A famous boxer and practitioner of peaceful resistance to laws once refused to join the draft for the Vietnam War. Muhammad Ali knew that he was violating the law‚ but he did not perpetuate that he was above the law; he knew the consequences and was fully prepared to accept them. He was arrested and convicted to 5 years in prison‚ and he underwent years of public backlash against his decision. However‚ it was the same war that caused the downfall of Lyndon B. Johnson‚ who-once revered and respected
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QUAID-E-AZAM MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH: Quaid-E-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948).He was a lawyer‚ politician‚ and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan’s independence on 14 August 1947‚ and as Pakistan’s first Governor-General from independence until his death. He is revered in Pakistan as Quaid-i-Azam (Great Leader) and Baba-i-Qaum (Father of the Nation). His birthday is
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The acts of torture performed on the inmates at Abu Ghraib were both cruel and inhumane. But what if the reason the guards tortured the inmates was due to the result of obedience from their superiors. The cause of the torture of the prisoners at Abu Ghraib could have stemmed from situational factors instead of the will of a few aggressive soldiers. Authority figures that use persuasive methods can be very influential. There are many circumstantial possibilities as to why the guards treated the
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Al-Jazeera – A new perspective? Since its birth as an independent TV station and new agency in 1996‚ Al-Jazeera has been viewed as a controversial‚ influential free-speaking news agency. A news agency uninfluenced by corporations‚ governments and so on. But why is Al-Jazeera so controversial? And is it really that different from BBC‚ CNN and other news agencies? Al-Jazeera was launched November 1st 1996‚ in Doha‚ Qatar‚ which still contains the headquarters. Its birth followed the closing of
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Tree plantation‚ trees are generally one of the many elements which constitute our own surrounding. Tree planting‚ In case within a granted spot‚ woods tend not to really exist inside ample ratio to be able to males‚ earth‚ creatures‚ atmosphere as well as normal water‚ this ecological equilibrium receives disturbed and living gets to be complicated or maybe not possible. There are many types of fruit trees exist in the world like‚ banana trees‚ bonsai trees‚ paulownia tree‚ palm trees‚ almond
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2002 AL Biology marking scheme Paper 1 Section A Terms with *‚ mark deduction for wrong spelling. Alternatives and correct answers not listed in this document should be accepted.) Marks 1 .1/2 mark for each correct answer Column 1 E earthworm B jellyfish F starfish D clam 2. (2) Concepts for mark allocation • worn-out organelles are enclosed by membrane forming vacuoles (1) worn-out organelles are enclosed by lysosomes (3) • lysosome releases hydrolytic enzymes into the
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Literature Review: The Green Book In 1975‚ Muammar Gaddafi published al-Kitab al-Ahdar‚ The Green Book‚ which spelled out his political philosophy. It is considered a true reflection of the leadership style of the Libyan famous yet controversial leader. The book claimed that representative government‚ plebiscites‚ classes and political parties only foster dictatorship rather than democracy (Al Qaddafi‚ 1975). Due to this‚ it suggested a practical way of directly involving every individual in government
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In Al-Sayed’s article‚ repetition is widely used as the writer is a non-native of English. For instance‚ "building materials" is repeated around seven times in paragraphs: 1‚ 3‚ 7‚ 11‚ 16‚ 17‚ as it is the name and the topic of the article. What is more‚ the verb ’open’ is repeated along with ’crossings’ in paragraph 4‚ 7‚ 17‚ 19 revealing the importance of this action in the ’reconstruction’ which is repeated for nine times. Moreover‚ ’peace’ is repeated seven times for its importance to Gaza‚ as
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opportunity‚ and served as Al Capone’s school for underground dealings with the time’s criminal denizens. After moving to moving to Chicago‚ he led a life characterized by intrepidness and rather shady business‚ from running brothels to smuggling contraband liquor. Here‚ where the strongest held dominion‚ he also received the cheek injury that would later earn him the namesake
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those problems‚ and to persuade them to let me write a Far for their company. The document will be used to solve the problems that I discovered that Rite Aid is facing using research and scholarly information found to solve the problem. The audience may know some information about the topic because maybe they were customers‚ or employers of the company. They might of herd things in the news or researched it if they were interested. When writing my Far I will inform the audience with background information
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