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Council Of Nicea
Number of Words: 1045 / Number of Pages: 4
... in this Council. The poor and humble churches could not afford to send representatives over a thousand miles away.
The was the first genuine Roman Catholic council. The is similar to the biblical account of a church council found in Acts 15:4-22. The Creed was a very large part of the . Creeds are far more important than simply stating what you believe. The reason behind creeds in the Christian church has resulted in the deaths of millions of martyrs.
One of the last martyrs to die for the Faith before the end of the official persecutions was Saint Lucy. On the night of her death in 304 she pr ...
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Francis Ford Coppola
Number of Words: 570 / Number of Pages: 3
... well. Opposite a number of his films, in Apocalypse Now, it was important to some of the frames full. However, they still were not completed with excess objects, instead they were lavishly filled with the natural, lush greens of the Philippines. also uses dissolves in his works. In The Cotton Club (1984), this technique was used a couple of times, when both dancing and singing was being performed. His editing style proved continuous. It was neither choppy, nor disruptive to the viewer, which allowed for a more pleasant experience.
uses sound in a rather conventional way, but at times adds a ...
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History Of Computer
Number of Words: 2469 / Number of Pages: 9
... next innovation in computers took place in 1694 when Blaise Pascal invented
the first "digital calculating machine". It could only add numbers and they had to be entered by turning dials. It was designed to
help Pascal’s father who was a tax collector (Soma, 32).In the early 1800Õs, a mathematics professor named Charles
Babbage designed an automatic calculation machine. It was steam powered and could store up to 1000 50-digit numbers. Built
in to his machine were operations that included everything a modern general-purpose computer would need. It was
programmed by--and stored data on--cards with ...
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Slavery - Underground Rail Road
Number of Words: 1501 / Number of Pages: 6
... reason. Some were obsessed with being free and living a life where they were not told how to live. Others ran due to fear of being separted or sold from friends and family. Then there were some who were treated so cruely, that it forced them to run just to stay alive. Since coming to America as slaves even back as far back as when the first colonies began, slaves wanted to escape. They wanted to get away from the situation they were forced into. Those who were free were the "whites" who were somewhat separated in values. The North, was a more industrialized area where jobs were filled by newly impo ...
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Boom Towns Of The Amazon
Number of Words: 418 / Number of Pages: 2
... deadly.
The North region of Brazil encompasses the states and territories of Para, Ampa, Amazonas, Roraima, Acre and Rondonia. This section of Brazil has had the highest rate of urbanization than the rest of the country in recent years. This article examines the nature, causes and durability of frontier urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon. The rate of urbanization has been low in Amozonia. There is a mercantile dependence on extractive boom and bust cycles, which has created a scattered population of river settlements. Two cities, Belem and Manuas, which are the historical commercial center ...
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A Plan In The Making The Const
Number of Words: 922 / Number of Pages: 4
... had to conform to the general population. If they did not, then the public would not accept anything that came out of this convention. Roche also says that there were those that wanted a monarchy or a different type of government other than what the Articles of Confederation provided. Some representatives wanted a more centralized form of government, meaning that, more power would be given to the National Government. Others wanted the majority of the power to remain with the states. The reason being that people did not want a government that was like Britain’s. With this entire situation ...
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The Titanic
Number of Words: 481 / Number of Pages: 2
... thirty-two dollars. The first-class lounge was designed after the palace at Versailles. ’s official name was the RMS Titanic which stands for Royal Mail Steamer.
April 10,1912 Titanic left the docks of Southampton, England and was headed to Cherbourg, France and then from France they left for Queenstown, England, from England to New York City.’s top speed was 23 knots. The morning before the the sinking actually recieved numerous messages from other ships regarding icebergs in the area. The collision with the iceberg occurred at 11:40 p.m. April 14, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Survio ...
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The Twenties And Thirties
Number of Words: 617 / Number of Pages: 3
... and pay off the debt later.
The thirties was a bad time for the automotive industry. By now Ford had made a Model-A and had three new colors: tan, purple and black. All of the companies were making more cars than they could sell. Nobody had enough money to buy a car because of all of the banks going under. Millions of people lost whole fortunes. Since no one had the money for a car, the cars were not being sold. This caused a big problem. The dealers were very optimistic. They continued to make cars hoping that sales would go up.
The new credit law was a wonderful idea. It allowed people to purcha ...
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Salem Witch Trials
Number of Words: 1411 / Number of Pages: 6
... They condemned innocent women on the basis of intangible evidence, confessions, and such things as "witchmarks" (Hill). As Dorcas Hoar said, "I will speak the truth as long as I live" (Salem Home Page). Nine year old Betty Parris and eleven year old Abigail Williams, the daughter and niece of Reverend Parris, were the first to start to display signs of strange behavior. Some of this behavior included profane screaming, convulsive seizures, trance-like stages, and unexplainable animal-like noises. Shortly after this, other Salem girls began to demonstrate this same behavior. (Sale ...
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Women Rights
Number of Words: 669 / Number of Pages: 3
... the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Stanton created a list to present called "Declaration of Sentiments" which stated areas in life where women were treated unjustly. (*1) After the second day of the convention, every resolution on her declaration was passed except the one that called for women the right to vote. As time passed, however, many conventions were held all the way up to the Civil War. Women just like Stanton, such as Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Sojourner Truth traveled throughout the country lecturing and organizing for the next fourty years.
A 72 year ...
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