morally acceptable to use unconventional tactics such as violence and fear to bring about political and social change. History is replete with the ideas of great thinkers who believed that‚ under the right circumstances‚ unconventional tactics were not only smart‚ but a moral or civic duty. Religious leaders over the centuries have contributed thoughts about when unjust warfare is just‚ when "holy terror" is justified‚ and military thinkers have advocated less-than-honorable tactics. Most terrorism throughout
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today’s standards can be many things‚ such as firefighters‚ teachers‚ or cops. This wasn’t always what the word hero was once intended to mean. What a hero is in present day is surprisingly different than what a hero once was. In ancient times one was only called a hero if they were the strongest‚ bravest‚ smartest and the most warlike. During the course of time‚ the definition of what a genuine hero is has changed and the role and form of a hero has been altered‚ but yet some things remain the same
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Hunter Porterfield Sociology Chapter 1 summary Sociology is the study of the society and the way people interact within it. The field of sociology and trying to study and understand it is very complicating due to the fact that it is such a wide topic. Feelings change along people and nobody can truly explain why people do the things they do. A student attempting suicide out of nowhere is unexplainable or even a random divorce. The unexplainable minds of people and random occurrences really interests
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2- Chapter 1: Up to the Starting Line The arrival of human populations on Australia led to the extinction of large mammal populations. There are many possible predictions about what may have happened to the animals on that continent. One theory is that they were killed off by the first humans who arrived in Australia. In the text it claims‚ “Just as modern humans walked up to unafraid dodos and island seals and killed them‚ prehistoric humans presumably walked up to the unafraid moas and giant lemurs
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The Siege by Helen Dunmore Chapter 17 Summary The chapter begins with Anna sharing how she feels about winter and the snow. Anna has always loved the first snowfall of winter. She knows as soon as dawn comes that it’ll be today. The sky remains dark‚ with a yellow tinge to the clouds. The light has a sharp‚ raw edge. Everything is waiting‚ silent and expectant. Snow will come. She thinks the snow will wipe away all mistakes. Light will stream upwards from the immaculate white of the ground.
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Chapter 27 I can’t believe it‚ here i am again. A couple of weeks ago I was in here‚ it wasn’t really my fault‚ and I’m a victim of circumstances. I don’t really know what that means but I’ve always wanted to say it. You might be asking "You were doing so good‚ why are you back in that brummy place?" I’ll tell you why... I’m surronded by a bunch of freaks and phonies‚ that’s why. When I got back home there was a welcome home party. Everyone was there‚ Stradalater‚ Ackley‚ even Mr. Antolini was there
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Chapter Summaries Children of the Sea: 1) Two narrators in which they do not say their names in the book are in love and write to each other. 2) The female narrator in the book is mad because his father opposes her love for the man. 3) She finds out that he father gave up all his possessions to protect her from the macoutes. 4) The female narrator’s family finds out that their neighbor was killed by the macoutes. 5) The male narrator who was a member of the youth federation fled
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Eliel Pepito 8/1/10 The Beak of the Finch Summary The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner explores evolution through the most famous examples in history—the finches of the Galápagos Islands. Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and the process of evolution are applied directly to what scientists refer to as Darwin’s Finches. Weiner follows scientists Peter and Rosemary Grant as they study the finches in real time on the Galápagos. Years of previous work‚ study and data is collected
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Chapter Five Summary Organizational Climate All types of organizations have social structures‚ pecking orders‚ and patterns of behavior‚ including habits governing dress‚ language‚ food and things alike. Important dimensions include the reward system‚ organizational clarity‚ standards of performance‚ warmth and support‚ and leadership practices. An evaluation of these and other dimensions of organizational climate can be used to determine whether that organization is exploitive‚ impoverished‚
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Jane Eyre Summary Chapter 1: Novel begins with first person narration from the main character Jane Eyre who is a child in the scene. The scene is set at Gateshed‚ the home of the wealthy Reed Family who Jane (being orphaned) lives with. The scene is set on a bleak November afternoon creating an unhappy and depressing atmosphere. The audience feels pathos for Jane Eyre when we discover her aunt has forbidden her from playing with her cousins and is then conspired against and bullied particularly
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