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    A contractor was hired by the city to trim some pine trees outside city council to touch up the area. However there were bald eagle nests up in the tree and when he trimmed it those nests they fell to the ground and the chicks died upon hitting the ground. In the nests there were a number of feathers and those were suppose to be taken by the government to be given to native americans for their headpieces. The problem was that some bystanders knew that bald eagle feathers are worth a pretty penny so they proceed to snatch them and run away. They were on the run but luckily at same time there was an U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer just coming out from a meeting in the city council. The officer arrested the contractor and the feather stealers,…

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    always will be. Some of the most well-known outlaws were Jesse James and Clyde Barrow. These outlaws murdered and killed many people. These two outlaws lived in different time periods one being during the 1800’s and the other in the 1930’s but there are many similarities between the two. In fact Clyde Barrow said that he would like to think of himself as the young Jesse James. One of the main similarities is that they both killed many people. It is not exactly for sure of how many people…

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    became a genius with little education in the early years of his life. Overcoming the hate tried towards him, Jesse Owens became an Olympic gold medalist. Although Owens overcame the racial discrimination, Einstein is a better role model because of while widely his discoveries have helped scientist today. Albert Einstein was a remarkable man who never gave up when confronting a problem. In the earlier years of his life, he went to Zürich to take the entrance exam at the Swiss Polytechnic…

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    The Story of Jesse James “Jesse, are you ready to saddle up?” asks Frank James, Jesse’s brother “Yeah, go get Cole and the rest of them to get out here. They’re taking forever in there.” Jesse replies as he saddles up on his horse. Frank goes into the house to get the other four men. I saddle up onto my horse,. The snowflakes get stuck into my horse’s hair. It’s pitch black outside, only light is the faint light coming out of the Younger’s house. Jesse looks at me, “ So this is your first…

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    Many famous writers, artists, authors, actors, dancers, athletes and many more figures were developed. One individual in particular was James Cleveland, aka Jesse Owens. He was born on September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama. Owens was the son of a sharecropper known as Henry Cleveland Owens and his mother was Mary Emma Fitzgerald. Jesse was the 7th child of Henry and Emma Owens. Jesse Owens is perhaps best known for proving Adolf Hitler’s theories regarding racial superiority using his…

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    Usain St Leo Bolt, OJ, CD (/ˈjuːseɪn/; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. He is the first person to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time became mandatory. He also holds the world record as a part of the 4 × 100 metres relay. He is the reigning world and Olympic champion in these three events. Due to his unprecedented dominance and achievements in sprint competition, he is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all…

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    Jesse Owens did not become a track star overnight. Owens had many training sessions and had to keep up with school to make it to the Olympics. Owens also had to push through discrimination before he became the athlete we now know him as. In 1936, Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the olympics. The reason he was so successful was because of his leadership, dedication, and high ambition. Jesse Owen´s leadership was a huge part of his success. ¨ The 22 year-old sprinter made a mockery of Adolf…

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    Do you know who was the most famous runner back in the 1936 olympics. Some people might know him some might even say that who is he. His name is Jesse Owens. He Grew up on a farm with his mom and dad. Every day when Jesse was done with his chores, he started to run and play. The other kids Tried to race him but they were just too slow. His parents grew on a farm and his mom and dad were slaves then got enough money to have their own farm. But they did not own the farm it was a farm it was a…

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    To begin with, Adam Noah Levine was born March 18, 1979. He is an American singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist, and an actor. Also Adam is the lead singer for the Los Angeles pop rock band “Maroon 5”. First of all, I think Adam Levine should come to our school because, I think he is a very good singer and that he could sing for us. Adam Levine has always been my favorite singer and actor since i’ve been 6. My mom would always put him on the radio, and I would always try to sing…

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    The 1936 Olympic Games was a monumental event. The XI Olympiad was at its peak for competing nations. These games were the last major international sporting competition before the deadliest war of the twentieth century. As a battleground to test Aryan Supremacy, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler built the most state of-the-art facilities ever seen at the time. Thousands of people gathered to see some of the best athletes from all around the world compete in Berlin, and taking center stage was the…

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