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    Why the “Crucible”?

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    Sara North April 21‚ 2013 Why the “Crucible”? Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1951 in direct response to Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s communism scare. Miller wanted the American people to convey the pain caused by false accusations and relate it to the Salem witch hunts. Sen. McCarthy accused a huge number of high profile Americans of being communists. In doing so‚ he ruined those people’s careers. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible‚ innocent people were convicted and put on trial for witchcraft

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    Why Wilderness

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    RWS 100 October 2‚ 2008 The Future of Our Wilderness In his speech “Why Wilderness?”‚ Roderick Frazier Nash uses his power of persuasion‚ knowledge‚ and personal belief to convey how essential our wilderness is. He is trying to accomplish two things; persuading the reader that wilderness is important enough to put forth an effort into preserving it‚ and present to the (already pro-wilderness) audience how he believes they should do so. By contrasting the past and present of our wilderness

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    Why Be Fake?

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    Suwaira Iqbal Ms. Shelly Sanders EN 1113- 05 26 September 2012 Why be Fake? People often call others fake without giving it a second thought. Human beings are capable of changing and adjusting themselves according to their environment. There are people all around the world who try really hard to blend into their surroundings‚ and mostly end up in situations where normal people develop a feeling of hatred towards those individuals for their fabricated behavior‚ like Scarlet Koop says “Time passes

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    Altruism vs Self Interest

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    Altruism vs. Self-Interest; Who is the Real Winner? Altruistic acts extend across the whole world‚ from humans to all different kinds of animals. Soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy for the freedom of our country to Vervet monkeys sounding loud alarms to warn of threats even though it draws a predators attention to themselves (Crowl 1). Altruism and self-interest are inherent motivations in all species and will continue to be forever. Personally‚ whenever I hold the door for someone it

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    Why Engineer?

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    State Of California Memorandum To: Date: From: Subject: Why do you want to be an Engineer? The practicality of an Engineer is what first intrigued me to discover more about what this field entails. It wasn’t until when I learned about how important that Engineering was to the world that finally captivated me to commit my life to it. There is definitely no doubt that Engineering is what runs the world. The role that it plays in everyday life is what keeps society running

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    Why nursing

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    The first response to the question‚ “Why nursing?” in my mind is in comparison to the benefits of a career of long lasting education‚ opportunities‚ job rate‚ and helping those in need of cure. I wish to contribute to the pediatric career of nursing. Nursing is not only about the “big” things in life‚ but about all the small things that can make people better. I believe if people think positive the outcome of their illness will be positive with the assistant of their nurses. My mom

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    Why to Teach

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    Thomas Lee Letter of Intent Why I want to teach To whom it may concern‚ Teaching is much more than a job or an income. In order to be a teacher you must have a passion for teaching in you. So you will have that passion for being able to teach the children. There are a few reasons for wanting to teach. First‚ teaching is something you must love to do and have your heart in the right place. Second‚ teaching is tough. Finally‚ teaching is the most rewarding place to be. Teaching is much more

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    Why Nursing

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    Why nursing? The question seems harmless enough‚ but the question why nursing needs more of an answer than just “I care about people” or “job security”. A question like this is deceptive in the way that it has a multi-layered answer and no answer is ever wrong. When answering a question like why nursing‚ your answer must be as complex as the study of nursing can be and is at any given moment. My Decision: My decision to become a nurse came very early on in my life and from then on my desire to

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    Why Goliath?

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    I stood in the royal tent thinking to myself while I put on the bronze armor given to my by the king of Israel‚ Saul. Why did the warriors and my brothers let this terrible thing happen? I was enraged for the warriors had let Goliath‚ a giant warrior of the Philistines‚ come up to the camp each morning for forty days to stand and rebuke the living God‚ telling God’s people‚ ‘Send a warrior to challenge me Israelites‚ if you win against me‚ we will become your slaves‚ but if I win this battle to the

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    Why the beatles

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    decades is the fact that these changes were also widespread demographically – they had an influence on a much wider age spectrum than in any previous decade (MACDONALD 7) – and touched almost every field (from politics to popular culture). But why was it so? Why did the sixties of all decades have such a great impact on people of all backgrounds? Obviously‚ there are many reasons for this‚ but one seems to be especially significant. It is what is called the ‘affluent society’ (MCGUIGAN 92‚ MARWICK 145)

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