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    see Martha had a strong prominent home life with parents that showed her how to be successful. Martha was the only girl of all boys. There were three Gellhorn children, Walter, Martha, and Alfred. Walter was Martha’s first older brother. Walter was a law professor at Columbia University (“Biography--Martha Gellhorn, 2016”). Alfred was Martha’s younger brother and the youngest of the Gellhorn children. Alfred was an oncologist and former dean at a university (“Biography-- Martha Gellhorn, 2016”). Marthas brothers both became successful men in life. All of the Gellhorn children lived successful lives. Martha attended one college before she decided to become a journalist. After high school, Martha joined Bryn Mawr College in 1926. Soon after Martha joined Bryn Mawr, she soon left the graduate program to pursue journalism. When Martha quit Bryn Mawr College she did not think she would be writing on the front lines of wars. Sometimes you start on a path and realize that the path you wanted to take is not the path for you anymore and that is how Martha felt. Martha was married three times in her life. Martha’s first marriage in 1933 to Bertrand de Jouvenel who was a writer which ended in divorce. Martha also married Ernest Hemingway a famous writer of his time, he was Martha’s second husband and marriage that ended in divorce. Martha felt that she was living through Hemingway (Lyman, 1998). Martha’s third and last marriage was with T.S. Mathews, that ended in divorce after…

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    Marianne Moore was a small town girl, born around St. Louis Missouri. She moved around alot in her life. When Marianne Moore was reaching adolescence, her father left her and her mother, leaving them with no money to keep their house. So they had to move to her grandfather's house and stay there until his death. Which was on 1894. They just moved from one relative to another until the big move to carlisle, PA. Moore graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a BA degree in biology in 1909. Following…

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    They state that there is such wickedness in humans such as serial killers and murders. For example, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and Peter Sutcliffe are all people who killed others without mercy. However, many people do not realize that they act this way due to their environment. People don’t kill just to kill, there is a reason behind it, and that reason is either due to previous wrong-doings or for revenge. Therefore, these people are not naturally rancorous; it’s our environments that depict…

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    capable of only being done by a human. The police officer calls a veterinarian to inspect it because it would the most reliable source. Out of nowhere, the veterinarian says that it is the doing of aliens; the officer lets captain Graham Lattimer know. Suddenly, the whole town goes into a frenzy, thinking that even lights from an airplane are flying saucers. Mike Walsh, a journalist who is going through mental chaos after the leaving of his wife, gets caught into the mess. He is recommended to…

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    What do people think about when they hear the word politics? To further that, what do they think of when they hear the term polarization? Congress is in a constant battle between parties, and this, in turn, keeps us in an almost constant state of gridlock. Susan Page, Jim Douglas, Brian Resnick, and Norman Ornstein have all written articles explaining political polarization, civil discourse, or the solutions to these problems. In Susan Page’s article “Divided We Now Stand,” she mainly focuses on…

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    Sheila Monologue Analysis

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    "A drive to do big things" landed Sheila Dilley in Berklee, where she ended up juggling the full load of a Music Business degree, newly married life, and assisting the President of Berklee himself - with the same radiant joy and enthusiasm for people she exudes as I sit in front of her today. Photo Credit: Alexandria Marie Clark Photo Credit: Alexandria Marie Clark For Sheila and her husband Jef, both currently based in Seattle, music continues to be their "number one dream". And if there is…

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    knowledge to the mathematic world, specifically in abstract algebra, with emphasis on fields, groups, and rings. Emmy wrote over 40 papers such as “Hypercomplex Number Systems and Their Representation”, “concerning Moduli in Noncommutative Fields, Particularly in Differential and Difference Terms” and “Noncommutative Algebra”. Noether discovered the Noether’s Theorem, which is a key in theoretical physics, to this day. In 1933, the Nazi’s took over and Emmy was forced to leave her home…

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    Professor Armbruster research interest are American Realism (1870-1920), American Domestic Architecture (especially late 19th/early 20th century) and Women’s Literature. Even though, I could have interviewed another professor from the English department which I don’t know, by conducting this interview I got to know more of Professor Armbruster. Also, I really owe her for motivating me to pursue a minor in English, because I never pictured myself taking English classes for fun and actually…

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    The Day I Choose LCC Have you ever thought about what college you would attend and how successful you would be? Well I have, as child I would imagine what college I would attend and would I be able to succeed. I imagined how collage would be, would I attended a large university or a small local community college. Students may even worry about the ACT and SAT and how successful will they be when taking those two extremely important tests. Luckily, I choose a school that didn 't stress me out…

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    children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many would argue that this philosophy helped the older generation be successful in their educational and post-educational careers, so it should not be changed; however, in the words of Ken Burns, “the problem is that the current system of education was designed…

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