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    chocolate used in Dove products in the United States is different in taste from the chocolate used in Galaxy in the Kingdom. Galaxy and Dove chocolates were introduced in 1956. During that year‚ a Greek-American immigrant from the Chicago area named Leo Stefanos was credited for creating such appetizing milk chocolate. In 1986 Mars Incorporated acquired Galaxy Company after being successful for 30 years. Galaxy produces other chocolate milk specialties such as Truffle‚ Promises‚Duetto‚ Ministrel and

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    Leo Tolstoy’s Ironic Yet Inspiring Master and Man In Leo Tolstoy’s short story‚ Master and Man‚ Tolstoy makes effective use of dramatic irony. Irony‚ as defined by the Encyclopaedia Brittanica‚ is “…a situation in which there is an incongruity between what is expected and what occurs.1” A well-known example of situational irony is found in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Two lovers end up killing themselves for one another in hasty passion. When in reality‚ if they had waited and discovered all

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    Jim Jones was a founder who founded The People’s Temple. The People’s Temple is best known for the November 18‚ 1978 death of over 900 Temple members in Jonestown‚ Guyana‚ along with nine others at a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown. Jim Jones was born in a rural community in Indiana close to the border of Ohio. His parents were James Thurman Jones who was a World War I veteran and Lynetta Putnam. In 1934‚ during the Great Depression Jones’ parents‚ due to economic struggle‚ were forced to move

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    Denise Kunzie Art Appreciation/Art 110 601 Jennie Kiessling August 4‚ 2011 “Our talents are the gift that God gives to us…What we make of our talents is our gift back” Leo Buscaglia Have you ever heard the expression “He’s so talented?” or “She’s so gifted?” I believe everyone has the gift to be talented at something. Whether it is in the career they choose‚ sewing‚ baking‚ speaking‚ teaching‚ the list of talents is endless. I feel it is what we do and how we go about doing it

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    An outstanding single event that happened in history during the ancient period was the development of the alphabet in Egypt around 2800 BC. This was in the form of hieroglyphics‚ which was the writing system devised by the Egyptians in order to improve their communication processes. The symbols developed by the hieroglyphics represented important messages and information that helped to clearly improve the way of living of the Egyptian people. Although the hieroglyphics are not used anymore today

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    What could cause over nine hundred people to commit suicide together? In the United States’ biggest non-natural loss of human lives before 9/11‚ almost every member of the Peoples Temple in Jonestown‚ Guyana died after consuming a poisonous drink. This was a fitting end to lives that were brutally controlled by the cult’s leader‚ Jim Jones. The Jonestown incident should be remembered as a mass murder at the hands of Jones. At first‚ Jim Jones seemed anything but harmful. While living in Indianapolis

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    Argument of Jonestown Death as a Mass Suicide The Jonestown Massacre‚ which had a death toll of 918 people (Rosenberg‚ 2003)‚ can in the main‚ be regarded as mass suicide or what in the words of the founder Jim Jones was termed “revolutionary suicide”. This is because all but one of temple members‚ Christine Miller‚ supported Jones’ suggestion of “revolutionary suicide” (Jonestown Audiotape‚ 1978). Jim McElvane‚ a former therapist‚ assisted Jones by arguing against Miller ’s resistance to suicide

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    In his novel‚ "1984‚" George Orwell warns us against three things. He stated that people are only out for personal gain‚ and will use any means to reach their goals. He also warned against these types of people who are already in power. And lastly‚ he warns us against the lost of privacy through constant surveillance‚ and how we actually allow this to happen. If we all have the traits to become evil‚ why does it become a reality only in some? Before this question can be answered‚ we must first

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    * Jim Jones and the People Temple * When you think of Jim Jones and the People Temple the first thing that comes to mind is a mass suicide‚ not only involving one specific sex or race‚ but involving men‚ women‚ and children of all races. However‚ do we ever take the time to sit down and look into what Jim Jones and the People Temple actually stood for? There must be a reason behind all the things that were done. Behind the reason Pastor Jim Jones preached what he did and had such a major impact

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    Jonestown Summary

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    agriculture project in Guyana. They chose Guyana because of their socialist politics‚ and their creeping fascism. It was also easier for Jones to obtain influence and protection because the country was small and poor. In 1978 when the California Congressman Leo Ryan when to Guyana to see how people in Jonestown where doing and to interview its people. After been reportedly threaten by a temple member during his visit he decided to cut his trip and return back with some of the residents who decided to leave

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