bright red coats. Men were cramped in huts of 12 soldiers per hut‚ and Washington’s leadership goes into question. I have decided not to reenlist‚ for three reasons: the conditions at camp and at home‚ the death and illness rates‚ and because of the odds of the war at
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16-3 B. December 9‚2013 If I Could Relive My High School Years How often to do you reminiscence on your high school career? What you should have done or not? Whether you just graduated as the Class of 2013 or the Class of 1988 we all look back and wish we could relive our high school career and change a few things. Some of those things include playing sports‚ being in clubs‚ getting perfect attendance‚ hanging out with the correct people‚ etc. If only I could relive my high school career at
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say it I hate writing I absolutely positively hate it. If I had to choose between writing and getting a tooth pulled let’s just say that I would be missing a lot of teeth. The reasons I hate writing are numerous. I can’t just single out one of them and say “This is why I hate writing!” then go on some dramatic rant of an experience I had years ago that led me to hating writing today. There are many things that contribute to this hatred‚ one being that I absolutely hate explaining myself. I always
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I used to hate greasers. They had tried to pick up Cherry and Marcia‚ Bob and my girls. We were so mad that they thought they had the right to do that; they were no-hopers. The night we went to find Ponyboy and Johnny we just wanted to put them back in their place. We wanted the power restored to our superiority‚ because as typical socs we believed this was our right. Socs will always have more power than greasers because the socs had money and the greasers didn’t. There was a constant war between
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living in a fictitious society”. Moore’s point was that it is increasingly difficult to identify the borderline between fiction and reality. His claim in the book “Stupid White Men” was that even the more recent presidential election was fiction‚ because the actual winner‚ Al Gore‚ is not in the White House (Moore 2001). As Astrid Söderbergh Widding showed us in her interesting paper‚ an obvious consequence of the increased influence of the entertainment and film industry was the election of a
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Stop Whale Hunting Stop Whale Hunting IWC (International Whaling Commission) banned the commercial whaling in 1986. The main reason is with the increase of human and hunting technology‚ the speed of catching these whale exceed the sustainable stock of whales. Although IWC had already come out such a clear policy‚ some pro-whaling countries are still doing the whale hunting----for scientific research. Since 1930‚ with the increase of human demand and technology‚ human beings are putting more
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Stop gambling Today‚ I’m going to talk about gambling. Nowadays‚ gambling becomes a entertainment in our life. Some people go there just for fun‚ but most people go there for money‚ they think they can make money by gambling. As we known‚ only very few people can make money from gambling‚ the winner always not belong to gamblers‚ so the problem comes out. Most people with gambling problems say they lost control over how much time and money they spend on gambling. Meanwhile‚ they ignored other responsibilities
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2012 The Death Penalty needs to be Stopped “To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge‚ not justice.” This quote from Desmund Tutu is a perfect example as to why the death penalty is inhumane. Death penalty is one of the most controversial topics in politics‚ and is almost always brought up in debates. As of 2011 only 61 percent of the population is in favor of the death penalty (Jonsson). The death penalty is unjust and immoral and should be stopped. The death penalty allows
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College “My reasons for college are probably just like everyone else’s. I went to college because I wanted a better life for myself and better myself. I wanted to find a job that I would not be living paycheck to paycheck like my parents had to do when they first got married. I mean‚ no one wants to live that way? I know for a fact that I did not want that‚ and that is why I choose to go to college‚ even more than is the main reason why college was so important to me. Another reason‚ both my parents didn’t
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If I could change 3 things about myself. By: Kimberly C. Essay no.2 19.5.2013 Did you ever think‚ that if you could change three things about yourself‚ what will you change? Yes‚ maybe you will say:”Hey! That’s not enough! I need MORE!” but what are the three MOST IMPORTANT things that you decide to change? If I could change three things about myself‚ I think first and foremost‚ I would change my desirous of food-ness. This‚ is (obviously) to change myself to a less lardy size. Because
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