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    heating and cooking purposes. Undoubtedly‚ these seem meaningless to us today‚ but consider life without these discoveries and inventions. Would you be able to enjoy the same quality of life without them? But the fact is that the emergence of necessities led man to explore further. As time passed‚ man realized other needs arising around him. After catering to his fundamental needs of food and shelter‚ man felt the need for acquiring goods‚ which he himself could not produce. This led to the idea

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    Empress Luxury Lines Antonio’s Ethical Dilemma In this case study‚ Empress Luxury Line’s manager Antonio Melendez faces an ethical dilemma which many managers have experienced in the corporate setting. Callahan (1990) supports this theory: Fifty-eight percent of the respondents to a recent poll believe that the ethical standards of American business executives are only fair or poor. The public outcry about business ethics is paralleled in legal journals. At the same time‚ an employee who is

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    SUBJECT : ENGLISH 2 ABORTION IS MURDER Abortion is murder of an innocent unborn baby. It is murder at any stage in my opinion. People think that when you get pregnant‚ the "baby" isn’t really anything until a certain point in the pregnancy. If this is true‚ then what is it? Whatever it is to some people‚ in reality‚ it is a baby developing. If someone decided not to abort a pregnancy‚ it would turn into a human being. A person‚ with feelings‚ and sensation‚ and everything. Abortion

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    society. Computers can make a class more exciting and free the student from boredom and monotony. Computers have many facilities. They can be helpful in many educational fields. They can be a great help to both the teachers and students. For educators‚ it is a tool for lesson preparation. They can research on a particular topic through computers; use printers or the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation facility to make their assignments or research more attractive to the viewers. They can make audio/video

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    FYI (This is a biased written paper written if one were to defend Japanese Internment) The Necessity of Japanese Internment Much controversy has been sparked due to the internment of the Japanese people. Many ask whether it was justified to internment them. It is a very delicate issue that has two sides‚ those who are against the internment of the Japanese-Americans and those who are for it. With World War II raging in the East‚ America was still‚ for the most part‚ very inactive in the war.

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    The Virginian Luxuries painting demonstrates on the right side of the picture a white man forcing a kiss on a black woman and on the left half of the picture a slaveholder beating a slave. The painting was anonymously made in 1800 and the title suggest that the setting is in Virginia during the time that Jefferson won the presidential election. This painting conveys the brutal treatment of slaves and how often the women slaves were forced into sexual acts with their masters‚ for example‚ President

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    Philosophy 1301. 1002 Ayer‚ A.J. “Freedom and Necessity.” In the following paper I will talk about A.J. Ayer’s “Freedom and Necessity‚” and I will explain the dilemma of determinism and Ayer’s compatibilist solution to it. I will explain some of the examples Ayer uses to explain the difference between cause and being constrained‚ and how both affect one’s free will. I will also discuss on why Ayer’s compatibilism solution to the dilemma is the best solution so far. According to A.J. Ayer‚

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    In this essay‚ based on the definition of necessity that I have given in the introduction‚ I have tried to incorporate the different sections in Thucydides History to justify my arguments of what is a war of necessity and in what circumstances would it be necessary for states to go to war with each other. By incorporating different sections into my arguments‚ I try to ensure that I have a more well-rounded understanding of Thucydides viewpoints and not take any of his viewpoints out of context. With

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    The three basics are food‚ sleep and exercise‚ though the balance depends on age. As we get older we tend to need less of all three. Metabolism slows with age‚ so we feel less hungry; with age we become less active and therefore need less sleep However‚ all three basics are required at any age if we are to remain relatively young and healthy throughout our allotted span. For the purpose of this essay‚ let us assume that you are a young man or woman of about eighteen years. You have an interest

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    luxury brands and industries in step with lifestyles‚ values and attitudes of modern society and culture? “Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends” Coco Chanel The display of luxury signifies individual power and achievements. The manner which people dress reflects economic‚ political‚ social standing and self worth. Christian Dior quoted “it seems to me that women and men instinctively yearn to exhibit themselves”. Luxury in the fashion industry is usually defined in elements

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