Lincoln was the first President not born in one of the thirteen original colonies. Also‚ he was the first President from the Republican Party. Prior to his election as President‚ seven Southern states had seceded from the Union. In his inaugural address on March 4‚ 1861‚ Lincoln reached out to the South by telling them he had no intention of changing slavery as it existed; but he held firm to the ideal that the Union be forever preserved and indissoluble. Soon after this‚ the Southern states banded
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Women Make Better Politician Than Men There has been a lot of buzz in mainstream media highlighting powerful women on the rise. There is Sheryl Sandberg‚ Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook and author of Lean In: Women‚ Work and the Will to Lead; Marissa Mayer‚ newly appointed CEO of Yahoo!; Sonia Sotomayor‚ Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court‚ and other very obvious selections. As a result‚ this long overdue attention on powerful women has led some people to ask the question: “Do
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Multitasking Hurts Performances but Makes You Feel Better‚ the title says it all. The authors’ main reason for this article is to share the truth about multitasking with the public. The article talks about studies taken on individual students over a period of time and their urge for multitasking. The students who multitasked seem to think that when they are studying and listening to music‚ watching television‚ texting‚ or on the internet that it makes them more productive. In reality the students
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Why Women Make Better Leaders Than Men The world would be better if most leaders were women. Published on March 9‚ 2010 by Ronald E. Riggio‚ Ph.D. in Cutting-Edge Leadership The vast majority of political leaders and nearly all Fortune 500 CEOs are men. Moreover‚ in the industries that make our economy run‚ such as finance‚ manufacturing‚ technology‚ and agriculture‚ men are in the super majority of leadership positions. So‚ if most of our leaders are male‚ and if the U.S. is the dominant
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How SmithKline Beecham Makes Better Resource-Allocation Decisions In 1993‚ SmithKline Beecham was spending more than half a billion dollars per year on R&D‚ the lifeblood of any pharmaceuticals company. Ever since the 1989 merger that created the company‚ however‚ SB believed that it had been spending too much time arguing about how to value its R&D projects—and not enough time figuring out how to make them more valuable. With more projects successfully reaching late-stage development
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Smart food choice makes better environment Consuming meat is a potential threat to the environment because the modern way of raising livestock is polluting the community. Today’s major animal agriculture involves breeding a large number of animals by confining them in small and narrow spaces so that the 6 billion people on the earth can be assured to have sufficient meat supply. However‚ it seems perfect animal agriculture project has brought out severe problems. In the article “Factory
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In the BBC article “How comedy makes us better people”‚ Mary O’Hara claims comedy holds a very relevant place in not only British politics and culture‚ but also in the entire world because it can be used to comprehend and come to terms with confusing events or tragedies‚ challenge the authority of our governments‚ and destroy bigoted states of mind. Humor continues to mystify the philosophers and intellects that study it to this day. Why does humor play a major part in our everyday lives? What is
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The World would be a better place if the environment that we’re living was clear. According to me‚ our life is threatened and our environment isn’t healthy for us to live anymore. Air‚ soil‚ and water in many parts of the earth were seriously polluted by industrial and chemical waste. Because of increasing amounts of carbon dioxide‚ global warming has occurred. It led to a lot of effects. It makes the climate change. As a result‚ flooding‚ hurricane‚ tsunamis‚ tornados‚ and cyclone happen everywhere
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‘Only human beings can be persons’ The statement that only human beings can be persons raises many arguments for and against. For example what is defined as a person‚ and the extent of personhood as a matter of degree and what are the sufficient enough features of being a person. My position on this matter is that I believe that yes‚ only human beings can be persons‚ due to reasons which I will discuss later on in the essay. I shall defend my claim by arguing that neither animals nor computers
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Does technology make our lives better? Agree Disagree Makes things easier Lazy/obesity Easier to find information False information Medical treatment/save lives Not 100% successful/causes illness/addiction Detects natural disasters False
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