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    Gothic Architecture is an architecture style that burgeon in Europe, intending to make a powerful emotional and spiritual impact during the High and Late Middle Ages. As the Gothic style flourished throughout other countries, Philadelphia became the country that has one of the finest Gothic revival churches. The George W. South Memorial Church of the Advocate, located at 18th and Diamond Street. The article, Church of the Advocate National Historic Landmark Nomination written by Susan Glassman…

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    Hawaii Banking History

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    In 1897, the Bank of Hawaii opened for business in a two-story wooden building in downtown Honolulu. The original investment began with $400,000 in capital with its stock at par value of $100. Peter Cushman Jones, at 64 years old, became Bank of Hawaii’s first president. Bank of Hawaii opened its first branch office six years later in Lihue ( lee-HU-ay), Kaui (ka why e), and that branch is still in existence today. However, we do not know if the original building is still standing. As…

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    The History Of Softball

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    Softball The first softball wasn't a ball it was a glove! There are a lot of softball players in the hall of fame. Softball is a very popular sport. In this sport there is, pitcher, catcher, 1st base, 2nd base, shortstop, 3rd base, left out field, center out field, right out field. There are 2 kinds of softball the fastpitch, and slowpitch. Softball is played over 140 states. About 30 million americans play softball every year.…

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    beginning of the story? Buck’s master is the judge. Describe Buck’s live at the beginning of the story. In the beginning, Buck has it made. He has food, water, and a family that loves him. What year is it when the story begins? In the beginning, it is 1897. Why are men traveling north? Men are traveling north because of the California Gold Rush. Where, specifically, are they traveling? The men are going to the banks of the Sacramento River. Who is Manuel? Manuel is the man who kidnapped…

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    Emile Durkheim, one of the founders of the Sociological discipline published various paramount works – that shaped the substantive matter of Sociology and in addition advocated a specific research method. Durkheim’s work ‘On Suicide’, 1897 remains the most influential cannon of work relating to the conception of suicide as a social phenomenon. The objective of this paper is to understand the theoretical mechanism that traces social causation advocated by Durkheim and the various social…

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    Ashcan Art Analysis

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    were mainly in New York and made “art rooted in the defining social trends of their time and created a record of a gregarious, contradictory and hybrid moment in the history of urban life.” (Snyder 279) Their subject was “New York City in the years 1897 to 1917, when the metropolis became an emblem of modernity.” (Snyder 279) They intensively concentrated more on immigration than on “the emerging towers of the Manhattan skyline.” (Snyder 279) “Unlike their contemporaries who celebrated the…

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    Dodge Brothers History

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    motor industry's forever. The Dodge Motor company started with the two brothers John and Horace dodge. The brothers were born and grew up in Michigan and got a job as machinists. After the job as machinists they co-founded a bicycle shop in 1897. After having the shop for three years they sold the bicycle shop and bought a machine shop in Detroit. The machine shop was for making parts for fledgling auto industry's. Then in 1901 they were making parts for other companies and Ransom…

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    Fly Phenotypes Lab Report

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    1. Objective The objective of this lab is to test whether the dominant phenotype in flies is actually straight wings red-eyed using data stimulated from the FlyLab software. Hypothesis The mode of inheritance in flies is that red eyed, straight winged flies are the wildtype characteristics that are autosomal dominant and white-eyed, vestigial wings are the mutated characteristics. 2. Methods a. Performed a cross between a red-eyed straight winged female fly and a white-eyed, vestigial winged…

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    Amelia Earhart's Journey

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    Clark, Ernest Shackleton, and even Neil Armstrong come to mind. One might also think of Amelia Earhart, the woman whom embarked on one of the most daring yet mysterious journeys the world has ever known. In the city of Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897, Amelia Mary Earhart was born. Her mother did not believe in raising “nice little girls,” and she allowed her daughters to wear bloomers, giving Amelia and her…

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    Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) was one of the first American women to achieve prominence as a photographer. Trained at the Académie Julian in Paris, she studied photography upon her return to Washington, D.C., in the mid-1880s and opened a professional studio circa 1890. Her family's social position gave Johnston access to the First Family and leading Washington political figures and launched her career as a photojournalist and portrait photographer. Johnston turned to garden and estate…

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