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    Before Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams were double partners entering the game, women’s tennis had an unique monolithic leading image; thin white women with straight ponytails prancing up and down. As mundane as it sounds, it was to watch. Then two young black female teenagers with beaded braids from Compton, California dominant the scene both physically and visibly. Paul Cohen, was the girls first professional tennis coach is quoted saying “I wanted to train attack dogs that would intimated

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    Mercury - The geology of Mercury is similar to the geology of the Moon; although, Mercury is a much denser planet with a larger liquid iron core. The surface of Mercury is covered by impact craters and lava plains. It’s believed that the surface of Mercury is geologically inactive; although, only 55% of the surface has been mapped in enough detail to see its geology. Some of the largest craters in this period were filled with lava from Mercury’s interior. It’s believed that vulcanism on Mercury

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    Despite his accomplishments and the glory associated with his life, Aeneas only achieves the status of hero through divine intervention, and this god-given position causes him just as much grief as it does splendor. What is a hero? We would like to think that a hero is someone who has achieved some fantastic goal or status, or maybe someone who has accomplished a great task. Heroes find themselves in situations of great pressure and act with nobility and grace. Though the main character of Virgil's

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    Francois Boucher

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    “The toilette of Venus” was also his great work in neoclassicism period. In the picture you can see the goddess of love which is Venus and she was surrounded with little boys’ traditional symbol of love. In the picture it was reflected by the woman in the pictures richness and status. It was also represented the rich life of the said European countries. You can see that Francois Boucher really loves to paint those mythological scenes especially the goddess of love which is Venus. I also loved Francois

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    the other with rain…." (Bradbury, 1954) This was the scene on Venus, where every day, it had been constantly raining, with no end in sight. Nonetheless, for the first time in seven years, the sun will emerge from the shadows, and Margot and all the other kids look forward to witnessing it. In Ray Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day", a group of humans is living on the surface of Venus. Margot is one of the nine year olds who reside on Venus. Despite this, she is different, as she relocated here only 5

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    This work of art measures about 42 inches x 52 1/2 inches (“Venus and Adonis; Titian...”). The art was created using oil paint, a medium composed of pigments and varying types of vegetable oils, such as poppy, bear-seed, walnut, and linseed oils (Frank 122). The painting was done on stretched canvas, and thus it gives the painting a slight textured quality. The technique in which Titian painted this work accounts for the soft appearance of the colors. It can be observed that the paint is very well

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    the Sun in 88 days. Not only that but Mercury is the closest planet to The Sun. It is also known as the 2nd hottest planet. Mercury has no moons though because of how close it is to The Sun. 2. Venus and its heat. In geek Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. The planet is called Venus because

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    story is shown to have a low level of science fiction, it does not affect the message. The science fiction elements to portray an unexperienced world, lack in altering the society of Venus and instead contain features of our society today. This implies that if the societies are the same, then what happens on Venus is possible of happening on Earth but with different circumstances of the surrounding area. In accordance with this, due to the low level of science fiction included in the story, the

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    Venus is a Special Education Assistant (SEA) in the Minneapolis middle school for the past 5 years. She has worked in a different district with early elementary for one year. She has a high school diploma. She is currently teaching writing to the higher functioning group during 5th period in the self-contained classroom. The students work on writing their name, spelling Dolch sight words and practice writing in between the lines. She rides the bus to school every day with student Jay. Venus provides

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    His consort is Venus and his children are Eros, Anteros, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, and Adrestia. Mars was not well liked among the rest of the gods due to his temperament. He had a tendency to be difficult, moody and argumentative. Mars is always depicted as a strong

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