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    he accomplishments of Henry Ford Henry Ford invented one of the most important part of most peoples lives. Ford was known for his production of the motor vehicles which is now widely produced in the United States, but what he really did was change and encourage the technology in the United States for the rest of his life. His invention of the assembly line, 5 dollar wage, and 5 day work week has changed how jobs are run and managed in the present age. Henry Ford changed the world in industry,…

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    Samuel Milton Jones immigrated to the United States with his parents at age three from Ty Mawr, Wales, with little money, and grew up in New York. At 18, after very little schooling, he went to work in the oilfields of Titusville, Pa. Jones rose from field hand to oil producer; his invention of an improved oil-pumping mechanism in 1891 earned him a fortune. He opened a factory in Toledo to manufacture his invention and introduce a host of employee benefits. His cause was to help workers gain…

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    Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose should definitely be read in schools. The play portrays a jury of twelve men discussing a murder case of a sixteen-year-old boy who is accused of stabbing his father. Prior to the play, the boy’s trial occurred. The play opens with the jury going in to discuss the verdict. At first, eleven men choose “guilty” while one man stands alone. Rose writes an insightful story of communication and argument between twelve different men, all with their own opinions and…

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    'The automotive industry is a wide range of companies and industries involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing and selling of motor vehicles. It is one of the world's most important economic sectors by revenue. The automotive industry does not include industries dedicated to the maintenance of automobiles following delivery to the end user, such as automobile repair shops.' (Wikipedia). For Generations upon Generations humankind have been trying to come up with ways to make…

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    Slim was considered powerful in the way he spoke. Anytime Slim spoke, “There was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke. His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love.” (Pg. 33). This quote represents Slim’s power by explaining that ranchers would be silent and contemplating at whatever he stated something. His way with words could influence any ranchers to concur with his morals; and in some cases, his…

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    The Great Depression had undulating impacts upon all parts of America. Indeed, craftsmen had minimal decision however to respond to the times, or chance getting to be lost. At any rate in incredible part, the 1930s turned into 10 years of narrative expression, one in which specialists investigated exchange representational structures, all outlined with the point of uncovering a regularly frantic reality, or of arranging a departure from this reality as was normal for the movies of that time.…

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    Old Car History

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    mechanical course of action of the auto, putting the motor in the front of the case, with the crankshaft perpendicular to the axles.In 1896, the Duryea Motor Wagon became the first production motor vehicle in the United States. In that same year, Henry Ford demonstrated his first experimental vehicle, the Quadricycle. By 1908, when the Ford Motor Company introduced the Model T, the United States had dozens of automobile manufacturers. The Model T quickly became the standard by which other cars…

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    The way(s) that Shakespeare set(s) up the audience for the Battle of Shrewsbury is by Henry asking Worcester if he wants to make peace. Essentially, Worcester disagrees and says that he cannot do it even if he wanted to because of Henry’s doings—assuming that he is talking about what happened with Blunt in the last Act (Act V, Lines 1-114; Worcester and the King’s proposition conversation). Each character has a decision to make at the beginning of scene five and we really see how the decisions…

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    12 Angry Men Sacrifice

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    As the author Brandon Sanderson once said,“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself”.Here both 12 Angry Men and Macbeth characters are trying to reach a goal or achieve something.A theme shared by 12 angry men and Macbeth’s monologue from act 1 is that sometimes you have to make sacrifices or give up power to do what is right. Generally, the play 12 angry men can connect to the theme of sacrifice because at the end…

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    The Turn of the Screw Do you believe in ghosts? In the Turn of the Screw, the governess sees two ghosts of former Bly employees. The ghosts, Peter Quint and Miss. Jessel, are evil spirits and have come back to communicate with the children, Miles and Flora. The governess sees the ghosts and feels like she must protect the children from them. One night, she hears a noise outside her bedroom door and goes to check on it. “The apparition had reached the landing halfway up and was therefore on the…

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