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    are we okay with this? Depending on where we each stand‚ these generalizations can have advantages. One group of peoples can be better off than another based on society’s prejudice. That’s great for one sex or nationality but what about the other that has to bear that negativity? What happens to the women who constantly have to prove they are more than a mini skirt and a pair of breasts? Or the men who have to actively assert their dominance to protect their masculinity? Are we going to sit down

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    Why Do Earth Rotates

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    1. If the earth rotates in the opposite direction to that of today‚ with the aid of diagrams‚ describe the likely characteristics of the global atmospheric circulations. The sun heats the atmosphere more at the equator than it does at the poles. There would initially be a surplus of heat at the equator and a deficit at the poles which would be evenly distributed through oceans and the atmospheric circulation such as in Figure 1. This is due to the density differences between air masses because of

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    considerable amount of time and energy was geared towards the collection of food and the sustainability of their communities. This is contrasted to the objective of today’s people focusing mainly on earning money and enjoying life. In this essay it will explore not only the location and context of how the people survived but also what significantly impacted their existence. In the period of 1500-1800 there were small cities popping up around Europe and Asia. The locations of the cities were carefully

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    Why Do Managers Plan?

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    Why do Managers Plan 1 Why do Managers Plan? Management 301 Distance Learning December

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    Why Do We Dream?

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    Why Do We Dream? No one knows the true answer as to why we humans dream. Probably no one ever will truly know but there are many theories concerning this topic. One theory brought about by famed psychologist Sigmund Freud is that dreams are secret wish fulfillments of the dreamer. Another is the information-processing theory. A third theory is called the activation-synthesis theory. All three are valid theories that deserved to be looked at and discussed with a little more detail. Sigmund Freud

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    Unfortunately the tremendous interest for books meant that people were pressurized into writing books in a extremely short amount of time. This made a few books shabby and fantasised. Charles Dickens quoted " The stories were melodramatic‚ unoriginal and full of

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    Why Do Oranges Be Good

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    Oranges can be both sweet and sour. Sometimes people can be sour‚ but have moments when they are sweet. Magwitch‚ Mr. Jaggers‚ and Miss Havishim all are bad people but have moments when they are sweet. In Great Expectations Charles Dickens shows how even the worst people can be good. First Magwitchstarts out bad when he is young‚ but at times he shows that he can be good. First‚ when he was young he used to steal food‚ only because life was not kind to him. Next‚ the first time he met Pip he threatened

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    Why Do Shakespeare Exist?

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    nearly two centuries people have been questioning the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays. Oddly enough‚ the first time anyone suggested Shakespeare might not be the author of his work was a joke. In 1848‚ a Lutheran scholar named Samuel Schmucker compared academic efforts to cast doubt upon the existence of Jesus Christ to someone arguing that Shakespeare never existed. (wonderopolis.org) Those remarks sparked many questions about the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays. Over 70 people have been suggested

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    To Do or Not

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    believe that kindness is one of the most important human characteristics. It is not that hard to say a simple ’thank you’‚ and yet it can really change the outlook of someone else’s day. My sister once told me “It takes more muscles to frown than to smile.” I have noticed that just being polite to the people around you can really make the atmosphere around you more positive. I can think of a lot of examples of when being polite has made things a little smoother‚ including one at the doctor’s office. As

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    Many children and adults play violent video games on a regular basis‚ but are they doing more damage than people think? The amount of time teens spend hours playing violent games in a day is shocking. Everyday locked in their rooms‚ with their highly addictive simulations can do more harm than we think. Though creators state their games improve children’s mental skills and reflexes‚ due to the different tactics involved‚ this can be expressed in different ways‚ making one believe that violence is

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