The cold war was marked by a conflict that spanned from 1947 to1991 involving subtle surveillance in the biggest cities of the world to violent battles in the tropical jungles of Vietnam. Its general ideas were for the United States to hinder the spread of communism or for the Soviet Union to expand their communist government. With this the cold war largely influenced the economic‚ revolutionary‚ and humanitarian aid of both rivaling nations for areas that suffered the most after World War II. Their
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Alcohol consumption should be banned A dizzying array of research suggests alcohol can have both good and bad effects‚ but making sense of such studies all comes down to preaching about the evil effects of alcohol and the substantial impact on our health. Alcohol is more than just an ordinary beverage. Alcohol’s consequences weigh more than any of its positives. This debate points out few of the reasons as to why alcohol should be banned. Firstly‚ alcohol should be illegal because it is just
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The Persian Wars was one of the most famous and significant wars in history in many ways. The Persian wars was a series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of almost half a century. There were many battles fought in the Persian wars including the Marathon‚ Thermpylae‚ Salamis‚ and Plataea. To begin‚ the battle of Marathon too place in august in Marathon Greece. This battle was fought between Persia‚Athens‚ and aided by Plataea. This was during
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America was justifiable after all by dropping a lethal bomb on a city full of civilians and soldiers‚ because their aim was to end the war. However‚ America was not reasonable by underestimating the human values‚ not warning them with the presence of an atomic bomb and leaving ever-lasting effects on a city. The atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 100‚000 people. The atomic bomb is described as “the most dangerous threat the world has ever seen” (allvoices‚ 2011). It literally
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The Cold War: the Balance of Power & Strategic Deterrence When I was in the White House‚ I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30‚000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace. Jimmy Carter Cold war (a term coined by the English writer George Orwell) was a prolonged state of military and political tension between the two major powers that emerged at the end of the second world war‚ namely The Union
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Style Wars Style wars is a film that documents a number of young graffiti artists who were transforming the city with their unique art. They used the city’s subway system as a canvas and let their work be seen in all five boroughs of New York. This film is a great film that documents that time in history. It is difficult for me to side with them or be against them. I am also an artist and I know how it feels when you have to feed that hunger and the only way to do it is to perform it. I
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president Obama gave a speech known as the “the more perfect union” which addresses the values and morals of race and how it plays out in our lives. There was a lot of tension because Obama was the first African American to run for president. Obama decides to calm down all the anger and resentment the people were feeling by delivering his speech. The very speech that was given may have helped Obama become the new president for the United States‚ it was very new for the people. Obama speech left a huge mark
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A banned or challenged book tends to be disputed and unwanted in public places. When a book is banned from schools or even a whole state it means that it contains things such as sexual explicitness‚ offensive language‚ political incorrectness‚ violence‚ views contrary to the state or are seen threatening in some way (Gale 1).The book Lolita written by Vladimir Nabokov was banned in 1955 in France and Australia for its controversial content (Amy 4). Lolita should be banned or challenged because of
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an African American male‚ so the explicitness of his lyrics should be far from shocking. Not very far into the fan’s rendition of the song‚ Lamar stops and chastises her in front of the crowd for not censoring the ’N’ word‚ which was prevalent throughout the lyrics of the song. Because of that situation‚ the question of whether the ’N’ word should be completely banned is increasingly under review. Before answering this question‚ one should understand the origin of the word‚ logicize the reason to
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My persuasive speech about Selling Coca Cola should be banned. Do you like to drink cola? How often do you drink it? Nowadays all people prefer drinking cola‚ Sprite and Pepsi instead of juice. Nobody thinks about the reasons of drinking them. a)Nowadays Coca Cola is the most popular drink in the world. Coca Cola was introduced in 1886. Earlier Cola was sold in pharmacies as syrup. Because cola contained is cocaine. Then it began to mix with carbonated water. And so there was soda. Many of you
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