“I would say that it is the explosiveness that I possess in my game. Like a crouching tiger waiting to pounce on it preys". -World No.1 Lee Chong Wei on being asked about what his badminton strength. Firstly‚ let us all congratulate Pandelela Rinong because she became our pride and joy when she created history by becoming the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal. Then of course we must also salute Lee Chong Wei. Chong Wei fought all the way in the final against Lin Dan with intensity and
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The Civil War in America was‚ in fact‚ inevitable. There were many disputes over the politics‚ economics‚ and culture of slavery both in the White House and in the Supreme Court. The South was very persistent about wanting to keep slavery and they even wanted it to spread in to the North. The North disagreed completely however and wanted it to just be completely abolished throughout all of America. There were many factors that made the Civil War inevitable. The first of which was economic differences
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Famously‚ Plato claimed that knowledge procured from the senses is invalid. That the data received is merely a reflection or a shadow of reality and that the pure‚ true image of reality is imprinted upon our souls before birth. Without the possibility of any innate notions his theory would be implicitly invalid. René Descartes is another of these examples. Descartes asserted in The Meditations that our notion of the existence of the self: cogito ergo sum (I think‚ therefore I am)‚ the existence of God‚
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Even with both the English and the Americans willing to compromise and make deals‚ it would have been very hard to prevent the War for independence. The American enlightenment‚ however‚ could have been stopped. A large majority of Americans wanted independence from England mainly because of the way they were being ruled. Of the Americans that wanted to break away were from many backgrounds‚ they came from all over the social ladder and from all over the world. If they didn’t all come together to
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Niyyah Bilal Hayes October 19‚ 2014 Adejumo POS2041 The Affordable Care Act and Minorities After decades of health-care reform attempts‚ the U.S Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act). In response to this the 16th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health’s (the Institute) June 8th‚ 2010 topic was “What Will Health-Care Reform Mean for Minority Health Disparities”. As we move
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One of the most prominent questions in history was‚ “Was the Civil War inevitable?” many have formed an opinion and a much agreed with conclusion has come about. Secession was inevitable based on the events that occurred from 1800-1859; The War with Mexico‚ the Acquisition of Oregon and Texas‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were three of these important events that led to the inevitable secession and Civil War. Without these events the Civil War and the secession of the South could have been avoided
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CONSERVATISM Who says the old story is almost forgotten? Who thinks that a principle ever can fade? Who dreams that the old Oak of England is rotten Beneath which the dust of our sires was laid? Sires who fought for each loved Institution That guarded as bulwarks the tower of the State; The Altar and Throne‚ and the old Constitution
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There is a debate among historians about whether or not the Cold War was inevitable. Some argue that despite their alliance during World War II (WWII)‚ the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) had conflicting ideologies and postwar plans in Europe such that the Cold War was inevitable. However‚ there is evidence to support that the Cold War was not inevitable. Roosevelt and Churchill’s commitment to the Big Three‚ Stalin’s actual goals after WWII‚ and the Soviet position on the inevitability
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“Poverty is a natural phenomenon-it cannot be eradicated” Poverty dwells amidst the hungry‚ within the homeless‚ dealing with hardships of heat and frost. Poverty is the helplessness felt when the sick are deprived of medical care‚ when the society drowns deeper into the realms of illiteracy‚ when the fear of being unemployed forces one into illegal means like corruption. Poverty swells in the tears of the powerless old‚ reflected in the void eyes of the innocent childhood‚ trapped in the limbs
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There was multiple methods that could have been applied to prevent turmoil and chaos from happening‚ this could prevented the American Revolution. However‚ the American Revolution was inevitable‚ the amount of abuse that was inflicted on the people from the king himself took the basic liberties away from their society which soon led to the uprising. Also the ignorance that came from the political figures and parliament fueled the fire that was within the colonists‚ they finally took back what was rightfully
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