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    them good fortune of some odd sort. Thieves don’t scrounge around people’s pockets for pennies‚ and then have the person call the police for their missing penny. When most people say that they want to keep the penny‚ most of the time it will simply be an infantile argument about the baseless need to keep the penny just because it’s always been that way. Just because something’s always been done one way doesn’t mean that it’s the right way. The penny used to be important and useful before inflation‚

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    which eventually affects insulin getting around the body and into blood cells.This then could or most probably will turn into Type-2 diabetes‚ of which I will discuss later. It

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    Why Are Guns Bad

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    Guns. They are devastating sources of pain and can easily punch a hole right into your head at an insane 2‚500 feet per second‚ about 1‚700 miles per hour (“Doge-a-Bullet”). This is faster than sound‚ meaning you would be dead before you hear anything (“Doge-a-Bullet”). This old piece of technology had uses such as offensiveness or attacking‚ defense‚ and hunting. These tools of killing have left thousands dead‚ thousands fed‚ and thousands defended. Guns have a clear impact on the world that has

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    it’s the right way to handle the situation and will ultimately result in the best outcome. Others shoulder their obligations due to peer pressure or in some cases‚ by the enforcement of the law. In both New York Times articles‚ “Four-Legged Reason to Keep It Together” written by Timothy Braun and “Would Our Two New Lives Include a Third?” written by Rhonda Kaysen. The main characters in both stories ultimately decided to shoulder the responsibility of taking on a dependent in their life.

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    Let Us Keep Our Guns! I don’t think that it is OK for the government to take our firearms away from us law abiding citizens. There are many reasons for us‚ as a free and undivided country‚ that I believe we should have the right to possess guns. First of all‚ it is in our constitutional amendments as Americans that we have the right to bear arms. Our second amendment states that we can and should not only own‚ but also carry our guns. People enjoy using firearms to hunt for sport and survival

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    where they maybe going or what their life will lead to. Billy Collins‚ the author of numerous poems including Introduction to Poetry and Schoolsville shows the aspects of this theory throughout his works. Collins provides enough details and description to let the reader know where they are when reading his poems‚ but not necessarily always where he is going with them. While most poets hide information or the fine points from us‚ Billy Collins does not. Instead‚ he indulges the reader with his clear

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    is going on‚ and has no information to help him try to make sense of it nor to give up (Trying to make some sense of it all‚ But I can see that it makes no sense at all). He is battered‚ bruised and bloodied‚ and appears resigned to his fate‚ ready to throw in the towel and give up‚ he can’t take anymore (Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor‚ ’Cause I don’t think that I can take anymore). The repeat of the final lyric throughout the song appears to connect to the officer’s thoughts‚ going around

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    you ever been mad to someone who interrupted your daily life or cheated you? If you have never had such experience‚ you would never know that some impolite behaviors are inevitable in certain situations. First of all‚ being impolite or rude to another person is sometimes helpful for people. We may take children for example‚ do you still remember when you were a child who was not mature enough to recognize mistakes by yourself. Though you have been told for many times never do that thing again‚

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    novel there are many examples that demonstrates how language can be empowering. However‚ the novel proves that language can be both used negatively or positively. The novel also emphasizes how one word can have an impact on someone. There is another saying ‘Sticks and stones won’t break my bones’; this states that words cannot wound someone permanently. Nonetheless‚ words can definitely damage one mentally and hurt then deep down that it still remains there and be remember for long enough to

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    Sarah Baker January 28‚ 2012 Mr. smith Book Critique: Thirteen Reasons Why Genre: Fictional mystery‚ suspense & drama Thirteen Reasons Why is a heartrending‚ fictional story written by Jay Asher‚ his first published book. It is filled with mystery‚ drama and suspense. Hannah Baker commited suicide. Clay Jensen‚ a classmate of Hannah’s is still trying to digest the sudden and heartbreaking news. When Clay returns home from

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