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Trip To West Ride Inside Wagons
515 wordsResponse on " Diary of Mrs. Amelia Stewart Knight" When I finished this article I started to realize that the life of pioneers was not just one big adventure, but they had to face some really difficult problems like dangerous river crossing, bad weather, different kinds of accidents and diseases along the way without any chance for medical treatment. But first of all I had make a research to answer one question before all the problems along the way. It is how much did pioneers traveling west nee...
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Female Genital Mutilation Long Term Psychological Effects
1,130 words... one in any way. It was never mentioned in the Quran or the Bible; moreover, it is not an act of God, "God does not mutilate. " (Abu-Salih, 7). Says Doctor Naval El-Saadawi: "If religion comes from God, how can it order man to cut off an organ created by him as long as that organ is not deformed? God does not create the organs of the body haphazardly without a plan. It is not possible that He should have created the clitoris in a woman's body only in order that it be cut off at an early stage...
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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
847 wordsThe Accomplishments of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman was a black woman born into slavery. Harriet was an abolitionist and strongly believed that all slaves should be free. Harriet learned that her master had died and that she would be sold if she did not run away. At the age of twenty-five, Harriet left her plantation and was on the run to a free state (Harriet par 1). Harriet made her way ninety miles from Maryland to Philadelphia. There she began to work and make a living for herself. She deci...
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Lao Tzu Ancient Chinese
1,134 wordsSince the beginning of time, man has sought to explain the world around him. This is called philosophy, a Greek word which means 'love of wisdom. ' However, over the millennia it has come to mean much more. The philosophies of the ancient Chinese people, whether they explain nature or present ways to live a just life, became so complex that simple prose could not suitably express their meaning. Yet paradoxically, the simpler, less exact form of poetry does put forth the ideas. Nowhere is this mo...
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American Cancer Society Red Blood Cells
869 wordsMy friend, Matt, was diagnosed with cancer in May 2002. I was shocked when Matt's girlfriend, Amber, told me that he had cancer, because Matt was only twenty-three years old when diagnosed. The type of cancer Matt has is called Leukemia, which is cancer of the white blood cells. This cancer starts in the bone marrow but can then spread to the blood, lymph nodes, the spleen, liver, central nervous system and other organs. Cancer affects many people each year including my grandmother who had cance...
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Frank Mc Court Reading This Memoir Life
730 wordsEssay 6 - "This is life... " Reading "Angela's Ashes" was very emotional. One would not believe how people lived in Ireland some years ago. And I'm sure that wasn't the only place in the world where people were struggling like that. Frank Mc Court, the oldest child who tried to take care of his brothers the best way he knew, tells the story. He didn't have an easy life. This poor child tried to do anything for him and his siblings to survive. Looking at people I know and comparing their life to ...
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21 1998 Period 21 1998 Period 1 Music
581 wordsMay 21, 1998 period 1 The Beatles I enjoyed the music of The Beatles. I felt that their songs were fun and uplifting. They had enjoyable beats and were easy to dance and listen to. Listening to their music didn? t put me to sleep. That is a good thing. They didn? t always have to have a meaning behind their music. Some of the songs that they wrote were just a result of them screwing around. The one thing that I did notice was that I could understand every word they were singing in their songs. T...
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The Call Of Jack London
1,107 wordsDuring a time when man had gold fever, and philosophical views plagued the minds of many, one man took these views and turned them into great outdoor adventures. John "Jack" Griffith London, a twentieth century author, wrote The Call of the Wild, other novels, and short stories that depict the philosophical views of the time and added adventure to them by using his own life experiences that carried thousands of men including himself to the Klondike in search of gold. In Winter 1876 San Francisco...
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Trail Of Tears And Cherokee Women
1,236 wordsMore than 150 years ago, in 1839, the United States forced the Cherokee Nation West of the Mississippi River into what later would become the state of Oklahoma. The weather was unusually harsh that winter and the cold, the disease and the hunger cost the Cherokee Nation the lives of at least four thousand of the fifteen thousand people who traveled the thousand miles West (Perdue 93). Not only was the journey a very cruel and dangerous one for the Native Americans, but it also upset their tribal...
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Strategic Human Resource Human Resource Management
1,545 words... survey shows that far from seeing flexible working as burdensome, the vast majority of employers already recognise the compelling business case in favour of flexible working. "Yet in too many organisations flexible working arrangements are informal and patchwork. Firms practising flexible working should do so in the open, through formal policies which clearly explain their stance on flexibility. This will make the change to flexible working easier for employers and help to manage some of the...
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Illness In Sense And Sensibility
1,197 wordsIllness in Sense and Sensibility Class and gender difference made judgment, jealousy, appearance, gossip, and success all that mattered to the people living in that time period. Women could not own property, were expected to stay in the home, be polite and perform only the acceptable roles and behaviors which society would allow. Nothing could change or ease that situation, unless they married well. The novel Sense and Sensibility is a very admirable example of the situation in which the societi...
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Point In The Play Hamlet
891 wordsHamlet and his mother Gertrude, the queen, have a relationship with great intensity and many variations in the way they express their love for each other, which are illustrated throughout the play. Gertrude helps to reveal the anger and rage that Hamlet feels deep inside. Gertrude is also a strong contributing factor in Hamlet? s fury and frustration. The strong feelings of love and respect that Hamlet has toward his mother are tested by many of Gertrude? s actions. Although in the opening of th...
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Addiction To Alcohol God Damn
950 wordsSummary A workaholic husband Unbreakable Unbreakable Summary A workaholic husband cant see that he has contributed to his wifes alcohol addiction. Characters Virginia: A once happy wife to Drazic, but Drazic has been neglecting her and this has turned her towards alcohol for support. She is in her mid 30 s and before the addiction to alcohol, she was quite pretty. Drazic: He is the typical controlling male and believes that he always knows best. Not realising that he has been hurting his wife, h...
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Caged Bird Maya Angelou
1,428 words&# 65279; Maya Angelou is one astounding woman. Through childhood Maya developed a sense of independence and is known for that today. Another attribute she acquired from childhood was experience. An author of three autobiographies, Maya depicts her life in a way no one else can. One of Maya s books, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, which is an account of her youth describe the trauma of being raped, the violent death of her attacker, and her subsequent refusal to speak (Maynard). Maya went throu...
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Medical Marijuana Supreme Court
434 wordsMedical Marijuana The U. S. Supreme Court may turn Nevada s plan to have sick patients use marijuana into a ruling Monday. They provided no legal leeway for medicinal use of the drug. Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani, a Democrat from Las Vegas, who sponsored Nevada s medical marijuana bill, said that the ruling doesn t affect the current plan before the Legislature that would allow patients to join a state medical registry and grow up to seven plants for personal use. They re not doing to send ...
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Mohandas Gandhi British Rule
611 wordsSatyagraha. Meaning force or firmness of truth, Mohandas Gandhi worked and lived by this word. By peaceful, non-violent demonstrations he, little by little, took hold of the people of Indias love and honor and freed them from British rule. This is his story: On October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India, a region of Queen Victoria, Mohandas Gandhi was born Mohandas Gandhi died in January of 1948. (The actual date is in dispute. The information from my book said that his death was on the 30 th, but the ...
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Salem Witch Trials Group Of People
645 wordsThe Crucible, written by Arthur Miller is a play that takes place in the late 17 th century during the famous yet tragic witch trials. It is a story that contains the many struggles that came about as a result of the strict Puritan setting. Miller s depiction of the Salem witch trials deals with a community that starts out with a tightly knit and church loving fa ade. However, once finger pointing at the witches began, the community starts accusing each other. Hysteria and hidden agendas broke d...
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Mozart Maria Theresa
848 wordsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on Jan. 27, 1756. He was the son of Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria Part. Mozart was known as one of the greatest genius in music history. Mozart? s dad was a well known composer and violinist. He was also an assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court. The archbishop of the court, Sigismund von Schrattenbach, encouraged Leopold and his children to be involved in music. Wolfgang began composing minuets at the age of 5 and symphonies...
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Mother Or Father Isn T
1,916 wordsMy life is Perfect My life is perfect. When you sit back and take all factors into consideration, I theoretically couldn t ask for anything more. I ve got parents and siblings that provide me with countless luxuries, loyal friends whose company I genuinely enjoy, more money than I know what to do with, an enjoyable job that I excel at, an extremely promising future ahead of me, and an indestructible feeling of superiority that gets me through the tough times. After putting all these attributes i...
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Doctor Didn T
1,183 wordsThe The Pearl The Pearl The novel that I chose is The Pearl. It is a greatly written book from John Steinbeck. I chose this book because it seemed interesting when the teacher talked about it. Another reason is that it looked small. But boy was I wrong! ! ! The words are small but when I read the book, it seemed pretty long! Even with it being unbelievably long for a book its size, I really liked it. Summary The story is about a poor family that lives in Mexico. They make a living from collectin...
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