My dad was telling me that they fought really hard‚ but I told myself‚”How hard could it possibly be?” So‚ I casted my line into the water and started reeling in slowly. It took me about ten casts until I caught my first fish. My dad was right in telling me the fish fought pretty hard‚ because I had trouble getting it in. Eventually I got it on the shore and had no clue trout were one of the slimiest freshwater fish out there. So‚
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After a few weeks of practice‚ now it gets to the actual fun part. It’s a friday night everyone’s tired from all the practices that week‚ we are sweaty‚ ready to go home and relax but then all of us realize that we have to wrestle for a varsity spot. I was in the circle waiting for my partner to be ready‚ I started off a little nervous because it still was my first time wrestling. I lined up‚ shook my partner’s hand and once I heard that whistle going off my instincts kick. I wrestled my butt off
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teammates. Softball has given me so many great opportunities and I will never be able to thank it. It was given me motivation‚ strength‚ sisters and learning experiences I would have never experienced if it wasn’t for softball. As I start thinking about that‚ I notice I have a little smirk on my face. I shake that grin off my face so that I can focus on what I need to do. Between innings‚
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Upon marching into Iraq in 2003‚ American forces were tasked with deposing Saddam Hussein and imposing stability and security. The former was accomplished with stunning rapidity; the latter continues to elude Iraqis‚ regional interests‚ and the Western world almost fifteen years later. Why such chaos? Even the American “surge” of soldiers in 2007 did little to quell the violence. Ethnic conflict between the Kurds‚ Sunnis‚ and Shias‚ extant prior to American involvement‚ intensified post-invasion
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School just started and Ricky wanted to make new friends so he goes around the school looking for kids to talk too. He sees this group of kids and he goes up to them in his superhero costume‚ Ricky says “Hi guys can we be friends?” The kids look at him and laugh. Finally the leader named Bobby came out and shoved the kid down to the ground. “What a weirdo‚” Bobby muttered as Ricky walked across the playground. As if a kid wearing a red cape and blue mask was weird. It wasn’t weird to Bobby. “I
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invasion of Iraq Introduction Many things have been said and written about America ’s invasion of Iraq. To date‚ most of what have been said is essentially reactions leveled against the explanations adopted by the then America ’s regime and her allies in justifying invasion of Iraq. Bush ’s regime told the international community that there was urgent need to invade Iraq in order to oust Saddam Hussein ’s despotic leadership from power and thus pave way for the entrenchment of democracy in Iraq which
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The War of 1812 was America’s way of proving to the World that they were a force to be reckoned with. Although at first they had nothing to do with the war between the British and the French‚ eventually they were caught between the battles and saw that there were reasons for them to go to war. First‚ the British attempted to restrict U.S trade to Europe. Second‚ the British Royal Navy’s impressments of American seaman enraged many Americans back home. Lastly‚ Americans saw the war between the British
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I intend to review “The Bush Doctrine and the Iraq War: Neoconservatives vs. Realists” by Brian C. Schmidt and Michael C. Williams. The reason for choosing this article for review is simply because of its relevance today throughout the Middle East and how the American foreign policy is drastically changing the dynamics of the world. Schmidt and Williams use the elements of the neoconservative Bush Doctrine to show the direct contrast between realists and neoconservatives. The authors use the Bush
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Britain dealt with numerous threats to its interests in Egypt and Iraq throughout the interwar period. A growing problem for British rule was the rise of nationalism‚ which impacted foreign policy as Britain sought to preserve its position. British interests in Iraq and Egypt included the security of the Suez Canal‚ oil reserves‚ easy access to India‚ as well as potential military bases. By retaliating violently to rebellion and making concessions to the nationalists‚ Britain was able to protect
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FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS IRAQ. The U.S foreign policy determines how the U.S.A conducts its relations with other countries. The US foreign policy towards Iraq has in the 21st century‚ dangerously strayed off-course. This paper aims to understand how Iraq was and is dictated by Americas selfish interest to create a strategic base in the oil-rich Gulf region‚ how U.S has tried to develop political structures that try to resolve the dispute risen after the Cold war between Iraq and America between 1958
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