conundrum - a difficult problem (noun) whet - Make keen or more acute (verb) placate - gain the goodwill of (verb) infructuous - not fruitful; not producing the desired results (Adj) rectitude - Righteousness as a consequence of being honourable and honest(noun) Ex. Rectitude of behaviour expediency - the quality of being suited to the end in view (noun) expedient - appropriate to a purpose / serving to promote your interest (Adj) repugnant - extremely distasteful / in conflict
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Hemza Salem History 313 Doctor Adams February 18th 2015 Industrialization of America The U.S. economy is essentially a free market economy which is an economic market that is run by supply and demand with certain government regulation. In an actual free market economy‚ buyers and sellers operate their own business without any government policies however there is an argument among politicians and economists on the actual policies. For example‚ based on a mutual agreement on price without state intervention
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Words can Heal and Words can Harm Words are very important. Words can heal and words can harm. Words can hurt grievously and for a long time. The tongue can bless and the tongue can curse. It is very important for us to control our words and tame our tongue when we are angry. Many times‚ when we are angry we say the most atrocious things. We forget ourselves and become indifferent to what we say. We blast the other person without mercy‚ although we may not mean those words. But words once
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and ends -- in communication.” These are wise words from legacyproject.org. Yes‚ there are many‚ many cases of physical violence in the world every day but every physical fight starts with some sort of verbal violence. People can use words to make things worse or make thing better. Most of the time people choose to make things worse with their words. Words hold more power than weapons. One reason why words are more powerful than weapons is that if words can hurt‚ they can also heal. Another‚ it serves
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Change and Innovation Denise Aranda HCA/250 December 23‚ 2012 Robbie Johnson Change and Innovation The world and everything in it is evolving‚ changing every day. People normally do not mind change when it is they doing the changing‚ but when people are forced to change‚ then it can become an issue for them. A major health care organization has decided to use electronic medical records instead of the usual paper records. The employees are resistant to change‚ so I decided to write down ideas
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Whenever a student is being asked to write an essay about 1000 words‚ a buzz sound is definitely going to alarm his/her head and student kept wondering about the length of 1000 words essay. Students want to complete the tricky assignment as soon as possible ignoring the quality of essay writing. Whether you write 1000 word essay or 250 words essay‚ your essay won’t worth the penny if it doesn’t have the quality to be appraised. Some students are very fond of filling in the pages without considering
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Directions: Answer each of the following questions algebraically. You may sketch the graph of the parabola to help you visualize the flight of the ball. 1. A water balloon is tossed into the air with an upward velocity of 25ft/s. Its height h(t) in ft after t seconds is given by the function h(t) = -16t2 + 25t + 3. a) After how many seconds will the balloon hit the ground? b) What will the height be at t = 1 second? 2. A football is passed through the air and caught at ground level for
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Book Review of “The Characters of Revolutionary Characters” by Gordon S. Wood “The characters of Revolutionary Characters” is a realistic portrayal of six most important members of the founding generation of the United States. They are: George Washington‚ Ben Franklin‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ Aaron Burr‚ John Adams‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Thomas Paine. The Founders‚ indeed‚ were a highly unique and exceptionally talented generation. The book takes as its accent not the story
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Time Line of Christchurch Bay 1366- there was a severe erosion at Highcliffe. 1587- Richard Popinjay’s produced a sketch map of Isle of Wight. 1587- Dorset and Hampshire defences were set up. 1595- John Norden created a map of Hampshire‚ showing the village of Hordwell 1654- Old data of the previous data were seen by Burton 1695- Robert Morden modified the map created by John Norden 1703- on the 24th of November‚ a very severe storm known as the Daniel Defoe’s storm appeared‚ producing
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Character Sketch of Harris William S. Harris from Three Men in a Boat‚ is the youngest of the three men. J comments that he always knows where a good pub is‚ no matter where they seem to land. He’s not married and seems to enjoy living in the moment. One of those moments includes getting completely intoxicated and while the other two men are gone‚ hallucinates and thinks that he’s being attacked by a group of swans. The fact that he is a borderline alcoholic probably explains why he seems to
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