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    was rejuvenated by the onset of the World War. The ardent nationalists fussed in masses to champion the need for war. "Patriotic demonstrations had an intoxicating effect and excited the war-mongers to excess..." (Phillip Schneidemanan). Under false aspirations and expectations the naive soldiers marched off to war‚ unexpectant of the tragedies they would

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    such improper reasons. It would be inappropriate for a prosecutor to bring charges against someone is if he or she knew that the evidence was tampered with‚ like improper behavior of a cop. If the attorney knew that the evidence given was under false pretense or had been fabricated‚ filing charges would be inappropriate. Another case would be if the lawyer trust that there is insufficient evidence to convict or if the case is not sufficiently strong to warrant an indictment. A prosecutor choosing that

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    Health care fraud is defined in Title 18‚ United States Code (U.S.C) s. 1347 as “whoever knowing and willfully executes or attempts to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud any health care benefit program or to obtain‚ by means of false or fraudulent pretenses‚ representations or promises‚ any money or property owned by or under the custody or control of‚ any health care benefit program.” In other words‚ it is intentional deception of health insurance claims to gain an inappropriate payment or

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    advertising has been entirely successful” (Boatright‚ 2009). Since an ad can legally take advantage of relatively few consumer’s ignorance‚ just not create a general false belief‚ it is difficult to prove deceptive advertising motives. Consumers‚ especially women‚ mainly young women‚ are the most negatively impacted by the false advertising in the beauty industry. Statements like “simulated imagery” and “results not typical” in tiny font at the bottom of the page do little to inform the viewer

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    Leopold II’s pseudo-association preaching philosophical and scientific expansion. The Belgians also dehumanized the Congolese people resembling the Rwandan genocide demonizing the Tutsi people. Westward Expansion‚ another false pretense‚ displaced and killed natives similar to Belgian imperialism’s destruction of native culture. These similarities suggest that there are patterns doomed to repeat themselves‚ fated to continue while the deaths of

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    power given to them. They control the power by giving a false appearance of themselves to the people. Similarly‚ knights in medieval times had a reputation for being chivalrous‚ though this was not the case in many instances. Knights would sometimes plunder villages for their own benefit or perform another misdeed. This pretense of knights being chivalrous blinded many from their true nature. This reveals that humans are easily blinded by false appearances‚

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    The (4) Kinds of Love: Agape‚ Eros‚ Storage‚ Phileo Crystal Sykes CDG218: Visual Literacy in Business Ashish Godbole November 29‚ 2010 Love is an emotion that we all desire to have and to hold. Love unlocks the door to happiness‚ completeness‚ and fulfillment. Love suffers long. Love opens hearts wide to receive love; in return love can be given. Love is not puffed up. Love is kind and gentle. Love is not envious. Love does not behave unruly. Love does not rejoice in calamity. Love rejoices

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    Twain criticizes the absurdity of the feud‚ which contrasts with the natural realism of Huck Finn. Thereby revealing the foolish actions that individuals commit under the pretense of romanticism’s reputation and glory. Furthermore‚ Twain uses the innocence of Buck to describe the horrendous murders and genocide of the two families as a natural and seemingly average occurrence. Twain warns of romanticism’s ability to numb individuals

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    In the Seven Guidelines for Civil Disobedience‚ Howard Zinn presents civil disobedience as an act of deliberately violating a law for a societal purpose (Zinn 1). Therefore‚ civil disobedience is completely justified when society is threatened by a regime that practices absolute sovereignty. It is justified because absolute sovereignty only serves the interests of the state‚ not ours. Zinn perfectly uncovers the agenda of absolute sovereignty by stating: “We must never forget that we and the state

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    to the acid the greater the quantity of tears produced. Sue Kwock Kim uses this certain property of an onion to tackle a specific human idiosyncrasy. Monologue for an Onion discusses how humans have the tendency to lie to themselves in pursuit of false hopes through dramatic situation‚ tone‚ and symbol. The poem opens with the onion voicing out its thoughts as the person peels away its skin. As the poem progresses‚ more and more layers are removed in the person’s pursuit to find the heart of the

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