The World War 1 was called the great war for losing so many lives in two years. This war killed more people than any other previous wars in history. The estimated casualties in just two years was about 2% of the world’s population. The cause of these casualties were caused by combinations of antiquated military tactics and ultra modern war technology. The total deaths of the U.S was 9‚721‚931 combat deaths and over 6‚821‚248 civilian deaths. Over 21.2 million were permanently wounded. World War 1
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Inspiring Words by Bon Jovi Legendary rockstar John Francis Bongiovi Jr‚ better known as John Bon Jovi‚ once said “Success is falling nine times and getting up ten” this message is emphasized in his 2000 hit single It’s My Life. It’s My Life is off John Bon Jovi’s band’s‚ Bon Jovi’s‚ Crush album. “This song was Bon Jovi’s first release since 1995. John Bon Jovi released a solo album in 1997‚ but It’s My Life was the first release by the band in five years. It’s My Life was the first single from
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Character development is an important part of all novels. A character’s mindset can change throughout the story as they go through events that may change there mindset. In Wish You Well by David Baldacci‚ Oz’s personality and attitude change from the beginning to the end of the novel. His point of view alone effects the story. As the book starts off Oz is a little immature boy. He is not self efficient and relies completely on his mother Amanda and his older sister Lou. “Fortunately‚ his fearful
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环保 1. 对健康构成潜在威胁 pose a threat to health/ threaten one’s health potentially 2. 供应不足 be in short supply a shortage of = a deficiency of 3. 化学污染物 chemical pollutant pesticide acid rain fertilizer 4. 节水的习惯 water-saving habit save every drop of water develop a habit of 5. 水的分布 distribution of water distribute sth among sb 6. 水资源保护 water conservation water resource preservation 7. 水资源短缺 water shortage 8. 饮用水 drinking water fresh water purified water
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Words can have a huge emotional impact on people‚ and often affect their self-image and self-worth. It is words like "retard" or "retarded" for one‚ which can surely lead to such a result. People in today’s society are not aware of the true and hurtful meaning of this word when they use it. No matter when it is used or how it is used‚ it will always have the negative connection with those who have such mental disabilities. Futhermore with such frequent use‚ those suffering from these disabilities
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Writing Project 2 In “The F Word” written by Firoozeh Dumas an excerpt from her autobiography titled Funny in Farsi‚ she talks about her struggles living in America from having a very different name‚ to not understanding English very well. Dumas uses examples from her childhood and all throughout her life to explain why she feels Americans are ignorant to new and different things. The author would like her audience to be aware of other cultures‚ and their names and lifestyles. She feels Americans
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This paper will discuss the different definitions of stress‚ it will then go on to discuss how stress affects an individual by describing and evaluating two different models of stress. There have been various ways that stress has been defined. Stress in general terms is an emotive word which can be related to harmful and negative events. In psychological terms‚ individual differences make stress difficult to define as what is stressful to one‚ may not be stressful to another. Twining (1998) defined
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Scott Kernan The F-Word: A Rhetorical Analysis In the book excerpt by Firoozeh Dumas‚ “The F-Word”‚ Dumas uses several techniques to hook her readers and keep their interest in her piece. It was her style‚ however‚ that did most of the work. Dumas’ article has a very strong single argument that she works toward throughout her entire piece. She claims that the English language could do with a bit more “spice”‚ as she calls it (Dumas). Though this argument is only listed only twice in the
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If you could define the word artifice‚ how would you define it ? The word Artifice would mean to me like cruel or evil. It is important because the reader needs to find what Hedges’ is trying to argue with. Chris Hedge may be misusing the word artifice‚ and it doesn’t necessarily make sense on what his argument is trying to say. When Hedges’ argument says “ The most essential skill… is artifice.” Which part of the paragraph do you think is the artifice part. What make sense or adds up to what Hedges’
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus This 27-letter word coined by Shakespeare‚ in his comedy Love’s Labour’s Lost‚ is a testament to the Bard’s own intralexiconic skills. Meaning “the state of being able to achieve honors‚” the word is the longest one in the English language with alternating consonants and vowels (Take a look for yourself….yep 9. Antidisestablishmentarianism Containing 28-letters‚ antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest proper word‚ consisting of proper and compatible root and
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