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    Three Reasons Why America Joined the War There are many impacting reasons as to why America decided to disregard their neutrality in World War One and fight. Three specific reasons being: the sinking of the British cruise ship “The Lusitania” by German U-boats‚ the Zimmerman telegram from Mexico‚ and propaganda persuading American citizens to join in the war or to remain resisting. Not one specific event caused America to give up their neutral state‚ but multiple ones pushing them over the edge

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    that Hannah portrayed. Before she committed this tragic event‚ Hannah left behind thirteen recorded messages that explained the thirteen reasons to why she killed herself; the reasons to why she was driven over the edge. Each of these messages were copied to tapes‚ each side of the tape was directed towards one specific person in which caused one of the reasons. The tapes went in order‚ from the beginning of Hannah’s problems‚ to the end. Hannah mailed the tapes to the first person the day she ended

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    become increasingly insignificant. Many believe that stricter gun control policies should be enacted. However‚ stricter policies will not ensure a safer environment in the community. Gun control laws do not prevent crime. They simply restrict citizens from gaining easy access to a firearm. While this would make it more difficult for citizens to be in possession of a gun‚ it does not completely restrain their ability to have one. Guns can be accessed through a variety of methods‚ including through

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    Why Do Guns Kill People?

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    On average over 100‚000 people are killed by guns in murders‚ assaults‚ police intervention and accidents ("Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence."). Many people say that it isn’t the guns that kill people‚ it’s people‚ but this is incorrect because if people didn’t posses guns they wouldn’t be able to murder people in a simple quick way. The debate on the second amendment and gun control laws has been going on for the past couple decades in the United States. Recently deadly mass shooting have

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    Homework Task 3 Gun control is a one of the important public issue that creates extremely emotional reactions among both those who support greater regulation of firearms and those who oppose further restrictions on ownership and call for the abolition of many existing limitations. The problem upraised in the argument deal with major queries of legal law and the civil rights of individuals‚ prospects for self-defence‚ the control of violence‚ and domestic security. Both sides of the gun control debate

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    In the book Thirteen Reasons Why‚ by Jay Asher it follows two main symbols the color blue and scars. The symbols represent and reflect thoughts about a young freshman girl named Hannah. Hannah is the main focus of the book because she is the one who committed suicide and gave out thirteen reasons why she committed suicide. An adolescent boy named Clay is on one of the tapes of her suicide reasons. But he does not know that yet. “Well‚ you’re right. Something did happen. Justin grabbed my hand. We

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    Billy Elliot

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    Love and friendship plays a major role in everyday life. This is shown particularly well in the film Billy Elliot‚ directed by Stephan Daldry. It is set in Everington in 1984‚ during the miners’ strike. Throughout the film love and friendship is portrayed in a range of different ways as Billy‚ the main character‚ has a different relationship with each of the other characters. The effective use of symbolic and technical film codes and the narrative elements; point of view‚ plot and characterization

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    Don’t Get Me Started On: Anti-Feminists I have the misfortune of hearing phrases such as “inequality doesn’t exist!” or “I don’t need feminism because……” It pains me to hear these things because all they are are misinformed opinions or sexist statements. To start with‚ the dictionary definition of Feminism is as follows‚ “The advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.” Straight away‚ this demolishes any argument that feminism a sexist movement. Equality is not a hard

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    Op-Ed: Why We Should Keep the Electoral College The electoral college is the current system in which the united state chooses the president and vice president. The electoral college system was created in 1787 by the framers‚ and hasn’t changed over the years. The current problem with the electoral college system is that the loser of the popular vote can still win the presidency by winning the electoral college votes. This has happened 3 times in the last 56 elections. The most recently being the

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    Billy Graham

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    Historical Character Profile - Final Report Billy Graham was born on a farm outside Charlotte‚ North Carolina; William Franklin Graham Jr. became the most famous and successful evangelist of the twentieth century. Graham preached the Christian gospel in person to more than eighty million people and reached countless millions more by radio‚ television‚ films‚ books‚ and newspaper columns. A 1943 graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois‚ Graham gained experience and exposure in Youth for

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