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Lost Generation Gulf War
954 wordsDuring World War I, many of the men who fought were only about nineteen years young. These men experienced horrors beyond belief in a matter of years, which is ten times worse than a normal man experiences his whole life. This generation of men, from 1914 - 1918, who fought in a great war and lived in constant fear of their last breathe, while we enjoy parties, the freedom of being a teenager, and able just to kick back and enjoy life at its prime. This is the lost generation. As tensions grew i...
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Athenian Democracy City States
613 wordsMountains, valleys, and water isolate Greece. Hundreds of islands are scattered along its coast. As a result of this type of geography, Greece could never become a large unified empire, so instead, small city-states were created. A city-state was known as a "polis." A polis was made up of a two different parts; the lower ground was the main city, which was housed within a large wall. The upper ground was the hilltop acropolis. These acropolis' were used as military posts, and for religious pract...
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Saudi Arabia Persian Gulf
1,100 words... really influenced the Sunnis of Saudi Arabia. Population Characteristics According to the 1992 census, Saudi Arabia had a population of 16, 929, 294. The 2002 estimate is 23, 513, 330, yielding an average population density of 10 persons per sq km (27 per sq mi). Principle Cities The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh. Other important cities include Jiddah, a port city on the Red Sea; Mecca, one of the great Muslim pilgrimage centers; Medina, a holy city and cultural center of Islam; and Ad D...
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African American White Privilege
1,279 wordsWhite America! Erica loves my shit I go to TRL, look how many hugs I get Look at these eyes, baby blue, baby just like yourself, if they were brown Shady lose, Shady sits on the shelf but Shady's cute, Shady knew Shady's dimples would help, make ladies swoon baby, ooh baby! Look at my sales Lets do the math, If I was black I would " ve sold half, I ain't have to graduate from Lincoln High School to know that This is an excerpt from the song White America, off the highly controversial white rappe...
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Anne Frank Story Of A Young Girl
1,630 wordsJews have perished because of their beliefs since the beginning of time but never have so many Jews been persecuted worldwide as they were in World War II. Anne Franks diary reaches a place within all of our hearts because it reminds us how easily the innocents can suffer. Sometimes we may choose to close our eyes or look the other way when unjustifiable things happen in our society and Annes tale reminds us that ignorance, in part, claimed her life. Sadly, her story is but one of many of those ...
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Kant And Kierkegaard Moral Imperatives Freedom
794 wordsKant and Kierkegaard For both Kierkegaard and Kant the moral and spiritual center is how I, as a particular, express myself through convention. For both, the structure of pre-established humanity is strikingly similar: freedom, integrity, and trust in (or respect for) an absolute are virtues that define a fully human self, at home in a conventional matrix. To become truly moral, Kant requires that our motives reflect Reasons categorical imperatives. Kierkegaard finds the transcendental locus of ...
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Health And Safety External Factors
1,007 wordsPublic education is a large and diverse system in the United States of America. An important division of this system EMS is responsible for development and implementation of various safety programs with the aim of saving many lives and minimizing the chances of medical and trauma emergencies. To plan an effective public education system for an area, the knowledge of the geography plays a critical role. An effective public education plan must be prepared after a careful research of the problems o...
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Three Types Of Dogs
945 wordsThree Types of Dogs People watched for dogs with the traits to do the job, and then they bred them. The process, called selective breeding, started thousands of years ago. The two oldest breeds -- greyhounds and mastiffs -- developed because people wanted fast-running dogs for hunting and powerful fighting dogs for war. Today, these and other selectively bred dogs are known as purebreds. Because purebred dogs are bred only with each other, you can trace their pedigree, or family tree. Some greyh...
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Police Department Ethics Part 2
1,741 words... questions or frisk a suspicious person or persons in the New York subway. But, to go as far as sexual harassment and beating these suspects is wrong. (Houppert, 1999 p. 40) Another case to support the statement of police abusing their power is Shawn Robbins, a 30 year old associate director for CBS Sports (Houppert, 1999). Mr. Robbins was on his way to the gym on November 20, 1997 when he noticed a man cleaning out his car by tossing trash out on the street. The smell and the sight of the tr...
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September 11 2001 Number Of Years
1,953 wordsPlugging the Holes: Streamlining the Intelligence Community Now, decade passed after the end of the Cold War, but it continues to reverberate throughout the United States Intelligence Community. Since the beginning of the first Bush Administration, intelligence agencies have been reduced in size by some 30 % and priorities shifted away from the Soviet Union and its erstwhile allies (Best 2003: 4). Yet the post-Cold War world has its own complexities political, economic, and technological that co...
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00 P M Critical Thinking
999 wordsRhetoric devices and fallacies Words cannot be remote from reality when they create reality. John Cowper Powys An accomplished persuader knows how to use the tools of language to achieve his purpose. In particular, these tools include "persuasive words. " Top salespeople, negotiators, and trial lawyers use them regularly. Most of us do not fully understand how or why their words wield such power, but many researches show that certain kinds of language can significantly diminish a listener's crit...
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Sense Of Justice Fear Of Punishment
1,619 wordsJustice by Plato The Republic written by Plato examines many things. It mainly is about the Good life. Plato seems to believe that the perfect life is led only under perfect conditions which is the perfect society. Within the perfect society there would have to be justice. In the Republic it seems that justice is defined many different ways. In this paper I am going to discuss a few. First I am going to discuss the reason why Glaucon and Adeimantus see justice as being a bad thing and it is bett...
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Litter Box House Pets Cats
453 wordsA dog is a mans best friend. That common saying may contain some truth, but dogs are not the only animal friend whose companionship people enjoy. For many people, a cat is their best friend. Despite what dog lovers may believe, cats make excellent house pets. In the first place, people enjoy the companionship of cats. Many cats are affectionate. They will snuggle up and ask to be petted, or scratched under the chin. Who can resist a purring cat? If theyre not feeling affectionate, cats are gener...
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Aix La Chapelle Middle Ages
1,783 wordsCharlemagne The King We know a good deal about Charlemagne because we have two biographies of him written by men who were close to him. The more important of these is by Einhard. He describes Charlemagne as being moderately tall, around six feet tall and powerfully built with a thick neck and deep chest. He had the red hair and blue eyes of his tribe and was possessed of both strength and stamina. He was average of the Franks in his love for hunting and for feasting, but Einhard notes that his k...
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Abusive Parents Child Abuse
790 wordsParenting is not instinctive. If it were, everyone who had a child would be a good parent. Consequently, child abuse is a rising phenomenon in our society. Though no single factor has been identified as the cause of child maltreatment, it appears to be influenced by parents histories, psychological resources, and economic status. Parenting must be learned. While this is often done through experience, education courses for individuals prior to their becoming parents, and close evaluation of quest...
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Children Of Alcoholics Alcoholic Parent
892 wordsMILLIONS of youths endure the daily turmoil of living with an alcoholic parent. Says the book Teen Troubles: Living with an alcoholic parent means living with stress-stress that come at you from a dozen directions. A high proportion of alcoholic parents abuse their children physically or sexually. And even when the situation is not so extreme, the book Options notes if drinking makes [the alcoholic parent] unpredictable, irresponsible, reckless, or moody, its bad enough. No wonder, then that man...
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Lost City African People
1,118 wordsThe book Congo is about a group of people who go to the African Congo to return a gorilla to her homeland and to find type IIb blue diamonds. On their journey they discover the lost city of Zinj and a new species of killer gorillas, which they must overcome to survive. The story takes place in June of 1979. The three main characters are: Dr. Karen Ross, supervisor of Earth Resources Technology Services (ERTS), Dr. Peter Elliot, a primatologies who trained a gorilla named Amy to speak by the use ...
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Consensual Crimes Affirmative Action
1,100 wordsA Consensual Crimes Consensual Crimes A consensual crime is a crime with no victim. That, in itself, is a contradiction. How can you have a crime if there is no victim? I am sick and tired of the American government trying to play baby sitter. They have systematically imposed on almost every right the Bill of Rights has given us. Take the first amendment for example: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. If smoking marijuana...
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Royal Academy Of Dancing Academy Of Dancing Pointe
818 wordsGeorge Balanchine, like many dance teachers, had a good idea of what he thought the ideal dancer should look like. Balanchine also felt that there should be a greater concentration on the female dancers pointe work. He had very high expectations for his dancers to be very precise, crisp, and quick in their movements on and off of pointe. He started by teaching each dancer the correct way to pointe their feet in their pointe shoes and how to stand in release. Next the dancer inquires the strength...
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Roman Army Roman Soldiers
575 wordsThe Roman Military Roman Military The Roman army was one of the greatest forces of all times. The Roman army, at its finest point, was nearly in conquerable. This was due to the discipline of the soldiers, the hard and effective training of the soldiers, the speed at wich new tactics were learned, and to the organization of the soldiers. From early times right down to the 3 rd century A. D, the Roman army was based on its legions. A legion varied in strength from four-thousand to six-thousand me...
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