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    Gun Arms Persuasive Speech

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    If you recall the last time that I describe the sad story about the tragedy that a family had in turkey. The family was totally split up. The mom was died their dad arrested and the children were sent to the foster home. God knows how many families experience this kinds of situation or worse than that. All of those bad things happened in a second because they had gun at home. If there was not such a dangerous device‚ the man at least had the opportunity or more time to think better in order not to

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    “Araby”I watched my master’s face pass from amiability to sternness; he hoped I was not beginning to idle. I could not call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which‚ now that it stood between me and my desire‚ seemed to me child’s play‚ ugly monotonous child’s play. (See Important Quotations Explained) SummaryThe narrator‚ an unnamed boy‚ describes the North Dublin street on which his house is located. He thinks about the priest who died in the

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    In his farewell address‚ George Washington warned the United States that involvement in foreign affairs had the potential to drag the nation into conflicts and other unnecessary involvements with those countries. Washington recommended that‚ in the best of interests for the American people‚ the country should remain away from any political interaction with foreign forces. Washington’s words were ignored; however‚ as the country got itself involved with European nations while seeking its own interests

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    War was not a conventional war between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ but more a war of threats. A well-known term during this time was “Arms Race.” This term was the race between the two nations in the development of nuclear weapons. The fear of one of these nations destroying the other nation was a rapidly growing fear because of this “Arms Race.” In fact‚ many citizens‚ on both sides‚ lived in fear every day preparing for an attack. In class we studied

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    Persuasion for a Donation The Spot: Lingering videos of dispirited animals immediately flood the screen. Sarah McLauchlan’s song “In the Arms of an Angel” plays boldly in the background. In between the videos‚ startling facts appear plainly across the screen: “Every day in America thousands of animals suffer from cruelty and neglect‚” “Thousands were rescued last year‚” and “But for thousands of others help came too late.” Sarah McLauchlan‚ supporter of and speaker for the American Society for the

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    In his farewell address‚ it was obvious that Washington worked hard to convince the country that he should be allowed to retire. In the first few paragraphs‚ it is clear that he felt that the country would attempt to force him to remain in office and that is something that he didn’t want to do. He told the country that he believed he was never qualified to be president and‚ if he accomplished anything that it was as a because of their support and efforts. The purpose of this address was to offer

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    Farewell to Manzanar is one of the best autobiographical memoirs written by Jeanne Houston outlining the Japanese family incarceration in the internment during the wartime. The book brings out the long chain of racial prejudice that rocked the Japanese American during the war. It is a narration of the agonies faced by the Japanese families’ consequent to the war. It is true racial stereotyping was used during the wartime to discriminate against the Japanese Americans. Being a Japanese family‚ the

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    Does the government have the right to regulate guns? According to former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger it does. In his article‚ published in the January 14‚ 1990‚ issue of Parade‚ titled The Right to Bear Arms‚ Warren feels that changes need to be made to the second amendment of our constitution in order to save peoples lives. He opens the essay with a statistic that states that many of the United State’s major centers have up to ten times the murder rate of all of Western Europe. Warren then

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    Mediterranean Scrub Introduction: Regions of Mediterranean-type climate occur roughly between 30° and 40° latitude on the west coasts of continents‚ where offshore there are cold ocean currents. Each region in which the Mediterranean shrublands and woodlands occur is island-like in character and thus there is frequently a high degree of endemism. Comparative studies of the several regional expressions of this biome reveal interesting examples of convergent evolution in plant families and birds (but

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    In the early year of 1942‚ the families of Japanese people are being ordered to start a move to Manzanar‚ California; the Wakatsuki family is one of them. Many Japanese accept the move because they are afraid of Caucasian aggression‚ but some simply see it as an adventure. Families have to put on identification number tags on their collars. Riding on buses to Manzanar‚ Jeanne falls asleep on the bus‚ nearly half of which is filled with her relatives‚ and wakes up to the “setting sun and the yellow

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