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    AGAINST RATIFICATION Anti-federalist had the stronger argument because the government was going to be too much like the British government which had too much power‚ violated the citizens’ natural rights‚ and there was no bill of rights. Who are the Anti-federalists? They were people who were against ratification. Most people that were anti-federalist were mostly farmers‚ so they were poor. Federalists were in favor of the ratification. Most people that were Federalist were businessmen and New Englanders

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    Bank Robbery

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    I sat down on a row of chairs. There were not many people in the bank on the Tuesday afternoon. So I figured that I would not have to wait long for my turn. Suddenly I heard someone shout behind me. instinctively I looked around and was shocked to see two gunmen brandishing handguns and telling everyone in the bank to get down on the floor. I obeyed quickly. I was too stunned to feel any fear. I just lay down on the floor like the other customers. I could not see anything except the floor tiles

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    consequences”‚ said a bold voice from behind as Rima tried to hurry towards her house. It was a dark‚ chilly night when Rima got a bit late at work. Not to mention the rickshaw and bus strike that day which made her walk down to her house. Rima’s house was located in a rather lonely area where after nightfall to walk into the street was like a cat going into a room full of dogs. Rima took larger strides and walked down the street quacking with fear. Suddenly‚ from a dark corner came out a man. On

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    Explain the geographical challenges resulting from a greying population An aging of population (also known as demographic aging‚ and population aging) is a summary term for shifts in the age distribution (i.e. age structure) of a population toward older ages. A direct consequence of the ongoing global fertility transition (decline) and of mortality decline at older ages‚ population aging is expected to be among the most prominent global demographic trends of the 21st century. Population aging

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    Civil War as Part of the Cold War On June 25 1950 North Korea invaded an unsuspecting South Korea. The South Korean army was pushed back to the southern edge of Korea until the United Nations armed with sixteen countries came into the war and pushed them right back close to China. After that‚ the South Koreans and U.N forces were pushed back to the 38th parallel where a cease fire happened on July 27 1953 and has held to this day. During this war‚ China and the Soviets both backed

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    My Neighbor     According to Christianity‚ One of the Ten Commandment is- “Love thy neighbor as thy self”. This means God wants us to love and respect our neighbors as we would love our own family members. Neighbors are a true blessing. It can be said more precisely that neighbors are a true blessing in disguise‚ its true at least in my case. My neighbor Mr. Ronald Saldanha is a through gentleman in every aspect. In fact‚ he and is lovely family are a perfect example of national integration

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    Project – Mexican Drug War; the United States Since Felipe Calderon became the president of Mexico in December of 2006‚ more than 30‚000 people have died in this nationwide turf war. A large majority of these murders are happening in the states of Chihuahua and Baja‚ California both of which border the United States. Soon after Calderon took office he launched a military-led war on drugs and that set off conflicts all over the country between rivaling cartels. Not only has there been a war between

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    The Shawnees and Their Neighbors in Review The Shawnees and Their Neighbors‚ 1795-1870 by Stephen Warren looks into the lives of Native Americans in the Old Northwest. This time was characterized by warfare and failed compromises between the Americans and Native Americans. Native Americans faced failure and removal much in part due to their inability to combine forces to fight against‚ or seek to gain rights from the American frontiersmen. Stephen Warren is speaking at the Wiping Away the Tears:

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    Word count (excluding titles and references): 1397 The Spanish Civil War. Explain some of the causes and consequences The Spanish civil war was a major conflict between the Republicans and Nationalists‚ which was fierce and bloody as over 500‚000 people were killed. It began in July of 1936‚ and waged on until April of 1939. Although later conflicts have overshadowed it‚ the Spanish civil war remains one of the bloodiest conflicts of our modern era as well as one of the most consequential as

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    and quickly‚ however‚ this meant that the conflict between slave and free states continued to rise as well. Because of this‚ the Mexican American war only escalated the high tensions; the question of what was to be done with the possible acquisition of an extremely large territory was posed‚ in regards to the balance of slave and free states. Abolitionist saw that the war posed an extreme threat to this balance‚ and would only expand slavery to the land that would be acquired. Henry Clay‚ a senator

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