Although Mellas initially emphasizes his personal achievements such as promotions and medals‚ after some combat experience Mellas ultimately realizes his brothers in arms reward him more than any military attainment. In the beginning of the novel‚ Mellas arrives in the bush with one thing on his mind: advancement and glory. He fantasizes of leading his platoon to a significant NVA machine gun position and capturing it‚ earning “a newspaper story at home about the exploit… and a medal. He wanted a
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Muller English 101 March 1‚ 2013 Educational Achievement and Upward Mobility In many cities throughout the United States‚ people live in a state of poverty‚ lacking the basic necessities of food‚ clothing‚ and shelter needed to survive. Governments have tried numerous policies to life people out of poverty‚ from financial aid to affirmative action programs. Yet‚ Government aids are not enough to guarantee educational achievement. Educational achievement is the single largest influence on an individual’s
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Source A: Lenin was a great leader yet the most humble of men. For his achievements in the October revolution‚ in defending the foreign invaders and destroying the whites‚ in bringing peace and prosperity‚ we are forever in his debt. (A Russian view of Lenin written at the same time of his death in 1924) Was this an accurate assessment of Lenin and his achievements? One man with a gun can control 100 without one." Lenin‚ Vladimir Ilich 1917 Lenin was a man with principles that tried his best
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Chapter 3: The Achievements of Venice (written by BS) Venice had many achievements by the 15th Century‚ mainly‚ building a maritime empire‚ social transformation and also economic prosperity. The most significant achievement‚ would be building a maritime empire‚ followed by social transformation and economic prosperity. Firstly‚ the most significant achievement would be building a maritime empire. As a maritime empire‚ Venice possessed territories along important trade routes‚ especially around
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Dornan‚ E. A. & Robert Dees (2008). Four in one: rhetoric‚ reader‚ research guide‚ and handbook (4th ed.). New York: Pearson Education‚ Inc. Proud to Be a Speciesist Stephen Rose I research on animals. I study the intimate chemical and electrical processes that are the brain’s mechanisms for storing information‚ for learning and memory. To discover those mechanisms‚ I analyse the cellular changes that occur when young chicks learn and remember simple tasks. An anti-vivisectionist once asked me
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Sometimes the cost of making people proud can be nerve racking‚ but it is usually worth it. After two and a half months of planning and three days of beautiful weather‚ I finished my boy scout Eagle project. It was the biggest project I had ever taken on; by myself I was in charge of getting a hold of permits‚ donations of food and paint‚ and organizing volunteers so that the underpass on first avenue north could be repainted. I sat on an old couch in an even older building waiting outside an office
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Black History speech: I ’m Black and I ’m Proud As we come to the close of another black History Month‚ we have been reflecting upon our heritage. Upon such people as Chrispus Atticks‚ Harriet Tubman‚ Fredrick Douglas‚ George Washington Culver‚ Dr. Charles Drew‚ Thurgood Marshal‚ Malcolm X‚ and of course Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and many‚ many more. And as we remember and review these names we realize that in any other society this would be a great list of historical figures. But being in
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Achievements of Science The present age is the age of science. Science has influenced every walk of life. Today man cannot live even for a while without the use of one or the other of its inventions. Science has provided us with all possible comforts and has increased our happiness. Let us here discuss some of the most important of its wonders. Science has provided us with swift means of communication. The simple villagers still consider the railways as the work of gods. The railways have removed
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it is still not enough. While on his SONA of 2013 his focused were on the achievements of the government on his term such as approval of the Sin Tax Reform Law and “Responsible Parenthood Law” (RH Law)‚ reforms in Education system (K-12)‚ Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)‚ increase of the TESDA graduates‚ increase in PhilHealth enrolees from 62% to 81% and improved benefits. Even though we see the achievements of the Aquino administration still many Filipinos have doubts that it is
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Proud Accomplishment I was at a tennis tournament a saturday morning‚ it was early around 8 o’clock. I remember the courts being moist from the morning dew‚ and my tennis shoes were soggy and cold from walking through the dewy grass. It was supposed to be one of the hottest days that week. I felt the warmth of the sun’s radiation against my back‚ and my cheeks‚ as I waited for my number to be called. “Number fourteen”‚ the lady with the light brown curly hair‚ kind of like my own called my number
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