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    Could the ’Big Three’ have done any better‚ or was the Treaty of Versailles the best that could have been achieved under the circumstances? The 1919 Treaty of Versailles was made by George Clemenceau‚ David Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson. They were the World War One leaders of France‚ Great Britain and America respectively‚ and after the war‚ made the Treaty to decide what to do with a defeated Germany. Four years of fighting and losses throughout the First World War made decisions difficult

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    My Mission Me

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    months of laborious and often conflicting discussion by the governing body and management staff‚ or‚ according to Drucker‚ can “cause controversy‚ argument‚ and disagreement. ” Indeed‚ many organizations throw up their hands and say: “Forget it! Let’s Just operate with the mission statement that we put in our Articles of Incorporation way back when we first incorporated. ” It is the intent of this article to provide a solution to the mystery of the mission statement and to help clarify its importance

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    Me and My Friend

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    Before I knew exactly what I was going to do as my research question I knew I either wanted it to deal with movies I like or food and nutrition. The more I though about what topic to chose i decided to chose movies. My favorite types of movies are the sad romantic movies so i though it would be a good idea to see how girls react to those movies. Often those movies make girls cry and become emotional or they wish they could have the type of relationship in the movie. I had a list of a lot of sad movies

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    Common wisdom has it that the execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649 was a desperate‚ aberrant act by a small and reluctant minority of English parliamentarians - opposed by the right-thinking bulk of the population. One seventeen year-old boy in the crowd at Whitehall recorded that the execution was met with ’such a groan as I have never heard before‚ and desire I may never hear again’. This lad grew up to become a nonconformist minister in the 1660s but his views echoed those of a Restoration

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    Was the Civil War a Just War? The Vindication of Clement Vallandigham Clement Vallandigham believed the American Civil War was unjust and as a result he was “tried by court-martial‚ convicted‚ and sentenced to a term in a military prison during the continuance of the war” (234). Vallandigham’s loyalty was not to President Lincoln but to the principles that this country was supposed to stand for. The Declaration of Independence says the government is established by the people in order to protect

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    sinner. Hester Prynne in “The Scarlet Letter” commits such a sin‚ and in her doing‚ is punished harshly by the community. But when taking into account the situation‚ is her punishment just? Could Hester’s punishment be considered too severe‚ or are the perceptions of society on adultery too flexible? The 1600’s was a time in the Roman Catholic Church where followers were breaking away to start their own church. These Protestants who sought out to find a purer version of the church were called appropriately

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    distinction between one another? Would there be a clear contrast between people‚ or would everyone just be identical? It is evident that if there was no personal identity‚ then everyone would be the same and there would be no contrast or distinction between people. In Leila Ahmed’s “On becoming an Arab‚” Jean Twenge’s “An Army of One: Me‚” and Andrew Bacevich’s “When I Woke Up Tuesday Morning‚ It Was Friday‚” each author discusses aspects of one’s identity. To Ahmed……‚ Andrew Bacevich explains the

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    My Dad’s Old Truck My dad bought a 1989 red/gray Nissan Pathfinder truck. When he got the truck‚ he hit a turkey with the grill that was crossing a yellowish brick road. Since he has owned it‚ its value has gone down considerably‚ even though he has spent more money fixing it than he paid for it. If it was worth as much money as it has cost to keep it running we could sell it and buy a newer car. It’s a red/gray 4x4 truck with off-road tires. Also‚ it has hunting lights on the top of the roof.

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    My Most Frightening Day

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    My Most Frightening Day Most people don’t have any idea when their most frightening day will be‚ it could have been when they were young or maybe it has not quite happened yet. I did not have the luxury of surprise although I also didn’t exactly have a day marked on my calendar. I knew my most frightening day would come when a doctor called my house and informed my family that my great grandpa Papahualo had two weeks to live‚ and my dad informed me that we were going to fly out there to be with

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    Me is My Name

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    I am the coolest guy you’ll ever meet. Thank you. But but but but but but but you don’t understand my drapery is evil k’nevil. I beg to differ with the above comment. Macbeth is a tragic hero and the beginning praise by Duncan about his military skills proves it. Also‚ in regard to the witches‚ they merely predict what will happen‚ but never are we given the impression that the witches have actually INFLUENCED Macbeth to do anything. So yes‚ the methods and ideas are from his own mind‚ but what

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