think the situation could have been handled a lot better. I think it was wrong that he was just picking people to be kicked off of the life boat that would drown. I think wrong that he was choosing the people that were going to be killed‚ but at no point did he offer himself up. This is a very difficult question because at the same time he was trying to help the people that were on his boat survive. 2. What other choices could the captain have made? Originally the captain could have made sure that
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30th‚ 1933‚ Adolf Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany. The people did this because their problems needed a solution‚ and they thought this was the best one. Obviously‚ this ended up being a poor decision as Hitler went on to kill 11 million lives and cause the start of World War II. However‚ electing Hitler still was a revolution for Germany. Germany elected Hitler because they had too many problems including poor economic conditions‚ the harsh peace terms of the Versailles treaty‚ and they
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My most special moment Football‚ one of the best sports anyone can play‚ where two teams of eleven men show how they are better than the other. This was categorically not the case at one of the best football matches I have ever been to‚ Legends Vs Dream Team which was played at Wembley in 2008. This match was played for charity‚ for the people who suffer from cancer around the world. The Legends team were the retired football players who were the best during their football careers. The Dream Team
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Question – Chapter 2: Research Problem 2 When Oprah gave away Pontiac G6 sedans to her TV audience‚ was the value of the cars taxable? On Labor Day weekend in 2006‚ World Furniture Mall in Plano‚ Illinois‚ gave away $275‚000 of furniture because the Chicago Bears shut out the Green Bay Packers in the team’s football season opener at Lambeau Field in Green Bay (26-0). Was the free furniture in the form of a discount or rebate taxable‚ or should the furniture company have handed the customers a Form
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My machine is called‚ The this would be way easier to do by hand machine 9000‚ and my machines job is to open a book. Rube Goldberg machines are devices that accomplish a simple tasks. They are crazy and complicated machines‚ but building my Rube Goldberg Machine wasn’t just fun and games. I encountered many difficult problems while building my machine. An example was that when my marble went down the screw it tipped it over. To solve this problem I added support beams to every side. Also another
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WWII Special Forces Imagine going through the wilderness‚ running low on food and at the same time having bullets fly at you. That is the work of the Special Forces in World War II. The Special Forces did a bunch of work. They were split into groups that went to different places or were just better at fighting in different conditions. The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a group that served in desert climates. These people caused more damage than any other british force equal in strength. They
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To Help or Not to Help: The Samaritan dilemma - Nivedita Ravi The Samaritan dilemma is a dilemma in the act of charity. This was proposed by James M Buchanan. According to this theory‚ when given charity‚ a person will act one of the two given ways: using the charity to improve their situation or look for charity as a means of survival. A similar situation arises when a country receives foreign aid. The donor country
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The "Time Machine" may be a laborious device to enrich our experience with the men on Anopopei‚ but that is its function. Although Leeds cites Martinez‚ he might have mentioned any number of other characters. When Gallagher learns of his wife’s death‚ for example‚ he becomes an important figure in the novel for the first time. At this point Mailer introduces a "Time Machine" section on Gallagher’s Boston-Irish background‚ his training in frustrated prejudice. Just as we first see Gallagher as fully
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Philosophy." Emmanuel Levinas: Basic Philosophical Writings. Ed. Adriann T. Peperzak‚ Simon Critchley‚ and Robert Bernasconi. Bloomington: Indiana UP‚ 1996. 129-48. Print. Maslin‚ Janet. "Jostling and Stumbling Toward a Fateful 15 Minutes." New York Times (25 Sept. 1998): B1+. Print. Twain‚ Mark. "How to Tell a Story." (1897). Great Short Works of Mark Twain. Ed. Justin Kaplan. New York: Harper & Row‚ 1967. 182-87. Print.
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kindness for a reason. People help others because they are in need and because they can get a benefit out of it. For example‚ I live in Texas and over the summer we had many catastrophic events. Including hurricanes through the Houston and Corpus Christi area. There was another through Puerto Rico and many earthquakes happened in Mexico. Many people lost their lives‚ homes‚ and all of their belongings. As a close church community‚ we were able to incorporate other church communities and non-profit
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