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    The Great Debaters

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    Summary of the Great debaters The movie “The Great Debaters”‚ directed by Denzel Washington‚ and screen writer Robert Eisele‚ is base on a true story. The movie shows the way how people use to discriminate on the colored people‚ back in the days. The most important job in America is the education of our young people. The people were separated; the low class people living in one area and the high class people live in a separate area were the class is higher. A professor of Wiley College named

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    The Meaning Behind The Crucible Frank Crane once said "Next‚ in importance to books are their titles." The title of The Crucible means more than a ceramic container in which metal can be melted into. Events and ideas throughout The Crucible give insight into why Arthur Miller chose the title and how it relates to his view on America. Through the choosing of dramatizing the Salem Witch Trials‚ the actions of the characters who accuse others for personal gain‚ and the torment and torture or even death

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    I completely agree that a democracy dies behind closed doors. By definition‚ a democracy is a “government by the people”. Whether a direct or representative democracy‚ a closed-door meeting is typically associated with private or sensitive information‚ which is being intentionally and selectively withheld from the people. As with the media in today’s society‚ selective information is not always accurate information. A true democracy should be transparent and have no need for closed doors‚ especially

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    memories‚ thus being able to progress and essentially grow as a human being. Ultimately‚ a person’s past can be the ideal driving force and motivation needed in order to move up the ladder of success as displayed in F Scott Fitzgerald’s short novel‚ The Great Gatsby A man’s past‚ filled with poverty and desperation‚ very analogous to Jay Gatsby’s‚ can only drive him to become successful in everything he does or attempts. Gatsby distant relationship with Daisy as motivation to attain superfluous wealth

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    Reasons for Decline in Reading Habit W. Somerset Maugham said‚ “To acquire the habitof reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost allmiseriesof life.” Reading habithas been a great help in developing knowledge. But today‚ in an age when browsing thenet‚ playing with funky handsets and passing non-stop SMS seem to be the order of the day. The internet boom‚ interactive medium of images‚ TV and thesilver screen fillingthe minds of the modern youth‚ taking majority of their free time

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    The Great Gatsby Do you ever sometimes wish you have everything in life? In fact‚ each and everyone in the world wish or want something. Like love‚ hope‚ wealth and etc. These topics are seen in the book called “The Great Gatsby.” In America‚ as a whole‚ they have this “American Dream” where they all want to be independent and being optimistic about their future‚ pretty much everything great in life. But not everyone in America achieves these dreams because of the distraction around‚ sometimes

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    Alexander the Great

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    Mrs. Mannion Period -6 2-19-13 Was Alexander really Great? Throughout the years there were many arguments and doubts of Alexander the Great is actually “great” as they say he was. But in my opinion I have more than enough information to state he was indeed classified as a great warrior and man. First of all he was an outstanding leader‚ nobody can compare to his leadership. Not only he would lead his armies’ constant

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    The Great Communicator

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    Great Communicator When people think of a great communicator they often think only of famous people or ones who have made an impact in our society. When you look at the emergency services field people would think twice on picking them for a great communicator‚ but however when one is a Paramedic for three counties‚ a volunteer Firefighter for his town and was honorably discharged from the Navy that’s when you take a second glance. The qualities that make up the mold of a great communicator is personality

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    THE PHYSICS BEHIND CAR SAFETY FEATURES Cars contain several different types of safety features. These numerous safety features all have their own significance to the driver‚ as well as to the passengers. The purpose of this report is to show and express how physics is involved in automobile collisions and similarly how it is used to prevent injuries during accidents. Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion are used to describe the purpose of the three main safety features that cars are obliged to consist

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    John Bruni ENG112 Professor RobinsSevel 5 February 2014 Behind Your Style Rajeev Ravisankar‚ a writerwrite for Ohio State University’s newspaper‚ The Lantern‚ brings the term sweatshop to the attention of his readers (when does he do this? In a 2004 article about bananas? Give the reader more to go on here).. He (Ravisankar) first connects with them (who) by putting himself in the same boat as them by stating that being a “poor” college student drives them to go to extreme lengths to get clothing;

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