Patrick Gallagher Professor Adams College Composition December 4‚ 2009 Cause and Effect of Lying “The whole truth and nothing but the truth.” If these were words to live by then the whole world would be in trouble. Living in this imperfect world‚ we are surrounded by people who lie and who have an infatuation with lying. There is nothing that you can do to stop it. It is a natural human behavior to keep yourself out of trouble‚ and lying to protect yourself is a tool that everyone
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Causes of social and economic of World War 1 World War I was immediately precipitated by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian nationalist in 1914. There were‚ however‚ many factors that had led toward war. Prominent causes were the imperialistic‚ territorial‚ and economic rivalries that had been intensifying from the late 19th cent.‚ particularly among Germany‚ France‚ Great Britain‚ Russia‚ and Austria-Hungary. Of equal importance was the rampant spirit
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Smoking has become a trend in today’s world‚ even though people know how harmful it is. Smoking causes are obvious it will ruin your health and give you series of health issues. In America 85% teenagers first start smoking from the age of fifteen and sixteen‚ smoking tobacco is really addicting. Smoking causes heart diseases‚ blood pressure‚ series of cancers such as‚ lung cancer‚ mouth cancer and throat cancer. I have noticed that many people in my relatives who smoked all their youth quit smoking
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reported cases of children dying from child abuse ( ). Besides the obvious effects of physical damage‚ child abuse leaves emotional scars that last long after bruises have healed and bones have mended. Child abuse is a devastating epidemic that affects millions of Americans. Adults who have suffered from child abuse as children are much more likely to be abusers themselves. Because parents learn how to parent from their parents the vicious cycle of child abuse continues generation after generation
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Article Source: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/obesity.html Overweight and obesity is the second leading cause of death‚ killing 300‚000 people a year‚ ... There is not a miracle pill that will lead to weight loss ~ Richard Carmona Obesity is perhaps one of the most dangerous health problems increasing at an alarming rate due to various factors most of which are related to the changing lifestyles. Here is some basic information about obesity. What is obesity? Obesity is a condition where
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around them are moving or spinning when they are standing. It can be caused by a problem with the balance mechanisms of the inner ear‚ a problem with the nerves that connect the brain to the middle ear‚ or a problem with brain cause a head injury. The most frequent cause of vertigo is there is a problem with the balance mechanisms of the inner ear. When the virus or bacterical infected the inflammation of the labyrinth (a system of canals and cavities within the inner ear which gives us our sense
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substance abuse. Substance abuse is the overindulgence in or dependence on an addictive substance (Fisanick‚ 2009). It is a condition that can destroy not only the user’s life‚ but also those that care about the person. Substance abuse is responsible for half a million preventable deaths each year (Corse‚ 1995). Substance abuse includes the misuse of alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and illicit drug. Examples of illegal drugs include marijuana‚ amphetamines‚ cocaine‚ and opiates. Each year substance abuse costs
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Negative Effects of Media on Teenagers Hasan Kanchwala American University of Sharjah Negative Effects of Media on Teenagers Over the past decade‚ people have become quite dependent on media so as to get information about what is happening in the world around them. Among many other things‚ media includes magazines‚ newspapers and television‚ which provides users with information regarding recent developments and inventions‚ entertainment articles and much more. Nowadays‚ this information
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Drug use in the U.S has taken a turn for the worse and has become more common‚ especially in young adults. Not only is illegal drugs but prescribed drugs are also being abused as well. There are many drugs I can name that are being abused from what I know myself‚ but there are several others that I myself have never heard of. No matter what it may be‚ and how it may be used‚ no drugs are meant to be abused and used for the wrong intentions. For every action‚ there is a consequence and the consequence
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atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan. This was the first atomic bomb ever used in the history of warfare. In the non-fiction book Hiroshima by John Hersey‚ first hand six survivors of this horrific event describe accounts of the bombing and its effects in vivid detail. The atomic bomb affected civilians of Hiroshima and the city’s environment in that people began acting irrationally‚ suffered from injuries and deaths‚ and it led to erratic environmental occurrences. The atomic bomb affected civilians
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