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    aura of frivolousness about them, such asJordan, who is "incurably dishonest", and Daisy, whose "voice is full of money". The West Egg speaks to a more dynamic, inventive way of life. Nick, who lives in the West Egg, terms himself as a "guide, a pathfinder" As compared to the East Egg, it is also a land of “honest people”

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    Adams, Simon, and Geoffrey Parker. The Thirty Years' War. London: Routledge, 1977. Casale, Giancarlo. The Ottoman age of Exploration. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Darwin, John. After Tamerlane: the rise and fall of global empires, 1400-2000. London: Penguin, 2008. Davidson, Alan. "Europeans’ Wary Encounter with Tomatoes, Potatoes and Other New World Foods." In Chilies to chocolate: food the Americas gave the world, by Nelson Foster and Linda Cordell, 1-14. Tuscon: University of Arizona

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    Racial disparity in the Criminal Justice system has been a issue of discussion in our law enforcement for years. Statistics say the likelihood of imprisonment in a lifetime is 1 in 3 black men, 1 in 6 Latino men and 1 in 17 white men. (Bonczar2003) The search and seizure 4th amendment was passed in 1789 which was supposed to protect all persons of unreasonable searches, etc. In 1944 Gunner Myrdal wrote “it’s part of a policeman’s philosophy that Negro criminals or suspects that show any sign of insubordination

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    Essay Meriwether Lewis the Leader

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    Lewis the Leader Meriwether Lewis is the main reason that the United States’ territory extends from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean (“Meriwether Lewis” 2). He has done many great things, but he is best known for exploring the American West (1). He was a great man full of bravery. Meriwether faced tons of dangers in his life but he overcame all of them. Lewis “helped change the face of the United States by exploring uncharted territory- the American West (“Meriwether Lewis” 2)

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    First, I would like to take the time to thank you for the opportunity to apply for a position in JSOC. It is a tremendous honor even to be considered. That said, I would like to explain why I feel that I am the best candidate for this position. I am the best candidate for the position is because of my experience and performance. I will take the next two paragraphs to explain each of these areas. The first reason that I will discuss is my experience. I am an accomplished Electronic Warfare Officer

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    Matthew Fontaine Maury, known as the “Pathfinder of the Sea,” constructed a map of average wind currents, which helped ships determine the path they needed to follow. In doing this, he allowed ships to more accurately position themselves and make adjustments accordingly to end up at their intended destination. During the Civil War, the Confederate Navy commissioned Maury, and he was assigned with the task of harbour defence. He also began experimenting with electric mines, and was later sent to England

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    the habitation was broke off. Luckily, a 1996 robotic rover “Pathfinder” sent to the Mars is still working though the contact could only be conducted through a still-frame camera. Mark solved this problem by using hexadecimal numbers to transfer more complex messages with NASA and things became a lot easier later as NASA engineers told Mark to hack into the Rover for the Mars mission to make it linked with the robotic rover “Pathfinder”, in that way, actual “talk” is possible between Mark and

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    Hello Carole, I'm Stephen Burton, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Beaufort. I pulled your address from the Pathfinders and Pathways section of the charlestonuu.org website. I lead the CUUPS group for our Fellowship, called Ancient Sea Island Continuum (ASIC). I am writing you to raise your awareness of a potential trust and safety issue and to ask your assistance on three items. For over a year, ASIC has conducted a religious educational program for Pagan prisoners at the

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    In Module 1 I choose the movie “The Golden Land” this movie is about a story of pioneers which is the greatest epic pf the American West in the 19th century. Manifest destiny became a catch phrase that was echoed again and again in the politics pop art. Indians and other foes must inevitably give way before the divinely inspired parade of civilization. The west was a promised land full of opportunities, fame and fortune, a land of new beginnings of freedom and democracy in the wilderness a golden

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    It is important that I am selected for this class because it is my goal to improve my current GT score of 90 to above 115. With all of my field rotations, it is increasingly difficult to start the class. I had a FAST Class date in August 2015 but I had to cancel due to field work. Every time I try to enter the next FAST Class, no start date was available. By the time the date was released, I was already in the field again and missed another opportunity to enter the class. This is the first time I

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