The New York Times 50 Fancy Words (defined and used) 1. Inchoate: just begun and so not fully formed or developed; I am glad your inchoate proposals for integrating the company were not accepted this time‚ thus saving us face. 2. Profligacy: recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant‚ profligate behavior; Anderson’s profligacy cost him his job and its better you tighten up your belt before you go the same way. 3. Sui Generis: being the only example of its kind‚ unique; Mr. Bill Tandy generated his
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Racism and the Effects in Yesterday’s‚ Today’s and Tomorrow’s Society Racism‚ especially over the past few years‚ has become something that is being expressed in more subtle and understated ways than ever before‚ and this may be because of the fact that today‚ more and more ’whites’ are disowning the concepts of racism‚ and are at the same time proclaiming that theirs is an ’egalitarian’ society‚ where all men are born equal. Racism and its impact have been felt all over the world and the innate
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I do not think affirmative action is appropriate for the United States today. Affirmative action had an important role back in the 1960’s‚ in the midst of the civil rights era. It was intended to promote equal opportunities to work and to education for minority groups (at that time African Americans). That was almost sixty years ago. Our culture has evolved since then‚ with each passing generation‚ racism and prejudice dies a little more. As a nation‚ we will continue to evolve‚ and the challenges
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Today‚ stories are an intrinsic part of our societies and culture. Movies‚ books‚ music‚ news media‚ religions‚ architecture and painting‚ you name it‚ and the influence of storytelling is to be seen in all aspects of our life. Defining our values‚ desires‚ dreams and‚ as well as our prejudices and hatreds‚ don’t you want to know how it all began? Well‚ the history of Storytelling is the prime focus of this article. Traditionally‚ the oral stories have been handed over from generation to generation
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Over the years‚ many Christians have put on blinders‚ turning their heads while shrinking back with words such as‚ "What can I possibly do by myself?" rather than uniting together in standing for absolute truths. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote from the Birmingham jail‚ "A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God." We have heard the expression that a person who doesn’t stand for something will fall for anything. We have allowed moral relativism to creep in and push
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into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1985. The Color Purple is an American drama film about the life of an African-American woman who survives abuse and bigotry. The protagonist of the story‚ Celie‚ is a young girl who is abused and raped everyday by her own father. Her father‚ Alphonso‚ impregnates her and steals her children. He then marries her off to another abusive man by the name of Albert. Her life went from bad to worse. Celie was alone and forced to find companionship anywhere
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1.LIFE FOR US IS BETTER THAN IT WAS FOR OUR FOREFATHERS. This world is moving toward more development since its inception. Long days before people were living in caves and eating raw foods. When stone era moved forward then wooden homes cam and cooked food. Wooden era passed and semi developed era came; people became educated and followed many philosophies.After many years of philosophical era‚ a developed era came and people reached the moon. Now we are in well developed
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when an individual is owned by others who have complete control over their life. They control every aspect form where they sleep to what they eat and wear. These individual are seen as property and are forced to work in poor conditions with little to no wages. When we hear the word‚ slavery‚ people may think about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade of the captured Africans that were shipped to America. Slavery began many years before this and is even referred to in the Bible in Jeremiah‚ Genesis‚ and
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major topic today in America‚ it just may not be as obvious as it used to be. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about two young children‚ Jem and Jean Louise‚ and their father Atticus‚ who all live in Maycomb County‚ Alabama. Atticus is a lawyer who is dealing with his toughest case yet‚ with his children being dragged along and starting to understand how life really is. This novel is being compared to the article “America Has a Big Race Problem” by Jeff Nesbit‚ which is about how nearly every
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The 1950s was the decade that defined America after the second world war. The 50s birthed many of mankind’s greatest technological feats that still shine through today. One of the biggest political and social battles also took place in the decade. As the 1950s is important‚ it is paramount to know what makes it one of the greatest times of our history. Because of the wartime production boom of the 1940s‚ many scientific achievements and milestones were reached. Such advancements gave Americans a
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