The Watergate scandal was massive‚ but I don’t feel that it is the worst in history‚ although it would appear that way in the eyes of others. Maybe because this was before my time‚ but I don’t find the Watergate scandal surprising. Since then‚ there have been other scandals involving different presidents‚ including sex scandals and controversy around accurate voting counts. In my honest opinion‚ I feel the counting of votes controversy to be far worse. But to most people‚ during that time‚ I see
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Reese Weingaertner Miss Knight English 1 (PreAP) - Fifth Hour 11 December 2013 The History and Curse of the Hope Diamond Behind the beautiful steely blue Hope Diamond lies a cruel and often bloody history‚ a history that is full of mystery and intriguing stories. This ornate diamond has changed hands many times throughout its long past. The most interesting part of this is the fact that it is said that many of its owners have met with a gruesome fate. It is because of this occurrence that there
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Humans And Their Ability To Make Mistakes In today ’s pop culture‚ there is one very popular view of the future. All humans will be free to do as they wish‚ because robots and computers will work for us. Computers are viewed as the ideal slaves. They work non-stop‚ never complain‚ and above all‚ never make mistakes. It is often said that computers don ’t make mistakes‚ that it is the person using the computer who commits errors. What is it that makes humans err‚ but not computers? I will prove
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opinion on their latest target. Blood Diamonds‚ the saga surrounding the moral challenge of the international gem trade. Based in Sierra Leone‚ Africa‚ in 1999‚ it depicts the story of two mercenaries fighting to locate a rare blood diamond the size of a golf ball. The local region‚ engulfed in a civil war between the government and the RUF (Revolutionary United Front)‚ is a backdrop for indiscriminate torture and murder‚ all propagated by the illegal diamond market. This is the premise for the movie
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What is a race? For many people‚ a race is defined as the color of your skin‚ but in fact‚ this term has a variety of meanings. Some of these come up often in everyday life‚ as we discuss “the human race.” Other definitions used on government forms‚ as when Americans record which race they belong to for the U.S. Census. Some meanings are far more technical when for example a “biologist talks about different races of a particular species of plant or animal” (MacEachern 34). The context in which the
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made to mine for diamonds‚ blood diamonds. These gems are used to fund wars throughout the country. While working in the mines‚ Solomon chanced upon a huge pink diamond. He was caught by the commander of the rebels while he was trying to hide the gem. The government forces then arrived‚ making the commander unable to do anything about the diamond. Solomon was able to bury it and then was put to jail with all the other miners. The commander announced the existence of the diamond in the jail which
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Acceptance‚ alienation‚ assimilate‚ connected‚ displaced‚ security and rejection attribute to one sense- belonging. Initially‚ there is no one definition of belonging‚ nevertheless each human being perceives this term quite uniquely. ! Personally‚ my collaborative understanding of belonging is this- having a perception of acceptance‚ being included‚ feeling secure‚ and/or comfortable in a social‚ cultural‚ religious and economic group. It brings a sense of inclusion‚ connection‚ unity and identity
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Regression As the human race ‘evolves’ and progresses it has created an environment unsuitable for the generations to come. This Darwinist environment promotes the ideals of a ‘dog-eat-dog’ world‚ in which one person’s ambitions are more important than another human being’s. People strive for the ideal life in which money is not an issue‚ so the matter of living comfortably is not a problem. To live comfortably is an idea of life without worry of matters such as starving‚ fiscal responsibility
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Engl101 Summary 1: “On the Non-Existence of Human Races” Frank B. Livingstone and Thedosius Dobzhansky discuss and argue their thoughts in their article‚ “On the Non-Existence of Human Races”. Race‚ in anthropology‚ can be defined as “referring to a group of local or breeding populations within a species” (Livingstone 279). Livingstone argues that the term race is hackneyed as an explanation of genetic variability among human populations. He emphasizes that this explanation is wrong in that
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Diamond initiates this chapter using Singapore as a model state for ‘Asian Exceptionalism’ as it appears to be the best example of a successful non-democracy. Singapore has little corruption‚ is efficiently run‚ caters to the welfare of its citizens and has a highly educated population. Under this ‘façade’ is a pseudodemocracy‚ with Lee Kuan Yew running the state autocratically‚ portraying Singapore with prized image the government attempts to maintains on an international level. However‚ the Singaporean
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