The Penny What do you think about the penny? The penny is a coin that is worth one cent. It is made of copper and zinc. Should we keep this coin or get rid of it? The thing is‚ we should get rid of it. We shouldn’t keep the penny because it is worthless‚ wastes time‚ and costs more to produce than it is worth. The penny takes up too much space in many ways. The penny is rarely used and is usually just put or thrown away. “We often store them in jars...” (Sommer). Why do people store them in jars
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Pennies don’t put in their two cents for their place as a part of American currency. It’s not like they’re particularly useful. Almost nobody picks them up unless it’s in the hope that the face of the long-deceased Abraham Lincoln might bring them good fortune of some odd sort. Thieves don’t scrounge around people’s pockets for pennies‚ and then have the person call the police for their missing penny. When most people say that they want to keep the penny‚ most of the time it will simply be an infantile
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determine if the claims made by the US government‚ regarding the spectrophotometric analysis of a copper penny hold true. Before 1982‚ the Lincoln cent contained 95% copper and 5% various mixtures of zinc and tin. As the cost of copper increased‚ the cost to produce the penny was more than the actual face value of the penny. This caused the US government to change the composition of the penny. The pennies we know today consist of a copper coating‚ which contains mostly zinc metal‚ and has a 2.5% mass.
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Keep Our Water Clean: Clean Water Act The Clean Water Act has made advances to our society that have helped our environment to flourish with life. The objective of the Act when it was enacted in 1972 was to restore and maintain the chemical‚ physical‚ and biological integrity of the Nation’s water. This objective was accompanied by other statutory goals to eliminate the discharge of pollutants into waters used by boats by 1985 and to attain waters deemed "fishable or swimmable" by 1983. So far
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government leaders: should America continue or discontinued the penny? Well‚ why continue a coin of such little value and significance? The penny should be eliminated because the uneconomical coin is a waste of time‚ resources‚ and money. Too much time is spent in vain searching for lost pennies. According to MIT graduate Jeff Gore‚ mentioned in the article Penny Pinchers by Rick Khan‚ four hours are spent per year looking for pennies. “If each person’s time is worth $15 per hour‚ then each person
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be discussing the Clean Air Act of 1970 along with the amendments made in 1977 and 1990. I will discuss the law and some of the provisions that have been made. I will discuss the economic impact as a result of this law; if there are any fines‚ costs‚ or benefits economically along with data to support this information. I will also discuss my feelings on whether this law has been beneficial and also provide information to support my answer. Clean Air Act The Clean Air Act of 1970 is
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Clean Needle Programs In the article “A Case for Clean Needle Programs”‚ Breat Whitteker and Dawn Day argue that a clean needle program in the S.D. County could save hundreds of lives. One of the many benefits of establishing a clean needle program would be that it allows not only the S.D. County to save hundreds of millions of health care dollars but it allows other counties to do so as well. Some who obstruct against this program believe that when sterile needles are given out‚ there is
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Penny Stocks vs. Options: The similarities and the differences By SEC‚ the meaning of penny stocks is given as the following. The expression "penny stocks" for the most part alludes to a security issued by a little organization that exchanges at under $5 per offer. Penny stocks‚ for the most part‚ are cited over-the-counter‚ for example‚ on the OTC Bulletin Board (which is an office of FINRA) or OTC Link LLC (which is possessed by OTC Markets Group‚ Inc.‚ earlier known as Pink OTC Markets Inc.);
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In The Yearling‚ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings depicts Penny Baxter as a hardworking father wanting the best and willing to do anything for his family. In chapter one‚ Jody returns from playing in the woods and sees his father chopping wood. Distressed‚ Jody thinks “[h]e was doing Jody’s work‚ and in his good coat” (9). Penny Baxter’s readiness to do Jody’s chores so the family can have firewood reveals his strong work ethic. Penny wants his son to play and his wife to have wood‚ so he shoulders extra
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proprietor of Clean Wash Laundromat‚ reread the recently received fax from Hair cuts‚ a well-established chain of beauty parlors. Hair cuts is proposing a business deal with Ms. Reyes wherein Hair Cuts will avail of the wash‚ dry and fold service of Clean Wash Laundromat at 15% off the regular price. The service will cover a period of four months from June to September‚ which are peak months for Clean Wash Laundromat and will entail 60 kg per week or 240 kg per month of laundry. Clean w\Wash Laundromat
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