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    Nuclear Power Is Good Humanity needs a lot of energy. We need it for light‚ heat‚ transport‚ food and so on. Basically everything we do in our daily life requires energy. However‚ the popular way to create energy by burning fossil fuels causes some serious problems to our environment. So it is really a need for another energy resource. Hence‚ nuclear power can be the best since it contains advantages of higher efficiency of energy but lower pollution to our world. The first and also the most

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    "In the past‚ those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside." - John F. Kennedy When individuals come into a position of power‚ where the definition of control becomes a new one according to their own point of view‚ they usually open a feeling in their minds that what ever decision they make that directly conflicts the lives of other people‚ that they shouldn’t feel responsible at all. That’s when power corrupts the minds of these people. Corruption is

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    Nuclear Power and Its Uses At first nuclear power was only seen as a means of destruction but after World War II a major effort was made to apply nuclear energy to peacetime uses. Nuclear power if made when a nucleus of an atom is split to release a powerful burst of energy. Though technological advancements nuclear power now supplies us with new medical aids‚ a new power source and new ways to do scientific research. New medical advancements are being produced rapidly due to nuclear power. Nuclear

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    demonstrating against an ongoing racial discrimination of black people in the United States and for Civil Rights. “Smith has also been quoted as saying he raised his fist to represent black power within America‚ while Carlos raised his left fist to represent black unity.   United together they formed an arch of unity and power.” The backlash was immediate and very far ranging. When the national Anthem had finished and the athletes were walking off the podium they were booed by many people in the crowd. Many

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    The Nuclear Power Debate In 1953‚ nuclear energy was introduced into America as a cheap and efficient energy source‚ favoured in place of increasingly scarce fossil fuels which caused air pollution. Its initial use was welcomed by the general public‚ as it was hoped to lower the price of electricity‚ and utilise nuclear power for it’s potential as a resource‚ not a weapon. However‚ as people became aware of the long term dangers involved in storing nuclear waste‚ it’s use was criticised. Two

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    The expression “Power corrupts” can illustrate how the more power one achieves‚ the more corrupt the person may become. Evidence of this is shown in William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” as characters that came in contact with power is shown being corrupted and consumed by greed. Lady Macbeth is a character in this play‚ and you view how her gained authority and her ambitions took control of her to do wrongful deeds. Corruption is depicted very clearly in the character Macbeth‚ as his fearful ambitions

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    Nazi Consolidation of Power 1933-34 The consolidation of power by the Nazi’s was absolute and effective in the years 1933-34 in Germany. Hitler used a range of events such as the Reichstag fire and Hindenburg’s death to act as a catalyst to achieve his final goal‚ as the undisputed Fuhrer‚ by august of 1934. Also the passing of certain laws such “the protection of People and State Act” and the “Enabling act” gave the Nazi’s further power to consolidate their position as the only party in Germany

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    Mussolini Benito Mussolini appears to stride through 20th-century Italian history like a buffoon‚ a fascist dictator whose ludicrous posing was dwarfed by the incalculably more sinister nature of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Young socialist Mussolini was born in 1883. As a young man‚ he was a rousing orator‚ a tireless journalist – and a socialist. In 1912‚ after years of hack journalism and self-promotion‚ he was appointed editor of the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti!‚ preaching left wing revolution

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    Power can be abused in many ways and has been used by multiple people throughout history. It can be abused in the form of temptation of honor and glory. It can also be used in promise of power and greed. It can also be presented in the form of cruelty and hatred toward others. Most people are consumed by hunger for power. Cassius shows this when he talks to Brutus trying to use power and greed to appeal to him to join them to assassinate Caesar. “Why‚ man‚ he doth bestride the narrow world like

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    In The great Gatsby‚ for Jay Gatsby the dream is that through wealth and power‚ one can acquire happiness. For Jay Gatsby must reach into the past and relive and old dream; and‚ in order to do this‚ he must have wealth and power. Jay Gatsby over all American Dream is to be with Daisy but for him to be with Daisy he must have the wealth and power so that he is in the same social statues

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