While there would be numerous things that happen I believe that future American History students would be read about events such as, The scandals of Clinton Presidency, The United States war with Iraq, and terrorist attacks on the September 11, 2002. ... Finally, in the present time we get to see the positive and negative reactions from the decisions made by our forefathers what could we do today to help ensure a favorable history for the next generation? ... I feel that each of these would be carried onto the history books of the future because of their impact on the American society....

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Sand clocks were invented because the previous way of keeping time, sun clocks, was not useful at night or when the weather was cloudy. ... Because sand clocks remained basically unaffected by heat, cold, and moving around, they have a long history at sea. ...

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Newton's life and work are, in fact, among the most interesting in history. ... Copernicus, to the consternation of the Church in particular, asserted that it was the sun around which our planet revolved, not the sun around the earth as was held by the Church . ... With the advent of the Copernican theory that the sun, not the Earth, was the center of the universe people were torn from their Middle Age intellectual darkness and placed under the glaring lights of reality. ... Newton was particularly concerned with the manner in which planets maintained their course around the sun and th...

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In the time being, Sailors measured their latitude by the hour of the day, or by the position of the sun. ... After over 30 years of trial and error, Harrison developed clocks like the H1 through the H-4, time relics that forever changed Maritime History. ... The Greenwich Royal Observatory played a crucial role in navigational history. ... Greenwich developed a solution and therefore is an important part of history. ... Through the H-1 to the modern day H-4, Harrison was able to establish an accurate clock that changed both timekeeping innovation and maritime history. ...

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The period of time beginning at the setting of the sun. ... The torture that Elie and the rest of the Jews faced was something that Elie called "never ending night", and that history remembers as one of the darkest displays of hatred and evil of all time. ...

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He is famous as: "The father of American History" (Moses Coit Tyler) William Bradford organized the history in the form of various chapters by narrating each event in each chapter. John Winthrop was another writer who depicted "The History of New England". ... There were many other works on history which got importance in the respective age. ... Thus, the work other than histories and religion was also related to the serious and intellectual discussions. ... These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. ...

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Also the elements of history and memory are tied to this concept. The linear development is the history of town, Macondo; from foundation to decline. ... It also functions as a metaphor where it helps in analyzing history and, "human nature.... 'Look at the air, listen to the buzzing of the sun, the same as yesterday and the day before. ...

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Sunlight, starlight and moonlight are all plentiful in Nick Carraway's account, but so is twilight – that period of time when the sun has just set and the stars and moon have not yet risen. ... Yet it serves as a bridge between the two, bringing to light the then-unknown history between the two to Nick Carraway. ...

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However, in order to keep the sun god alive and functioning, they must have a blood sacrifice. ... The ancient Mexican myths are false because they are based more off of past tradition and history rather than having the gods or God guide them. ...

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Throughout human history, stories have been the preferred form for expression of moral commitments... ... "They could see the leather was cracked; and when they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly about their thighs with slow motes in the single sun-ray" (Faulkner 29). ...

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The man who was once initially suspected of being mentally retarded is now considered to be a genius in today's society. Albert Einstein, who was unable to speak until the age of three, may be the foremost revolutionary thinker of our time. As a young man, Albert Einstein was dismissed by his teache...

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Only a few years in the history of science stand out so much that they are referred to as "miracle" years. ... This phenomenon proved where the energy came from to power the sun and the stars. ...

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For many years time travel was the stuff of science fiction. This was all just part of the world's imagination until recently. Scientists now believe that the current laws of physics allow us to travel though time. They believe that we can now travel back to see our founding fathers sign the declara...

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