Douglas Haig has been blamed for the slaughter of thousands of men who were under his control in World War One. The Battle of the Somme was one of his worst fights were 60‚000 British soldiers died in the first day alone. After the Battle of the Somme‚ Haig got the nickname "Butcher of the Somme“. He was given this nickname because some people felt that Haig had not cared how much ground was gained for the heavy loss of British life. 420‚000 British casualties 200‚000 French casualties 500‚000
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If we enacted more gun control laws then there wouldn’t be as much problems. Gun shootings are the main reason why the kill rate is going up. That being the main cause is just something we need to stop. Gun laws are causes of violent crime in the world and it must need to be changed for people to buy guns easier to protect themselves.Gun control will help everyone in the world because it would make the world way safer.If there were more gun control laws enacted the world would be a safer place because
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Introduction: Lithuania (along with the other Baltics) is the success story of EU structural fund absorption. Bulgaria (along with Romania) is the worst performer. Lithuania has contracted projects for 87% (€6.4 billion) of available funds as of November 2012 and paid out 54% (€4 billion) to beneficiaries. Bulgaria absorbed only €2 billion of an available €9.5 billion between 2007 and 2011. Key factors affecting absorption capacity of structural funds: 1. Use of pre-accession funds 2. Political
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Technology: The Good‚ The Bad‚ and The Ugly Writer’s Memo: For my research paper‚ I would really like to discuss how modern technology is taking away our intelligence. I read a statistic the other day that read‚ 19% of child between the ages of two and four can operate an Iphone application‚ but only 9% can tie their shoes. This quote startled me and caused me to realize that we‚ as humans‚ are slowly loosing are ability to do simple tasks such as learning to tie our shoes. There is so much
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Eugenia Rita Lee Callie Ingram English 102 9/11: the Good‚ the Bad‚ and the Whoops Was 9/11 a big mistake? America still reels from the attack on our sense of security‚ the devastating event an abrupt betrayal of our trust in social respect. Before the act of terrorism‚ we trusted that everyone was doing what they could for the good of humankind‚ if not for the nation. With the fall of the World Trade Center came the mistrust of a religious group that gradually expanded to any random stranger on
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Can good people do bad things? In this essay we will talk about the effects of communication in a variety of examples and differences. Such as how well trained boys can change over time in a hostile env In the film Lord of the Flies it shows that even well trained boys that grew up in good homes can revert back to instinct and turn feral and ruthless. We know that they are well trained because of their privileged backgrounds as they all attended a well-credited private school. The story tells
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with someone or a group of people. It explores the idea of being human means to have good or bad relationships in the context of Romance and Relationships. This piece is designed to explore and explain and after reading it‚ the audience should understand that humans are made and born to have relationships‚ be those good or bad. This idea connects with “Romeo and Juliet” because throughout the play‚ many good and bad relationships have been explored by Shakespeare. As humans‚ we are able to have relationships;
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People When someone does something good‚ great‚ amazing; however it is said‚ a reward is expected. That’s just the way the human brain has been trained in many cultures. People think just that with every good deed that is done. Movies have taught us that the “bad guy” never wins and that a hero will always triumph in the end. Not so much in the real world. Religious views‚ daily decisions‚ and just pure coincidence‚ if you will‚ all influence the outcome of a good
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Fibromyalgia Good Days vs. Bad Days Michele Gay National American University January 11‚ 2012 Abstract Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disease that has “good” no pain days and “bad” excruciatingly painful days. The differences in the days are extreme. A good day is also a mentally bad day‚ knowing that the pain can come back at anytime‚ while an extremely painful day could be mentally a good day because the pain has to go away sometime. Fibromyalgia has many symptoms and there is not
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Why good people do bad things? “Doing bad is easy but doing well is not”. Yes‚ that saying is the most concrete explanation why good people do bad things. Good people do bad things with good intentions. We‚ humans‚ are all sinful by nature. No one of us can behave perfectly and sinless. But we have the capacity to avoid temptations and to distinguish what’s right from wrong. Good intentions cause most of the world’s great evils. There are many things that happened in the past that can construe
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