because I didn’t know about Thanksgiving. I knew it was the reason why my teacher spent the days leading up to it having us make hand turkeys and watch the Charlie Brown special in class‚ but my family never celebrated it. I never realized how strange that was until I shared it with a friend the week before. “What do you mean you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving?!” he exclaimed. I recall the awkward predicament this put me in‚
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5-2-13 English 1020- Green In regards to whether or not we should ban sodas and fast food on the campus of State University‚ I disagree with this action. I do not think that we should ban fast food or sodas because people are entitled to what they want to eat. By prohibiting fast food and sodas‚ we would outrage some of the students and they would feel some of their rights are taken by limiting their number of food sources they are entitled to. Even though the obesity rate is high in the USA
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Why should we protect intellectual property? (By Igor Gorshkov‚ for Sr. Carlos Rivadulla Oliva – Intellectual property) I’d like to start my answer with a simple example‚ that comes to my mind: You know “Kalashnikov” automatic gun‚ right. On of the most popular automatic guns in the whole world‚ that combines in itself simplicity‚ reliability and at the same time effectiveness. It was invented in the USSR in 1947 by a very smart Russian scientist Michal Kalashnikov. How ever‚ not many
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Michael Murray 22 May 2014 The Gospel of Wealth: Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie was an extremely successful businessman through the wealth he obtained with the railroad industry‚ but as a person felt that this fortune was better spent on socially beneficial projects‚ and his idea became known as “ The Gospel of Wealth." Carnegie’s main concern was how the wealth was administered throughout the country‚ responding with the notion that the rich and poor should bind together and benefit as one
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constitution you can adopt such qualifications as you may think proper for the happiness‚ security‚ and prosperity of the state. Until then all freemen of six months residence should be entitled to a vote…. Document D Source: Robert V. Remini‚ Andrew Jackson and The Course of American Empire‚ Vol III‚ Copyright (c) 1984. Reprinted by permission from Harper Collins Publishers‚ Inc. ...(T)he General’s views on office holding became even more democratic as he grew older. He proceeded from the (idea)
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WHY DO WE NEED TO STUDY LITERATURE. Literature is part of our cultural heritage which is freely available to everyone‚ and which can enrich our lives in all kinds of ways. Once we have broken the barriers that make studying literature seem daunting‚ we find that literary works can be entertaining‚ beautiful‚ funny‚ or tragic. They can convey profundity of thought‚ richness of emotion‚ and insight into character. They take us beyond our limited experience of life to show us the lives of other people
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How Digital Technologies are changing the way we work: Intelligent processes create a virtuous cycle of constant improvement fed by continuous feedback. An intelligent process is studded with sensors that monitor every move and feed those observations into sophisticated models that allow people and software to make real-time adjustments and decisions. Digital technologies make it possible to identify opportunities for adaptation‚ analyze the trade-offs and then adapt faster and more efficiently
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Why we travel ? Why do we travel ? As Pico Iyer mentioned in his article “ Why We Travel “ Travelling gives us the advantage of losing all of the stress around; moreover‚ it lets us enjoy a deep break. In addition‚ travelling uncovers the other cultures with a way that hearing or reading about cannot cover. Further more‚ travelling is more about feeling younger and reliving your life‚ it is about taking life slower so you could enjoy every moment in it. Iyer explained in his article how living
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Why We should save natural resources because if we don’t‚ life will die out Have you ever wondered what would happen to the earth if we used all of the natural resources? Is it a possibility that this would happen in the near future? Well‚ at the current rate of resources being used it might happen. Renewable resources can Be used more than once. On the other hand non-renewable resources cannot be restored after being used once it’s used. Additionally non-renewable resources are in limited
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Andrew Altman’s article Freedom of Expression and Human Rights Law: The Case of Holocaust Denial‚ highlights key aspects of the international discourse on Holocaust denial‚ and how many concessions can be made under the Human Right to Freedom of Speech. Overall‚ I found Altman’s arguments to be quite convincing‚ as there is considerable limitations to the current legal precedence pertaining to Holocaust denial cases. However‚ Altman’s use of the Brandenburg Doctrine as a foundation for his arguments
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