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    ask ourselves whether Ninoy’ death have made us worthy as Filipinos. In sacrificing his own life for Filipinos‚ Ninoy made the ultimate noble act nobody among us could ever repay. Death for the love of the country is the highest form of personal sacrifice only heroes are destined for. This is the land of our birth‚ the only place we Filipinos could truly call our home. IF ONLY‚ we understood well and took these words of Ninoy into our hearts and minds‚  ”The Filipinos are worth dying for“

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    population comprised of 48% Hispanic‚ 36 % black‚ 11 % white‚ and 6% other. Unfortunately‚ these statistics are not further broken down to represent the large Mayan and Haitian population present at Lake Worth. Approximately 90% of the black population is Haitian and 20 percent of the Hispanic population is Guatemalan‚ speaking various Mayan languages‚ making parent contact nearly impossible‚ as there is only one Q’anjob’al‚ and Mam translator for the district. About 20 percent of my parents speak

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    included Guatemala‚ Belize‚ El Salvador and parts of Honduras. The Maya religion civilization came into prominence in 250 A.D.‚ administering a polytheistic approach to worship which included human blood sacrifices to honor their gods or to culminate the crowning of a King. Historians record that the Mayan civilization abruptly and mysteriously abandoned their cities between 900 and 925 A.D.; this also marks the end of the classic period in Maya history. In this Annotated Bibliography‚ I will analyze

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    tries to persuade himself to believe that this is the reason he runs away. However‚ the real reason is that Hassan is a Hazara‚ Amir does not want to stand out for him. Amir thinks‚ “ He was just a hazara‚ wasn’t he”(77)? Amir thinks it is ok to sacrifice Hassan to win Baba’s

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    From 250 A.D. to the late 1500’s A.D.‚ three advanced civilizations‚ the Mayans‚ the Aztecs‚ and the Incas controlled Central America and South America. Each of them was different but all shared some of the same qualities. They all were civilizations that had a daily life than revolved around religion. Their religions also required a lot of human sacrifices to please the gods. Also‚ they all invented calendars that were surprisingly accurate compared to the calendars today. One of the calendars was

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    A Father’s Unconditional Love and Absent Limits of Protection Throughout The Road the story boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains‚ but in which the father and his son‚ “each the other’s world entire‚” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision‚ it is an firm meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness‚ desperate tenacity‚ and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation. The father’s

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    Do I really want to go? We were finally at our destination‚ the tomb. It was well decorated. I pulled in a small baby goat. I wonder what its thinking. Is it thinking “Why are we going in a dark room‚ what’s happening?” It doesn’t know it’s a sacrifice so we find our way through Ker to our king. The light escaped the now sealed tomb. The dead king’s body was a little stinky. I took the gold cup filled with a dark red liquid. I held it up to my lips then paused. Are we really going to find our way

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    The ancient civilizations had several different aspects that made up the land and the people. Craft specialization is frequently used to gauge different levels of social complexity‚ it’s also seen as a main motivator in the expansion of the social hierarchical arrangement. A argument that we tend to see is the significant difference concerning craft specialization and craft industrialization in civilization is usually overlooked. Since foregoing investigations we can determine the functions of craft

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    way Bess didn’t save money like her. Near the end of the story‚ Lottie lets Bess move in with her‚ and had to do loads of work to prepare and take care of her. Thus‚ these two characters plan to keep their lives secure with hard work‚ saving‚ and sacrifice. Unlike Lottie and the ant‚ Bess and grasshopper live for the day. For example‚ the Grasshopper‚ from “The Ant and the Grasshopper‚” spent the summer singing and having fun‚ living his life to the fullest. Likewise‚ Bess‚ from “The Richer‚ the

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    values are put to the test as they go through the Revolutionary War. Mr. Meeker‚ Mrs. Meeker‚ Sam‚ and Tim each have their own unique principle which guides them through the adversities they face during the war and their principles cause them to make sacrifices‚ which cost some of them their lives. This book is historical fiction Honesty‚ caring and always loyalty are all great things to have in your life. Honesty is always a key in life when growing up. “I didn’t want to lie to Father‚ but I didn’t

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