person should forgive or not. From lying to blackmail to murder. In the article‚ It’s For You to Know That You Forgive‚ Says Holocaust Survivor‚ Eva Kor speaks of what happened to her family and her sister and goes up to trial against a former Nazi at the end of the trial the former Nazi hugs and kisses Kor and she manages to forgive him following after the events in an interview she says‚ “when a victim chooses to forgive‚ they take the power back from their tormentors”. Forgiving is not giving them power
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Ralph Waldo Emerson writes‚ “Don’t say things. What you are stands over you the while‚ and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say… (Emerson‚ 1909).” I head this quote the first day of school my junior year of high school. My English teacher‚ Miss Wilson‚ shared Emerson’s quote to emphasize that what you do has a larger impact on the world than what you say. I was taught this lesson only a few short months later while standing in the rain‚ on a muddy football field. I was the starting defensive
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In Sherman Alexie’s “This is what it means to say Phoenix‚ Arizona” a man named Victor finds out that his father has passed away. Being next of kin‚ Victor is responsible for gathering his father’s assets together‚ which requires him to make an out of town trip. In order to accomplish this Victor needs help. This help comes from the town outcast‚ Thomas Builds-the Fire. Victor and Thomas were childhood best friends but as they grew older‚ Victor turned his back on the one that always looked out
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Running Head: YES ON PROPOSITION 8 Yes on Proposition 8 Communications 215 Yes on Proposition 8 Proposition 8 was a huge political issue for voters in California. I voted yes like 52% of California residents to preserve marriage between a woman and a man‚ and limit marriage to heterosexual couples (Farrell ‚ 2010). Proposition 8 campaign raised over 40 million to ensure Californians voted Yes on Proposition 8 (Khan‚ 2009). All citizens in California should vote Yes on Proposition
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Party’s official version of past events. Winston thinks about the other Ministries that exist as part of the Party’s governmental apparatus: the Ministry of Peace‚ which wages war; the Ministry of Plenty‚ which plans economic shortages; and the dreaded Ministry of Love‚ the center of the Inner Party’s loathsome activities. WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH From a drawer in a little alcove hidden from the telescreen‚ Winston pulls out a small diary he recently purchased
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The Problem of Social Cost RONALD COASE Ronald Coase is Professor Emeritus at University of Chicago Law School and a Nobel Laureate in Economics. This article is from The Journal of Law and Economics (October 1960). Several passages devoted to extended discussions of legal decisions have been omitted. I. THE PROBLEM TO BE EXAMINED This paper is concerned with those actions of business firms which have harmful effects on others. The standard example is that of a factory the smoke from which has harmful
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In the essay‚ “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” the writer‚ Paul McHenry Roberts‚ uses a comical expository approach to explain the importance of using words to build an entertaining story. He describes a college student’s perspective about receiving a last minute English homework assignment due Monday and how the student writes a 500 word paper that shows a student focused on the word count verse the quality of what’s being written. The writer has a very good descriptive writing pattern throughout
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Clelia Ximena Mendoza Professor Jennifer Chung Writing and Grammar III 10 May 2012 Pregnant Teenagers in School? Yes! Having a baby when you are young will change your life. Besides referring to teenagers’ pregnancies‚ many people think that is a terrible idea while teens are attending school. It has been such a controversial topic. The tradition of some families to build values‚ mostly focusing on teenagers’ behavior and preventing their daughters from getting pregnant at a young
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Say yes to Cell Phone! Is using cell phone or any electronics in school a bad thing? Well‚ I strongly believe using a phone or any electronics isn’t a bad idea. All teenagers or children who use their electronics know it’s really risky to use them in school. What does “phone” mean to the school? I think it’s very simple it means bad for the student‚ but is it really true? In My opinion‚ I think that any teens in school should allow using their phone! Teenagers love their cell phone a
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Searching for Peace (serial number: KLP112SN) Peace is not given‚ it is realized Introduction “Peace can only last where human rights are respected‚ where the people are fed‚ and where individuals and nations are free.”-Dalai Lama Searching is an act of looking for something or someone that we don’t find. Our life is a quest‚ we have to search for everything in life. At present‚ we have everything expect peace in the world. We have learnt sophisticated skills with the help
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