From Boston, she journeyed to Rome, home to many expatriate American artists, including several women. It was while in Rome that she created 'Cleopatra.' ... Then after taking it from Philadelphia to Chicago, Lewis had to put it in storage because she could not afford to take it back to Rome. ... Lewis was last reported living in Rome in 1911. ... In the fall of that year, Young returned to Chicago to start a Ph.D. under the direction of Frank Lillie, the embryologist who had been Just's mentor at Woods Hole. ...

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Daisy Miller Daisy Miller, one of Henry James' first major works, addresses the emergence of the United States as an economic and political world power. In the late nineteenth century, American industry was flourishing, and Americans were becoming more wealthy. With this money came a desire to ...

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The time it took for the building to fall and the way the building fell into itself instead of falling over coincidentally resembles a controlled demolition. ... In almost every case as the buildings were collapsing "the reporters on camera described "explosions" going off as it was falling" (Everett 11). ... The 9/11 attacks occurred in airspace that was the responsibility of NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS), based in Rome, New York. ...

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Eisenhower appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces o Begins to plan and direct preparation for the invasion of Western Europe June 4, 1944 Allies enter Rome o First Axis capital to be captured June 6, 1944 D-DAY: Allies invade Normandy, France (invasion of Western Europe) o The opening of the "second front" o OPERATION OVERLORD o "The Longest Day" Rommel's remark that "The invasion will be decisive. ... Slovik executed for desertion o Only one out of 49 convicted of desertion to be executed February 3, 1945 US troops enter Manilla o With th...

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The reparations completely destroyed the German economy and caused the whole country to fall into a severe depression. ... They shared a common belief in violence, hatred for communism, and disgust at the weakness of the parliamentary government.11 Right before the PNF was meant to have a protest in Rome, King Victor Emmanuel III asked Benito Mussolini to become prime minister of Italy. ...

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