Title: “The Material World” General Purpose: To inform. Specific Purpose: To inform the audience of what materialism is and the impact it has on society. Design: Topical Introduction Attention Getter How many people do we all know who want to be rich? I know I do‚ but does money actually do for us? B.C. Forbes once said‚ “The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich‚ but to enrich the world.” Adapt to Self I’m aware I’m not the biggest saint when it comes to spending‚ so I
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the Korean War have had on its population. During each of these wars the TFR dropped at the start of the war‚ slightly rose at the return of the men‚ and then continued to decline. As far back as 1800‚ the life expectancy of the Japanese has led the world (Rosling 2008). The only exception to this was at during WW2‚ when life expectancy dropped to 31 years (Rosling 2008). With a low birth rate of 8.39 and a low death rate of 9.15 (CIA 2012)‚ it is easy to see they are not producing enough children to
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which were the inspirational source for the upcoming German Expressionist cinema. Many of the films made in Sweden had a significant impact on German directors of this time largely because Germany was cut off from French‚ British‚ and American influences through World War I. Near the end of the war with the creation of Universum Film AG‚ or UFA a film production company created by the German government with the purpose of producing propaganda films to counter those created in France and Britain during
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January 30‚ 2008 THE WORLD IS FLAT The world we live in today is going through enormous changes in economics‚ technology‚ culture‚ politics‚ etc. The effects of the changes are not so clear‚ since it is hard to predict how each sector would affect the other and how society will be affected. However‚ analyzing past and present occurrences provides some information for experts to interpret society’s reaction in the future to different transformations. Globalization can be seen as a process in which
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Is racism still a prevalent force in our modern society? Many people in America like to believe that racism is no longer apart of today’s world. They couldn’t be farther from the truth. In the twentieth-century‚ racism seemed to hit an all-time high around the world. With America trying to cope after the Civil War and Europe facing genocide‚ discrimination seemed inevitable‚ but can the problem of racism be solved? When looking back on America’s history after the Civil War‚ racism is apparent
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The Ten Forces That Flattened the World These are the ten factors describing how the world is becoming “flat” or globally interconnected‚ thereby allowing businesses all over the world to compete on a more equal playing field. 1. The New Age of Creativity (the fall of the Berlin Wall) This event “tipped the balance of power across the world toward those advocating democratic‚ consensual‚ free-market-oriented governance‚ and away from those advocating authoritarian rule with centrally planned economies
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Without peace a nation cannot make any progress. So peace is ever desirable. But now-a-days if there be no peace‚ the whole human race will be destroyed. Because modern war involves atom bomb and hydrogen bomb. So‚ war should always be avoided for world peace. Horror of the modern war: The ancient battles were confined between two opposite armies. They were limited within a field called battlefield. But the modern warfare is totally different. The fight is not confined in a field or within the armies
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English 120 11/28/2012 How could people ’s selfishness towards each other lead to world hunger? Human beings are naturally evil‚ in a sense that humans care only for themselves and when it comes to the rest of the human population all over the world‚ this human would rather have them starve to death then see himself struggle. World hunger affects millions of people worldwide. It is hard to believe why world hunger still exists even when we are able to feed every single human being based on the
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following. Section 1: Free trade Free trade is defined as the trade based on the unrestricted international exchange of goods with tariffs used only as a source of revenue‚ which means one country can trade with another wherever they are in the world. For example‚ following the Phoenicians‚ the Greek and Romans established trade routes goings as far out as Britain in the West‚ and China in the East. The Greeks spread their culture and ideas through this trade‚ and the Romans spread their organization
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GROWTH: A COMPELLING MOTIVE TO DEPENDENCY “Is Third World dependency on First World development‚ practices‚ and funding avoidable?” By Michael John A. San Roque ABS681M G01 Submitted to: Dr. Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier October 9‚ 2012 Countries of the world have been sharply divided along development. Countries that are economically buoyant‚ technologically advanced‚ and politically stable are termed ‘Developed Countries’ or ‘First World’. On the other hand‚ countries that are technically
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