English 9/ Honors 7‚ November‚ 2012 Report on 1930s & 1960s 1930s- In the 1930s money was scarce because of the depression. People tried what they could too to keep themselves happy. They would watch movies‚ play games‚ and such. In the great depression the American dream had become a nightmare. The great place that was once called the land of opportunity was now known as the land of desperation. The best place for a better life was California. Also in the 1930s economics
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Clara Barton Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was a pioneer nurse who founded the American Red Cross. In addition to being a hospital nurse‚ she worked as a teacher‚ patent clerk‚ and humanitarian. At a time when relatively few women worked outside the home‚ Barton built a career helping others. She was never married‚ as she knew the restrictions of a married woman at the time‚ but had a relationship with John J. Elwell. During the end of the American Civil War‚ Barton worked at a hospital
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Antonio Castaneda 6/19/2013 Persuasion Paper Football or Soccer Which Sport is More Dangerous? Have you ever wondered if football is a more dangerous sport than soccer? Football is a contact sport. You can get tackled in football but you can’t get tackled in soccer. You’re more prone to get injured in football than you are in soccer. A higher number of injuries result in contact sports. To help prevent injuries‚ both sports have rules that enforce the use of safety
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take another path in life. However‚ a group of about 65‚000 students will be unable to continue on their paths due to their status as illegal immigrants (Dream). Because of their status of illegal immigrants‚ it is extremely difficult for them to better their way of life. Therefore‚ illegal immigrants should be allowed to attend public universities. Illegal immigrants are already allowed to attend our public schools from the elementary level all the way through high school. The 1982 Supreme
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Beowulf Persuasive Essay A tiger cub studies and learns how to hunt from its mother and other cubs. Orphaned tiger cubs often starve because they can’t fend for themselves and do not understand how to hunt for food. Readers often relate to tiger cubs because books‚ the prey‚ can be hard to understand. In that same light‚ a movie version of the book can act as a mother tiger and help the reader to understand the book. A book or story that is transformed into a film can be either a great success
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Week 8 Persuasive Essay Final Draft Tonya Ingram EN101 03/03/2015 Greg Gildersleeve Week 8 Persuasive Essay Final Draft To crop or not to crop‚ that is the question. Is it nobler to let your Dane’s ears hang natural or stand up at attention? What exactly is ear cropping you may be wondering. Cropping of ears is the cutting and reshaping of a dog’s ears to get them to stand up as opposed to the natural hanging look. Great Dane’s are not the only breed that cropping is popular with. Cropping is popular
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Bad breath‚ yellow teeth‚ a chronic cough--these are some of the disgusting results of smoking cigarettes. Why do people continue to smoke when the effects are so harmful? The typical response from smokers to this question is that they smoke to relax and help relieve stress. Unfortunately‚ the quick fix are an addictive narcotic. Smoking feeds the addiction‚ but it also feeds the body with about 40 cancer-causing chemicals as well as almost 4‚000 other chemicals.[5] When a smoker comes to the conclusion
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million young people under age 18 smoke half a billion cigarettes each year and that more than one-half of them consider themselves dependent upon cigarettes. The decision to use tobacco is nearly always made in the teen years‚ and about one-half of young people usually continue to use tobacco products as adults. When your parents were young‚ people could buy cigarettes and smoke pretty much anywhere — even in hospitals! Ads for cigarettes were all over the place. Today we’re more aware about how
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Illegal Immigration: The Undocumented Issue In this paper I will discuss one of the biggest issues in the United States: Illegal immigrants. Some may say that illegal immigration has a positive impact on the United States’ economy‚ and some think that these undocumented immigrants affect jobs and wages of people that are living in this country. I think that illegal immigrants harm the United States’ economy through their use of our country’s social services such as health care‚ education and
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Persuasive Essay Outline The Goal of my Paper is to Convince‚ and Persuade‚ and Catch the Reader’s Attention from Beginning to the End‚ by using Research Information‚ Sources‚ Proof‚ and Evidence‚ that my Point of view is Valid‚ Agreeable‚ and makes Perfect Since to the Reader. I am Arguing against the Topic "Most Americans should not use Credit Cards"‚ and my Point of View will Prove‚ that Credit Cards should not only be not used‚ by some Americans
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