better. Technology‚ medical treatments‚ The Channel Tunnel and Robotics are but a few of many that I would consider to be the marvels of today’s world. These wonders make our lives easier‚ more efficient and convenient. We can ’t imagine our lives today without telephones‚ televisions‚ emails‚ cars‚ planes‚ computers‚ space rockets etc. London is a city that amazes me. During the summer‚ I had the privilege of my parents taking my family and me to London‚ England. I had visited London once before
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Many of the predictions made by George Orwell in his book 1984 in relation to "Big Brother" surveillance‚ corruption of language and control of history have already come about to a great extent in Communist countries and to some extent in the West. The powers of security police in Western countries to intercept mail and tap phones have often been extended‚ police agencies keep numerous files on law-abiding citizens‚ and more and more public officials have the right to enter private homes without
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to ask ‘is this trend something new or has the world just begun to open its eyes. Dating back to the 13th century‚ India experienced a novel sensation in having a woman upon the throne at Delhi. Razia Sultan was everything one wants from a leader today. She was wise‚ just‚ shrewd and on a whole an exemplary leader. A couple of centuries later another person of similar calibre became one of the most influential women of India in that period. Ask any historian and he’ll tell you scores of tales about
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Enjoy today Enjoy today while it last. You never know what the future holds. Tomorrow could be the last day. Today you may take your last breath so live like there is no tomorrow today. AP Photo Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ the 32nd president of the United States‚ held that title longer than any man in history and dealt‚ during his time‚ with some of the greatest problems internal or external‚ which had faced the nation. The internal crisis which existed at the time of his first inauguration
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TEENAGERS OF TODAY Today‚ I would like to present a speech entitled “Teenagers of Today”. All people have to go through their teenage years. Some of you have already passed this stage‚ someone is on the way‚ and some others still dream about the time when he/she will‚ finally‚ grow up! Nowadays‚ teenagers have changed in comparison with the teens in the past. From head to toe‚ everything about a teenager is unique. The way they dress is different. The way they act is different. Even the way they
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opportunity to help people. Police and the enforcement of the law have evolved drastically since policing began. There have been different styles and approaches to law enforcement over the years that has helped form the policing styles that we have today. The combined focus of local agencies and the community‚ as well as cooperation between the different levels of law enforcement helps with crime prevention‚ and bringing offenders to justice. The use of community resources‚ such as drug treatment helps
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Racism Today "...Everybody jumped on him‚ beat the hell out of him... Everybody was hitting him or kicking him. One guy was kicking at his spine. Another guy hitting on the side of the face... He was unconscious. He was bleeding. Everybody had blood on their forearms. We ran back up the hill laughing... He should have died... He lost so much blood he turned white. He got what he deserved" (Ridgeway 167.) The skinheads who performed this random act of racial violence in 1990‚ had
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is agony”; however as excruciating as it may have been for him to write it (probably since he was so ill at the time)‚ 1984 stands to be one of the greatest examples of dystopian literature read today. It is a strong novel that draws on concepts like totalitarianism‚ class and caste systems‚ rebellion and many other concepts that seem far off from the society that exists today. On the contrary‚ Orwell himself states that this story can be perceived as a “warning” on how society will evolve from
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reality made for them. 1984 by George Orwell is a story of Winston Smith’s struggle against a totalitarian government that controls the ideas and thoughts of its citizens. In the mythical setting of Oceania‚ the Party is the ruling‚ and Big Brother is the fictitious leader that controls all the thoughts and actions of human life. The people’s rebellious thoughts and actions are most likely suppressed‚ but that can only go so far for a totalitarian government. In the novel 1984‚ Oceania is controlled
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Let’s Find a Way to End Slavery Today When most people think of slavery they will think of the bondage of African slaves in the Americas of the south working the cotton fields and growing tobacco. Even though millions of African slaves were brought here and kept as slaves for 200 years‚ slavery today is alive and thriving all over the world in as many as 160 countries such as China‚ Brazil‚ the United States and in many areas in Africa. Slavery today comes in many different forms. It is illegal
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