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    has own style of architecture. Buildings actually is a face of every country and city. Of course‚ in every city there are old buildings and new ones. There is a question‚ whether a city should preserve its old‚ historic buildings or destroy them and replace them with modern buildings. One group of people is sure‚ that government has to save old buildings. The other group of people thinks‚ that it is better to build new buildings. I have to say‚ that relate myself to the first group of people. However

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    Overcoming Adversity

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    Dear Lara‚ I received your letter describing the difficulties you are facing. I felt compelled to write this reply to you today regarding the subject of overcoming adversity and my experiences with survival and beating the odds in doing so. As you recall in 1985‚ Simon‚ one of my good friends‚ and I went on a journey to conquer the Western face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. However‚ everything did not go quite to plan. Simon and I made it to the summit with no great

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    to pare down student debt and pay for work-study programs‚ as well as other programs‚ Sanders says. While Hillary Clinton has proposed a similar tax on high-speed trading‚ Sanders’ plan would go much further. Both candidates say their tax would cut back on computer-generated‚ high-speed trading‚ which is often accused of

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    Adversity: A Short Story

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    started to squat jump on an elevated platform. “Add another one‚ add another one” they said. Trying to keep up with them I started to add more. Until the one fatal moment when I jumped up and fell right on my butt. I wanted to curl up in a ball and cry but that would have just made me look soft. I mean the boys already looked at me like I was soft because I was a girl. I wanted to prove them wrong but for someone on top‚ that fall made it seem as if I had plummeted into the depths of the abyss.”I told

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    Pain & Gain

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    Pain and Gain Love is something we all feel. Towards family‚ lovers‚ or friends‚ it is always there‚ no matter how hard you try to push it away. Siddhartha felt much love on his way towards enlightenment. He loved Govinda‚ so he set him off to be on his own with the Buddha. He loved Kamala‚ even though it wasn’t LOVE love‚ he respected her so I believe he had a sort of friendly love of Kamala. He also loved his son‚ and the pain he went through in letting his son go and live his life got him

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    Table-1. Profession of the respondents profession | number | percentage | Student | 2 | 8 | Service holder | 8 | 32 | Business | 9 | 36 | other | 6 | 24 | I interviewed a total of 25 account holders of the Bank and checked their profession. From the above table ( tabe-1) ‚ it shows that majority of the respondents belong to business group and this is 36%. The next group close to business group is service holder and their percentage is 32% which also seems significant. Only 8% of the

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    The Paradoxity Of Gain

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    God or Gain Introduction In Mark 8:36 it says “For what shall it profit a man‚ if he shall gain the whole world‚ and lose his own soul?” Gain appears 29 times in scripture‚ 13 times in the Old Testament and 16 times in the New. According to Merriam – Webster’s dictionary gain means “resource or advantage acquired or increased‚ an increase in amount.” Gain is term used commonly in our day and age‚ people who have big business‚ even those who work for others. Gain is a business term. The writer

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    1. Advertising * Should certain kinds of ads be banned in the interest of health/morality/annoyance- alcohol‚ cigarettes‚ prescription meds‚ etc. 2. Airport Security * Should the government use invasive pat-downs and body scans to ensure passenger safety or are there better methods? 3. Beauty Contests * Do they serve any purpose in society? 4. Cell Phones * How have they changed us socially? 5. Civil Disobedience * Is breaking the law for a cause justifiable? 6. Divorce

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    matters such as where to find game and when a big storm was coming‚ survived‚ while those who were wrong did not. We evolved as individuals who appreciated being right‚ in small matters as well as big ones. What we tend to overlook is that‚ despite this yearning for truth‚ the road to it is a maze through many errors‚ and to reach our destination it is necessary not to ignore those errors but to acknowledge and understand them. We may need to learn to love our mistakes. ’’Far from being a sign of intellectual

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    Debt Free Prosperity

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    The Four Laws to Debt Free Prosperity The object of this book is to teach people how to manage their money in order to stay out of debt and plan ahead for the future. This book goes over several suggestions or "laws" but focuses on four main ones. To work with the other "laws" you must first learn and master the first which is "Tracking" daily expenses. By doing this one sees how to ease financial problems by finding money that slips through the cracks. If one pays attention to

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