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    Kidnapped

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    My fellow friends‚ Being a hostage is not a good experience for a young kids. But unfortunately‚ I happen to witness one of my younger sister’s classmate being kidnapped and it was terrifying. His name is Amri and he is ten years old. He was the victim of a kidnapping series and he was still a primary school student. The incident happened on a fine Monday morning. A man who had history of mental illness and was previously a criminal broke into the school compound. Armed with a switchblade‚ he scared

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    weak and targetable‚ which only sponsors future terrorist acts. The outcomes of past government agreements with terrorists have only worsened and perpetuated this situation. The paying of millions of dollars as ransom to terrorist kidnappers and hostage/takers has also fueled future terrorist attacks and has only made terrorism profitable‚ making it more attractive to terrorists. Governments legitimize terrorism by compromising; therefore governments should not negotiate with terrorists‚ rather marginalize

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    The United States and Iran (then Persia) relations began in the late 1800’s. King Nasser-al-Din Shah sent an ambassador to Washington D.C. although Americans had been traveling to Iran since the mid 1800’s (1‚1). From the late 1800’s till World War II‚ relations were very friendly and many of the representatives for Iran saw the United States as a “third force” in there drive to break free from the British and Russian dominance in Persian affairs (1‚1). The United States relations with Iran led was

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    The Glory Years of the 1940s-60s had brought confidence to a great number of Americans. With the many achievements‚ including the moon landing‚ the lives of many Americans were at an all time high of delight. But‚ throughout the 1970s and 80s‚ that confidence and delight had begun to chip away. The birth rate from 1960 to 1975 had decreased by over 50%‚ possibly due to the loss in confidence‚ while the unemployment rate had practically risen by 55%. Due to the domestic and foreign crises of this

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    journey of Aminata and her hostages lasted "for many suns" and wore down their hope for freedom and their faith in humanity. The hostages continued "lumbering forward" as "an entire town of kidnapped peoples‚" with no hope of being saved. When "people swarmed out to stare at us ... we initially believed that the villagers were coming to save us." Eventually the captives realize that the people are only interested in making exchanges with their captors. This leaves the hostages with the forlorn realization

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    Hijacked train

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    Hamilton‚ Ontario- On October 15‚ 2020‚ at around 7:10 AM ‚ a group of fifteen armed Australian men pulled the emergency brake on an E-Z Express freight train in Toronto‚ and planted a bomb in the front engine. The hijackers held 50 male employees hostage onboard the train for 10 days. The reason for this unforeseen hijacking is due to the five million dollars of gold bars onboard. The train that was on route to Hamilton‚ Ontario was headed for Hamilton Harbour. The harbour is known for

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    To begin with‚ George Wilson seems to find himself being held hostage by his awful past continuously throughout the novel. Firstly with his inability to let go of his wife Myrtle who clearly no longer has love for him. This causes him to do outrageous things for example he tells Michaelis that “I’ve got my wife locked up in there”(Fitzgerald 143). He takes precautions by locking Myrtle up in the bedroom in the event that she may escape and leave him. This clearly shows that Wilson is so attached

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    defense program to protect America. In addition to being a visionary leader‚ Reagan was an ethical leader because of his desire to secure release of seven American hostages. He was trapped in an ethical dilemma but used depth to think critically and free hostages. Despite a violating an arms embargo‚ Reagan freed the seven American hostages and saved their lives. Similar to Regan‚ I used intellectual stimulation to create a felt need for change with fuel‚ bombs‚ fix and faced an ethical dilemma when

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    Iran

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    1979. He and his wife left the country. Abolhasan Bani-Sadr is elected the first President of the Islamic Republic chosen by the Americans. This outraged Iran and months later students seized the American embassy. Holding 69 hostages for 444 days. On January 21‚ 1981‚ the hostages were set free. President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was known for being unsuccessful with trying to make Iran democratic and free in 1997. Today‚ Iran’s political system combines elements of parliamentary

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    Application Letter

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