When questioned about his long‚ unsuccessful endeavor to create a lightbulb‚ Thomas Edison replied‚ “I have not failed 1‚000 times. I have successfully discovered 1‚000 ways to not make a light bulb.” A great leader isn’t defined by accomplishments (although it definitely plays a role); they are defined by how they can learn and improve from failure. In truly successful leaders‚ I noticed that each had learned from past adversities or mistakes. Henry Ford‚ Fred Smith‚ and Bill Gates have all faced
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to launch the atomic bomb‚ or to go in person. President Truman made the correct decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan because the war ended much faster‚ he also ended up saving resources‚ and we got revenge from Pearl Harbor. The first reason why President Truman made the correct choice was because war ended much faster. This war ended much faster because in wars‚ usually there’s not much damage but this war caused a lot of destruction and there were lots of deaths in seconds. These deaths were
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called south Sarkhan‚ the U.S. wanted to stop the spread of communism and did not want the domino theory to happen with sarkhan. With that being said the U.S. helped Sarkhan in the battle to save their country‚ but at the same time used Sarkhan for their own good. A couple of the main characters in this story to help save Sarkhan were good friends U.S. ambassador Gilbert Macwhite and revolutionary leader Deong. Little did these two know that this would turn into a political war? During the movie
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to declare war on the Germans. Many Americans were against getting involved in the war because the U.S. considered it as European problems. The problem that Europeans were having had nothing to do with the U.S. There are many reasons that Americans did not want to join the war. The President’s motive for not entering the war was amongst England‚ France‚ and Germany. The people who were against joining the war were the Pacifists‚ Intellectuals‚ and the Isolationists. There were also many other anti-war
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2:16). Paul saw Jesus not only as a teacher‚ prophet‚ Messiah‚ but also a manifestation of divinity. Why I believe Paul spread the word of God farther than Jesus is because Paul’s eagerness to spread his belief in Jesus took him to Asia Minor‚ Greece‚ and Italy. Although Jesus had his disciples with him to help spread his word‚ personally think that Paul’s
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species to species‚ in small increments of change‚ to build entirely new species. In this way‚ natural selection has built all living things‚ including us. In The Selfish Gene‚ Dawkins defines the basic theory this way: We are survival machines‚ but “we” does not mean just people. It embraces all animals‚ plants‚ bacteria‚ and viruses…An octopus is nothing like a mouse‚ and both are quite different from an oak tree. Yet in their fundamental chemistry they are rather uniform‚ and‚ in particular
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for invasion was he didn’t want to split his army‚ and decided to send them up to Russia because he didn’t think the Russians would be prepared. They weren’t very well industrialized and they weren’t expecting an invasion. There can be many reasons why Hitler decided to invade Russia‚ but the main three are; He wanted a way to get to Britain that was easier than the English Canal‚ he wanted to get land back that had been
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Tourism and the Environment 3. Questions and answers for redefining the topic Q. What do I want to find out? A. If tourism affects the environment. Q. Will I focus on a particular country? A. Yes‚ New Zealand. Q. What will be the timeframe this information will be based on? A. I will just be looking at any current reported issues. Q. What do I want to know about tourism in New Zealand? A. How many tourists there are in general entering the country and if the environment is affected
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were fighting the harsh conditions‚ did not have time to grow livestock. Thus‚ meat was harder to come by in the area. Many people would go to parks where there were special areas for cooking. They could build a fireplace and cook whatever simple foods they could scavenge from the surrounding area. Everyone shared food and goods with each other in hopes it meant a better chance for
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But as fellow saiyan‚ why is Goku so different? Goku was sent off just moments before Frieza blew up the planet‚ so as an infant his mind was able to be filled. And as a child‚ he hit his head causing him to lose all of his saiyan pride. From there he was adopted by a kind martial artist and taught in the ways as an earthling. As mentioned above‚ Goku lived a simple life with no technology‚and by taining with many martial artists‚ this causes him to feel his opponent’s energy rather than judging
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