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38 Th Parallel Republic Of Korea
1,712 wordsBegun as a war between South Korea (Republic of Korea) and North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), after the North's invasion of the South, the conflict swiftly developed into a limited international war involving the U. S. and 19 other nations. From a general viewpoint, the Korean War was one of the by-products of the cold war, the global political and diplomatic struggle between the Communist and non-Communist systems following World War II. The motives behind North Korea's decisi...
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World War Ii Suez Canal
1,161 wordsThe Campaign for North Africa: The Battle of El Alamein "Strategically and psychologically, El Alamein ranks as a decisive battle of World War II. It initiated the Axis decline. The victory saved the Suez Canal, was a curtain-raiser for the Anglo-American invasion of North Africa 4 days later, and was a prelude to the debacle of Stalingrad. Allied morale soared, particularly in the British Empire, proud to have at long last a victorious army and general; Axis morale correspondingly dipped. Hitle...
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Cruel And Unusual Punishment Capital Punishment
642 wordsIn the eighteenth century, England would punish by death for pick pocketing and petty theft. Ever since the 1650 's colonist could be put to death for denying the true god or cursing their parents advocates. Capital Punishment have clashed almost continuously in the forum of public opinion in state legislatures and most recently in courts. In 1972, the case of furman vs. Georgia reached the supreme court. The court decided that punishment by death did indeed violate the eighth amendment to conta...
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The Medias Effect On Underage Alcohol Abuse
1,273 wordsThe Effects of the Media on Underage Alcohol Abuse It is a major aspect of our culture and many others, being used in religious ceremonies, for celebration, and during common socialization, its presence is seen everywhere. It is alcohol. Alcohol is the broad term that society gives to such drinks as wine, beer, and hard liquor because it contains ethyl alcohol. Despite the fact that in the past century alone, alcohol has been denounced, accepted, and outlawed, we still see alcohol everywhere in ...
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Football Team First Year
709 wordsBy: Jakub Januszewski. Peer pressure? Is it true I will always come home with a blue eye if I wont obey juniors and seniors? Is it grades, popularity, drugs, or maybe sex I should worry about the most? I heard I will never survive college if I remain to be a virgin throughout my high school years, and I will never be safe in school if I wont try cigarettes and beer. What will my friends think of me if all I worry about is getting into a descent college? Funny how some students think isnt it? But...
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Chance To Play Eighth Grade
720 wordsI cannot really tell you why I did not start earlier, Indiana being a huge basketball state and all. I mean, the movie Hoosiers was based on Indiana basketball and the importance it holds on the small, tight knit communities within the state. It just seems like it would be natural for me to begin playing organized basketball at an early age, but I did not other than the rough and tumble playground ball at recess. I began to yearn to play on a real team, and soon I would have my chance. It was th...
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Douglas Macarthur South Korea
532 wordsOn June 25, 1950, North Korean soldiers stormed across the thirty-eighth parallel which separated Communist North Korea and non-Communist South Korea. This was the beginning of what would soon become known as the Korean Conflict, or as some say The Forgotten War. The two main persons from the United States were President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur. Truman was the head, and the military followed his orders, as opposed to the Security Council. General MacArthur had a hard time acce...
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Robert Life And Poems
1,667 wordsHave you ever read a poem that deals with a broad aspect of life? Robert Frost wrote about this in his poem. The Road Not Taken. Frost uses descriptions of nature in a New England setting to open the readers eyes to the endless possibilities of what would have happened if they did something different. Through analysis of the poem and its critiques, one can understand what kind of poet and person Frost is. Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874. His parents were Isabel Moodie and William Prescot...
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Reading This Book Physical Universe
1,284 wordsIn L. Ron Hubbard's book Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought, he begins with a discussion about the vital statistics of scientology. One major idea to keep in mind is that scientology is an applied religious philosophy. The word scientology is taken from the Latin word scio (knowing in the fullest of the word) and the Greek word logos (study of). In itself the word means literally knowing how to know. Another definition for scientology is the study and handling of the spirit in relationship...
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L Ron Hubbard Amounts Of Money
1,450 wordsThe Cult That Has Been Called a Religion The Church of Scientology has many deceitful practices that it portrays. It is a vicious and dangerous cult that masquerades as a religion. It practices a variety of mind-control techniques on people lured into its midst to gain control over their lives. The people that have believed the lies of the scientologists have given up family relations, time and large amounts of money to make their lives "better. " Its views are against scripture and the truth. T...
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Drug Abuse Sports Stars Drugs
618 wordsDrug abuse affects all of us in our daily lives. It ruins families and destroys relationships. Teens especially are prone to drug abuse due to immense peer pressure, everyday stress, and depression. Marijuana use is on the rise everywhere, and with marijuana comes the harder drugs, making drug abuse an important and critical issue in the world today. There are many issues on different drugs but one sticks in our mind, marijuana. The push for legalization of marijuana has increased over the years...
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Multicultural Education Means Mediocre
1,227 words... ot a right. After eighth grade the academic students should attend Academic High Schools and the remaining thirty-percent (in the inner cities, this percentage would probably be higher) should attend Vocational High Schools. 3) From grades 9 - 11 those students in the Vocational High Schools should have the opportunity to earn admission (or re-admission) into the Academic High School on the basis of standardized test performance, subject matter test performance, individual initiative and tea...
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Twenty Years Ago Columbine High School
1,480 wordsDont kid yourself. Theres trouble in paradise that escapes the vision of folks wearing rose-colored glasses. Im not a contemporary Chicken Little running around screaming The sky is falling! And Im not a little boy crying out Wolf! I am a former English teacher with thirty-four years classroom experience. Ive taught through wars, recessions, political assassinations and public anti-war protests. Ive seen and broken-up hundreds of bloody student fights. Ive been threatened by enraged students and...
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Century B C 3000 B C
1,747 wordsMy report is about Greece. Through my research, I learned that Greece was founded in 3000 B. C. Greece is located in Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Turkey and Albania. Greece's area can be compared to the size of the state of Alabama. Between 3500 and 3000 B. C. , society was becoming more complex. Villages built during this time were becoming larger. However, the population increased at a slow rate. During the second millennium B. C. tw...
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Fighting And School Violence Should Not Be Tolerated
1,342 wordsWhen you are a middle or high school public school teacher, events happen instantaneously, and you have to be equal to the task of confronting the challenge of an unexpected situation face to face. You never know when or where school violence will erupt; a teacher only knows that it inevitably will. Teachers not only must be wary of being inadvertently injured by enraged students fighting in the hallway or the cafeteria, a peer might even wind-up becoming a threat to ones physical safety. I reca...
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The Teachings Of Mathematics Education In America
999 wordsMath educators in the United States should stress the understanding of the learners and teach them to process certain understanding to succeed in mathematics. The connection between math understanding and the reading of math problems should be raised in smaller grade levels so students have a better understand of math at younger ages. Yet it is not all the students part in learning the math, but also the educators part to teach the subject in an understanding manner using the curriculum and prop...
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Levels Of Hell Dante
426 wordsDante makes many references to Homer and the Iliad throughout the Inferno. The fates of favorite characters are described during the course of Dante? s travels. Beginning with his vision of Homer in Limbo, continuing through increasingly gory levels of Hell until Dante reaches the eighth bolivia where he meets Ulysses who is engulfed in fire. Dante? s infatuation with the Iliad is clearly illustrated in his Divine Comedy. Dante introduces Homer early in the Inferno. After the writer passes the g...
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Eighth Grade Bad Habits
1,190 wordsFirst Musical Biography Dear A&# 038; E, First off, I would like to thank you for giving me this opportunity to share my musical biography interview with you. I have many friends that would get a thrill out of seeing my biography on A&# 038; E. My life has been filled with many peaks and valleys, many hardships that I wish no one would have to face. I have not been graced with a beautiful life, but I feel that I have done the best with what I have got. The following list of songs is an attempt t...
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States Is Not A Healthy Race As A Factor Officers
473 wordsThe United States is not a healthy democracy The United States is not a healthy democracy. A basic requirement for any healthy democracy is its founding on the basic principle that all men are created equal. This means that man is judged on the fact that he is man, and only that. There are no other means or factors brought into account. This is not the way men are judged in the United States. In the United States, ethnic and racial generalizations often influence judicial execution. The attorney...
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Divine Comedy Jesus Christ
1,394 wordsFrom the beginning of human history there have always been sinners, and people tried to give just punishments to them. It has always been a major issue whether or not the penalties for the criminals are just because unfair punishment can ruin somebody s life. It can also bring disasters to the society if criminals do not learn any lessons from the penalties. Dante s Inferno in the Divine Comedy suggests clear thoughts on the appropriate punishments for a variety of sins. Dante s ideas influenced...
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