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    The movie “The Day The Earth Stood Still” is more of a propaganda film with themes than a science fiction film because its sci-fi characteristics almost feel like an afterthought. The movie is set in the early 1950’s‚ when American’s showed deep concern towards Communism. Fear of the unknown‚ which was associated with Communism‚ is also a major point of the film and it exploits this theme with knowing veracity. In most respects‚ Klaatu is the epitome of this fear‚ and the characters of the film

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    My Life, My Favorites

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    My LifeMy Favorites I have a few different interests that entertain me while I live this crazy life of mine. I’d like to think I spend most of my time wisely‚ but I’ve been known to get carried away with stress-free activities such as shopping‚ socializing and watching my kids’ sporting events. Okay‚ maybe the sporting events bring a little stress upon me‚ but it all goes away after the game is over. Shopping is my top favorite interest. I asked a girlfriend to give me her opinion on what

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    does what I do and live how I live. Do not ask me about this paper or contact my parents about it when I say the things that I do. This is starting to sound like a warning ha-ha. I live by one motto‚ it is two words‚ one of them is explicit and starts with the letter f and the other word is it. But for the purposes of this being for school I will use “screw” it instead. I live like this because in my fifteen years of life I have gone through more than you have in your years on this planet‚ do not ask

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    Significant Figures

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    Significant figures are essential to science because they make the answer more precise when the tools require us to use estimation. Significant figures are the digits that contribute to the value of a number. Throughout the lab we were given instructions to measure different objects using different tools with the objective of figuring out how the amount significant figures affect the accuracy of the measurement. Firstly‚ it is important to know and understand significant figures because they make

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    Life Is a Journey Speech

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    Life is a Journey by Youssef Kamal‚ Fall 2012‚ section 27 Specific Purpose: To inspire my audience to recognize how good of a friend Dominique was and that we can learn a lot from him Central Idea: Even though Dominique is no longer with us‚ he is a very influential individual that will never be forgotten. I feel that I am closer to him now than when he was with us. Pattern of Organization: Topical Sometime you can just feel a person’s spirit around you. In many ways‚ we can see that

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    The Story of My Life

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    The Story of My Life by: Helen Keller I. INTRODUCTION Helen Keller overcame different difficult obstacles of deafness and blindness to become an influential lecturer and social activist. She has become‚ in American culture‚ an icon of perseverance‚ respected and honored by readers‚ historians‚ and activists. Helen began working on The Story of My Life while she was a student at Radcliffe College‚ and it was first published in installments in Ladies’ Home Journal. Helping her was an editor

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    My Life My Rules

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    My LifeMy Rules One day I woke up and my parents were just gone. I do not know where they went or why they did not say goodbye. Now I am all alone and have to live by my own rules. Making my own rules is very necessary because I need to set boundaries for myself in order to survive. Here are the five most important ones I have created for myself. Rule one‚ must be in the house by 11. This is an important rule because if I stay out longer than that I could get lost or someone could hurt me during

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    about my mother because I thought it would seem like I was looking for sympathy‚ but I figured it was a good topic to write about because it had the largest effect on me. My goal became to write an essay that didn’t focus on the death or loss but on the change and growth that took place. Being active is something that has always been important to me‚ and I learned this from growing up with and observing an expert. My mother was more active and involved than anyone I have ever known. She had an endless

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    How Napoleon Stood in Power Napoleon ruled with an iron fist over the animal farm‚ and was an unjust ruler who always put himself first and did not care for others. Napoleon used Animalism‚ propaganda‚fear‚ and a secret militia of attack dogs to stay in power uncontested and eliminate any potential threats.This essay will go through all the ways that napoleon breaks his own rules and how he is dishonest to the citizens of animal farm‚ just to stay in power.(This is all conceived from the book

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    The loaded question is used often in John Lewis’ speech because it criticizes the politicians‚ making them feel guilty about what has been done‚ such as how the police have been treating the black community. How poverty has taken over the black community. How equality is non-existent. The definition of a loaded question is asking a question that can not be answered directly but can create all sorts of feelings such as guilt‚ anger‚ and even pressure. These questions were intended for the federal

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