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    pressure. Walking can also protect you from certain cancers. Walking strengthens bones and can relieve joint pain and swelling. Walking can help you lose weight or manage your weight. If you walk on a daily basis it can help relieve stress and can make you feel energetic. To receive these benefits you only have to walk for 30 minutes a day‚ 10 minutes at a time. To get 30 minutes a day you can substitute things like talking the stairs instead of the elevator or parking farther away. Exercise can help

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    about walking through the woods as Whitman maybe thought back on his life. This poem starts off with the narrator looking back and possibly re-reading or editing poems that they may have done in the past. Then a ‘Phantom’ appeared before the narrator‚ and this phantom was described as “The genius to poets of old lands”. The phantom says to the narrator that he has a different style of writing than the poets before his time. Poets before his time wrote traditional epics about war and the perfect soldiers

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    Space exploration and the space program in general‚ have been an important part of our past successes as a country. Today‚ as our government looks at budget reduction and cost cutting measures‚ the space program is being scrutinized more than ever. Should the space program be cut or should it be reinvented? To fully understand why the space program is so controversial‚ one must first understand where the space program began. Shortly after the end of World War II (1939-45)‚ the U.S. and the

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    where there was a different water fountain‚ or where they had to give up their own seat on a bus for a white person. Since these days‚ many people have protested and fought for equality such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. In Brent Staples “Just Walk on By‚” and Zora Neale Hurston’s “How it Feels to be Colored Me‚” both show‚ through the use of rhetorical devices‚ how race has affected them personally and how they dealt with it in their own way‚ revealing the unnecessary hate and discrimination

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    Tucker: The Man and His Dream The movie‚ Tucker: The Man and His Dream‚ is the story of a man named Preston Tucker and takes place in the 1940’s. Preston Tucker’s dream was to design and build the greatest automobile ever made. At first‚ he began by bringing home drawings of his dream car‚ which was to be called the Tucker Torpedo. He showed the drawings to a man who would eventually become his partner‚ Abe. Initially‚ Abe doesn’t like the idea of building a car‚ but he didn’t know anything

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    Black Culture: Then and Now In order to fully get a clear picture of Black culture in America‚ you have to know the history of where it came from to understand what it has evolved into today. The very informative documentary The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 directed by Göran Olsson‚ a Swedish filmmaker‚ gives the viewer documented evidence of the history of Black culture in America. To compare and contrast the movement from then to now is in to say the least‚ personally important to me because

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    rebirth of the black man. This black man was proud of his identity‚ he was now very aware of what was going on around him. The New Negro was a man that was one who knew his rights and was willing to fight for it – education‚ the right to vote‚ to earn a decent wage‚ to own business and show the brilliance and power of the black man. This period established beginning of a period that would not only set the tone for other generation but show case the talent‚ grace and splendor of the black man. The New Negro

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    Big Black good Man and Battle Royal I believe Richard Wright’s story "Big Black Good Man" was written in a time when racial prejudice was a major factor in society. In Today’s society we still have racial prejudice‚ but it is not as strong as back then. The point in which Richard Wright wanted to get by writing this story is that people should "never judge others by their race”. In the story‚ Olaf mentioned Jim was not the first black man he serviced‚ but he started to make drama of Jim’s

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    effect how we think and feel. In Richard Wright’s "Big Black Good Man"‚ Olaf the main character makes such a judgment. Olaf’s judgment changes his life for the next year until he finally finds closure. In order to see how decisions and judgments affect our lives‚ we need to look up close and personal with Olaf. In the beginning Olaf is a man of relaxation and satisfaction with his life except for the sheer tiredness of work. He was a down to earth man "The watery gray irises behind the thick lenses..

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    every man has his price

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    CORRUPTION Question: “Every man has his Price” – Richard Rich How does this link to corruption and what are your views on corruption ? “Every man has his price”- Richard Rich. When Richard Rich stated that “Every man has his price” this drew my attention to how some people involve themselves in improper and usually unlawful acts with intentions to gain various benefits for themselves or another. These acts of dishonesty or fraudulent behaviors

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