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    like Grandmaster Flash says‚ “And it don’t stop”. What promote me to talk about this because as a person who loves music I love the lyrics artists put on paper because most things they say is mostly true about society. Hip-Hop has both a positive

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    and entrepreneur; he has made a huge impact on our society. The ideas he put into his projects and the choices he made all led up to the creation of Microsoft‚ and the development of the personal computer. Gates has been considered one of the wealthiest men of all time‚ and without a doubt has changed the world with the modifications and advancements he has made in technology. His software and wealth has allowed him to fund and enhance our society. Bill Gates was born in Seattle‚ Washington

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    The Madness of Materialism by Steve Taylor talks about how we are so driven to accumulate possessions and wealth. He also talks about the history of James Marshall in the early 1848. James Marshall is a guys who found a piece of glowing metal on the floor‚ which turned out to be gold in Sacramento. As soon as he found the gold‚ people started going to the area‚ struck by ‘gold fever’. In a little over a year‚ San Francisco grew from shanty town of 79 building to a city of tens of thousands. But then

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    Running head: EFFECTS OF APPROVED GUN LAWS The Effects Gun Laws Would Generate if They Were Put in Place Jacqueline N. Burch Transmountain Early College High School The government wants to alter our gun laws; for what? The universal term for this very controversial topic we all seem to be seeing and hearing is “prevention.” We wish to prevent injury‚ death‚ and crime in general. While this may seem like a sound reason to place gun laws on the people‚ the root of all this evil really isn’t

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    Warfare shaped several countries over the years in different ways. World War II had a great impact on Japan as a nation. In 1941‚ Japan bombed the Pearl Harbor of the US causing them to enter the war‚ which resulted in an immense clash between both countries. In August 1945‚ the US dropped two of the most dangerous bombs‚ the atomic bomb‚ on Japanese cities‚ Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those bombings changed not only Japan‚ but also the entire world. The US had introduced a new weapon to the world‚

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    WWI and the Great Depression. It showcases the stereotypical "Roaring Twenties" lifestyle of wild partying and bootleg liquor. The Great Gatsby focuses on the unattainable “American Dream” of wealth and happiness all in one. Materialism has such an effect on American society today. People value wealth more than happiness. People seem to always want to flaunt what they have and seem better than others. Those who have less look up to and admire those that do have wealth. The Great Gatsby focuses

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    The term “materialism” has a very different meaning when presented to a modern day American and to an ancient Grecian. When we hear the word “materialistic” we think of a snobbish person who is obsessed with his or her material possessions and believes that having expensive material things affects his or her perceived social status. For example‚ girls who would rather spend $200 on a brand name than a comparable $30 off-brand. High school is a notorious hotbed of materialism as popularity is often

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    social: 4 Positive impacts: 5 Survey report: 6 Statistics of cellular companies: 11 Conclusion: 13 Introduction: The mobile phones have created a revolution in the communications in today’s world. While every youth is Bombarded with the ill effects on the health of the user of the mobile phones‚ does this information‚ in any way‚ impact the usage of the phone by the youth? How does mobile affect the relationship of the user and her/ his close relationships? The whole world is accepting and

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    What is the effect of the knowledge gained through the mapping of the human genome on society? Human genetics has remained a mysterious and spotty subject throughout history. The farther the human race advances‚ the more it learns and the more details it is able to clarify. Now‚ man has come to create a method of mapping out the complex and massive information stored within himself in order to better understand and further the health and lives of those around him. In the following text is

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    Biologically‚ there is only one quality which distinguishes us from animals: the ability to laugh. In a universe which appears to be utterly empty of humor‚ we enjoy this supreme luxury. And it is a luxury‚ for unlike any other social process‚ laughter does seem to serve a biologically useful purpose. In a divided world‚ laughter is a unifying force. First of all‚ laughter is not the same as humor. Laughter is the physiological response to humor. Laughter consists of two parts -- a set of gestures

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