And the Oscar goes to… Write an article about a movie that you think deserves an Oscar. A combination of emotion‚ dedication‚ brilliant acting and exceptional directing makes ‘A Walk to Remember’ a movie that was very deserving of an Oscar. Set in North Carolina‚ this is a romantic story of popular‚ teen Landon Carter and devoted reverend’s daughter Jamie Sullivan. Landon lives a life of popularity and looking down on anyone outside of his circle of friends‚ including Jamie. But chance and fate
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human rights violations committed by his government against the Iraqi people‚ and especially the Kurds. In spite of partial truths imbedded in this standard explanation‚ it smacks of propaganda. Much more needs to be understood by the American public before it allows its government to wage war against Iraq. The history of Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Britain‚ and the United States reveals that the reasons for the Iraqi invasions of Kuwait and Iran are far more complex and interesting than the standard answer
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There are a number of different reasons why I want to be in Coast Guard Counterintelligence. As an intelligence specialist for the Coast Guard‚ I have spent countless hours working in many different fields of intelligence from Intelligence Watch Analyst‚ Military Linguist‚ Maritime Intelligence Support Team Member‚ and Targeting Analyst. Each job has brought its own lessons‚ challenges‚ and opportunities. I view Counterintelligence as another such opportunity and challenge where I will gain new
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My unwavering interest pursuing a Coast Guard Career was initially sparked in 2010 when I toured the USNS Comfort. After listening to my father and the crew’s inspiring stories regarding their humanitarian mission in Haiti‚ I was intrigued with (at/by) the idea of pursuing a military career. In 2013‚ I visited the Coast Guard Air Station in Traverse City‚ Michigan where I conversed with officers and enlisted staff who (That/which) oriented me to the Coast Guard’s highly unique and diverse missions
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The Mini Cooper Company once raised a question: if Mini is not a car‚ what will it be? Although the brand didn’t know what kind of answer it would receive‚ the question caught consumers’ eyes and the replies helped the company to identify and satisfy customer demand. Apparently‚ marketing circumstance is complex and consumer psychology is hard to touch. Thus brand managers take great time and effort to resonate consumers‚ so as to promote consumption. For example‚ displaying advertisements on TV
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Playing With Fire A Mini-Ethnographic Study on Life within ------ Fire Authority I had always believed that firemen sit in front of flat screen TV’s watching football all day until they got a call to an emergency. Their job was pretty easy for the most part. Most of their shifts were spent relaxing‚ I was convinced. However‚ as soon as I stepped foot into ---- Fire Authority Station 3‚ all the perceptions I had about firefighters quickly flew out the window and I had a near immediate respect
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Term 4 Economics Essay –Jack Stickley East Timor is a country surrounded by a picturesque and untouched landscape that has inhabited people for centuries. In today’s society however‚ East Timor has been economically left behind in comparison to other western world super powers. As the country attempts to rebuild its national identity following their separation from the Indonesia regime‚ certain obstacles threaten to stop their progress to become a developed nation. Least Developed Countries (LDC’s)
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Your Stereotypes Since September 11‚ 2001‚ countries in the Middle East have been stereotyped to be terrorists. Personally‚ I don’t believe in any stereotype about the Middle East. The Arabs‚ and Muslims‚ are two types of the people in the Middle East. "Terrorists" might be the most likely responses Americans say about the Middle Eastern people. Besides the belief that the Middle East is all about Arabs and Muslims‚ the Middle East includes non-Arab countries too. Countries that are non-Arab include
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Consumer Ethnocentrism: Gulf Coast Shrimp Introduction This research has been done based on the effects of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ nearly three years later. Students in an International Business course at the University of Southern Mississippi were asked to survey at least twelve people each to obtain data concerning the consumer ethnocentrism of local coast shrimp versus imported shrimp. The surveys were taken at random‚ and the survey participants were of different age
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Facts: over one third of states segregated their schools by law. 17 of the border states along with the district of Columbia required that their public schools should be racially segregated. At the time the term “separate but equal” was coined behind a lot of these decisions to racially segregate public school but this term was far from true. In 1954 southern black schools received only 60 percent of the per-pupil funding as southern white schools‚ up from 45 percent in 1940. Many southern black
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