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    Florida‚ the “Sunshine State”‚ has always had a big role for voting in the elections. According to the WEEK there a few reasons for that: Florida is a closed primary‚ they are more comparable to running a general election than most states‚ and they take a lot of delegates (WEEK staff 2012). The WEEK is a weekly British news magazine which also publishes a US edition. My goal in this paper is to explain why Florida holds so much importance. As we know‚ elections are not won by popular

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    multifarious reasons. Primarily‚ the election was invalid as the hand recount came to a screeching halt in the case Bush v. Gore which in a per curiam decision the court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause was violated. In the state of Florida‚ on the morning of November 8‚ Bush had 2‚909‚135 votes while Gore closely followed behind with 2‚907‚351. A mere difference of 1‚784 votes or .03%. By the end of the extended recount deadline (which only resulted after various

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    Comparative Essay: Bowling for Columbine & Touching the Void Introduction In the following essay I will compare two documentary films‚ Bowling for Columbine‚ Directed and written by Michael Moore‚ and Touching the Void‚ Directed by Kevin Macdonald and adapted from the book of the same name‚ focusing on documentary elements such as dramatic development‚ structure and subjective and objective aspects. I will also highlight and detail their presentational techniques. Bowling for Columbine A multi-award

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    inspired to work until they have what they need to live life the way they want without being told. Another example of a character having a dream is Candy‚ whom offers money to George and Lennie to grow a garden as part of being part of their dream. He recounts‚ “Maybe if I give you guys my money‚ you’ll let me hoe in the garden even after I ain’t no good at it…When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me…I won’t have no place to go‚ an’ I can’t get no more jobs” (Steinbeck 60) This shows that Candy

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    pursuit of happiness left many disillusioned about reality and what others perceived of them. Fitzgerald capitalized on this and exposed it in his novel when he portrayed various characters and their ideas. Introduction The novel is seen as a recount by a character Nick Carraway and is more of a reflection of past events by him with occasional afterthoughts and background information filled in by Nick himself explaining the events and the possible thought processes of the characters themselves

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    Hamlet’s Values Prevail Mark Twain once stated‚ “It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world‚ and moral courage so rare.” The zealous struggles between internal and external gratification and somatic and ethical honour have incontrovertibly led to man’s continual battle for integrity – pride versus ethics. Religious teachings impart that one show respect to all and utilize the power of oration to convey ideologies; yet religious crusades have

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    opposition and take extreme measures to secure their power. Many authors have written about totalitarians and what they could entail. One of the most famous authors‚ George Orwell‚ dictates the story of how Ingsoc led to the rise of the Party and recounts the daily lives‚ struggles‚ and adventures of its citizens. In the book‚ 1984‚ Orwell cautions society about the future of government control and the dangers of totalitarianism through pointing out the paths which they take‚ but society has done

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    Bush v. Gore‚ 531 U.S. 98 (2000)‚ is the United States Supreme Court decision that resolved the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election. Three days earlier‚ the Court had preliminarily halted the Florida recount that was occurring. Eight days earlier‚ the Court unanimously decided the closely related case of Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board‚ 531 U.S. 70 (2000). In a per curiam decision‚ the Court ruled that there was an Equal Protection Clause violation in using different standards

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    2.1.2 Reading Strategies 2.1.2.1 Kinds of Reading Strategy Buehl (2001) has classified abundance strategies that can be used in a reading class. He made such indexes that classify majorly strategies based on students’ activity and their cognitive process. 2.1.2.1.1 Reading Strategies Based on Students Activity There are eight general activities in a reading class. They are developing vocabulary‚ brainstorming of ideas‚ learning cooperatively‚ promoting discussion‚ interactive reading‚ encouraging

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    Composer’s use their text to portray concerns which they see valid to their own contextual society. They do this in order to illuminate specific events hardships or warnings which they believe are essentially important to the human’s existence. Mark Haddon’s composition of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ is lightly critical in portraying the concerns for society that Haddon holds and through his various and literary and dramatic techniques. Mark Haddon’s novel has accurately achieved

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