The United States of America recently had a presidential election. If you’re reading this statistically you are not happy about the results because the candidate you voted for did not win. The candidate that won the majority of popular votes lost the election. The number of Americans that voted for Hillary Clinton is larger than the number of Americans that voted for Donald Trump. Trump won the most number of electoral college votes‚ but lost the popular vote. He did not win because the majority
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Educational Flaws in America’s System The United States has always been known for its high political status and producing exceedingly educated political leaders. Just a couple decades ago the United States classified first in the world in percent of students completing school and maintaining a steady career. But‚ according to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that no longer stands accurately for the United States. Back then‚ America was the unchallenged education
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Humanity’s goal since the beginning of time has been‚ more or less‚ achieving heaven on earth and total harmony between human beings. This goal has never been fully realized because of key human flaws‚ the most important one being the crucial difference between short and long term goals. We see evidence of this factor’s penchant for ruin in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ and Henrik Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the People. Piggy of Lord of the Flies comments on this indirectly when he says
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NT1110 Theory 10 The Pentium Flaw Back in June‚ 1994 the Pentium Flaw was noticed by Intel testers‚ who had discovered a division error on the Pentium chip. Intel managers didn’t see this as a major problem so they kept this from anyone outside their corporation. The nature of this issue was a mathematical problem in their Floating Point Unit (FPU)‚ or the math coprocessor. The Pentium chip was having glitches in calculating large divisions. It wasn’t until October 19th‚ when Dr. Thomas R. Nicely
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Declaration of Independence‚ Articles of Confederation‚ and the Constitution Unknown to many‚ there are numerous differences between the Declaration of Independence‚ Articles of Confederation‚ and the Constitution‚ besides their name. Although they go unnoticed‚ each shaped our country with great significance and grace. Each had its own purpose. Each had its own time. The Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on July 4‚ 1776 as a statement of the principles that‚ two days
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the true facts about their home land. This may differ from culture to culture‚ or family to family‚ but everyone has different values. Each person carries their own beliefs and acts a certain way. A good example that was mentioned in Okakok’s article said‚ in the western world
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During Confederation‚ the Black Americans were divided. I believe they were separated because they traveled to different regions‚ they settled in different provinces and only some of them went to fight in the US civil war. Black Americans traveled to different regions to escape slavery. 30‚000 of them traveled to Canada‚ many of them went south and some stayed and didn’t want to escape because they were afraid of getting caught. Black Americans were attracted by recruitment campaigns to settle
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Type of Work . The Great Gatsby is a novel of tragedy. In ancient Greek literature‚ a tragedy involved the downfall of a noble character with a tragic flaw (called hamartia). The Great Gatsby records the downfall of two characters with at least some noble characteristics: Gatsby and American society. Their tragic flaws are naive idealism and corrupt behavior. The Great Gatsby was Fitzgerald’s third novel. Previously‚ he had published This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Beautiful and the Damned
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Article 370: The untold story By Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal Issue Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date : 28 Jun ‚ 2013 Troops patrol in Kashmir It is often not realized that among the causes of Kashmir problem – inclusion of plebiscite in the Instrument of Accession‚ reference of Kashmir to UN‚ halting Indian offensive when it was poised to drive out the invaders from Kashmir‚ Article 370 has played no less a part in preventing J&K from becoming
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The American Criminal Justice System: The Flaws of the Jury System Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird shows the inherent flaws of the American jury system. Lawyers are given the power to choose juries for their clients prior to a case‚ effectively giving more talented attorneys an unfair advantage before the case goes to court. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus states that‚ “our courts have their faults as does any human institution‚ but in this country our courts are the great levelers‚ and
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