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    awarded to a total 107 laureates between the years 1901-2000, but surely now there is more. This prize would have never been awarded if wasn’t for Alfred Nobel. The irony behind everything was Alfred Nobel was actually the mastermind and distributor of dynamite. One day a newspaper company assumed that Nobel was dead and named him “The Merchant of Death”. That impacted Nobel and wanted to make a change. With his fortune he made 6 prizes; Physics,Chemistry,Medicine,Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences

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    Alfred Nobel, Samuel Morse, and Thomas Edison developed machines that made doing all that easier. Inventions and innovations like dynamite, the railroads, and the telegraph helped the United States’ economy grow. Scientist developed, a railroad that connected New York City to San Francisco, a telegraph that could send messages across long distances within minutes, and dynamite which could blow up anything along its path. The United States had a small, weak, economy, until the mid-1800s when inventions

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    you, before death takes the last breathe. The death of your loved one is an unjustifiable death because we don't know what caused their death. In 1866, a swedish chemist named Mr. Alfred Nobel, invented and perfected an explosive detonator called dynamite! With the promise of building canals, drilling tunnels, blasting rocks and building railroads, more quickly, the inventor also put the lives of millions of people at risk on a global level. This invention created the perfect weapon for warfare. It

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    Alfred Nobel, known as the dynamite king, was a natural genius with almost no formal education. Yet his invention changed the world in a very big way, especially in science and war. It brought him fame, money, tragedy and at times the condemnation of others while inspiring him to create one of the most important prizes in the world, the Nobel Prize. Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 21, 1833. As a child he was sickly and once wrote a poem in which he said “My cradle looked a

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    about all of the wonders of life. He was quite a bright child who was very energetic and eager to learn. He had many accomplishments, such as his creation of dynamite and the Nobel Prize. He lived a long life, a life of heart problems, but he continued to live his life day by day. He was forced to leave his hometown due to the fact of dynamite being unsafe to handle, but he made a living no matter what, leaving him to be one of the wealthiest men alive during this time. Alfred Nobel was a man of his

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    Napoleon Dynamite

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    skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills? Girls only like guys who have sweet skills. This was only one of the many lessons which Napoleon Dynamite taught viewers. Along with lady skills, we also learn how to be a good friend. And all of this played out while offering great comedic relief. Napoleon is from a boring town, but Napoleon Dynamite is not boring. In the movie, we meet him as he is on his way to high school. Over the course of the film, he makes new friends; he picks up new hobbies;

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    Black Dynamite

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    Black Dynamite Movie and its Camp aspects The Movie Black Dynamite, released in 2009, is an action comedy film and a parody of the 1970’s blaxploitation genre. The film is mainly about a character, named Black Dynamite, a former CIA agent, who spends the majority of his free time policing inner-city streets, and protecting prostitutes from their abusive pimps. When mysterious forces kill his brother, “Black Dynamite roars back into action, battling evildoers on an epic quest that takes him from the

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    Every year, along with each upcoming year, come new discoveries and, of course, new Nobel Prize laureates. The laureates are chosen based off of their outstanding, innovative discoveries. In my opinion, the most impactful award given was given for parasitic diseases and their cures. In 2015, William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu were the recipients of the prize given in the medical field. Even though the prize was awarded to all three, I feel the most impactful recipient was William

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    Without the creation of dynamite and other modern explosives in the 1850-1900 era, westward expansion of railroads would have been impossible. There were a number of both positive and negative aspects to it; it helped to a huge degree with being able to build across the mountain ranges along the country, although a large number of people were killed by the explosives. In the 1860’s and 70’s, a lot of the United States was unexplored. This was mostly due to the lack of adequate transportation

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    Ms. Dynamite Influence

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    message it has on the youth of today. 50 cent is a rapper, while Ms. Dynamite is an R&B singer. I would say that 50 cent appeals to gangsters and young urban teenagers, whereas Ms. Dynamite appeals to women and Girls. I think that 50 cents influence on people is promoting a gangster lifestyle and making things like murder and theft happen, he is creating a bad world for the kids of the future. I would say that Ms. Dynamite has an influence on women more than anything; she tries

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