Articles for tag: Clarence Darrow, St. Pete Beach

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Haunted Hotel: Don CeSar on St. Pete Beach, FL

The Don CeSar Hotel on St. Pete Beach in Florida is a historic hotel with a fascinating history. There are some people who even say it is haunted. The Don CeSar was built by Thomas Rowe. Many years before Rowe built the Don CeSar, he fell in love with a woman named Lucinda. There are ...

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Haunted Colorado, Sixth in a Series of “These Haunted States of America”

Everyone loves a good ghost story. That’s what makes authors like Stephen King, Bentley Little and Robert R. McCammon so popular. Haunted Colorado was made “mainstream” by Stephen King’s The Shining, but you won’t find The Overlook Hotel here, though there is The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park where Stephen King received the inspiration for ...

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Setting the Bar: Winning Your Case with Courtroom Savvy

Clarence Darrow once said that the only real lawyers were trial lawyers. While that position is debatable, every good attorney should understand the distinct difference between winning his case on paper and winning it in the courtroom. While book smarts will get you through law school, help you pass the bar exam, or help you ...

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Historic Hotels in St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg and St. Pete’s Beach are a popular Tampa Bay vacation getaway. The famed white sand beaches of St. Pete and Clearwater are 30 minutes from popular Florida attractions like Busch Gardens and 90 minutes from Walt Disney World, Sea World and Universal Studios in Orlando. Legendary hotels that are members of the Historic ...

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Should Classroom Teachers Employ the Socratic Method?

I was surprised when I read the trial of Socrates. What surprised me were the similarity between Socrates trial and what he was accused of, and the Scopes trial of the 1920s. In both trials the accused were accused of teaching against the Gods. During Socrates apology, he was accused of teaching that the SUN ...