northeast coast of Japan on 11th March‚ setting off a devastating tsunami that swallowed swaths of coastal territory and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean‚ threatening everything in its path. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake -- the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and the biggest in Japan in 140 years -- struck at 2:46 p.m. local time‚ shaking buildings violently in Tokyo for several minutes and sending millions fleeing for higher ground. The media keep disaster in the forefront of our minds. TV
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After the riots of 1917‚ the Tsarist regime collapsed‚ and many would argue that it was mainly as a result of the First World War beginning in 1914. War broke out in 1914‚ with Tsar Nicholas becoming commander-in-chief in 1915‚ meaning he was away from Petrograd. Not only was this poorly thought out by Nicholas because it gave the people an opportunity to plot against him‚ but as he was away he left Tsarina (also a German princess)‚ Alexandra‚ in charge during his absence. Due to the war being
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Do You Believe In Aliens Are we alone or do you believe in aliens? Most people would say no in public‚ but in truth most do believe. A survey was taken of 29 people; they were asked one to three questions depending on their answer. Question # 1‚ “Do you believe aliens exist?” out of 29 people asked 24 said yes‚ they do believe aliens exist. Those 24 went on to the next question‚ Question # 2‚ “Do you believe aliens have visited Earth (even if just to fly past)?” of the 24 that
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Urban problems are the same the world over and require the same solution to what extent do you agree with this view All Urban areas have problems‚ which can all be sorted into the categories economic‚ social‚ and environmental. These problems are faced by all urban areas all over the world‚ in both MEDC’s and LEDC’s. however the problems can seem larger in certain parts of the world such as LEDC’s as they are poorer and les able to deal with the problems‚ while in countries such as England we
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Social Interaction‚ Groups‚ & Social Structure Social interactions shape the way we view the world around us‚ and is our response to someone’s behavior is based on the meaning we attach to his or her actions. Reality is shaped by our perceptions‚ evaluations‚ and definitions. Witch means that the parties to the social interactions must be aware of each other‚ it does not means being in sight of or directly behaving towards each other‚ whether face-to-face or over the telephone or on the computer
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Do you agree or disagree: college and universities must do a better job of preparing student for the workplace. At first glance‚ it seems very difficult to us to draw the quick conclusion that modern university is perfect enough to prepare the students for future job or not. There are many people who believe that nowadays the universities have desirable quality to prepare the young student for diversity job. However some many people have opposite attitude toward it. As far as I am concerned
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE JUST ONE INHC TALL Being just an inch tall …. Sounds really strange‚ but if I were really such‚ I would really be very unique and special. All the equipments I would use had to be very diminutive. It might sound strange but I would have lots of leverage. I can go anywhere I wish to without a travelling mode. Just a small crumb of bread would be enough for my lunch and I can also explore many new things and get new experiences. If I wanted to go surfing‚ I
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The Civil War was a time of great social and political upheaval. It was also a time of great technological change. Inventors and military men devised new types of weapons‚ such as the repeating rifle and the submarine‚ that forever changed the way that wars were fought. Even more important were the technologies that did not specifically have to do with the war‚ like the railroad and the telegraph. Innovations like these did not just change the way people fought wars--they also changed the way people
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One-world Currency With the development of international communication‚ the world becomes smaller. Many areas such as foods and culture from different part of the world become integrate. Some parts of the world connect closer than ever before range from law to currency‚ like the European Unions. Some people come up with such an idea that is what if we use the same currency all over the world? There is no doubt that using one-world currency will bring lots of benefits to international
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Our group agrees to this issue. - singaporean kids nowadays have maids to do every single thing for them‚ they become useless fools who grow up not knowing even‚ how to tie their shoelace or butter their bread. pity... -some even have a chauffer to ferry them around. In the end they do not know how to take public transport.That is basic needs of living in a society like SIngaporean‚ yet they do not know how to cater to themselves. -Nowadays‚ youngsters glue their eyes to the computer and uses
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