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    Coach Elroy's Case Study

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    defense proved its worth, unyielding and about as difficult to move as a battleship's anchor. With a front line stabilized by sophomore toolmaker apprentice, Gene Yearwood, and freshman shipfitter, Jimmy Wilson, along with co-captain, Ray Moody, a machinist from Waynesville, North Carolina, opponent ball carriers were kept from crossing the Builders' goal line until the third game of the year. On the offensive side of the ball, senior piping design apprentice, Paul Ferree, took over the role of

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    Christian Bao Biography

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    In the film Batman, Bale had bulk up after losing weight, for the role in the movie. Aside from that, he has been so called “difficult” with his mom and sister, his mom and sister said that they were not going to watch him when he is on the red carpet because they had an argument on the night of his London premiere of his last Batman film from four years ago.”The real reason for the confrontation has never been revealed. But now Bale’s biographer reveals that it was caused by a previous row between

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    the 1890's, Midvale was one of the countries largest defense contracters. The company was in period of rapid growth. Taylor advanced quickly at Midvale. In eight years he would be promoted from ordinary laborer through the ranks of time keeper, machinist, gang boss, foreman, assistant engineer to chief engineer of the plant. Taylor was promoted to gang boss due to the business turn around and the subsequent influx of orders. As gang boss Taylor was well aware that the workers could be producing

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    Blue Collar Workers

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    \“No, we’re not hiring today,” (Levine 21). This familiar statement has been heard by several job-seeking Americans at one time or another. Many of which are seeking “blue collar” employment in factories, construction, sanitation, etc. The blue collar worker has been the influence behind many themes within American literature. Authors such as B.H. Fairchild, Philip Levine, and Dorianne Laux capture these critical messages and themes in their poetry by using varying degrees of literary elements and

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    Everyone needs to make a big decision in college what they want to do with their life such as a doctor, nurse, welder, machinist, I decided to take a path down the welding program road. I knew how to weld outside of school, I welded with family members for a good portion of my life. According to the job market it was an excellent career to choose due to the high demand. As a result of my hard work and efforts I graduated from the program in May, 2015. I received a state certification for MIG ( metal

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    with your life. People say they know. But honestly i don't think they do. You can have an idea about what you wanna do. But not fully know until you get out into the work field and see all the different variety of jobs. I wanna be a welder or a machinist, maybe get a job at SDI. I would really like to inherit the family farm and expand that. My first job was on a dairy farm. Started out milking cows after school for about 2 months then summer came and i switched to mixing there feed and scraping

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    When I started at Anoka Tech, I didn’t know anything about machining. I had no clue what the instructor was talking about on my first day of class. As I learned what waste what in the shop, how to create useful parts out of blocks of steel and aluminum and brass, I began to pull ahead of my peers in our projects. Ever since approximately 3 weeks into my first semester of school here at Anoka Tech, I have been far ahead of my fellow classmates in our projects, even now I am ahead despite them completely

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    Colonel Lewis McBride an Inventor, Soldier and a Patriot. Can you ponder what it would be like to be an inventor of a weapon that helped or changed how you fought and won wars, or can you imagine that you are highly recommended for your inventing ability to improve someone else’s work? If you were so skilled and dedicated to your nation that you have been in different groups that support the United States, such as the Colorado Army National Guard, the Corps of Engineers and the Army Branch of Chemical

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    Information regarding Ruth Denis’s background Ruth Denis was born on the 20th of January, 1879 on a family farm located in Newark, New Jersey. Ruth lived with both her two parents, Ruth’s father was a persistently unemployed machinist. Ruth St Denis’s mother (Ruth Emma Denis) on the other hand was a physician, renowned for being Ruth’s motivation. She taught Ruth the basic foundations of ballroom and skirt dancing and at the age of 10, Ruth performed her first solo performance produced by her mother

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    Lady In A Machine Shop

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    In the story “A lady in a machine shop,” it started off telling us about Margaret’s childhood. She wasn’t your normal girl that played with dolls or sat in the house all day. She’s created a lot of different machines. Two machines that she invented were a safety machine for cotton mills, and the second one was a machine that made flat bottom paper bags. Growing up Margaret had two little brothers that she loved making things for. She made a lot of different things like sleds. She never

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