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    There have always been stories about animals that bring up children. One of the most famous is the story of Romulus and Remus; the twin boys who were raised by a wolf. When the brothers grew up they founded the city of Rome. While this is a legend, there are many modern stories about children being raised by wolves, which are believed by many people. In an Indian jungle in 1867 a boy was found by some hunters. They said he was living with wolves – he was about six years old. He was named Dina…

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    took part in the Nuremberg trials. Instead of one judge they had a party of judges because these were the worst people and they couldn’t trust just one judge. On October 19, 1945, the accused individuals were indicted and a year later on October 1, 1946 the verdicts against them…

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    Final Paper: Thesis and Bibliography Thesis: Not just liberals, but Supreme Court Justices across the political spectrum have invoked judicial activism one time or another. Bibliography: Dodrill, Fransisco J. Benzoni & Christopher S. "Does Judicial Philosophy Matter? A Case Study." West Virginia Law Review 113, no. 287 (Winter 2011). This was a case study of two conservative judges that served on the US Court of Appeals for the Forth Circuit together for over fifteen years. One a…

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    The Vietnam War began in 1954. However, the reasons for why Vietnam was divided began just after WWII ended in 1945. After Japan withdrew their forces in Vietnam and left, France wanted to regain control of Vietnam as they had control before WWII and before Japan was in Vietnam. Before this, Ho Chi Minh had organized Viet Minh or the League for the Independence of Vietnam. Immediatly after Japan left, Minh invaded northern Vietnam and declared it a Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The main…

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    Knicks Research Paper

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    know that you can always order tickets online. New York Knicks tickets don't have to be expensive. Whether you see them play at home or at an away game, you can trust that there will be plenty of action and excitement. This team's history began in 1946, as an original member of the NBA. They have always played in Madison Square Garden, in the heart of the city. They had two NBA championships: 1970 and 1973. They're one of the few teams of the original NBA still located in its original city.…

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    Why is McCarthyism still studied today? McCarthyism is still studied in schools today, because of its significance. McCarthyism was a very big deal during the 1940s and 50s, after the election of senate McCarthy in 1946. It was a period in which a large group of people were being punished. The term McCarthyism in general, today, refers to the making of accusations without proper evidence. However, the events described in the article such as the rise of McCarthy, the Red Scare and the Hiss…

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    Hubble Telescope Essay

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    The inventions and developments of the telescope through the Hubble telescope are as followed: In 1946 the discovery began as Lyman Spitzer reported on some of the advantages of space observatories may be. In 1977, congress accepts funding for an oversized extra terrestrial telescope. Astronauts and people in the space field began their guidings for the telescope expeditions in 1978. Originally named the Large Space Telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope was renamed after Edwin Powell Hubble who…

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    based off of 2002 imagining what that percent is now in 2017 has it decrease or increase overall. Another idea I found very striking was that “Over six decades, we’ve gone from being a society uneasy with credit to a society that rejoices in it. In 1946, household debt was 22 percent of personal disposable income. Now, it’s roughly 110 percent”. And lastly that I wasn't really surprised when the author talked about how they continue to flock to shopping malls, automobile dealers, cruise ships,…

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    Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 in New York City. While she was raised by a wealthy family, she faced many hardships during her childhood. Her parents and her brother passed away before she turned ten, which meant she was raised by her harsh grandmother, who damaged her self-esteem, but in 1899, 15 years later, she managed to begin her studies at London’s Allenwood Academy. She returned to New York three years later beginning her social debut by helping immigrant families. Then…

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    differentiated its strategy to develop North Korea in order to promote the communism. “The North followed a plan that differed dramatically from what was happening in the South”; especially, “in the North, a thorough land reform was carried out in February 1946” (Robinson 106). While a land reform was a complicated issue since the political leaders with power themselves wanted to keep their lands, North Korean policy of land reform made the land redistribution more evenly and peacefully. Another…

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