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Bomb Was Dropped Atomic Bomb
859 words
There are many reasons that the Atomic bomb was
used on Japan. There are many that criticize the
bombing, but I support it. The main reasons for
President Harry Truman decided to drop the bomb
were, to save lives (American Lives), to bring
about a quicker resolution to the war, and to send
a message to the world that we now had military
supremacy. Growing up in a military family, (with
a dad a Vietnam vet, and a grandfather who would
have fought in Japan if we had invaded), may have
biased my pe...
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Board Of Governors Exporting Countries
1,144 words
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries The Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC) was created at the
Baghdad Conference, September 9 - 14 of 1960. The
organization was formed by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. These were the
founding members. The group has since grown to
thirteen members. There are also three countries
that have applied to OPEC since the thirteenth
member was inducted, but they have not been
accepted. The five founding members ha...
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One Of The Greatest Northwest Passage
853 words
Captain James Cook~ World's Greatest Explorer
Captain James Cook, an English Navigator and
explorer, discovered Austria and the Hawaiian
Islands on three famous voyages through the south
pacific. Cook became an explorer because of his
love of adventure and curiosity about distant
lands and their people. Cook was born in
Yorkshire, England in the year 1728. Then in the
year 1755, Cook joined the British Navy. As a
member of the Navy, he became an expert surveyor
and astronomer. He was privileged ...
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Conflict Resolution T Rex
1,139 words
... post with another team member. An example of
this miscommunication festers in my office.
Whenever we have a group meeting to exchange
ideas, one member would always dispute a certain
co-worker's suggestions. After digging further
into the rift, it is not the ideas that this
member is rejecting, it is a personal collision
between these two colleagues. Since we are now
able to detect where the quandary is from, we can
deal with it and move on. There are also
contentions that have no redeeming ...
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Character In The Story Main Character
320 words
1. Is the setting important to the story? Explain.
The setting in this book has no importance to the
story because the several different places in
which the character stays affects the story in no
way. The story could easily be told in a
completely different setting. The main character
in the story is a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. This
is the far-wandering hobbit that discovered the
One Ring of Power and brought it back to the
Shire. Another very important character in the
story is Gandalf. Gand...
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Sylvia Plath Poem Daddy
1,551 words
sylvia Plath, author of the confessional poem
"Daddy, " uses many stylistic devices in the poem
to develop a negative attitude towards men, namely
her adulterous husband and absent father. "Daddy"
uses metaphor, diction, allusion, irony, and
imagery to produce a tone of hatred and digest at
her relationships with both men. In lines 71 - 80,
Plath's imagery brings closure to both the poem
and any desire for the continuity of either
relationship. Plath uses the image of a vampire to
represent her ...
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Tao Te Ching Good And Evil
1,470 words
As I read more of Nietzsche and Loa Tzu, there is
an increasing similarity between the basic
structures of both philosophical hypotheses than
there is difference. Though the outcomes differ,
and even the rational of both mens thought process
are plotted differently, and suggest drastically
different ideal lifestyles, both works, the Tao Te
Ching and the Will to Power argue for first an
acceptance of an immoral world, a world with no
true good nor evil, nor up nor down, but rather
just man as he ...
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Aggressive Behavior Television Shows
410 words
In todays society, television violence harmfully
affects the minds of children. However, it doesnt
mean that the violence on television is the only
source for bad behavior, but it does largely
contribute to the situation (Szaflik). For
instance, the variety of television programming,
which permeates violence, is sitcoms, commercials,
and cartoons. Also, the many video games and toys
marketed towards the violence learned by to
children. Television is a powerful influence in
developing values and ...
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Waiting For Godot Theatre Of The Absurd
1,177 words
... eloped. Many theater historians and critics
label Alfred Jarry's French play, Ubu Roi as the
earliest example of Theatre of the Absurd. The
current movement of absurdism, however, emerged in
France after World War II, as a rebellion against
the traditional values and beliefs of Western
culture and literature. It began with writers like
Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus and eventually
included other writers such as Eugene Ionesco,
Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Edward Albee, and
Harold Pinter, t...
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Napoleon Decided Animal Farm
761 words
Too much power corrupts those who possess it; just
as Joseph Stalin committed sins against Russia
when he gained power, the main character,
Napoleon, committed sins against Animal Farm. In
the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, Napoleon
was corrupted by his power. Napoleon abused and
deceived others and finally became what he had
rebelled against. Napoleon wronged the inhabitants
of Animal Farm. Napoleon terrorized animals by
killing many of them. He killed four pigs for
communicating with Sno...
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Win Win Conflict Management
946 words
Interpersonal Conflict is such a broad topic in
that it covers an immense number of variables and
situations. After a lot of research on conflict,
there were many different types of definitions for
it. They all basically said the same thing. Gini
Graham Scott defines conflict as everyday
differences of opinion, disagreements, and the
interplay of different ideas, needs, drives
wishes, lifestyles, values, beliefs, interests,
and personalities of people. (24) Scott further
suggests that conflict a...
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End Of Act Ii Control Of His Emotions
1,089 words
... s he agreed not to do, and examined Caesar's
body. He spoke of which wounds on Caesar's body
were created by certain conspirators. This was
information that he did not know of. In the battle
in Act 5, Antony and his troops were in Cassius'
tents, while Cassius was loosing. Cassius told his
friend Titinius to go off, and observe this
situation. After Titinius departed, Pindarus was
commanded to observe the battlefield. Pindarus the
servant reports that he sees Pindarus captured.
This one obse...
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Three Main Characters Toronto Star
1,211 words
... standing and distrusting their resumes, the
employers occasionally cannot believe their
foreign job credentials at this point. The
presentation of the article in the newspapers
second section and the use of charts are intended
to place additional emphasis on this issue.
Evidently, the disappointment and hardship that
can be associated with underemployment and
discrimination can be significant. But, in the
case of the previous article, we find that the
question of why such people cannot get a...
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Six Day War Declaration Of Human Rights
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... gators. But although it might seem that
finding a way to define whats right and whats
wrong is a solution to pre-emptive strikes and
war, it ultimately raises more problems than it
solves. The biggest problem we find is that
principles in the Charter of the United Nations
seem to contradict each other. The first core
principle in the treaty of Westphalia, and one of
the principles in the Charter of the United
Nations, is rex est imperator in regno suo, which
basically means the leader of a c...
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Sister Mother
542 words
In David Mamet? s essay? The Rake: A Few Scenes
from My Childhood? and Amy Tan? s story? Jing-Mei
Woo: Two Kinds, ? the authors describe their
personal experiences. The essay and story are
based upon the authors? childhood memories. There
are many similarities and differences in Mamet? s
and Tan? s works. Both authors describe a
childhood conflict; however, Mamet does not
resolve his conflict whereas Tan does resolve it.
The conflict between Tan and her mother occurs
because her mother pressures...
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Years Of Age Intimate Relationships
906 words
I think, over the period involving the first 12 to
18 months of my life, I was able to resolve the
first of Erikson? s psychosocial stages
adequately. My mother, during this time, supplied
me with appropriate provisions of food, warmth,
and the comfort of physical closeness. This
allowed me to understand and accept that objects
and people exist even when I could not see them.
This was a major stepping stone where the
foundation for trust became important. In the next
period of my life, from abou...
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Part Of American Camera Obscura
839 words
The most important thing to photography is light.
The camera is a precise instrument for capturing
light. The word camera in Latin means room. The
name camera comes from the first invention towards
capturing the world on film, the camera obscura or
dark room. This invention came about in the 14 th
century and was used by such artists as Da Vinci
and Michelangelo to more accurately draw their
subjects onto paper. The invention of this box,
made way for more advancements in cameras and
photography...
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Plays A Major Passage Of Time
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The Tempest, penned by playwright William
Shakespeare, as one of his last works circa 1612
is a story about many things: love, revenge,
greed, politics, magic, and mystery. Even the
notion of time plays a major role, and it is this
aspect we shall be discussing in the following
pages. Time plays a fairly large role in many of
the ideas put forward in this rather wistful tale
of one man s (Prospero) betrayal at the hands of
his brother and his initial attempts at revenge.
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Marion Arthur Apartment
616 words
The play I decided to write about is On Tidy
Endings. The new resolution I have in mind is a
more negative aspect towards both characters,
which are Marion and Arthur. Arthur decided to
file a lawsuit against Marion for the apartment
because she wants to sell it for the apparent
reason that she wants Arthur out of her life and
eventually he won the case. Since Marion had HIV
and she was in a depression because of losing the
case, she decided to murder Arthur out of
vengeance because of losing bo...
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Achilles Private War Reclaim His Honor Social
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Structural Levels of The Iliad Wars are often very
complex in nature and are fought for many diverse
reasons. The school boy may fight in order to get
money for college, the patriot may fight to bring
life, liberty and justice to some poor soul, and a
coward may fight because he was drafted by force.
In the Iliad, powerful gods, great nations, and
heroic people all fight for many different
reasons. This wide variety of fighting results in
unique situations, problems, and structural levels
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