Soon after the conclusion of World War II in 1945‚ Communism posed a threat in the United States. This threat‚ also known as the Red Scare‚ was triggered because of the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. The tension between the two superpowers led to the beginning of the Cold War in the late 1940s. Because the Soviets were a communistic country‚ many Americans feared Communism because of the influence that it had in America. Many intellectuals supported Communism in the U
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The Danger of a Single Story; an eloquent and lively account of the lack of native literature in the childhood of speaker Chimamanda Ngozi. A story of a well-educated Nigerian who noted the lack Nigerian stories in her country. The danger of a single story. A tale of a single-minded story being told by the western world about Ngozi’s home countries. Stories of poverty and unhappiness not expressed in her own life experience. Ngozi’s TED talk warns the listener about the single story. She talks about
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This Beetle is Not a Bad Beetle In the scientific essay‚ Hope for Animals and Their World by Jane Goodall‚ uses diction of demonstrate is seen to demonstrate her point of view. She does this using the following words “recycling” ‚ “major” and “critters”. These words set a path to help the reader understand the significance of the burying beetles are vital in of the well being of our surrounding ecosystem. The word “recycling” make us realize that the American burying beetle does not negatively
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Keeping My Family Tradition Alive I started keeping my family tradition of canning alive last summer. My family has canned for years and there is nothing better than opening up something I have canned on my own and thinking of the people who shared this tradition with me. Traditions are very important to keep going in families around the world. Traditions are very broad anything from what people do on holidays to cooking. My family tradition is very important to me. I knew last year that if I
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Save Lives by Keeping the Drinking Age at 21 Listening to the news on television‚ hearing other students talk about it‚ is it really true‚ or are they going to lower the drinking age to 18? This is not just a rumor but nowhere have they actually lowered the age. The debate has been talked about for the last few years. The nation has always tried different things to solve the irresponsible drinking problems. In order to try and prevent this problem America has tried a national prohibition in the
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Smoking A Bad Habit There are lots of negative effects of smoking. Smoking has been proven to be very dangerous for health. As one cigarette contains more than 4000 chemical substances‚ therefore‚ it causes for many dangerous diseases such as heart attacks‚ asthma‚ bronchitis or lung cancer. According to a recent report in Britain close to 3‚500 people are killed each year in road accidents and 120‚000 are killed by smoking. Furthermore‚ smoking costs governments millions of dollars because of the
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Back in the 1982‚ the amount of teens that were killed due to alcohol consumption was roughly 20‚000 per year so a legal drinking age was put in place. (Hook) Over the years‚ the law has saved many people from dangerous or fatal traffic accidents but as time goes on‚ many still believe that the drinking age should be lowered‚ higher or stayed the same. The drinking age should remain the same as it already and still save lots of lives already and that the human body will be fully functional by that
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I believe that keeping animals in captivity is wrong. Keeping them in cages will cause them to feel isolated‚ because no matter what‚ one can’t copy their environment. An animal would have 18‚000 times less space in zoos than in the wild. A few feel that it would be educational for us‚ and safer for them. However‚ research shows that animals are prepared for what’s out there for them‚ and it also shows the best way for us to learn is by watching them in their natural habitat. Animals are used for
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The issue of keeping animals in captivity has been brought into focus recently. Some people claimed animals have the right to choose to live in their natural habitats‚ but others think some animals do better in the zoos. Overall‚ it is important to look as both sides of the argument. Supporters of zoos would argue that there are many advantages to keeping animals in captivity. One of the most important of these is that there are some endangered species are protected in the zoos. Like Giant Panda
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Corruption in India Patriotism. What does that word mean to you? Let me tell you what I think it should mean. Patriotism is not about boasting and believing that my country has no problems and it is just perfect. Patriotism is about realizing that my country has a problem and I will do something about it. Our problem for India is corruption. There are more than 1.21 billion people in India. 22 % of the population is under the poverty line. Truckers in India alone pay
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