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HistoryRemember, Richard Nixon was only president for the first five years of the time period you cite. On August, 9, 1974, Nixon resigned. However, as you probably already know, Nixon's policies toward...
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The Lotos-EatersTennyson's "The Lotos-Eaters" is a retelling of the episode in the Odyssey in which Odysseus and his crew land on a beautiful island and are greeted by the locals offering them lotus nectar to...
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HistoryThe Sugar Act was one of several pieces of legislation passed by Parliament in the wake of the French and Indian War in North America. It was an attempt to raise more money from the colonies by...
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FencesTroy's strict approach is due to the fact that he doesn't want his son to repeat his own mistakes and suffer his own disappointments. When Troy was young, it looked like he was to have a promising...
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Law and PoliticsCountries in the economic North, generally considered those with more developed economies, can do more to aid the development of the economic South, or those countries with developing economies...
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LiteratureThis question is an open ended question, and you may certainly disagree with Sandra McKay; however, she does make a good point. A key to successfully using literature in an English as a secondary...
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HistoryAfter World War II, the victorious Allied powers divided Germany into two separate nations states, East Germany and West Germany. East Germany was under the Soviet sphere of influence. The USSR,...
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The Merchant of VeniceFigures of speech are tools that authors use to help readers, or in this case, audience members, identify with real world situations, objects, or senses in order to relate to the what the...
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