Why Does History Matter? History is one of the most underappreciated subjects included in a modern education. Many students regard history as a useless subject that their school requires for some reason. What’s the point of learning about dead people and what they did‚ when you can learn about something that will be relevant to the present and the future? New information is always expanding the field of science‚ and english is constantly being perfected like a diamond being polished. These subjects
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rival D-day in scale and cost untold thousands in American blood and treasure. However‚ President Harry S. Truman had an alternative. Over the past several years‚ working in secret‚ some of the greatest minds in science had developed a weapon. A bomb that could level cities‚ a bomb that changed the basic power of the universe‚ an atom bomb. Truman now had a choice before him: unleash this new weapon in an attempt to force Japan to surrender or commit the United States to a massive invasion of the
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KKK Why? Does hatred still exist? Is it more powerful than time or knowledge? These questions could be debated in many areas from our highest court in the nation to our local official offices. The grip of hatred and its evil effect far outlives its perpetrator. The KKK was created to promote the white race as the supreme race. They used bombings‚ fires‚ and lynching to intimidate African Americans and also white people who wanted to help them. This ideology influenced government to turn a blind
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Why Not to Legalize Marijuana Marjorie Fleuridor ENG/102 March 10‚ 2013 Professor Laura Barnes Marijuana is one of the best known drugs that have been widely consumed throughout history which today raises a concerned eyebrow. Those who are advocates consider marijuana a harmless and beneficial substance because of its claimed value in treating symptoms of serious illness or diseases and Jeffrey Miron‚ a professor of economics at Harvard University in the following viewpoint believes
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This year is the year that marks the 100th anniversary of World War I. In 1914 the war started in Europe starting a world wide struggle that would eventually kill 9 million people. World War I had the Allies made up of Britain‚ Belgium‚ France‚ Serbia‚ Russia‚ Japan‚ Italy‚ and the of course the United States. The Central Powers made up of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ and Bulgaria. In the beginning of the war France‚ Germany and Britain made trenches that went for 460 miles‚ from
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myself‚ I learned the skills and interests I have myself and the realization that i no longer want to pursue in the Medical or Business field but to work as a Social Worker. Careers that personally appeal to me are ones that help people and make an impact on someone’s life and makes a difference. My career goal is to become a Clinical Social Worker. What interests me about this job is managing different people for different reasons and positively helping their lives and making it better. A few experiences
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‚ | Why Scientist Don’t do Ethics and Why it is Important That They do | Ethical Issues in Science | | | Scientists don’t deal with ethics because they are more involved with the science and getting results. The pressure of working in that field is put on them to get results for their careers and getting more grant money. They should deal with ethics for the betterment of all that. If the public believes that scientist are unethical and can’t be trusted‚ the research they do will
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rapidly and existing products evolve or new products are created‚ with growth of mass consumption and rising affluence people can afford to upgrade their products and old necessities‚ such as a TV‚ would now become rubbish‚ because it isn’t the new model‚ which could be defined as a luxury item. From 1957 to 2006 food expenditure more than halved this was because the rest of the income was spent on ‘non necessities’ (ONS‚ cited in Brown‚ 2008‚ p.110) which is why this explains that rubbish isn’t worthless
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Why I Write By Joan Didion From The New York Times Magazine‚ December 5‚ 1976. Copyright 1976 by Joan Didion and The New York Times Company. Of course I stole the title for this talk‚ from George Orwell. One reason I stole it was that I like the sound of the words: Why I Write. There you have three short unambiguous words that share a sound‚ and the sound they share is this: I I I. In many ways writing is the act of saying I‚ of imposing oneself upon other people‚ of saying listen to me
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Why is it fun in the phil. 1.) The new slogan of the Department of Tourism of Philippines “It’s More Fun In The Philippines” has gone viral. This slogan was developed to attract tourists from around the world and has already circulated in social networks such as facebook‚ twitter‚ and tumblr. The said slogan aims to convince tourists why they would rather choose Philippines as their travel destination and why it’s more fun to do things in Philippines. Often times in social networks‚ people’s
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