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    Taking Risks Have you ever wondered how people end up in the careers that they are in? I always asked myself‚ “how did they get there‚ how did they do it‚” especially when it came to people who were very successful. The answer was by taking risks. Risks are necessary in life in order to do new things in life. As we get older we learn that when we fail we have to just get up and continue on with our lives. In doing so we gain an awareness of the world we live in. Life would be really dull if we

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    Taking Chances How do you feel about sharing secrets with someone you’ve technically never met? Or saying how your life is to someone that you haven’t even seen face-to-face? What about…going to the extent of falling in love with that anonymous stranger? For some people‚ these things seem out of reach but actually‚ making a friend from the internet is quite thrilling. I know that most people would immediately say‚ “That’s so dangerous‚ I’d better not ever do that.”‚ but actually

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    -Your name- Taking Risks are very difficult for some people. The mind and takes a big part in this “disease”. The id’s basic needs do a lot to overcome these fears. Fear and lack of confidence are what stop many from doing the possible. Fear plays a major roll in many anti-risk taking situations. “Decidophobia is the fear of making decisions “ (Ronald 118). These people have the fear of taking risks because they fear losing control. These people don’t want to become addicted to something like

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    Visal Gallapaththi Ms. Gray ENG3U1 March 7th 2008 Flipping The Screen Half a century ago‚ people used books for everything related to education. In fact‚ the human’s best source of knowledge and education was the book. If you wanted to look up a recipe‚ you opened a book. If you wanted to learn how to fix the radio on your car you opened a book called the manual. If you wanted to know Black beard’s real name you will have to visit the library and go through hundreds

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    Khendee Casallo Humanities 151 Do you feel that taking genuine risks in life is necessary in order for us to be happy? Can people find fulfillment and happiness in life by playing it safe and not courting any trouble or hardship from taking chances? The word “risk” means the possibility of suffering a harmful event. Risk taking can bring either positive or negative result because anytime we take risks in life‚ there is a possibility of loss which can cause tension. There are a lot of people who

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    be a learning experience in which we could use in future situations. It was once stated that “a person who risks nothing‚ does nothing‚ has nothing‚ and is nothing.” This leads me to the point that there is no way to avoid risks. At some point‚ we will encounter a situation in which we will have to risk something. Furthermore‚ each time we do something we are taking a risk‚ whether it be walking out of a building or running a red light. A perfect example of risk taking would be getting into a swimming

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    Why Does the Third World Exist? We understand why there is global poverty and some of the background and historical causes‚ but why does the "Third World" exist? There are many reasons: Hypothesis #1 Most Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs) have: poor climate poor soils inadequate rainfall unreliable temperatures (too high‚ too low) lack of natural resources There are anomalies however as certain countries have some of these conditions but are still developed and there are countries

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    Truman Capote “My side of the matter” Do you remember when you were a teenager? How only the grown-ups mattered and your opinion and feelings weren’t important for them? People usually consider the words of the young men and women‚ almost kids‚ exaggerations or even sometimes lies‚ especially if they are not from white rich families but from the working class. The character Sylvester in Truman Capote’s story “My side of the matter” is presented as a confused kid with a lot of troubles in his

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    The Other Side of Truth is an historical fiction novel set on a true story. Although all the characters in the book are fictional‚ three political figures who were real people‚ are mentioned within it. It is set in around 1996‚ just after an event that ties in with one of these real people‚ has come to an end. The story linking the fictional characters together is supposedly set when talk of this real life event has died down. The novel is told in third person and is mainly focused on the thoughts

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    Title E-books or print books: which do you prefer? Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present the some basic aspects of e-book and print book. The methodology of this paper is using the bibliography and the statistics attempts to give some specific analysis about e-book and print book as a whole. The study found a much higher use of e-book over print book‚ and the trend of personal preference is not only restricted to the group of students but the whole younger generation. The result of this

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