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    governments‚ he wrote the book Nineteen Eighty-Four. Published in 1946‚ Nineteen Eighty-Four describes life in a totalitarianism form of government‚ following the main character‚ Winston Smith‚ as he takes risks in discovering how he believes life should truly be. Literary critic Irving Howe states‚ “Were it possible‚ in the world of 1984‚ to show human character in anything resembling genuine freedom...it would not be the world of 1984” (62). In Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ the government uses its power

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    The “Stop for Pedestrians” advertisement‚ sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration‚ demonstrates an extremely effective way to caution drivers when they decide to go behind the wheel. The success of the public service announcement is accomplished through the use of visuals and exaggeration. Persuasion is first achieved through an account of an anonymous driver‚ who made the mistake of only keeping track of the surrounding cars‚ “[He] was looking out for the other cars. [He did not] see

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    John Lewis acknowledges the fact that many want to stop them and yet they should not and will not stop until they get the rights they deserve as he emphasizes their image of love and spirit that they want to continue to spread with their marches. For instance‚ in the beginning of the text‚ Lewis states‚ “They’re talking about slow down and stop. We will not stop. All of the forces of Eastland‚ Barnett‚ Wallace‚ and Thurmond will not stop this revolution”(para 9). As well as at the end of the paragraph

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    Stop School Shootings

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    School Shooter: Stop the Plot Many people think they are safe when they are inside school‚ which should be the case but sadly it is not. Over forty school shootings have happened within one year. School shootings have been a constant problem for our nation‚ in order to protect all of us‚ we need to create a dynamic solution. So many school shooting incidents occurred on the campuses of K-12 public schools and private schools‚ as well as colleges and universities. America has been dealing with school

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    Roaring Twenties Essay

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    flappers and music‚ entertainment‚ and different fads and trends. They called it “The Roaring Twenties.” And while all of those things were fun‚ awful things happened as well‚ such as the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan‚ and then the point where everything came to a screeching halt‚ the stock market crash of 1929. When people think of the Roaring Twenties‚ they usually think of flappers. Flappers were women who often smoked‚ drank alcohol‚ and did other conventionally unladylike things. The common style

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    Stop and Frisk

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    citizens or about 1.5%. The increase of arrests was definitely due to policy change‚ as is illustrated when comparing population growth numbers by the increase in people actually stopped and those arrested. Current law allows police officers to conduct stop and frisk searches of persons based on reasonable suspicion‚ as determined by Terry v. Ohio where supreme court decisions determined that individuals can be searched not only for probable cause (where an individual is under suspicion of committing

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    Stop Smoking

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    STOP SMOKING A PERSUASIVE SPEECH SUBMITTED BY: Symon Jerremae Z. Del Carmen SUBMITTED TO: Ms. Madeleine Cabalan Hello my name is Symon and I’m here to persuade you to stop smoking.  Smoking is not only bad for health it is also as bad for the people  around you.  Breathing other people’s smoke is called passive‚ involuntary or  secondhand smoking. The non-smoker breathes "side stream" smoke from  the burning tip of the cigarette and "mainstream" smoke that has been  inhaled and

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    Stop and Frisk

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    there’s has been a lot of actions that the police have been used on citizens and innocent bystander. One of these actions are called “Stop and Frisk”‚ which has been used a lot these days‚ specially in New York. “ Stop and Frisk” means to be randomly search by police or a high authority when they suspect a bystander is carrying something suspicious. At times " Stop and Frisk” can be helpful at times ‚ but not most of the time ‚ and in some cases it has been believed to be used by high authorities

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    The machine stops

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    cases‚ it has become the only acceptable way to communicate. According to “The Machine stops” short story written by E.M Forster‚ the lives of individuals are controlled by a machine that works under the surface of the earth. We are in a logic forced into agreement to gain knowledge of computers; otherwise opportunities will continue to become harshly increased as time goes on. In the story " the machine stops" it had made the life of the human race to be so easy and simple to the point that humans

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    not manage younger employees in the same way that we manage employees‚ which are in the company for several years. In an article from the Harvard Business Review‚ Michael Fertik has told us some good ways to teach and motivate employees in their twenties. The first step could be to give responsibility to young employees through a specific mission immediately. In that way the employee will to make decision‚ and if he does not know how to do it‚ he will figure out a way. Most of the time‚ young employees

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