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A Story: The Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge considered as an internationally acknowledged symbol of United Sates, California and San Francisco, is 1 mile wide and 3 mile long. Located between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay in San Francisco; it is undoubtedly the most photographed bridge of all time. It is suspended at a height of 4,200 feet. The Golden Gate Bridge was opened in 1937 and remained the longest suspension bridge till 1964. This marvel of architecture links north…

World War I (WWI): (1914-1918) World War I began on July 28th 1914, and lasted until November 11th 1918. The war was fought against the Central Powers and the Allies. The Central powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria. Whereas the Allies was made up of 27 states, including France, Britain, Italy, Japan and United States. During this time Woodrow Wilson was the President of the United States. During his first term he was able to keep American troops out of the war. Tension…

Black and Decker has had many products over the years since its first drill and this product is like an addition to the line of drills they already have. Their first drill was introduced in 1916 with only basic features like being electric and its portability. It had the model of a pistol with the grip and the trigger. Sarah Windham, a member of Black and Decker’s media team stated, “this innovation transformed a stationary tool into a portable one and set the cornerstone for today's power tool…

Trifles are considered to be things of little to no importance or value. Something someone may consider a trifle may have more significance or substance to another person. One of the main themes of the story “Trifles” is how the roles of men and women in society differentiates what men and women consider trifles. Factors such as social class, society, and religion can have an affect on what one may consider trifles. In some religions there are some commandments believers feel are more…

which lead to many crimes within towns and cities. Also, found in the article “Great Migration” “The Great Migration, or the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1970, had a huge impact on urban life in the United States. Driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist laws, many blacks headed north, where they took advantage of the need for industrial workers…

In the spring of 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the true structure of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) utilizing theoretical chemistry and borrowed X-ray crystallography images. They postulated that the structure of DNA contained two helical chains that run in opposite directions of one another. They also stated, in contrast to Linus Pauling’s structure, that due to the repulsive forces between the negatively charged phosphate groups the nitrogenous bases would be located on the…

We decided to focus our group project on Kay Jewelers. Sol and Edmund Kaufmann opened the first Kay Jewelers in 1916. After one hundred years of excellence, Kay Jewelers together with their parent company, Signet Jewelers, has become the largest retail jeweler in the world, with over nine hundred stores across the United States. As the number one specialty jewelry brand in the United States, Kay jewelers not only offers fine jewelry at a great price, but they are also committed to providing…

The 1920’s was known as the Golden Age of American sports. Bigger and better stadiums were built. “The most famous athlete in the United States in the 1920s was baseball star George Herman “Babe” Ruth, the right fielder for the New York Yankees”(Sumner, J). The 1920’s influenced the way sports are today. The way the 1920s influenced was by having game changing players like Babe Ruth, by becoming more organized and professional, and lastly is by becoming more popular. Babe Ruth was the most…

Perhaps its official notoriety took place 1889, when the Secretary of the Navy had it ordered to play during the raising of the flag. Or it could be argued that it was in 1916 when President Woodrow Wilson ordered for it to be played during that it be played at all military ceremonies When World War 1 was beginning, so was MLB’s patriotic spectacles, which of course have found their way into nearly every sporting event…

Brief I: Hurtado and Alexander In an increasingly multicultural world, there were arising issues concerning diversity in higher education. Race, gender, socio-economics, and the list goes on. Hurtado’s “Linking Diversity with the Educational and Civil Missions of Higher Education” promotes diversity and civic initiates to go together in order to prepare undergraduate students for an even more global and integrated world in the future. Alexander’s “A Clean Sweep” narrates her difficult but…