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    all the same; by doing this it creates a sense of unity among the audience. This is effective because it gets the audience on his side; if he used exclusive pronouns such as ‘you’‚ it would make the audience feel less united. He also says ‘America can change’‚ by doing this he personifies and metonymies ‘America’. This is effective as it makes the people think about what he means by ‘America’ in that context‚ he could have easily said the ‘people of America’ but that would be very dull. We also see

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    In 1759 the British had many victories including‚ capturing the French islands‚ defeating the French in India‚ and destroying a French fleet. The greatest victory for them was when they defeated the capital of France‚ Quebec‚ which was thought to be impossible to attack. The fall of Quebec brought the fighting to an end‚ and a peace treaty was made allowing France to keep some sugar-producing islands and forcing them to give a lot of land to Great Britain. The treaty of Paris also marked the end

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    Can you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar ? Positivity or optimism is something observed in the field of psychology that refers to two phenomena: That people tend to observe a neutral situation as mildly positive‚ or that people feel good at any given moment and this is easily observable to other individuals around a person. With 8th graders thats an important factor for school work and social life as the work 8th graders do in school is critical for their grades and it is very important

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    “You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake”‚ stated activist Jeanette Rankin. Rankin‚ the first woman member of congress‚ utilized the metaphor demonstrate how inevitable danger and severe consequences come with the action of War. In this scenario‚ she illustrates that no one can win a war. I agree with this quotation. Much like an earthquake‚ war disrupts the physical‚ emotional‚ social‚ and economic conditions of a country or community. War is an occurrence that is often a

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    wanted to be a famous athlete? Well think again many sports begin to get more dangerous and many of the players suffer long term injuries such as brain and health injuries. Injuries raise from sports getting more dangerous. In the three passages "Weighing the risks"‚ "Let them play"‚ and "The professionals’ points of view". There are arguments about whether or not the people are safe enough. To begin with‚ players can suffer major brain damage. In the passage "Weighing the risks" it states

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    More testing‚ More Learning All students wish to finish their college year with a good grade. There is a lot to learn in every chapter of textbooks. Even if a student spends most of his time studying‚ he will get very stressed when a midterm or final comes. These exams will judge how well that student is doing for the whole entire semester. Patrick O’ Malley in “More Testing‚ More Learning” mentions that more testing provides students better learning opportunities because more testing forces students

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    There were many different reasons resulting in communist victory after the War against Japan in 1945.The last phase of the Chinese Civil War‚ lasted from 1945 to 1949. At the time‚ the CCP‚ led by Mao Zedong‚ and the GMD led by Chiang Kai Shek‚ were vying for power to lead the whole of China. To begin with the GMD had the advantage with support from the United States‚ who provided advanced weaponry as well as financial aid through its Marshall Plan Scheme. It was officially accepted as the real government

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    conflict between the superpowers‚ but eventually war did not happen and the crisis ended with a compromise. Both sides could thus emerge from this crisis claiming victory‚ but there was little doubt as to who the real winners and losers were. Therefore the question I will try to answer in this essay is the following: • How can we assess victory and defeat of the parties in the Cuban Missile Crisis? Perceptions and misperceptions are very important in every conflict because there are significant

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    way it is carried out. There are a number of practices that can fall into the general category of bootstrap financing. One of these practices is operating with vendors through letters of credit‚ or IOUs‚ without actually providing cash. For example‚ if you want to provide a shipment of steel to a real estate developer‚ you will need to buy that steel from a manufacturer. You can consider taking business loans to do this‚ or you can provide the manufacturer with a letter of credit. The vendor gives

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    COSTS AND COSTING 6 6.3 PROFIT AND LOSS AND BALANCE SHEETS . Simple Financial Calculations . Analysing Performance - The Balance Sheet . Analysing Performance . Analysing Financial Performance . Profit And Loss Forecast . Profit And Loss Calculations . The Balance Sheet Exercise P 213 . Your books tell you what’s happened in the past. . Your cash flow forecast is about what may happen in the future. . What about now? How are we doing right now? For every single bit of goods or services you supply

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