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    Marcus Ward Lyon

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    Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. studied mammalogy, bacteriology, and Pathology. Lyon was born on February 5, 1875 in Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. For this time and being he had a fairly small family with only two siblings, Henry S. Lyon and James W. Lyon. His mother , Lydia Anna Lyon, and his father a military man named Captain Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. Because of his father’s military career, Lyon’s family moved across the United States throughout his childhood. When Lyon’s family was stationed at Watertown…

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    Adelman was well-known in the photography industry for his photographs from the Civil Rights Movement. The USA. March on Washington DC. photograph commemorates the historic moment when Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous “I Have A Dream Speech” and declares that African Americans are free from racial segregation and discrimination. The second photographic was taken by Dennis…

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    presidents are extremely important why others concede them to be irrelevant. One scholar, Paul Quirk concluded a study in 2010 that explained that they expertise of a President, “Can be acquired only through substantial and recent experience in Washington,” claims that the lack of this experience “need not pose much difficulty for a president. Like any technical skill, which in a sense it is, the necessary expertise can easily be hired” (CITE). In 1990 Richard Neustadt conducted the same study…

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    Fairness In Congress

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    For residents living in Washington D.C it is a question of fairness. Residents serve in the military, sit on juries, and pay federal taxes just like everyone else. But because of the capital’s status as a federal congress, they do not have voting representation in congress, they have no say in the nation’s laws. They also have limited control over their own affairs. D.C’s second-class status goes back to America’s earliest days. The founding fathers thought it would be best if they kept the…

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    Government is the political system by which a group of people are ruled. “If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.” President Obama says that if one loses trust in their government, they lose everything because the government is what protects us and provides safety towards us citizens. I agree with the president’s views on the purpose of government because government provides everything…

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    Joe Arpaio Leadership

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    Everybody of a country looks up to their political leaders. Thus, would you not want the leaders to embrace all types of people, instead of belittling certain ethnicities? In such cases leaders that are bigots toward a certain race should be removed from their political position. Especially, if the leader is treating a certain race completely different from the other races. Political leaders are supposed to be our example of how to be a good citizen, however if one of our leaders is a bigot…

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    1. I am currently majoring in Fashion Design at FIDM. 2. Although I am taking fashion design, I still have an English class. 3. If I was able to vote 3 years ago, I would vote for President Obama. 4. This year’s presidential election is a joke because Donald Trump is running for president. 5. It is safe to walk night because violence in America is decreasing. 6. Although people might not think it, makeup is a form of art. 7. There are no limit in creating fashion. 8. I need music to concentrate…

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    Two Party System

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    Question 1 American government utilities a two party system where two individuals compete for a seat for public office. According to Duvergers law a single-member district and a winner take all system results in a two party system. Furthermore, in the a two party system consists of two major political parties, two candidates running for republican and two for democrat. Unlike a multi party system which allow multiple political parties to run for government either solely or in a coalition. In…

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    Two score and ten years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. uttered the words of the “I Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The speech is richly endowed with context as it came five score years after President Abraham Lincoln’s iconic “Gettysburg Address”. Lincoln’s proposition and steeled by Martin Luther King’s vision that our “nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal”, could not long endure unless we make good on…

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    Plan: Masonic Lodge #39 Ellensburg, Washington Introduction: Our plan is to educate the public about the Masonic Lodge in Ellensburg Washington State. We will cover who the Freemasons are, what they do in society, their history, and common misconceptions about the freemasons. The freemasons are a fraternity, which is a group of men in a brotherhood. The Freemasons have been in the United States even before it’s independence from England. President George Washington was a well-known freemason as…

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