English 101 Descriptive Paragraph 8/27/2013 On April 15th‚ 2013‚ 117th Boston Marathon took an ugly‚ sad turn for the worst. I am a reporter for Channel 7 news; I was scheduled to cover the Boston Marathon this year a job I wasn’t too thrilled about since I had no interest in the story. Little did I know this story would change my life and be the most horrific story I would ever cover. I gave the runners some time to cool off before I made my way to the winners to get an interview
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Was America justified in dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945? On august 6th 1945‚ an atomic bomb named little bomb has been dropped on Hiroshima Japan‚ a blast which was over 6‚000 degrees Celsius where over 70‚000 people were killed instantly and over 20‚000 killed because of the aftershocks and sickness. (Bbc.co.uk‚2015) People’s eyes came out of their sockets‚ and peeled skin hung from their body. Their ashes left shadows on the wall and floors of Hiroshima. There were people who
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rises 18 km (11 mi‚ 60‚000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the executive order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9‚ 1945. After six months of intense fire-bombing of 67 other Japanese cities‚ the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on Monday‚ August 6‚ 1945‚ followed on August 9 by the detonation
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City of Joy” was a great movie in making me aware of the world’s needs. There were a lot of disturbing elements for younger children‚ but viewers from the United States or other first world countries will be prompted to count their blessings. Three lives become intertwined in the City of Joy‚ a very poor area of Calcutta‚ India. Joan Bethel also known as “Pauline Collins” runs a free clinic there. Max Lowe also known as “Patrick Swayze” a disillusioned American Surgeon who is set up‚ robbed and beaten
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Mud City The main character in the book is named Shauzia‚ Shauzia is a Fourteen-year-old that dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France‚ but it is hard to reconcile that dream with the terrible conditions of the Afghan refugee camp where she lives. She has tanned skin and brown eyes‚ short hair‚ and she wears a salwar kameez (long‚ loose shirt and trousers‚ worn by both men and women. A women’s salwar kameez has different colors and patterns and sometimes elaborately
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of world cities and their operation in global networks. ___________________________________________________________________________ Introduction A world city is a large city that has outstripped its national urban network and has become part of an international global system. They have become powerful nodal points for the multiplicity of linkages‚ and interconnections that sustain the contemporary world economies‚ social and political systems. The result is a new world system of cities acting as
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in the way a city does. Although it may be an old analogy‚ it may be one of the best. Following is a list of cell parts and how their function is similar to functions of a city or town. The cell membrane is the city limits of our city. Outside of the city limits‚ the local government has no jurisdiction‚ but inside those limits‚ people are subject to the “laws of the land”. The nucleus – This is the place where direction is given and DNA is sent from. This would be the city government; the
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The City of Tanauan (Filipino: Lungsod ng Tanauan) is a second class city in theprovince of Batangas‚ Philippines. According to the latest census‚ it has a population of 142‚537 inhabitants in 21‚912 households. It was incorporated as a city under Republic Act No. 9005‚ signed on February 2‚ 2001 and ratified on March 10‚ 2001. Revolutionary thinker and former Prime Minister Apolinario Mabini and former PresidentJosé P. Laurel were born in Tanauan. Recent events include the assassination of its
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Divided City by Theresa Breslin The novel Divided City by Theresa Breslin Is set in gloomy Glasgow‚ Scotland‚ in the recent times. The story is aimed at teenagers and adults alike and concerns the asylum seeking problems and associated racism towards illegal immigrants who had arrived in Glasgow at this time. I really enjoyed this novel as it was good to see each supporters of Rangers and Celtic‚ be such good friends. Even in today’s modern time‚ it’s refreshingly different to see the ’old firm’
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and Nagasaki Bombings. Genocide or not? ! The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurred on 6-9 August 1945. As stated by Jennifer Rosenberg: ‘‘Unlike many other bombing raids‚ the goal for this raid had not been a military installation but rather an entire city.’’1 The US wanted to scare the Japanese out of the war. The possible targets of the bombings were: Hiroshima‚ Kokura‚ Nagasaki and Niigata. Kyoto was one of the choices as well‚ but it was removed from the list. ‘‘The cities were chosen because
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