1. Why do you want to be a GHC fellow? (200 words maximum) Since I was young‚ I was always asking myself why people in African‚ mostly women and children‚ always suffer from malnutrition‚ gender inequality‚ poverty‚ injustice and many more problems which are against their rights. Because I was still young‚ I would not understand the reason why of those things were happening. Crimes were committed to human beings by other human beings. After a certain period of time‚ I came to understand that there
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King Louis XVI was the absolute king of France‚ and his wife Marie Antoinette lived in luxury in their palace of Versailles‚ while the people of France lived in extreme poverty. In 1789 he decided to call the Estates-General‚ a gathering which includes three different estates‚ the clergy‚ the nobility and the third estate which consisted of poor people and the middle class. The King locked the Third Estate out of the Estates-General‚ so its members created the Tennis Court Oath‚ swearing that they
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homosexuals. This investigation will aim to determine the Nazis role in the rage against homosexuals during the holocaust‚ and how the treatment of homosexuals evolved‚ culminating in the eventual murders of thousands. Within the summary of evidence‚ I plan to study the existence of homosexuality prior to the holocaust‚ Nazis ideologies and policies regarding homosexuals and the treatment of homosexuals during the Nazis rule. Throughout this investigation a bibliography of secondary resources will be compiled
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Time spent during prenatal development creates a special bond between the mother and child. During this time‚ biological factors such as hormones pass through the placental barrier from the mother and into the fetus’ bloodstream. Additionally‚ umbilical cord transports materials such as nutrients to the fetus. Due to the direct connection‚ mothers are strongly advised not to consume teratogens such as alcohol‚ drugs‚ or other substance that may be detrimental to a fetus during pregnancy. Intangible
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During the Vietnam War era‚ the United States and other democratic and free nations were fearful of communism spreading to more parts of the world. They fought two world wars to protect freedom‚ and to contain the communist movements. The foreign policy of the United States evolved to that of a pre-emptive type strike on the possibility of communism surfacing and threatening free countries. Harry S. Truman began to theorize that if a communist nation took over a non-communist state‚ then neighboring
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effects of the plague. His writing on the plague does a good job on helping historians depict how the plague disrupted the social order in the city of Florence and tells us how it affected families. The plague was a serious disaster in the world during the renaissance‚ disrupting rule‚ social order and families. Boccaccio stated that
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The Railroad Boom The main reason for the transcontinental railroads to be built was to bring the east and west together. The building of these railroads caused huge economic growth throughout the United States. The railroad created opportunities for everyone across the US. “Railroads were the first big business‚ the first magnet for the great financial markets‚ and the first industry to develop a large-scale management bureaucracy. The railroads opened the western half of the nation to economic
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PROMPT: Do you think Ender’s own view of himself‚ that he’s just like Peter‚ is true or not? Explain your answer‚ and use at least ONE piece of evidence from the text that supports your answer. PROMPT: Do you think Ender’s own view of himself‚ that he’s just like Peter‚ is true or not? Explain your answer‚ and use at least ONE piece of evidence from the text that supports your answer. PROMPT: Do you think Ender’s own view of himself‚ that he’s just like Peter‚ is true or not? Explain your answer
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“The Dotcom Gloom”: The Boom and Bust of the Dotcom Industry Money plops down on the counter to pay for a new pair of shoes. Plastic cards swipe through to purchase a side table. Some people argue that society’s obsession with material goods comes from greed and decadence‚ but really it goes deeper than that. It comes from the noble tradition of capitalism. In the 1990s‚ America watched as the traditional face to face interactions of capitalism changed. It was changed through the Internet and is
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“ Who do you think would come to our funerals?” I turn to my cousin‚ Rehmah‚ and ask her while cracking all of the knuckles in my right hand‚ and then my left. I can’t hear them crack because of the loud screaming and the mechanics in the background. I looked around and the walls were purple with Sonic characters on it. The ceiling was so high up gladly because then we would’ve disintegrated. “My family‚ your family‚ all of your grandparents‚ all of my grandparents‚ all of your second‚ first and
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