officially in 1975. In terms of total American casualties‚ it ranks fourth in our history‚ following the American Civil War and both World Wars‚ with over 58‚000 brave lives sacrificed. But all of the blood‚ sweat‚ and tears our nation shed during those 14 years could have been avoided. I believe that the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War could have been easily prevented‚ and in turn‚ would have saved thousands of U.S. troop lives. The Truman Doctrine was officially passed in March 1947
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‘Death of the Author’ Analysis Roland Barthes is a French literary philosopher born in 1915. In one of his theories ‘Death of the author’ he argues that by “giving a text an author is to impose a limit on that text”. He claims that having knowledge of the author’s background and purpose for the text restricts the readers imaginative license to build their own interpretations‚ and that the author and text are completely unrelated. Barthes declares‚ "The death of the author is the birth of the
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Have you ever bullied or been bullied? If you have bullied or been bullied then you should know how bullying feels like. Bullying is very negative and creates major problems for our society. Nothing good comes out of bullying. It could very well change or ruin a person’s life. In fact‚ it does ruin many people’s lives. Kids can be mentally scarred if they are teased often. Even worse‚ they could be killed or fatally injured if the bullying gets extreme. There are many causes for bullying which must
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Tardiness Mr. Yoist 9/19/12 Have you ever been tardy to class? Do you get penalty for being tardy? Is it a good thing for students to be tardy? Is being tardy means that you are not smart? Why is that students like being tardy? Is it a habit? Imagine if all of sudden students decide to be tardy. What will be the outcome of that? Will being tardy affect the student’s future? A tardy student lack responsibility and shows no interest in following direction. Being on time is not only a duty for students
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A useful tool If someone gets into people’s house or wants to robbery people in some places with no one appear‚ which would people rather have‚ a handgun or telephone? If policeman cannot get there in time to save people’s life or no one can give people assistance‚ what would people rather do? Should they ask to god for help or willing to be a victim? It is very ridicules. Obviously‚ the best choice for people protect themselves is taking a handgun‚ because the first line of defense is people.
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“Risk can be identified and controlled. Therefore all industrial disasters are preventable.” Discuss. This essay discusses the apparently logical proposition that if risk can be identified and controlled‚ industrial disasters are preventable. It first examines the concepts of ‘risk’‚ ‘identification and control’‚ ‘disaster’ and ‘preventable’ before examining the nature of the industrial disaster through a systems approach; it will be shown that a disaster can be deconstructed in order to present
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Final Project In psychology there have been many schools of thought. The main ones to have emerged are structuralism‚ functionalism‚ behaviorism‚ Gestalt psychology and psychoanalysis. Some of these have withstood the test of time‚ and are still in use today in modern psychology‚ while others have laid the foundation of modern psychology. Wilhelm Wundt is the founder of psychology as a formal academic discipline (Schultz‚ 2011‚ p. 66) Because of his ideas and the worked that he did in experimental
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Where have all the criminals gone? Sherri Ryan Medical Careers Institute In Steven Levitt and Stephen Dunbar’s article‚ they argue that there is evidence to support a link between the abortion rate and crime reduction. The authors first talk about the abortion history in Romania‚ how a dictator named Nicolae Ceausescu imposed his will on the people by enacting a ban on abortion in order to increase Romania’s population. By doing this however‚ he was denying the rights of many teenage
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Criminological Theory Unit 1: Case Summary A theory is based on an explanation that has been processed to describe an observation‚ phenomenon or a scientific occurrence. “Theory” is a word we use on an everyday basis without giving a second thought about what it is or what it means. The word is used to toss aside information because it is only a “theory”. In relation to science‚ a theory can offer an idea‚ thought or concept that has testable qualities. Based on science‚ there is no guesswork
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in my soul‚ nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all” | In her thesis she explains that even though people do discriminate against her‚ she does not feel colored. She states “There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul‚ or lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all” to show how she doesn’t care that she’s colored. Being color does not determined who is she is or what she will be. She doesn’t get depressed that she’s colored. Being colored just describes one single fact about her. | Challenge/
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