The specter of ISIS and the oppressive Assad regime have ravaged Syria’s cities and forced millions of citizens to flee the country. Now‚ as masses of newly-minted refugees search for a new home‚ our country’s leaders are debating how to respond. The United States has historically been a refuge for the oppressed‚ a haven for Emma Lazarus’s “huddled masses” to turn to in times of trouble. These huddled masses‚ however‚ hail from a land so synonymous with terrorism that it has been dubbed a “factory
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Why do many foreign students wish to go and study abroad instead of at their own hometown? The answers to those questions have been discussed in my previous papers. Now‚ it is the time to discuss whether studying abroad is overrated. There are two sides of the argument‚ one will be against studying abroad and another will discuss the advantages of studying abroad. There are‚ of course‚ difficulties that will be faced by students when they are abroad. One of such difficulties is to be prejudiced
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Pre-Sessional English Programme Written Assignment Final Draft August 2014 Student Number: 140620263 Student Name: WEI-CHENG SU Group: INU 1832 Assignment title: To what extend supermarket loyalty cards are advantageous to the customers Assignment title number: 7 Word Count: 1499 To what extend are supermarkets loyalty cards advantageous to the customers In the modern society‚ more and more supermarkets are founded‚ a slightly different price level will impact shoppers decide whether they
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Turkey Persuasive You’re thrown down hard onto an old rotten stump‚ dazed you look up and see a shiny object hurtling down towards your head then‚ *thwack* and the world suddenly turns dark. This is the life for millions of turkeys on Thanksgiving. Every Thanksgiving forty-five million turkeys are mercilessly slaughtered and that’s only on one day and twenty-two million turkeys are killed on Christmas. Turkeys shouldn’t be slaughtered on Thanksgiving or any other time really because even though
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In the article “That’s Entertainment? Hollywood’s Contribution to Anti-Americanism Abroad” (2002)‚ author Michael Medved argues about the histrionic representation of American values in its pop culture and ensuing global antagonism towards the nation. The author’s alma mater includes Yale University‚ from where he obtained a degree in American History. His career encompasses three decades as a talk show host‚ author‚ political commentator and film critic. Moreover‚ he has participated in political
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Home School Essay Period 6 10/7/12 Dear Board of Education‚ It has come to the attention of many that the debate over home schooling has been getting more brutal each and every day. Below is reassurance on why the board should offer this marvelous opportunity to these students. Every student is different‚ each has its own learning curves; some more then others. I am for home school because students can be overwhelmed by the large amount of work‚ students can get off task easily in traditional
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within the country. Many people did not agree with this war because it did not have a set purpose. When the soldiers of this war got home‚ they were not cheered and thanked‚ they were trashed. Dodging the draft is harder than staying in is therefore I would not dodge the draft. I would not be a draft dodger because The author write‚ “I remember one cute little bright eyed...kid... who’d been shot through the lung. I operated on him and the dressings were painful. I had nothing for the pain‚ so I would
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Persuasive Lying Essay People often say that honesty is the best policy. You should listen to them they know what they’re talking about. Lying. In the dictionary the definition of lying is an “intentionally told false statement” but the dictionary doesn’t list the consequences of a lie or why said false statements were used. So‚ I’ll have to do it. I know that no one wants to hear that they look fat or grotesque ‚ or that the ugly sweater they gave someone for Christmas will never see anything
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Kenneth Andrew Johnson week 5 assignment 08-14-2014 Who is involved in making a decision about this subject? Myself. Who is my audience? All to those out there breaking the law. What am I trying to get my audience to do? Realize that when a person/persons breaks the law there is consequence for that action What can’t I ask my readers to do? To obey the law or there will be severe actions taken. What is important here? If a person doesn’t want to go to jail‚ obey the law‚ and keep out of
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Wilfred Owens poems present a convincing and vivid portrait of the cruelty and horrors of war. How does Owen convey this portrait in his poetry? Wilfred Owen was a World War 1 poet that expressed his contentious depiction of War leading him to become one of the most influential anti-war voices of the War. He uses personal first hand-experiences along with a unique writing style to highlight the truth of the pity‚ horror and cruelty of War that was otherwise masked by the other war poets. Owen
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