Although he still yearned to attend Harvard College, he still could not afford the tuition; however, he was given a full scholarship to the new law school at Duke University in North Carolina. ... Managing to keep his scholarship for each consecutive year, Richard graduated from Duke University in 1937 with high honors and was third in his class (Nixon.Archives.gov). ... While enrolled at Duke University he managed to get scholarship renewed for each successive year of college. ...

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By confronting the violent demonstrations at that state university, he ordered the California Highway Patrol and later the National Guard to the Berkeley campus when riots broke out in 1969. But he did compromise on a proposed tuition on state university students, settling for a charge instead and thus cutting costs while at the same time lessening the education communities feeling of hostility toward him. ...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and throughout his lifetime, Theodore suffered from severe asthma, becoming so bad that they would nearly suffocate him. His father, who refused to have a sickly child, would constantly carry him around, hoping that Theodore's lungs would become stronger. ...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and throughout his lifetime, Theodore suffered from severe asthma, becoming so bad that they would nearly suffocate him. His father, who refused to have a sickly child, would constantly carry him around, hoping that Theodore's lungs would become stronger. ...

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After graduation from Princeton (then the College of New Jersey) and the University of Virginia Law School, Wilson earned his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University and entered upon an academic career. ...

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Exactly a month after September 11th Kenneth Zapp, Economics professor from Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis wrote, "Unfortunately, Americans are famous for assuming that others see the world as we do." ...

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Steven Jobs was born in San Francisco, 1955, to two university students Joanne Schieble and Syrian born John Jandali. ... Leaving the state to attend college, he earned degrees from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. ...

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After graduating from Groton in 1900, Franklin enrolled at Harvard University where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and the editor of the Harvard Crimson newspaper (Schuster 81). ... Soon after he decided to study law at Columbia University, although he did not graduate with a degree, he was fortunately able to pass the law bar exam in 1907 (Schuster 112).He remained in New York practicing law for the following three years. ... Upon graduation, George set his sights on Yale University where he would receive a bachelor's degree in history. ...

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TEN MAJOR EVENTS THAT SHAPED THE UNITED STATES Over time instances occurred throughout history that affected the United States, for the good and bad. They affected many people emotionally and physically. The following ten events have affected the nation culturally, politically, economically, socially, and diplomatically. The ten events are a visual aspect of the how the nation evolved into what it is today. Without the events occurring, we may never have the materials that we do today. ...

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U.S. History Interview Jason Paris 1. What impact did the Cuban Missile Crisis on your community or family? " On me it didn't really effect me, I was at Ft. Rucker at the time." No people were really afraid. "The media would make it out to be more than it really was. The military knew...

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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of religious attendance and other cultural variables had on the vote in the 2004 presidential election. I start by first introducing the study and some of the generally held public beliefs. Following this, I review and critique scholarly articles written about the major influences in the 2004 presidential election. I then go on to formulate my own hypotheses and analyze them with a data from the American National Election Studies in 2004. I find that many cultural issues played important roles in George W. ...

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