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    The False of Gems

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    False Gems In the short story "False Gems‚" the author Maupassant utilizes the concept of irony to contribute to social criticism. In the story Madame Latin states: This cannot be true because she was "good and virtuous" when they first met. Her desire for money corrupted her‚ so she has changed. The author is mainly implying that money corrupts; in most cases‚ a person’s desire for money can cause pain and sorrow. Her second weakness is her desire for money‚ which is a contribution to social criticism

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    False Guilt

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    Therefore if a force is internal and uses some unknown power to generate false convictions or guilt. To give more detail regarding this power I identified its intrusion it’s as if some power or force is in your soul and mind which is connected to your emotions etc. futhermore it produces these false feelings and in this case false guilt. What is more the force controls one entering into areas that are not conventional thus one cannot escape its influence. As I have tediously declared the unconventional

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    Abortionists Are False

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    On the other hand‚ most of the arguments abortionists make are false. Being right on an issue does not mean that lying is justified. In fact‚ it means one should not have to even stretch the truth the tiniest bit‚ because they are already correct‚ and need only to get the real truth out. Abortion should be legal for one reason only - Making it illegal would cause more harm than good. People would continue having abortions‚ but it would be yet another massive government police state problem‚ like

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    False Analogy

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    again. An example of a Tautology is “The Cowboys are favored to win since they’re the better team”(155). To add on‚ another fallacy is False Comparison‚ which is defined as a comparison of two alike ideas so they must be the same. A part of false comparison is False Analogy that is basically an argument of two things that makes absolutely no sense. A case of a false analogy is “I’m a successful businessman. Elect me mayor and I’ll run a successful city”(150). This does not make sense because being

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    False Of Shakespeare

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    To Play One False In one of his lesser known poems‚ it is said Shakespeare wrote‚ “In fact your mastery of the art is so great your lies are crowned with success.” Though‚ according to the conspirators‚ these words were written by someone else‚ perhaps to mock that Shakespeare earned success by stealing their work. Commonly referred to as the greatest and most influential artist ever‚ Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in the 16th century and worked as an actor. Although‚ he may have never

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    False Advertising

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    line between truth and a simple technicality. Misleading advertisements can not only carry many negative social impacts but also harm to its consumers. In this essay‚ I would like to focus on false advertising which is the epidemic of obesity in our society. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law defines false advertising as‚ “the crime or tort of publishing‚ broadcasting‚ or otherwise publicly distributing an advertisement that contains an untrue‚ misleading‚ or deceptive representation or statement

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    False Gems

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    Cholesterol Myths that May Surprise You By Lisa Collier Cool Nov 26‚ 2012 Health Experts Main Life insurance companies know a surprising secret about cholesterol that most doctors never tell patients: When it comes to rating your risk for a fatal heart attack‚ the least important cholesterol number is your level of LDL (bad) cholesterol. In fact‚ life insurance actuaries don’t even look at LDL levels‚ because large studies show it’s the worst predictor of heart attack risk. Instead‚ life insurance

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    false prince

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    The book begin with an orphan of a country named Carthya‚ the name of the orphan is Sage and is a thief . One day Sage is stealing and getting caught. A man named Bevin Conner offer for pay the roast and for Sage‚ so Sage has to go with Mister Conner. Conners have other 3 orphans Latamer‚ Roden and Tobias‚ and a plan. Conner gives a chance to leave and latamer try it but one conners man kill them. The next day cooner explain his plan of make one of the orphans the lost prince of carthya and after

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    False Racial Stereotypes

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    Crain "When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes‚ rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart‚ mind and spirit‚ their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised." -James A. Forbes Throughout the history of mankind‚ people have found some issue to divide upon and this leads to separate factions developing throughout the world. Eventually‚ these factions create false stereotypes for one another and this can lead to the development

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    Psychology of law

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    interviewees are more susceptible to giving false confessions than others‚ even under the slightest pressure from police. Children‚ teenagers‚ the mentally handicapped‚ drug users‚ and people with psychological problems may be the most vulnerable. Even though psychological coercion is the primary cause of police-induced false confessions‚ individuals differ in their ability to withstand interrogation pressure and thus in their susceptibility to making false confessions. All other things being equal

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