“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri” quickly became one of the most controversial movies of last year. People could agree on about one thing‚ Frances McDormand was great‚ but other than that disagreement arose over every facet of the movie. Despite that divisiveness‚ the film garnered seven Oscar nominations‚ looking like a frontrunner for best picture. I would not have minded if it had won. The movie’s set up is simple: McDormand plays a grieving mother whose daughter was raped and murdered
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At nine o’clock in the morning‚ I find myself in class trying to focus on the lecture being presented by my teacher; but‚ my phone buzzes constantly. I am trying to ignore it‚ but as I quickly glance at my phone‚ I can tell that more interesting things are being discussed on social media! I imagine receiving a response from a special someone‚ a Facebook “poke‚” or finding out how many “likes” I have received on the picture that I posted just hours ago. Since‚ I have lost focus in class and find
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The Fugitive Slave Act was one of the five acts contained in the Compromise of 1850. The highly controversial new law required the return of all runaway slaves to their masters. The recovery of runaway slaves was now under Federal Jurisdiction. Federal Marshalls were now bound by duty to return any runaway and also now had the authority to require assistance from any individual. If the assistance was not provided‚ the individual faced prosecution and fines. The law also stripped runaway slaves
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Abortion There are many people in this world that are strongly against the act of abortion‚ such as Republicans and most religions. I on the other hand‚ am not one of those people. Yes I believe in God and that the gift of life is precious‚ but I also believe in the mother’s having a choice on whether or not they want to be responsible for a human being. There are many valid reasons as to why a woman would consider having an abortion‚ and each reason is extremely important and should not be looked
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Government Funding for the Space Program Over the past 20 years the United States space program have seen many changes. The first of them being a large interest from private sectors. Companies such as space X‚ Google‚ Virgin Galactic‚ and Xcor aerospace had come into the mix‚ due to the crash of the United States economy making every taxpaying dollars required to go further in assisting citizens the United States and the death of the space shuttle program. Privatized companies have now been able
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Sizer’s book‚ Horace’s Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School‚ is a fictional story that represents the reality of the true educational system. The main character‚ Horace Smith‚ is a highly respected English teacher at Franklin High School who is facing the dilemma of many reality educators; the affects of the very controlled‚ standardized system of high school. Horace is at the age when many teachers are near retirement; however‚ he isn’t leaving anytime soon. Sizer quotes that “He
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10. Concentration Camp10952You are an inmate in a concentration camp. A sadistic guard is about to hang your son who tried to escape and wants you to pull the chair from underneath him. He says that if you don’t he will not only kill your son but some other innocent inmate as well. You don’t have any doubt that he means what he says. What should you do?9. The AccidentAmbulanceYou are an emergency worker that has just been called to the scene of an accident. When you arrive you see that the car belongs
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declaring its independence from Britain‚ America has developed on the foundation of compromise. Upon the drafting of the Constitution‚ the Founding Fathers were succumbed to compromise in order to incorporate the needs of the different parts of the nation. During the early eighteenth century‚ Americans achieved reconciliation of political disputes‚ predominately between the North and the South‚ through compromise. By 1860 this was no longer feasible and the nation was faced with disheartening threats
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"NO COMPROMISE WITH THE EVIL OF SLAVERY" I believe the parts of the speech I didn ’t cut out illustrate the speech ’s thesis‚ by words he uses. For instance‚ how he contrasts the difference between God being freedom and slavery being of the devil. He makes a point that slavery is wrong under any circumstances. I mainly picked out the aggressive parts that I believed were true and right. As stated in the speech‚ "that all men are created equal"‚ is justifiable. My decision making strategies on
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There were many political compromises leading to the Civil War. One of these compromises was the compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 granted California the right to proceed as a free state in the union. In addition‚ this compromise established where the boarder of Texas would be‚ granted compensation to Texas for that was attained by New Mexico‚ established popular sovereignty between New Mexico and Utah. The compromise of 1850 allowed the fugitive slave law stronger and the slave trade in
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