In the treaty‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ and the United States blamed Germany unilaterally for being responsible for the war‚ and they thus shouldered the punishment. Not only did Germany have to pay $33 billion in war reparations‚ but Germany lost approximately ten percent of their land to other European states‚ along with their overseas colonies; their military
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Americans legally had access to firearms since 1791. Why should peoples’ right to own a gun change now? The Second Amendment allows United States citizens to access and use firearms. Arguably the Second Amendment is not for today’s society and people desire the creation of restricting gun laws. Currently‚ the government entrusts the creation of gun laws up to the state‚ which is problematic when law-abiding citizens travel from state to state with a firearm. All people in the right state of
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their romance work with the help of other characters‚ but in the end‚ end up dying for each other in one last action of love. Though there is no direct cause for Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet’s demise‚ one of the characters holds the most responsibility. This character is the ever-faithful priest‚ Friar Laurence. Romeo initially comes to the Friar asking him to marry him to Juliet. The Friar’s original reaction was that he would absolutely not marry them. Romeo was being foolish‚ after all‚
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Determinism and Moral Responsibility Does it make sense to impose the death penalty? Reinstatement of the death penalty is a famous topic that has been argued across nations for many years. There is no right or wrong decision of whether or not to reinstate the death penalty because there are strong beliefs and opinions supporting either side. Even though there are strong beliefs and opinions supporting both sides‚ I still believe that death penalty should be imposed. The reason is that I believe
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the Black Death. This was a plague that could not be cured by the medicines of it’s time. During the Middle Ages‚ the Black Death was a violent disease with horrible signs. It spread through carriers who brought it to Europe where it killed many and spread throughout the area. The Black Death consisted of frightening‚ horrible symptoms. One sign of the Black Death was black bumps growing on the skin. The bumps would be easy to spot and signal that that particular person had the Black Death. These bumps
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"Why Distant Objects Please" 1 Distant objects please‚ because‚ in the first place‚ they imply an idea of space and magnitude‚ and because not being obtruded too close upon the eye‚ we clothe them with the indistinct and airy colours of fancy. In looking at the misty mountain-tops that bound the horizon‚ the mind is as it were conscious of all the conceivable objects and interests that lie between; we imagine all sort of adventures in the interim; strain our hopes and wishes to reach the air-drawn
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population! Everyone hoping that it won’t get to them! That was called the Black Death! The Black death was a murderous plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351. How this happened? Well‚ traders from central and eastern Europe brought rats that were transporting a disease. They transported these rats by ship. Flies bit the rats! Drinking the blood‚ which then spread the plague onto many people. The Black Death was not only cause by one disease but many different forms of the epidemic
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Planned Death In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe it is believed that Montresor actually planned the death of Fortunato.The readers believed that Montresor had the intention to kill Fortunato for his revenge. Even though Montresor’s plan was not directly said it was implied throughout the story. “The Cask of Amontillado” is packed with evidence showing that Montresor had carefully thought about every little detail that would lead to Fortunato’s death. But what was all the trouble for
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Mangal Rai AJ Arena English 1100 23 September 2013 C. P. Ellis‚ “Why I Quit the Klan” I personally believe that C.P. Ellis was a great person‚ who deserved honor. The changing state of his mind and heart against segregation was beyond imagination. I really enjoyed reading about his background‚ starting with his family background and childhood. It is interesting that how his story and my parents’ stories match. They didn’t have the clothes of their desire‚ nor got higher education due to hard
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that Unknown A‚ B‚ C‚ and D are to be identified as the Sprite‚ burger‚ fries‚ and bun‚ respectively. Each Unknown provided evidence that we eventually used to match to each element of the meal. Along with the lab data‚ our prior knowledge also led us to our results. We were able to determine that Unknown A is the Sprite due to the fact that every test was negative except for simple sugars‚ a macromolecule that the majority of sodas contain. We determined that Unknown C were the fries because
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