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    SHOULD MILTARY SERVICE BE MANDATORY FOR MALES The recurring debate over mandatory military service has been revived as the U.S. all-voluntary military force is stretched to its limit in the war on terrorism. I recently returned home from the military on an honorable discharge. I also served two years in Korea and learn that all Korean males had to serve a mandatory two years of service. I personally think it would be good for every male to at least serve one year of military service within 10

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    The book April Morning by Howard Fast is a dramatic story of the bloody battle of Lexington set up with a one day structure from the view of a fifteen year old boy turning into a man. In the book we see the life of Adam Cooper changing from child to man in the matter of one day. Each chapter is a different time period of the day telling us what has happened and what the effects were on his life. Adam Cooper is a fifteen-year-old boy living in colonial Lexington‚ Massachusetts with his family. He

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    Andrew Hayes Mr. Wells English 10B/Period 1 1/27/17 Military Recruitment and Students The military is essential for a country‚ but it takes people to fulfill the role and the needs of the military. Recruiters have been on a hunt for those who are able-bodied and this leads them straight to the young people. Many think of this as a problem because the children shouldn’t be limited to just the military‚ but some are looking forward to joining the military. Military based programs and recruiters

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    Traveling enables many people to broaden their minds in certain respects.  When you travel you gain new ideas and experience new things.  However you do not have to travel miles to expand your horizons‚ and there are many disadvantages associated with traveling. Travelling makes it possible to experience new cultures; for example‚ observing different religions and customs‚ even if it just means traipsing round an Indian mosque‚ or visiting an Egyptian temple.  While traveling‚ you can learn new languages

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    there were also many reasons for members not to become involved. One of the most obvious reasons for not becoming involved in this insurrection was that‚ in 1913 at the time of the Volunteers split‚ many had joined the National Volunteers and the British war effort in Europe rather than remain with the Irish Volunteers and be part of the armed insurrection. William Nolan also notes that while Dublin city and county had attracted a considerable number of migrants from counties which were well known

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    Women in Irish Politics This essay will examine why there are so few women in politics and if gender quotas could be the solution. Women make up over half of the Irish electorate but yet remain markedly underrepresented in the Dáil and in wider political debate. Political debate in Ireland has been dominated by male voices over the years and because of this over half of our entire population’s opinions have been drowned out to some degree. The Dáil has always been at the very least 84% male. This

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    Traveling makes it possible to experience new cultures; for example‚ observing different religions and customs‚ even if it just means visiting an Egyptian temple. While traveling‚ you can learn new languages‚ which may increase your general knowledge. If you learn a few basic phrases‚ you are given the chance to interact with the native people. Also you are more likely to experience the friendliness of the locals because language barriers are broken. This may lead to prejudice ideas being destroyed

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    Imperial Forces (AIF)‚ that is about 417 000 men‚ of whom about 60 000 died in all campaigns and another 160 000 were wounded or maimed. At least a quarter of the Australian volunteers were born in Great Britain and Ireland‚ Robert Rhodes James’s estimate being 35 per cent. About 98 per cent of the rest were of British or Irish origin. The immigration rate from the United Kingdom was exceptionally high between 1910 and 1914. ’Simpson’ - ’the man with the donkey’ was John Simpson Kirkpatrick‚ a recent

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    Should the Military be allowed to recruit in High Schools Darin Bell Post University Abstract Military recruiters should be allowed in our high schools despite the opinions of anti-war groups‚ counselors and teachers who are focused on keeping the military recruiter out of our schools. This report will reveal opinions of those opposed to military recruiting showing that they are more focused on the war concept and slandering the recruiter rather than assisting the students with a job‚ trade

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    There were three main reason why‚ I believe‚ the Red Army conquered in the Russian Civil War in 1918. These reasons are the geographical location of the Red Army‚ Military strength and‚ my main point‚ the disunity of the opponents. In terms of geographical location‚ the Reds had dominated the main area of Russia which was the area between Petrograd‚ Moscow and Tsaritsyn which had a population of approximately 60 million. Moscow and Tsaritsyn were important in terms of industry as they contained

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