But it was not so much on the size of his library that Jefferson prided himself as on the fact that the books it contained had been chosen with great care. ... In March, only weeks before Jefferson's books were to be hauled in wagons from Monticello to Washington, George Watterston was appointed Librarian of Congress by President James Madison on the recommendation of Joseph Milligan, the Georgetown bookseller who had appraised Jefferson's books for Congress. Watterston's most pressing duty was to oversee the transfer of the 1 Jefferson books and to install them in...

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• Grade Level: High School

I will begin with a section about the author himself and later include a section about his methods of writing and teaching creative writing to college students. ... Most of Bragg's magazine articles are light and humorous; however, his books, though sometimes interjected with homespun humor, are anything but light. ... One of his most poignant books is called The Most They Ever Had. ... You can track mud in on the hardwood floor, leave hair in the sink, and hold ignorant opinions on place settings, art, and the electoral college. ... (web) Voice In all of his books, Bragg's voice is...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Behind every great man, there is a great woman." Meryl Frost first said this in 1945 about his wife. It has since been said countless times over the years, and in countless languages and variations. It is not the first quote in which a husband gives credit to his wife for making him a better man; a...

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Nevertheless, he completed three years of college preparation in less than two years. ... While he was away at college, his father died at the young age of 46 from stomach cancer. ... He would not be bound by the political machine and would fight for what he believed in. ...

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Nevertheless, he completed three years of college preparation in less than two years. ... While he was away at college, his father died at the young age of 46 from stomach cancer. ... He would not be bound by the political machine and would fight for what he believed in. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The yoga craze reaches all corners of the world and is not bound by gender, age, spiritual or cultural differences. ... Celebrity guru, Deepak Chopra has published several books on the subject of yoga and other holistic disciplines. ... Classes, equipment, clothing, books, music, DVD's, television shows, diet programs, print articles, yoga retreats, yoga spas, yoga resorts, yoga cruises, yoga training and certifications, corporate yoga, yoga seminars and conventions; yoga is definitely big business in America! ...

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"This response to a published statement by eight fellow clergymen from Alabama (Bishop C. C. J. Carpenter, Bishop Joseph A. Durick, Rabbi Hilton L. Grafman, Bishop Paul Hardin, Bishop Holan B. Harmon, the Reverend George M. Murray, the Reverend Edward V. Ramage and the Reverend Earl Stallings) was c...

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There are thousands who posses menus, paper money, cafe napkins, and books of every sort with the special sketches that Picasso made within a matter of seconds especially for them. ... Although Picasso did not emphasize on detail, he "saw that the rational, often geometric breakdown if the human head and body employed by so many African artists could provide him with the starting point for his own re-appraisal of his subjects- "The naked women become inextricably bound up in a flux of shapes or planes which tip backwards and forwards from the two-dimensional surface to produce much the same se...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although Poe admired Virginia greatly and admits to having passionately loved her, many feel that a hint towards his feelings for her may be found in "Morella," in which the author wrote: ...fate has bound us together at the altar; and I never spoke of love, nor thought of passion. ...

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Best-selling books like Freedom at Midnight re-create the struggle of two great cultures, mighty opposites with a twinned destiny, as they set about trying to disentangle themselves and their feelings before the Partition of 1947. ... When the London merchants of what became the East India Company first sent ships to the East in 1601, they were not bound for India at all but for the Spice Islands of the Dutch East Indies, and the English traders who set foot on the subcontinent a little later actually sought to avoid conquest. ... The highest authority in each company settlement was a Governor...

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It was bound to be a failure because it was written by a pillar of salt. ... MY COMMENTS: I've read several Kurt Vonnegut books in the past, including this one. ... In his head he refers to them and himself as the Three Musketeers, and tells himself the story of how the Three Musketeers saved the life of a dumb college kid. ... Ditched again, Weary starts to beat Billy up, furious that this weak college kid has cost him his membership in "the Three Musketeers." ...

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Four years later, the first American College was established which was: Harvard in Cambridge. ... The Puritans were the first to write books for children, and to discuss the difficulties in communicating with them. ... Bound together, they established a community that maintained a healthy economy, established a school system, and focused an efficient eye on political concerns. ...

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The reading comprehension has high proportion in present various tests, such as college entrance examination, CET, PETS and so on. ... So it is bound to affect the reading quality. 2.1.3.Reading Thought From another aspect, the traditional way of teaching reading considers the reading as purely receiving the word symbols. ...

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When Victoria died in 1901, after the longest reign in English history, a newspaper wrote: "Few of us, perhaps, have realized till now how large a part she had in the life of everyone of us; how the thread of her life [bound] the warp of the nation's progress." ...

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Abstract Beliefs in conspiracy theories are widespread throughout the world, in every culture and community. They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. Many are short lived, however, others seem to become self-perpetuating animals preying particularly on the Black community. The most common theories are that which circle HIV/AIDS. These theories have a devastating impact that effects the African American and Black South African population. ...

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I also used secondary information from books to illustrate all supported data. ... Keywords used in my database search within Infotrac College Edition, ABI, and Expanded Academic were: "Intercultural Communication-Japan- "Doing Business in Japan- "Doing Business with the Japanese- "First Impressions- "First Meetings- "Cross-cultural Communication- Most of the keywords were successful in providing me useful data. ... As you can already tell, a culture with devotion such as this is bound to be fruitful in business. ...

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America's Revolutionary War is a subject that engenders perpetual curiosity. By any sensible reckoning, Britain should have won the war. England's army was the strongest professional fighting force in the world, supremely confident, and led by experienced, gifted commanders with a long and storied h...

• Word Count: 10342
• Approx Pages: 41
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate