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    Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. He served as President from Jan. 20, 1981 to Jan. 19, 1989. During the 1980 presidential election, he beat the Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter with 50.7% of the votes. He went on to win a second term in what can be considered a landslide victory garnering 58.8% of the votes. Depending on who you talk too, some would say Reagan made the country a much better place to live, while others would wholeheartedly disagree. Reagan's supporters…

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    Victims According to Bill Avery speech, “Now that’s being blown into dishonest narrative about hurting people killing people, planning to kill people. That’s just not true. We destroy government property.” Sergeant Brain McDonnell was a San Francisco police officer, who was wounded in the bombing of Park Police Station bombing in 1970. He was close to the blast and was serial injured and was rush to the local hospital where, three days later he dies from his wounds. Sergeant McDonnell served 20…

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    Bruce Jenner Controversy

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    According to social media and CNN Bruce Jenner. Did identify himself publicly as male. Caitlyn revealed her sex as a Transgender woman in April of 2015. She went public and announced she change her name from Bruce to Caitlyn. So his gender and name change according to court documents filed on September 25, 2015. Bruce Jenner was now called Caitlyn Jenner and has become the most famous opened transgender woman ever in the world. Caitlyn for a year also had a Tv series called “I am Cait” which the…

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    Toronto CMA Case Study

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    During the period conformed from 1961 to 2011, many fluctuations have occurred throughout the population of the Toronto CMA. Firstly, in 1961, there were just five Inner Suburbs around the central core as well as two outer suburbs. As time advanced, the population began to grow in different locations and scale. Through1971, the inception of outer suburbs was considerable and twelve new communities were constituted outside Metropolitan Toronto. In addition, Mississauga emerged as a big outer…

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    The Empire Strikes Back

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    “No, I am your father!,” quote by Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker. I am reviewing this great movie called The Empire Strikes Back. I watched this epic Star Wars story in my family room. I watched this movie in the summer after I had watched episode 4 A New Hope. I watched this movie on my PS3 and I have watched this 2 times. The movie has many interesting facts and awards and other things to. The genre of this movie is science-fiction and action. There are many actors and actresses they are…

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    hunted, discovered or sought a significant piece of artefact or a precious stone. When thinking of archaeologists in films, characters like the amazing Indiana Jones and the attractive Lara Croft come to mind. In films such as Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Croft in the Tomb Rider (2001), both characters were depicted as archaeologists hunting for a…

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    Australia Day due to land rights claims. 1984: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Act is Passed. 1981: A land rights conference is held at James Cook University where Eddie Mabo makes a speech outlining the land ownership and inheritance system on Murray Island. A lawyer at the conference suggests there should be a test case on claiming land rights through the court system. 1981: A land rights conference is held at James Cook University where Eddie Mabo makes a speech…

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    Damage of 1906 San Francisco Earthquake The residents of San Francisco were familiar with earthquakes, at least those earthquakes who would rattle windows and china cabinets and those who would do little to no damage. The earthquake of 1906 was the most catastrophic in California history, as well as the most destructive in United States history. The earthquake happened on April 18, 1906, at 5:15 a.m. when the ground shook violently for an average of 40 seconds. It was stated that the…

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    A Policeman: Sgt Willcox One Policeman, Sgt Willcox, gives his views of his opinions in relation to the actions and protest of the 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand. At the time of the tour in 1981 Sgt Willcox's view of the tour was either pro tour or anti-tour but instead preferring to stay neutral. He stated “I didn’t really associate myself on any side of the tour”. Rather later saying that the tour was inevitable due to everything being uncivilised. Also he found that the tour was ‘New…

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    happen, he took on a degree in accounting. Graduating from Mississippi State University in 1977 with a bachelor's degree, he went on to study law at University of Mississippi. Grisham graduated from University of Mississippi in 1981, and practiced law in Southaven,Ms from 1981 to 1991. He also served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1984 to 1990. Although Grisham was a…

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