The big problems of the electoral system were particularly evident in the 2000 elections: There may have been significant discrepancies between the voter decision and the electoral vote; a candidate who obtains the most vote’s nationwide‚ does not necessarily have to combine the most electors. Al Gore won in 2000‚ the absolute majority of votes‚ but received fewer votes in the Electoral College as his opponent George W. Bush. Another disadvantage is the focus of the candidates on states where pollsters
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The presidential election in 2000 between George W. Bush and Al Gore was a close race‚ unfortunately for Al Gore‚ the election was not fair. When Florida voted the first time Bush won all 25 electoral votes‚ he won by 15‚000 votes. Palm Beach county in Florida demanded a recount because many citizens believed they voted for the wrong person due to the confusion of the ballot. The machine which counted the votes didn’t count correctly and somehow took away thousands of votes away from Gore and gave
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Reality and Illusion In the stage directions at the beginning of Act I of Six Characters in Search of an Author‚ Pirandello directs that as the audience enters the theatre the curtain should be up and the stage bare and in darkness‚ as it would be in the middle of the day‚ “so that from the beginning the audience will have the feeling of being present‚ not at a performance of a properly rehearsed play‚ but at a performance of a play that happens spontaneously.” The set‚ then‚ is designed to blur
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A LOVE STORY WITH A BITTERSWEET ENDING Broken Promise Not all love stories have their happy endings! One day‚ there was a girl named Natalia who loved someone far away from her. She loved Ken so much. Their relationship was like a roller-coaster ride. They didn’t see each other always. Days have passed and Natalia met a new guy. It was on June 2009‚ classes started. Natalia went to school and they had a new classmate who transfered to their school. The guy named Nathan came from a far
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The Disneyfication of Beauty and the Beast Folklore SUBJECT: Theatre SUBJECT TEACHER: Pak Tim Sutomo Kendra Sabina 9L The later Disney revisions follow this same formula‚ even though young adult women’s values have changed. Modern values override the archetypal storyline in Beauty and the Beast as well. Madame Gabrielle de Villenueve wrote the first version of Beauty and the Beast in 1740. Disney has made many changes
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Memory My earliest memory of my childhood joy was when I was four years old. I was sitting on the kitchen counter next to my mom helping her fix dinner. I do not remember what we cooked but I do remember having fun with my mom‚ it was the first time she taught me how to prepare food. I remember my mom cutting an onion and the juice squirted into my eye; it hurt so bad I screamed and yelled. To this day I still do not like to use onions when I am cooking‚ for this reason I have someone else
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1. What was America’s first penny candy to be individually wrapped? Tootsie Rolls were the first individually wrapped candy and were sold for one penny each beginning in 1896. http://www.ehow.com/about_5435061_whatever-happened-penny-candy.html 2. At which fraternity at which college was the movie Animal House based? The Alpha Delta fraternity at Dartmouth College in Hanover‚ N.H.‚ is said to be the inspiration for the 1978 movie "National Lampoon’s Animal House." The house was raided by police
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Outline Slide 1: Title Slide COURTNEY Slide 2: Poem‚ Had You Not Had you not hinted It would be appropriate For me to kiss you Beneath the silver moon‚ I may have avoided you And Prufrocked myself through life— Singing nothing but an etherized song. Had you not suggested Spring was a good season For us to make love‚ I might have buried myself In a library trying to find why Henry James’ delicate wound Kept him on the sidelines‚ While the match played out Before his fearful
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Narrative essay Main character: genie Setting: swamp Plot: treasure is found There are four genies‚ which is Jinny‚ Winny‚ Tinny and Ninny‚ they are very good friend and they have living in a forest called The Peaceful Forest. They live in there almost 100 years‚ unfortunately they only can live 200 years‚ but they never feel sad about that and they live happily. One day‚ a devil has come to their place and tells them that there is a treasure inside the swamp which is behind the forest. He asks
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Jeffrey Archer is well-known for his novels of intrigue‚ deceit and mystery. Old Love‚ one of his short stories from The Collected Short Stories‚ does not fit into this category and could even be described as predictable but‚ whilst reading it‚ the reader can’t help but want to read on just to make sure that what is expected really does happen. The suspense is fitting and delights the reader as "they hated each other from the moment they met‚" sets the reader up for a love story that many recognize
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