When a bomb struck Marea‚ a small town located in Syria‚ the true extent of the catastrophe was not immediately apparent. As the New York Times explains‚ residents living in Marea had experienced bombings many times before. When the alarm began to sound signaling an incoming round of bombs heading towards Marea‚ Abu Anas and his family remained inside of their home bracing for the attack. However‚ this time‚ instead of being struck by a bomb‚ they were struck by a chemical warfare agent (CWA) known
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Atomic bomb on Japan. On August 1945‚ the U.S had already taken possession outside of the homelands of Japan. The U.S now had to invade Japan directly face to face. Clearly‚ taking this action would result in a bloody bath. For an outsider‚ the Japanese already looked defeated. Their military size was shrinking and it was obvious that they had no chance in coming back to victory. However the imperialist Japan had a different mindset. Their mindset was to fight until the very last man standing. Civilians
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In the article “How Social Movements Matter” by Professor David S. Meyer‚ he explains how social movements played a huge role in promoting political and social change‚ and uses the 2003 anti-Iraq War movement as the central point. He informs the reader about how the social movements created an up rise in social in social communities and societies. Social movements move main goal is to project important issues about a very important topic‚ but sometimes they don’t always achieve this. He begins
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Goran Rickard Johansson In Lesson 5: “Proportionality should be a guideline in war” McNamara answers the question of why the incendiary and nuclear bombs were dropped on Japanese cities by the U.S during World War II. Comparing the population of these Japanese cities to cities in America of equivalent size‚ McNamara says that the proportionality of the war on Japan was immoral. For instance‚ 51% of Tokyo was destroyed‚ with Tokyo being approximately the size of New York. In Toyama‚ 99% of
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Alessandro Stipo November 26‚ 2011 ENG1DC Mr. Byrne Persuasive Speech Imagine that you trained all your life for that special moment of playing in your first NHL game. At the beginning of your first shift in the game suddenly another player’s stick comes up and strikes you in the eye. This incident ends your career. This could have been prevented if you wore a visor. I think visors should be mandatory in the NHL in order to improve a player’s safety. Statistics have proven players who
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Tim Goloburda Mrs.Lindhorst/Thompson English 11 21‚ February 2013 Persuasive Essay Being healthy is an important factor in life. Many people try to be healthy‚ but not everyone is successful. The question we need to ask ourselves is what is the number one thing we consume daily and can’t live without it? Water! The water we drink hydrates us and gives us numerous kinds of antioxidants and minerals. Although not all water is good for your health. For instance‚ the water that we use daily for
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Persuasive essay How did Porfirio Diaz help the economy grow and modernized the country? Porfirio Diaz was known as a dictator for many years‚ but what most people don’t know is that he made great progress in the economy‚ politics‚ and modernized the country. He lasted more or less 30 years in power. He brought a lot of technology and industry development to Mexico. This helped Mexico’s economy. This was important because Mexico faced many problems in that time. Some problems were that there was
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Persuasive Speech Title: Minority Organ Donation. General Purpose: To Persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade minorities and my audience to become organ donors Central Idea: The need for organ donors among minorities are constantly on the rise and the process as a donor is relatively simple. Introduction I. How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? What if that something was a liver‚ or even a heart? Every
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Amber Draper October 21‚ 2012 EN 111 Prof. Cain Persuasive Essay while in high school classes all day‚ teachers talk about the same math‚ science‚ and numerous other subjects‚ but they always seem to either through sex education or not talk about it at all. Sex education should be taken a step further in high school today. Many teenagers are no aware nor are they educated about sex. Sex education should be a part of more high school curriculum. While in high school sex education is not really
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Iomy Estevez April 8‚ 2013 Persuasive essay Mandaory School Uniform Have you thought about how your family‚ your home‚ music and even television have influenced you on the way you behave or even dress? While I was in middle school it was mandatory for all students to wear uniform and I loved it‚ i felt welcome into the school and since every one had to wear the same thing no one was bullied and i became a straight A student sice i would only focuse in school. Then high school came along
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