemical for

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    while pornography is a modern creation that has only existed since the Renaissance. Regardless of their time in history; sex, sexuality, love, and pornography have gone through many changes over the years, adapting to the needs and ideas of society. As pointed out in the documentary The Surprising History of Sex and Love, back in Ancient Greece, philosophers such as Plato believed that love and sexuality was used to describe feelings and actions between one another, not that it was an immoral and sinful

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    1. What is the history behind the Love Canal? What do you think about the school board’s decision? William T. Love, an entrepreneur and developer, was interested in the Niagara Falls area because the electrochemical industry thought it would be a great source of low-cost energy. Love planned to make a canal that was connected to the Niagara River, which he hoped would lead to industrial growth. The canal work began in the 1890s, but it halted due to Nikola Tesla’s idea of alternating-current electricity

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    Views on Love and Marriage Hanwen Wang Hanwen Wang P.2 Hanwen Wang P.3 Hanwen Wang P.4 Hanwen Wang P.5 Christian notion of gender relation has a profound influence on Christian Europe. It can be best demonstrated by people’s views on love and marriage during different periods of time. Both Gregory and Mary have their own views on love and marriage that represents the cultural background in their societies. Although the views on love and marriage in The History of the Franks

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    The History of Love Loneliness is defined as “sadness because one has no friends or company” (Merriam-Webster). In The History of Love written by Nicole Krauss, many characters are found in the position of being lonely and feeling apart from everyone else. The feeling of isolation has a different cause for each character suffering, but they all can relate to the feeling of being separated. It’s up to each character to handle their situation and deal with their loneliness in a variety of ways. Loneliness

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    The Surprising History of Sex and Love The Surprising History of Sex and Love is a documentary that discovers the history of sex with its relation to power and gender equality. It discusses a topic that is often considered as taboo through an alternate perspective. After introducing how Ancient Egypt had gender equality due to their beliefs that rely on complete balance of dualities or opposites, the documentary outlines some historical and cultural aspects such as the “Song of Songs”, female goddess

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    People have to learn to love themselves first before they can love another. In the first few pages of The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, the melancholy life of a man, Leo, is shown through his depressive thoughts and daily activities. The book's name indicates that Leo has had a previous love interest, which is now gone, causing him to lose love for himself. Krauss illustrates his dreary life with his small, rundown apartment and the minimal interactions he has with anyone, besides his singular

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