In 1870 Bartholdi changed careers temporarily, becoming a major in the French army during the Franco-Prussian war. ... Same thing in New York, when they tried to raise half that, but it was rejected by the governor. It seemed as if the project was doomed to failure, because American people outside of New York insisted that it was actually New York's statue, so that citizens would have to pay for it. ... His design was an 89 foot high pedestal that would be on top of a concrete foundation, which was on top of the 11 point star shaped Fort Wood. ... Soon, "Lady Liberty" began to rise ove...

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;0) Key Concepts Love, Prejudice, Despair, Hope, Poverty, Sacrifice, Selfishness, Church Summary The film is a true story portraying the McCourt family battling unemployment, their father's alcoholism, poverty, prejudice and infant mortality over a 15 year period, from 1935 to 1950, initially in New York and then for most of that time in Limerick. ... It chronicles the family's passage through the years as hope gives way to despair, as sacrifice reaches its limits, and as youthful ideals finally find fruition. ... He directed the recent Evita film-musical starring Madonna,...

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In writing the history of the Peloponnesian War he limited himself to matters of state and war; he tried to establish chronology and facts with some exactitude, avoiding the digressions of Herodotus; though his attempt at writing a factual and impartial history was not entirely successful, he wrote a grave work, conveying the lessons he drew from his story. ... The father of the new objective school was the great Leopold von Ranke. ... Turner, emphasized social and economic factors in explaining historical development, as did the "new history- of James Harvey Robinson and Charles A. ...

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He hoped, he said, that firing on the prayer group would teach them to "leave me alone (Torr 7)." ... His fellow students also recognized his violent nature, for they "jokingly" voted him as "Most Likely to Start World War III (Frontline)." ... I entered the main commons of my school and found every student starring at the big screen TV. ...

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