The Cold War was a pivotal era in the twentieth century. The term Cold War itself‚ popularized in a 1946 speech by Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill‚ describes the ideological struggle between Democracy and Communism that began shortly after the end of World War II and lasted until 1991. For the foreign policy of the United States‚ the cold war defined the last half of the twentieth century. It was a war of ideas‚ of threats‚ and of actual fighting in the countries of Korea and Vietnam
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V for Vendetta vs. 1984 comparison Intermediate prompt: Discuss some of the similarities of how the totalitarian style of government depicted in the film V for Vendetta and Big Brother in George Orwell’s novel 1984 use the media to control the population. *Norsefire‚ the political party that reigns over England after a nuclear holocaust attempts to control the population through propaganda in the media. In the movie it seems as though everyone has a television in their home and there is only one
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Spanking does nothing to teach a child to develop inner discipline. A child’s focus is on the spanking itself‚ not on a review of the behavior that led to it. After a spanking‚ a child does not sit in his room and think‚ "Gee‚ I sure goofed. But I really learned something. Next time I’ll behave." Instead a child is typically thinking‚ "It’s not fair! She doesn’t understand! I hate her." Another problem with spanking is that spanking is seen as punishment for a crime‚ payment for a debt. In other
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Source D (Beautyman) Source E (Unknown Publisher) Source F (Lingam) The following article is excerpted from an online city newspaper. The decision by the city commission to adopt curbside recycling is a step in the right direction — which is why we fully support its leadership on this issue. However‚ the decision by the city commission to make curbside recycling optional rewards the wrong behavior (polluting)‚ and punishes the right behavior (recycling). Those who already recycle will choose
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On January 24 2011 I attended the Presentation given by Jennifer Pozner. This presentation was called “Project Brainwash: Why reality TV is bad for women”. Project Brainwash focuses on how reality TV shows are maintaining stereotypes that society has created for women. Although many of us believe reality TV is just mindless fun‚ Pozner points out that many of the shows are portraying women badly and making them conform to society’s beliefs of what a woman should be like. Pozner began the topic
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Space exploration- a good or bad thing? As the development of humanity continues‚ newer technologies are also made gaining us the power and ability to space travel. However‚ is this ability really beneficial to us? Is it worth the disadvantages that come with it? We have received many positive responses however; these positive responses are countered by overflowing numbers of negative responses. According to the majority of our readers‚ space travel is not beneficial to humanity and the main
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Animal Research Animal testing is bad because it can hurt the animals by cutting them‚ brain damage‚ and health issues. Our animals are important because they are our livestock and the pervoid a great environment.Animals can die from the chemicals and lose a body part. Animal testing is bad because it can hurt the animals by cutting them‚ brain damage‚ and health issues. So our animals are important because they are our livestock and the perfect environment. Nearly 3% of animals survive the animal
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Exam 2 Lord Byron was called “mad‚ bad and dangerous to know.” What evidence of this do we see from his poems and the biography you watched? The statement that Byron was ’’mad‚ bad and dangerous to know’’ came from Lady Caroline Lamb following their initial gathering‚ when the publication of ’’Childe Harold’’ made him the social and scholarly young man of London. Lord Byron was seen as mad‚ bad and dangerous because he was very promiscuous; he was a big party animal and was very wealthy. All three
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The bad news message that I have chosen to analyze‚ is a message of the salary reduction sent from a director of the human resources department to a staff from the division of language studies in a university. There is only one main idea in the whole letter; it is to inform the audience‚ who is the staff from the division of language studies‚ that there will be a deduction in her university salary. The letter is written in a direct approach‚ which means from the letter the main idea can be straightly
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and bad decisions. Odysseus’ selfishness‚ anger‚ and stubbornness were a part of his not too great leadership throughout the Odyssey. He did not protect his men very well. A leader needs to also be a team player and Odysseus did not show that quality at all. He would always do something that was not trustworthy. One minute he might have done something to show that he could be trusted but then the next minute he word do something dumb and ruin the trust of his men. The first reason why Odysseus
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