Before understanding what Tsar Alexander I did for Russia, one must understand the type of man he was. ... This is a rare case where the apple falls quite far from the tree. ... However, she died suddenly on November 17th, 1796, therefore leaving the manifesto to not be disclosed and granting Paul the throne. ... He had strong ambitions to improve the prospects of the peasantry, however it was often stated that he was attempting to "run before he could walk.... After the battle of Austerlitz he is quoted in saying, "We are but babies in the hands of a giant." ...

• Word Count: 2847
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hemingway's style was influenced by his years as a newspaper reporter, both before and after World War I. ... This was reinforced when a snippet of a retyped Henry James quote was found among the pages of his unfinished manuscript of "A Farewell to Arms." On the snippet, Hemingway prefaced the James quote "The war has used up words " by writing "on the debasement of words by war"."... He absorbed the objective, fact-based writing style of the newspaper article and made it his own, applying the lessons from the Kansas City Star's style guide to all of his subsequent work. "It was a...

• Word Count: 5359
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the larger sense this seemingly isolated event had been building for many years and a wide set of circumstances contributed to the strike ranging from international stresses to local fustrations. ... In Winnipeg, both the Telegram and Free Press supported the disenfranchisement of enemy alien voters to ensure the forces of "justice and democracy" would emerge triumphant from the Dominion Election (Bercuson, 1974). ... The example of the Russian Revolution, the brave new worlds and peaceful utopias of wartime oratory and idealism, had bred in many an unquestioning belief that peace would ...

• Word Count: 2998
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Although she was the first child of Abraham and Taube Bienowitch Goldman, that didn't make her the oldest one, since Taube brought two older daughters - Lena and Helena - from her first marriage into the family. ... Frustrated and bitter from numerous failures in his profession, her father often let out his anger on Emma. ... Helena and I stood pressed to each other, enraptured by the sight of the harbour and the Statue of Liberty suddenly emerging from the mist. ... Most was already a well-known orator for the anarchist cause in Europe, editor of "Die Freiheit" and later became Goldman...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While, as it is implied by the opening quote, marriage was considered a goal, or duty of women, the power of manipulation was a tool which women could use to their advantage. ... Bingley and Jane's eventual union is an exception to Charlotte's contention that "happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance," as the couple fell in love before they wedded (24). ... Elizabeth's deconstruction of Regency England gender stereotypes positions her far from the normative 'ideal woman' model. Caroline Bingley's claim quoted at the beginning of this essay o...

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What perhaps distinguishes New Labour's approach from previous ones is the emphasis on developing a holistic, strategic and integrated approach – what is referred to as `joined-up thinking, policy and action'. ... In rather simple terms this can be characterised as a move from an industrial economy to a post-industrial or knowledge-based economy (see Florida, 2000 and 2002). ... These areas remain `Excluded Spaces' or `Places Apart' (Power and Tunstall, 1995; Lupton, 2001) that are often cut off from `mainstream' society and whose inhabitants often feel they have...

• Word Count: 9857
• Approx Pages: 39
• Grade Level: Undergraduate