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    very separate distinct societies due to the differences in colonization, settlers, and economic activities in each region. The difference in colonization led to distinct societies between New England and the Chesapeake regions. In 1607, after Sir Walter Raleigh's colony of Roanoke was unsuccessful, Jamestown was successfully colonized and was due to an economic purpose. As stated by John Smith, “Dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold”(Doc 5). John Smith clearly shows how the colonists only cared

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    “False love, desire, and beauty frail, adieu! Dead is the root whence all these fancies grew,” (Sir Walter Raleigh). Raleigh portrays the love of poets as false love, which is similar to the way William Shakespeare describes it in Sonnet 130, where he mocks the way other poets exaggerate their muses’ beauty. Though one would assume Shakespeare wrote this sonnet to give to his mistress, he did not, as he was smart enough to know she would never talk to him again if he did. He in fact wrote it to mock

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    election of 1984 was the 50th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1984. The presidential race was between the incumbent Republican candidate, President Ronald Reagan, and former Vice President Democratic candidate, Walter Mondale. Reagan was helped in the election by a strong economic recovery from the deep recession of 1981–1982. Reagan carried 49 of the 50 states, becoming only the second presidential candidate to do so after Richard Nixon 's victory in the 1972

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    Humans have been communicating with each other as long as the human race can remember. It has been the essences of our survival allowing us to be able to pass on our knowledge, express ideas, and covey emotions. As time passed, we have learned different methods to communicate. For example, we have learned to communicate with words and symbols which has helped us evolve and form a foundation for our society. Words and symbols have allowed to us expand our ability to communicate and the ability to

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    a combination of pastoral and carpe diem poetry that invites its subject, with the incentives of gifts and paradise, to join its speaker in a natural utopia—it embodies the trend of poetry and invention through pastoral imagination. In comparison, Walter Ralegh’s “The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd” is on the side of reason and philosophy, widely recognized as a refuting reply that uses Marlowe’s own structure against him to reject the Shepherd’s invitation. The question then becomes, if Ralegh’s response

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    Walter Lippman writes on his beliefs on the subject of personal freedom in the article “The Indispensable Opposition”. The author draws from his personal knowledge and observations of natural human interactions in order, to support the basis of his argument. He utilizes repetition of the word freedom, an abrasive tone, and day to day natural occurrences in order to stimulate the reader into thinking about freedom overall and how it effects themselves as a common human being. Lippmann also uses Voltaire’s

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    Starting a small business in Germany Abstract Small and medium enterprises are the vital part of Germany's economy and so the Government makes it easy for residents and non-residents to start and run a small business in any part of Germany. After considering whether a small business is perfect for you and your lifestyle, you can decide from the five different forms of business ownership. The next step is to choose an appropriate name for your business and then you can apply to the German Federal

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    that perfect piece; “modern”. From modern chairs to modern woven carpets and out of the norm modern toilet-bowls there is one thing all of the designs of today have in common and that is the word BAUHAUS. Bauhaus was a German art school started by Walter Gropius and open for about fourteen years. The impact Bauhaus has on our lives today causes the Bauhaus to live on everyday, not as a German art school but as a movement and an ideal to live by. When thinking of Bauhaus the words “form follows function”

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    Alex Lickerman, author of the article “The Power of Delaying Gratification”, discuss about the experiment psychologist Walter Mischel did on the kids to understand their self-control. Basically, he give a group of children a cookie and he give them to option either they could eat the cookie immediately or they can wait until he come back however if they wait for him to back they will receive another cookie. Based on his experiment he conclude that the kid who resist to eat cookie and wait for him

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    Humans are idealists. We are day dreamers, curious minds and wanters of what could be. At the same time though, we must be practical, smart and real or else Life might advantage of you. In writing we often see the battle of ideal vs real, especially when it comes to works centering on the topic of love. Poems like The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (Marlowe, 1599) and The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd (Raleigh, 1599) are prime examples of the contrasting views, while prose like Eveline (Joyce, 1914)

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