“In any moment of decision‚ The best thing you can do is the right thing‚ the next best thing is the wrong thing‚ and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Teddy Roosevelt. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ towards the ending (spoiler) one of the main characters‚ George‚ has to kill his best friend Lennie after he accidentally kills Curley’s wife because she was screaming and he got scared‚ and broke her neck‚ killing her. The quote from the beginning relates to this in that George did the
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The Boston Tea Party started at midnight on December 16‚ 1773. More than one hundred colonists called the Sons of Liberty threw about forty five tons of tea from British ships into Boston Harbor. This “protest” was a very justified act that showed confidence‚ determination‚ and bravery. Others believe that the act was unnecessary and the colonists went overboard (no pun intended) with their behavior‚ even though the colonists didn’t even damage the ships at all. This whole thing probably wouldn’t
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Abstract Since the first major lawsuit settled against tobacco companies in 1998‚ there has been much controversy over whether or not these lawsuits are justified. On the pro side of the argument there is much evidence to support that the tobacco industries have long known about the dangers of cigarette smoking. Furthermore that this knowledge warrants the need for compensation. In addition the industry has concealed this knowledge from the public. On the con side of the argument evidence shows
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Are Huge Profits of Investment Banks Justified? Investment banks are the financial institutes‚ that attract the capital for the large companies and governments on the global financial market‚ provide consulting services during buying and selling business‚ as well as provide the brokerage services. Being the leading mediator at the trading stocks and bonds‚ derivatives‚ currencies and raw materials‚ the investment banks also release analytical reports on all markets operated by it
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Was the bombing of Dresden and Hamburg justified? During the Second World War‚ allied forces targeted German cities for mass aerial bombardment. Two of the cities which felt the full brunt of RAF bombings were Dresden and Hamburg. This air campaign killed an estimated 600‚000 civilians and destroyed or seriously damaged some six million homes. The strategy used also came at a cost as Bomber Command throughout the bombing campaigns had 57‚143 men killed. The target’s for area bombing were chosen
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February 21‚ 1965. A week after his house was bombed‚ he was shot to death by Islam leaders while giving a speech at his rally. He did not deserve to die because he was just trying to make the world a better place and make things equal for all people. People who supported malcom were very devastated and angry. Emergency measures failed to save him. Due to the fact that malcom X’s father may have also been killed by white supremacists‚ this Malcom’s supports 10x more angry. Malcom X was a dangerous
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its people‚ and without it either end could abuse its power and lead to chaos. If the government censors or spies on the people‚ it would seem as though those freedoms are being violated and taken away. If the people in the country are not free‚ how can the government assure the country’s freedom through spying? In the Constitution‚ people are given freedom of speech‚ freedom of press‚ freedom to bear arms‚ and just freedom to live their lives. Why would the government go against that‚ and spy on their
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Were the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary to save allied lives and to end Japan’s threat to world peace? Did the resulting loss of life cost more than a deadly invasion of the Japanese mainland? In August 1945‚ the first dropping of atomic bombs in civilian areas of Japan killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people. Immediately following those bombings‚ Japan surrendered to the United States. The following essay summarizes the defense of the atomic bomb and its use‚ the arguments
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Hitler’s reign was one of the worst things to happen in history. At the time many people were afraid of putting him to a stop; even so‚ a few brave souls attempted to assassinate him. His ideas were inhuman and many things he did were crazy. He was a callous man. There were many assassination attempts and Hitler never got severely hurt‚ near the end of the war people began to think he was invincible. Contrary to what many may think‚ assassination attempts were a needed repeating theme for Adolf Hitler
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considered by Americans to be “The Mexican-American War”‚ and is considered by Mexicans to be “The U.S. Invasion.” The war occurred across Texas and Northern Mexico‚ with 13‚283 Americans perishing‚ and 25‚000 Mexicans losing their lives. The US was justified in going to war with Mexico because of the appalling way Mexico was treating the US‚ and it was also truly Mexico who started the war. Mexico was treating the United States
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