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    Issue: Inflation Research question: How does inflation affect the average American citizen? In 1960‚ a McDonald’s hamburger was only 20 cents but today the same hamburger is $1.29‚ this is due to inflation. According to Oxford Dictionary inflation is defined as “A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.” In other words inflation is the increase of the cost of goods and services overtime. Different goods and services experience rising costs at different rates. when

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    American Football changed when the sport became worldwide and in schools. Gear in American Football changed over the years and I will be talking about the helmet and shoulder pads.The first helmet used was made out of mole skin.The first helmet used in football was in 1893 in the Army-Navy game.The helmet was made to prevent head injuries or etc.Helmets back then were made of leather straps and moleskin.A Chicago sportings goods company named Riddell patented the first plastic helmet.Shoulder pads

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    sees his brother in need and shuts up his from him‚ how does the love of God abide in him?’ (1 John 3:16 – 17‚ NKJV). Leaders constantly remind themselves that God is love‚ and God requires his people to share his love with the outside world and one another. For leaders to accurately convey God’s love‚ they must possess good character. Good character requires one to act in righteousness and uphold the laws of the Lord. The godly character of a good leader can translate into corporate firms

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    To achieve the American Dream has been the main idea of living in the united states. It is possible to get the American dream. Don’t you think? It is possible with hard work and the will to want to succeed and get somewhere in life. But the American Dream is different for different people. People have different struggles to try to successfully achieve their dream. But those who don’t believe in the American Dream can’t see how these things are possible now and in the future. In this world nothing

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    your American dream and you can be doing that one day. Follow your dream will get you farther in life‚ than if you follow your friends‚ which might not even go anywhere in life. The harder you work the more successful you’ll become in life‚ the more money you will have. First of all your American Dream shouldn’t be something that’s really easy to gain. The more work you put into a dream or a goal the better your dream or goal is going to turn out. “Regardless of party affiliation‚ Americans do strongly

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    Character An individual’s character is based on a set of behavior traits that define the inner-self of a person. It determines whether a person will effectively achieve goals‚ have positive people skills‚ and/or obey the laws and rules of society. An individual’s character is a learned behavior. An individual typically develop their character from their surroundings such as parents‚ teachers‚ and friends. This development is either taught or observed by watching or listening to others

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    Have you ever fought for something that was unfair and you were justified in fighting for? The American colonist did just that.The american revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. The american revolution led to the revolt from the colonist‚ and it caused america to break away from britain. Where the american colonist justified in waging war and breaking away from britain? The american colonist were justified in declaring independence from britain because‚ The british put soldiers into colonist’s

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    German-Americans are major influence on movies in Hollywood throughout the years and still until this day. According to Peter Kramar‚ author of Hollywood in Germany by the “1940’s 10‚000 to 15‚000 Germans had migrated to Southern California”. 30‚000 intellectuals and radicals were exiled from Europe after the rise of Hitler. 80% of these people were Jewish. Many fled from Europe to the United States specifically Hollywood. Many of people had musical‚ theater and film talents. The first wave of émigrés

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    taxes and tighter restrictions were being forced upon them by Britain. Thus‚ the American Revolution was quite inevitable due to the economic‚ social‚ and political issues that divided the colonists from Great Britain. Economic issues played a huge rule in pushing the America’s into a revolution. The Stamp Act of 1765‚ for example‚ was a huge contributing factor. Thus act was the first tax levied directly in American colonists by the British government and imposed tax on all paper documents in

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    “On the fourth Thursday of November‚ Americans celebrate Thanksgiving‚ a national holiday honoring the early settlers and their harvest feast known as the first Thanksgiving. Long before settlers came to the East Coast of the United States‚ the area was inhabited by many Native American tribes. The area surrounding the site of the first Thanksgiving‚ now known as southeastern Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island.” People that incorporated in The Plymouth Colony were groups of English people that

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