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    What I Can Do

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    What I can do? As a family‚ there are few things that we could do to reduce fuel consumption‚ it would help if other people see us and try to do the same. The most we can do is if we go to one place and we are all going‚ we will just use one car and try not use the air conditioning because it makes us consume more fuel. Also‚ if we need to buy some clothes‚ shoes‚ food or pay bills‚ we do it in one mall that has all the stores we need‚ because that make us spend less fuel. We should also try to

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    The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress and they functioned as America’s first constitution in the year 1777. However‚ with progressive changes‚ ratifications were made to the Articles of Confederation by the beginning of March 1781 (Schultz 112). It is important to highlight the reasons as to why the Articles of Confederation were important to the American population and the American government at the time. This will help to understand why the constitution failed

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    What does Water do?

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    What does Water do? Why do we as humans need water? Why can’t we just go around all of our lives and do sports or activities without needing to drink water? What does water do for our bodies‚ and what happens if we drink too much/too little of it? We as humans need water because Water is essential to good health—and life. Up to 60 percent of an adult’s body weight and about 74 percent of a newborn’s body weight is water‚ making it the largest single substance in the human body. Water helps carry

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    It Ain't What You Do

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    It ain’t what you do‚ it’s what it does to you Simon Armitage writes an adventurous comparison poem to show how powerful imagination is by comparing life long dreams to one’s mundane memories in the poem‚“ It ain’t what you do‚ it’s what it does to you”. The poem displays three imaginative pinnacle-like events and with those events‚ there are three events juxtaposing them. The poem is presented in a manner where the story is based on the experiences of a first-person speaker. The poem follows

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    government has total control of what knowledge is available and what each and every person in the society is allowed to think. People in the hierarchy of the government live in modern buildings with modern conveniences‚ while those beneath them struggle for necessities. Winston‚ the main character of the story‚ lives in a totalitarian world where everything he does or says is monitored. He works at a place called the Ministry of Truth where he receives messages that tell him what is going on between Oceania

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    What should Betty do?

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    What should Betty do? Based on the present situation‚ Betty needs to evaluate the ethical and legal aspect of the situation. Did Betty lied for the Senior Management position? The question is about what is right and what is ethical and‚ what is the right thing for Betty to do? The current proposed action for Betty is‚ whether the action is legal? According to Bagley and Savage (2009)‚ it is vital to address the legal issue first in order to establish the perception that legal compliance is the

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    There is a great deal of differences and similarities between the novel version and the movie version of “The Great Gatsby”. The novel version of The Great Gatsby is the more “official” version of the story. As we all know Hollywood likes to add somethings to their movies and make them more interesting. . Between the two versions there are plenty of similarities and differences which can be seen quite well. In the two versions we were introduced to the five main characters; Nick‚ Gatsby‚ Tom‚ Daisy

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    I have often had people ask me why do we need the Book of Mormon? As I have studied this topic and learned the importance of the Book of Mormon I have found three main reasons that we were given this book. It helps to support the Bible‚ we can know everything else in the church is true‚ and it brings men closer to Christ. By studying how this Book has helped the lives of others and why it important‚ I will be able to be a better missionary and help others to know that this is true. Because of the

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    Banning books may have a negative outcome for children‚ taking so much away that they could have learned. Minors should not be held in the dark from the appalling aspects in life. As they grow older‚ they will not be secured away from the real world. Adults may want to shield their kids from taking in “explicit” or “dirty” knowledge‚ yet eventually‚ children get older and become much more exposed to the details of the true world‚ not just from books. Books could very well have explicit content

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    The Great Depression is considered to be the most severe economic collapse in the history of the world. The Great Depression occurred in October 1929 and lasted until 1939. In October 1929‚ Wall Street’s investors were wiped out‚ which caused consumer spending and investment to decline. The next effect to the crash on Wall Street was the decline in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers. The Great Depression reached its lowest when there were about 15 million Americans

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