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    Merri Marshall Professor Josh Fleming English 101 April 6‚ 2009 Selfishness The thought of not being able to have had the chance to know my siblings‚ good friends‚ or friendly people in our local town really makes the subject of abortion seem really simple to address. I don’t believe that there is any subject more black and white as abortion. The company we keep and those we grow up with really shape us into who we are today. The taking of a life is just a simple act of selfishness. I have three

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    Automatic Sequestration (page numbers and running header) You need to format your paper APA stylep; see the sample paper   “Give me your tired‚ your poor‚ your huddled masses yearning to breathe free‚ the wretched refuse of your teeming shore‚ send the homeless tempest-tost to me‚ I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” Reference? America has long been the land of freedom and hope to the world‚ and the American military is what has kept her that way.  People have forgotten how important and valuable

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    tackled in football but you can’t get tackled in soccer. You’re more prone to get injured in football than you are in soccer. A higher number of injuries result in contact sports. To help prevent injuries‚ both sports have rules that enforce the use of safety equipment According to an article I read “Early Days of Soccer” by Robert Pruter ( HYPERLINK "mailto:pruter@comcast.net" pruter@comcast.net) the beginning of soccer in schools started because too many deaths and injuries happened in football

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    Brandon lies there on the hallway floor‚ gasping for breath as he gets another kick to the rib. He puts one hand up to block a strike to the face but he is too slow. He attempts to push the other student away but that just makes everything worse.  Brandon receives one more punch to the face before he is laying there‚ half dead. He lies on the hospital bed‚ all hooked up to breathing machines‚ reading a letter from the school stating he is getting suspended for 3 days because he went against the zero

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    legalized because lesbian and gay couples are good parents‚ because homosexuality is a common occurrence in nature‚ and because the laws keeping same sex-marriage from being legalized are old and outdated. Those against gay and lesbian marriages often use the argument that homosexual couples are unfit parents and cannot produce a child without help from a 3rd party. So‚ therefore‚ they should not be allowed to marry‚ since the sole reason for a marriage is to produce a child. You will see that

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    I believe that peaceful resistance to laws does impact a free society in positive ways. Nonviolent resistance‚ or peaceful resistance‚ is the practice of achieving goals such as a social change by symbolic protests‚ civil disobedience‚ economic non cooperation‚ political noncooperation‚ or other methods in the absence of violence. Through peaceful resistance you can do walks‚ marches‚ and protests but also remain peaceful and loyal to the country‚ state‚ or government. As Martin Luther King Jr. led

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    approximately 35-40 minutes‚ not including the extensive labor and repeated repetition required with hand washing. With a dishwasher‚ to wash the exact same amount of dishes‚ it would take roughly 20-25 minutes. That is saving 10-15 minutes that I could use to be completing other tasks. I have two children and a husband‚ the first priority in my house is to waste the least amount of time possible. This is just one of many reasons why a dishwasher is a major appliance in my household. Money is the second

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    Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria For about 50 years‚ antibiotics have been the answer to many bacterial infections. Antibiotics are chemical substances that are secreted by living things. Doctors prescribed these medicines to cure many diseases. During World War II‚ it treated one of the biggest killers during wartime - infected wounds. It was the beginning of the antibiotic era. But just when antibiotics were being mass produced‚ bacteria started to evolve and became resistant to these medicines

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    of debt? Furthering ones education can be thought of a waste of time‚ money‚ and effort for the little outcome it has. However‚ the positive outcomes of college out weigh the negative outcomes. “Education is the Most Powerful Weapon Which You Can Use to Change the World”(Mandela). This quote stated by Nelson Mandela should be more than enough proof for people to know that moving forward with ones education can do nothing but good for them. Going to college is one of the essential things needed

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    LO1 Sport as a whole in Britain is perceived as a positive influence‚ this has been true for decades from the FIFA World Cup win in 1966 to the recent success of the London 2012 Olympics. The importance of the subject is clear to see with the amount of governing bodies and funding that is put into sport‚ for example‚ Youth Sport Trust and Sport England. Using Sport England as an example‚ the organisation currently focuses on encouraging a sporting habit for life. From 2012 they will be investing

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