John Greavu 1 Writing Assignment 4: Saving Money Is Not Saving Anyone We‚ the consumers of America are always trying to get the most “bang for their buck”‚ often times without realizing the true consequences of such actions. In a world where we’ve been told most our lives that saving money is good thing‚ you can’t really blame us. We shop at Wal-Mart‚ clip coupons and sometimes turn into savages on Black Friday. However‚ we tend to forget the saying “there is no such thing as a free lunch”; there
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A democratic government has various major roles. A government is required to draft legislation that the people can vote on. It is also needed to organize systems to meet the needs and wants of the citizens. In addition‚ it is imperative to kill the laws that are put into place‚ since the people do not have the capability to enforce legislation. Furthermore‚ a government can create a military that recruits‚ trains‚ and deploys soldiers‚ while one person could not ever pull off such an incredible task
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Democracy is the most successful political idea in the world. It is a type of government where a majority of the people are included in making political decisions. In democratic countries‚ politicians get elected by citizens through a vote to make decisions on their behalf. It also guarantees political and civil rights‚ for example; freely forming and expressing your own opinions‚ free to worship your own religion‚ and the right to protest if you wish to. In 1982 Canada’s government created The Canadian
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Ferdinand Porsche[2] (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and honorary Doctor of Engineering. He was best known for creating the first hybrid vehicle (gasoline-electric)‚ the Volkswagen Beetle‚ and the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK‚ as well as the first of many Porsche automobiles. Porsche designed the 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen‚ which was the first race car with mid-engine‚ rear-wheel drive layout. Known in business circles as the "great engineer"‚[3] he made a number
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Saving Water‚ Saving Environment!! Tien Ho Period 2 • Water is a precious resource‚ but not infinite‚ thus saving water is always essential even in areas with abundant water resources. In addition to saving household spending‚ saving water also helps prevent depletion of groundwater resources‚ prevent water pollution in the basin. • California is the most productive agricultural state in the union‚ and agriculture uses 80 percent of California’s water. In a year with practically none of the stuff
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Role Of Students In Nation Bulding Today i write a short but very useful articles or essay on youth.Students play a very important role in very nation.so that is why i thought i write a short essay or articles for student. The Role of Students In Nation Building A nation does not live by its big buildings‚ dams or factories. A nation can live it of its people. There is a proverb that child is the fathers of man. Who is this child? He is generally a school or collage student. So his constructive
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Democracy In Athens The city state of Athens was thought to be one of the first democracies ever. Cleisthenes made final reforms to the Athenian constitution and united four separate tribes in 507 B.C.E.. This became the seed of Athenian democracy. To this day‚ about 60% of all governments are democracies‚ which makes Athens the father of modern governing. However‚ by today’s standards‚ Athens was far from what one would call “democratic”. Athens had several democratic aspects to its society‚ but
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Did you know that world leaders do not exactly agree on what a democracy means. A democracy’s most salient and universally agreed upon component is a voting system. Athens was not truly democratic because they had slaves‚ no woman rights‚ and no equal rights. The first reason Athens wasn’t truly democratic is that they had slaves. Slaves were viewed as insignificant‚ vapid people‚ for this reason they did not get to vote. Since they were classified as slaves‚ they didn’t have the privilege
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What is Democracy? 1.government by the people; a form of government in which thesupreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly bythem or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2.a state having such a form of government. 3.a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights andprivileges. 4.political or social equality; democratic spirit. 5.the common people of a community as distinguished from anyprivileged class; the common people with respect to theirpolitical power
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Etymologically‚ democracy comes from two Greek words‚ demos and cratein. Demos means society while cratein means authority. There are many terminological definitions of democracy‚ one of it is definition is by Henry B. Mayo stating that democracy is a political system showing the public policy determined by representatives audited effectively by the society by having periodic elections based on principles of political similarities in a situation where there is freedom to choose. This means that
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