Dr. J (julius Erving)
.... entered the university, where Ray Wilson was hired
as assistant coach the following year.
At Massachusetts, Erving broke freshman records for scoring and
rebounding, leading his team through an undefeated season. The next
year, he had the second best rebound tally in the country. Over the
summer, he joined an NCAA all-star team touring Western Europe and the
Soviet Union. He was voted most valuable player on this tour.
Julius Erving left the University to go professional af .....
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Dracula
.... beginning. God is looked at and referred to in the Bible as being the light which symbolizes happiness or life. Dracula's powers are limited in the daytime, during the light, and his powers are stronger in the night, during darkness, which symbolizes evil. In the book, Draculamoves to an old abandoned Church not used anymore which can show that God is no longer present which would fulfill Dracula's purpose of spreading evil. For those reasons I think that the book Dracula isitself Anti-Christian and tha .....
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Dred Scott
.... him a free man. The Missouri Compromise did not allow slavery in whatever territory that remained from the Louisiana Purchase north of a specific line, 36o 30' of north latitude.
At this time the issue of slavery was a major concern. The Mexican War provided the United States with a lot of new territory, and the question of the future of slavery in the territories was on everyones mind. The people of the North who were against slavery wanted Congress to prohibit slavery in the territories.
John C. Cal .....
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Dresden, A City Lost
.... density of population." ("Was the Bombing of Dresden Justifiable," 7) Dresden was Germany's seventh largest city, in addition, by February 1945 refugees fleeing westward before the advancing Soviet military forces had doubled Dresden's population.
An additional supposed purpose of the utter devastation of this capital of Saxony on the Elbe River was that apparently German troops were going through Dresden to fight the Red army. Therefore, the USSR requested the British and Americans to commence .....
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Druids
.... that such victims were tied into a huge wicker man shaped effigies and burned alive. Some mythologies describe one person's life being sacrificed so terminally ill noble would survive, indicating a belief in a cosmic balance of forces. The Druids were very noble to their gods, because the gods were similar to humans in disposition and temperament; they are so much more accessible and comprehensible to humans. The idea that the gods might be makers of morality and judges of humanity is a foreign idea t .....
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Dutch Slave Trade
.... will begin a long fight for mastery at sea. The Dutch was the trading capital of the world at this time; in which is represented in this quote,” Although the Dutch tenaciously resisted the new competition, the long distance trading system of Europe was transformed from one largely conducted through the Netherlands, with the Dutch as universal buyer-seller and shipper, to one of multiple routes and fierce competitiveness.”(Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 24, pg. 890). The Netherlands operated in 7 provinc .....
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American History 2
.... look at other parts of the world for expansion. At the time, there were many other nations looking to expand its empire such as Britain and Germany. Some Southern expansionists saw Cuba as an interest because it could have possibly been used as a slave territory. Because Northerners were highly against slavery, the plan was dropped. After the Civil War, Secretary of State Seward had negotiated a treaty to purchase the virgin Islands from Denmark, but the senate rejected this treaty. They were not purchase .....
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Dying And Surviving In Virgini
.... the great seastorm and seven out of eleven chiefest colonists were drowned. The rest of the crews, after experiencing this disaster, lost their faith and hope. However, they managed to get to Roanoke some time much later than expected. They arrived too late. The land was deserted. It was guessed that the colonists who stayed behind probably died of hunger before the supplies ships arrived. Also, those colonists were left behind alone with no protection from the attack of the native Indians. When the ne .....
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D-day
.... managed to capture the fortified position at the Pointe du Hoc, after a particularly daring assault. Meanwhile, between 0630 and 0730 hours, 135,000 men and roughly 20,000 vehicles were brought in by sea on five landing beaches as planned.
Although the objectives fixed for the evening of D-Day (Caen, Bayeux, Isigny, Carentan), were not achieved, overall the operation was a success. Except at Omaha Beach (Colleville-Saint-Laurent-Vierville) where despite a show of extraordinary courage from the Americ .....
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D-day 2
.... assist in isolating the assault area from the main enemy centers of supply and reinforcement to the east. At the Quebec Conference in August 1943 Allied leaders approved the choice of this battleground for invasion.
The staff of ground forces, airforces, and navies had now entered the second stage of planning for the largest amphibious operation in military history. The tactical difficulties to be faced were only one part of a problem that required complete coordination and teamwork, not just be .....
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Darwins Sea Change
.... the only change in Darwin though. It did not just effect the friendship between him and Fitzroy. Darwin began to do more research and experiments. It is also believed that Darwin's five years at sea could have turned him into the great scientist that he was. There is also the belief that Fitzroy was the cause of Darwin's change. For five long years Darwin would listen to the boastful captain. In many of the conversations that the two had, Darwin would not agree with him. However it was against his role to .....
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Dea Sea Scrolls Imperfection
.... a novel, they are afforded the opportunity to use a word processor in which they can input their ideas directly into a machine that is capable of checking their spelling and grammar within a few seconds of the command. And the luxury of having a button that instantly gives synonyms for words that they are at a loss for. How much easier can writing be?! In this time where such lovely machines play such a huge role in our everyday life, it’s so easy to forget that the human race still reigned this plane .....
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Dead Sea Scrolls
.... not found in the Bible are written in the Scrolls.The Isaiah Scroll, found relatively intact, is 1000 years older than any previously known copy of Isaiah. In fact, the scrolls are the oldest group of Old Testament manuscripts ever found. In the Scrolls are found never before seen psalms attributed to King David and Joshua.There are no biblical writings along the order of commentaries on the OT, paraphrases that expand on the Law, rulebooks of the community, war conduct, thanksgiving psalms, hymnic compo .....
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Debate - “crito,” By Plato, An
.... honorably, thus not making life worth living. Crito gives him a few other reasons including; thinking about his family (who would raise his children?), thinking about his followers (they don’t want him to die), and that the guilty verdict was wrong and unfair (few Athenians really wanted him put to death). Socrates then goes on to explain that his friends would raise his children, as he would wish. Also, he would be a mockery to his followers if he were to go against his own preaching. Lastly, the g .....
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Declaration For War In 1917
.... sunk a British ship, The Lusitania. On that ship were 128 Americans, that had been killed. Instead of declaring war, which I had wanted, President Wilson sends out demands to the Germans. He demands a formal apology from Germany, money damages to the families of American victims that boarded the Lusitania, and he had made a remark that said, “ The U.S. Government shall demand that the German Government pledge to follow international law with regard to the use of their submarines. Any future violation of .....
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